| Columbia University | Emeritus Fellowships [Stepan] | 09/18/08 | $32,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | Emeritus Fellowships | 09/18/08 | $55,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| The Ohio State University | Emeritus Fellowships [Benedict] | 09/18/08 | $31,000 | Columbus, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Iowa | Emeritus Fellowships [Addis] | 09/18/08 | $9,000 | Iowa City, IA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Yale University | Emeritus Fellowships [Bartlett] | 09/18/08 | $41,000 | New Haven, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Iowa | Dissertation Seminars - Story in Theory: Approaches to Narrative Analysis | 09/18/08 | $293,000 | Iowa City, IA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brown University | Graduate Student Support - Endowment | 09/18/08 | $3,000,000 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Social Science Research Council | International Dissertation Research Fellowships | 09/18/08 | $6,765,000 | Brooklyn, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bard College | Conservatory of Music | 09/18/08 | $2,500,000 | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Environmental Studies | 09/18/08 | $1,000,000 | Geneva, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Emeriti Consortium for Retirement Health Solutions | Challenge Grant | 09/18/08 | $2,000,000 | New Windsor, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southern Education Foundation, Inc. | Reaccreditation Preparation Program | 09/18/08 | $915,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Phillips Academy | PhD Preparation | 09/18/08 | $750,000 | Andover, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Foothill College | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration [Project Mneme] | 09/18/08 | $50,000 | Los Altos Hills, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Villanova University | Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration [Project VUFind] | 09/18/08 | $50,000 | Villanova, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Emeritus Fellowships [Siegel] | 09/24/09 | $48,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Johns Hopkins University | Emeritus Fellowships [Greene] | 09/24/09 | $40,000 | Baltimore, MD, United States | Higher Learning |
| Oberlin College | Emeritus Fellowships [Young] | 09/24/09 | $12,000 | Oberlin, OH, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Chicago | Emeritus Fellowships | 09/24/09 | $51,000 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Washington | Emeritus Fellowships [Waugh] | 09/24/09 | $42,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Indiana University | Monographs Initiative - Ethnomusicology | 09/24/09 | $877,000 | Bloomington, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Centre College | Global Citizenship - Mellon Global Fellows | 09/24/09 | $452,000 | Danville, KY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hope College | Scholars Program | 09/24/09 | $200,000 | Holland, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | Sawyer Seminars - Comparative Study of Cultures | 09/24/09 | $142,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Southwestern University | HBCU Faculty/Student Exchange Program | 09/24/09 | $100,000 | Georgetown, TX, United States | Higher Learning |
