| American Council of Learned Societies | National Inquiry - Production and Dissemination of Scholarly Knowledge | 12/13/78 | $17,500 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | Low-Enrollment Languages | 02/20/97 | $17,200 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Council on Education | Study on Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education | 12/14/77 | $17,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Harvard University | Emeritus Fellowships [Bisson] | 09/17/05 | $17,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Berkeley | Graduate Education Data Collection | 09/30/91 | $17,000 | Berkeley, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Five Colleges, Incorporated | Emeriti Incentive Award | 03/18/05 | $16,584 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Florida Endowment Fund for Higher Education | McKnight Black Doctoral Fellowship Program | 03/15/93 | $16,500 | Tampa, FL, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Library Association | Association of College and Research Libraries - Black College Library Data | 09/28/90 | $16,500 | Chicago, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Howard University | Writing Program | 10/07/81 | $16,500 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| School of Oriental and African Studies | Scholarly Assistance | 04/08/02 | $16,300 | London, United Kingdom | Higher Learning |
| University of Cape Town | Fine Music Radio Series | 07/21/14 | $16,000 | Cape Town, South Africa | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Santa Barbara | History & Botany - Soto Laveaga | 06/21/10 | $16,000 | Santa Barbara, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Off-Campus Study | 09/08/98 | $16,000 | Geneva, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Georgia Independent College Association, Inc. | Emeriti Incentive Award | 03/18/05 | $15,060 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Union Theological Seminary | Emeriti Incentive Award | 03/18/05 | $15,036 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | American Overseas Research Centers | 10/05/77 | $15,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Institute of International Education, Inc. | Faculty Recruitment for Developing Nations | 10/04/78 | $15,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Washington | Centennial Symposium | 11/21/03 | $15,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Academic Student Success Study | 10/17/05 | $15,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Claremont Graduate University | The American Faculty - The New Era of Work and Careers | 09/20/10 | $15,000 | Claremont, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Michigan | Marshall Symposium | 08/11/97 | $15,000 | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Massachusetts at Boston | New England Resource Center for Higher Education | 11/10/00 | $15,000 | Boston, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Amherst College | Hopscotch: A Cultural Review | 08/25/00 | $15,000 | Amherst, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of California at Los Angeles | Innovating Universities | 07/20/94 | $15,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Boyer Center for Education and Society | Community Building Programs | 02/02/01 | $15,000 | Grantham, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
