| Cornell University | New Directions Post-Fellowship Award [Richards] | 09/21/09 | $50,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| New-York Historical Society | Fellowships | 12/10/09 | $484,000 | New York, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/10/09 | $1,250,000 | Champaign, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Vassar College | Faculty Retirement | 12/10/09 | $850,000 | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Union College | Environmental Studies | 12/10/09 | $600,000 | Schenectady, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| DePauw University | Environmental Education | 12/10/09 | $595,000 | Greencastle, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bryn Mawr College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $359,000 | Bryn Mawr, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Haverford College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $332,000 | Haverford, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Princeton University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $447,000 | Princeton, NJ, United States | Higher Learning |
| Smith College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $203,000 | Northampton, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| United Negro College Fund, Inc. | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $3,032,000 | Washington, DC, United States | Higher Learning |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $350,000 | St. Louis, MO, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wesleyan University | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $189,000 | Middletown, CT, United States | Higher Learning |
| Williams College | Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program - 2009 Renewal | 12/10/09 | $447,000 | Williamstown, MA, United States | Higher Learning |
| HBCU Library Alliance, Inc. | HBCU Library Alliance - Documentation and Dissemination | 11/15/10 | $71,000 | Atlanta, GA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Brown University | University Humanities Centers | 12/09/10 | $498,000 | Providence, RI, United States | Higher Learning |
| Duke University | University Humanities Centers - Part IV | 12/09/10 | $823,000 | Durham, NC, United States | Higher Learning |
| University of Cambridge | CRASSH Postdoctoral Fellowships | 12/09/10 | $584,000 | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Higher Learning |
| Northwestern University | Dance Studies | 12/09/10 | $1,420,700 | Evanston, IL, United States | Higher Learning |
| Cornell University | Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies | 12/09/10 | $400,000 | Ithaca, NY, United States | Higher Learning |
| Occidental College | Integrated Curricular Planning | 12/09/10 | $700,000 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Wabash College | Asian Studies | 12/09/10 | $700,000 | Crawfordsville, IN, United States | Higher Learning |
| Lewis & Clark College | Environmental Studies | 12/09/10 | $600,000 | Portland, OR, United States | Higher Learning |
| Bucknell University | Environmental Studies | 12/09/10 | $520,000 | Lewisburg, PA, United States | Higher Learning |
| Tougaloo College | Global Leadership Curriculum | 12/09/10 | $100,000 | Tougaloo, MS, United States | Higher Learning |
