Regranting Programs

In addition to its defined grantmaking areas, the program provides funding for competitive fellowships and institutional awards.  Two of these programs, the New Directions Fellowships and the Sawyer Seminars on the Comparative Study of Cultures, are managed by Foundation staff.  In addition, a number of Foundation-sponsored fellowships are administered by the following scholarly societies:

Programs Supporting Graduate Students

• American Council of Learned Societies
• Andrew W. Mellon/ACLS Early Career Fellowships
• Social Science Research Council
• Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
• Social Science Research Council in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies
• International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships (Social Science Research Council in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies)
• Council on Library and Information Resources
• Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
• Council of European Studies
• Dissertation Completion Fellowships

• American Philosophical Society
• Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research Grants
• Library Resident Research Fellowships

Programs Supporting Scholars

• American Council of Learned Societies
• Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships
• Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
• Council of American Overseas Research Centers
• Mediterranean Regional Research Fellowship Program
• American Philosophical Society
• Franklin Research Grants
• Library Resident Research Fellowships
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowships