To learn more about funding opportunities offered by the MPSA, please view our Research Awards and Conference Scholarships & Fee Waivers. Postdoctoral fellowships and visiting scholar positions can be found on the MPSA Job Board. For current funding opportunities offered by external organizations, please explore the postings below. 

We are always looking for new grants and funding opportunities to share with our members. If you know of such an opportunity, please use the button below to fill out a short form. We would be happy to post the opportunity and share it in our monthly newsletter. 

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Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship

Sponsor: American Association of University Women

Deadline: September 30, 2025

Short-Term Research Publication Grants

Sponsor: American Association of University Women

Deadline: September 30, 2025

Research Grants

Sponsor: Truman Library Institute

Deadline: October 1, 2025

Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence

Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities

Deadline: October 1, 2025

IAS School of Social Science Fellowship

Sponsor: Institute for Advanced Study

Deadline: October 15, 2025

Career Enhancement Fellowship

Sponsor: Institute for Citizens & Scholars

Deadline: October 24, 2025

CASBS Fellowship

Sponsor: Stanford University – Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Deadline: October 31, 2025

W. Glenn Campbell & Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellowship

Sponsor: The Hoover Institution

Deadline: November 18, 2025

Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award

Sponsor: Institute for Citizens & Scholars

Deadline: December 1, 2025

Institutes for Higher Education Faculty

Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities

Deadline: February 11, 2026

Small Grants and Prizes: American Political Economy

Sponsor: Consortium on the American Political Economy

Deadline: Rolling

Pracademic Fellowship Program

Sponsor: American Political Science Association – Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs

Deadline: Rolling

Harwood Visiting Research Fellowships

Sponsor: American Institute for Economic Research

Deadline: Rolling

Humboldt Research Fellowship

(6-24 month research stay in Germany)

Sponsor: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Deadline: Rolling

Congressional Research Grants

Sponsor: The Dirksen Congressional Center

Deadline: Rolling

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