The following grant opportunities may be of interest to faculty who are seeking support for planned publications in general and specific disciplines.

Some of these funders make awards to individual writers; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.

Funder Name

Support Offered and Eligible Topic(s)

Next Deadline

Supports the publication of book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of American art that are under contract for publication.

September 15, 2023

Provides funds to a scholar from a group that has experienced discrimination in support of a research and/or publication project. Monies may be used for any expenses integral to research or publication in ethnomusicology.

April 1, 2024

The AAS administers a program for AAS-member authors who require subventions to ensure publication of their first books. Manuscripts must be in English, must make a substantial contribution to the field of Asian Studies, and must be based on primary research in the appropriate languages.

October 1, 2023

Furthermore grants assist nonfiction books having to do with art, architecture, and design; cultural history, the city, and related public issues; and conservation and preservation.
Funds apply to such specific publication components as writing, research, editing, indexing, design, illustration, photography, and printing and binding. 

March 1, 2024

Fellowship awards may be used to fund travel to collections and other expenses associated with research, publication, or other scholarly outcomes related to biographical work.

October 2, 2023