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Education Grants
A comprehensive list of educational grant information
GrantAlert Blog
A comprehensive list of educational grant information
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
A number of funding opportunities for female graduate students
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
Graduate Student Travel Grants and several TOEFL Grants
Council of American Overseas Research Centers
For doctoral or post-doctoral students in the field of the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences
Ford Foundation
Mostly institute or organization level grants; a few grants for doctoral or pre-doctoral minority students
Fulbright Scholar Program
Graduate study abroad for US citizens; contact Fulbright representative in each country for graduate study in the US for non-US citizens
Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research
Funding for dissertation research in the humanities
Social Science Research Council
A number of funding opportunities from pre-dissertation to post-doctoral levels
TESOL
A number of awards for graduate study and research in the field of TESOL
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships
A fellowship program for immigrant graduate students
The Spencer Foundation
Mostly Institute- or organization-level grants
TOEFL Awards
Research awards on TOEFL or language testing studies
Toyota Foundation
Research grants under the main theme of "Creating a Society with Pluralistic Values"
Wenner-Gren Foundation Grants
Funding source for anthropology studies, including linguistics