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Opportunities

On this page, the Centre for History of the University of Lisbon publishes national and international funding opportunities — research grants, calls for scientific events, open access publications, awards and distinctions — in scientific areas of interest to CH-ULisboa researchers.

 

The CH-ULisboa Management offers support in preparing applications to its researchers who wish to apply for national and international funding for their research. Any requests should be addressed to the Deputy Director for International Projects, Joana Gaspar de Freitas.

 

All suggestions for dissemination should be sent to centro.his.secretariado@letras.ulisboa.pt.

The New York Public Library

NYPL research centres offer a wide range of fellowship opportunities and other resources for researchers and writers.

  • The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship Programme exists to support advanced research in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the library’s headquarters. Fellowships are open to doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and independent researchers with projects that would benefit significantly from on-site research.
  • The Lapidus Centre for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at NYPL’s Schomburg Centre offers long- and short-term fellowships to assist researchers whose research on transatlantic slavery would benefit from extended access to the Centre’s resources.
  • The NYPL’s RSA-Kress Grant supports a one-month residency in New York City for a member of the Renaissance Society of America to conduct research in art history.
FLAD Scholarships – Luso-American Development Foundation
  • R&D@USA 2026 Scholarships: this competition will award scholarships for research internships in the US for master’s and doctoral students and researchers with a doctorate of up to 3 years from Portuguese institutions. For internships beginning between 1 July and 31 December 2026, the application period will run from 1 November to 30 April 2026.
  • Papers@USA 2026 Scholarships: these scholarships aim to internationalise scientific knowledge produced in Portugal and support the academic development of participants by supporting researchers in presenting papers and communications in the United States. Applications must be submitted 4 months before the start date of the US conference for which the participant has been accepted, so it is advisable to carefully check the deadlines.
  • USA@PT 2026 Scholarships: these scholarships aim to support the participation of American speakers in seminars, workshops and conferences in Portugal, organised by Portuguese institutions, with the aim of fostering the exchange of knowledge between the two scientific communities and solidifying a lasting relationship between Portuguese and American institutions. Applications must be submitted 4 months before the start date of the American conference for which the participant has been accepted, so we suggest that you carefully check the deadlines.

UC Berkeley-Portugal Programme
The European Studies Institute and the Centre for Portuguese Studies at UC Berkeley offer various funding opportunities for teachers, researchers and students to promote exchange and strengthen cooperation between institutions and countries, among which we highlight the following:

  • Berkeley-Portugal Faculty Mobility Grant: this initiative supports cooperation between UC Berkeley and Portugal by funding UC Berkeley faculty members who are invited to present their research at a Portuguese university.
  • Portugal-Berkeley Visiting Professor Programme: the Centre for Portuguese Studies supports cooperation between UC Berkeley and Portugal by funding a visiting professor from a Portuguese university to come to the Berkeley campus.
  • Portugal-Berkeley Travel Fund for Prospective Graduate Students: the Centre for Portuguese Studies supports UC Berkeley departments that wish to invite a prospective doctoral student with a master’s degree from a Portuguese university to participate in the Spring Visit for UC Berkeley Graduate Programme Applicants.
  • Pinto-Fialon Scholarships (Graduate and Undergraduate): these scholarships are open to all students who wish to obtain an academic degree and who have been officially admitted to the University of California, Berkeley, and are Portuguese (i.e., Portuguese citizens) or Portuguese-Americans (i.e., US citizens with at least one parent or grandparent who is a Portuguese citizen).
  • Berkeley-Portugal Research Fund for Graduate Students: the Centre for Portuguese Studies supports cooperation between UC Berkeley and Portugal by funding UC Berkeley doctoral students who wish to conduct research in Portugal under the supervision of a faculty member affiliated with a Portuguese institution.
Programme in African American History (PAAH)

The Library Company of Philadelphia’s Programme in African American History (PAAH) awards several in-person research fellowships, which support advanced research in any discipline related to African American history and culture. Applicants may submit research proposals based not only on the Library Company’s extensive collections, but also on the printed and manuscript holdings of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

The following opportunities are available:

  • Postdoctoral research fellowships: support one or two semesters of on-site research. Researchers at any stage of their career may apply.
  • PhD dissertation research fellowships: support one or two semesters of on-site research for PhD students who are writing their thesis.
  • Short-term research fellowships: support four weeks of research in collections. Postgraduate students, PhD students, or independent researchers may apply.

GHI Warsaw Scholarship/Internship/Travel Grant Programme

The German Historical Institute Warsaw (GHI) offers scholarships, internships and travel grants to researchers whose work is in line with the Institute’s research objectives and available budgetary resources. It supports research in German and Central and Eastern European history that requires a stay in Poland, Lithuania or the Czech Republic.

Application Process for the Preparation of Studies and Policy Papers by the Foundation

The application process for the preparation of studies and policy papers sponsored by the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation is open on a rolling basis throughout the duration of the current Research Programme (2024–2026). Applications, written in English, should be sent to the following email address: estudos@ffms.pt. The Foundation’s Studies must provide a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the subject under consideration and include proposals for national public policies. The estimated duration of their preparation is two years, followed by a public presentation. The Foundation’s Policy Papers are quick-read documents containing recommendations and courses of action for decision-makers and those responsible for national public policy. The estimated duration of their preparation is six months, followed by a public presentation. The application assessment process consists of five stages, meaning that the analysis and deliberation may take several months.

President’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program (Ohio State University)

This fellowship opportunity includes up to two years of salary support and full benefits provided by the President’s Office and the fellow’s academic mentor, department, and/or sponsoring faculty. PPSP fellows receive dedicated funds annually to support expenses related to research, creative expression, and professional development, as well as relocation support in the first year to assist with the move to Columbus, Ohio. The application period opens soon.

Doctoral Scholarships at the Autonomous University of Barcelona – Institute for the History of Science

Paris–Rome Fellowship in Digital Art History 2026/27

The Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA) and the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History (BHMPI) are offering a new research fellowship between Paris and Rome for doctoral and postdoctoral candidates.

〉 Application deadline: 15th March 2026.

Fellowships at the IGdJ in Hamburg 2027

These fellowships are intended to support innovative academic projects in the field of Jewish Studies and to deepen exchange at both the national and international levels.

〉 Application deadline: 16th March 2026.

2026/2027 Call for Applications: Social Relevance of the Humanities for International Scholars

The CAS Sofia “Social Relevance of the Humanities” (RevHum) fellowship programme, developed with the financial support of the Porticus Foundation, aims to highlight the cognitive functions of the humanities and their potential as critical disciplines, opening them up to issues relevant in and to the contemporary world — issues that are “practical”, but also epistemological, ethical, philosophical, etc. The programme aims to accommodate the widest possible range of topics in the humanities and social sciences, provided they relate to contemporary debates or to major challenges to the human condition arising from technological advances and “digital modernity”.

〉 Application deadline: 31st March 2026.

PhD Scholarship – Bei Shan Tang Fellowships at the IGdJ in Hamburg 2027

The Bei Shan Tang Doctoral Thesis Grant is open to doctoral students of any nationality whose thesis focuses on traditional Chinese art and who have already completed the research phase and require support for the final drafting of their thesis. The grant funds up to 12 months of full-time writing, and requires a formal application accompanied by academic references and a commitment not to hold any other grants concurrently.

〉 Application deadline: 31st March 2026 (5 p.m., Hong Kong).

Virginia Theological Seminar – AAEHC

The AAEHC preserves and supports research into the experiences of Black Episcopalians through institutional records, oral histories, personal archives and media. Thanks to a generous grant from the HSEC, the AAEHC is now accepting applications for its 2026–2027 research travel grants. The grants will reimburse researchers for travel, accommodation, meals and other costs. In 2025–2026, the AAEHC awarded $8,400 to three recipients, including its first international researcher, from the Diocese of Tete (Anglican Province of Mozambique and Angola).

〉 Application deadline: 30th April 2026.

Aarhus University – Postdoctoral fellowship in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS), School of Culture and Society

The research project Locally Crafted Empires: Intersecting Identities under Imperial Rule in Western Asia as Expressed in Local Portrait Cultures (1st c. BCE-5th c. CE) (LoCiS), led by Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art Rubina Raja at the School of Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University (AU), is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher. The postdoctoral researcher will work on specific tasks within the project, as defined by the project director.

〉 Application deadline: 1st May 2026.

Updated on 13th March 2026.

Call for Applications: 13th EBHA Franco Amatori Doctoral Summer School (2026)

The European Business History Association (EBHA) and the Association Française d’Histoire Économique (AFHE), with financial and logistical support from the Fondation Maison de Salins, invite applications for the 13th EBHA Franco Amatori Doctoral Summer School. The school will take place in Salins-les-Bains (Jura, France), from 6 to 11 September 2026. The Summer School focuses on theoretical, methodological and practical issues relevant to advanced research in business history. The main objective is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the latest research trends in the field and to create a welcoming environment in which participants can discuss their preliminary findings with leading researchers and their peers. To this end, the programme includes student presentations on their research projects, as well as lectures and seminars delivered by the teaching staff.

〉 Proposals must be submitted by 16th March 2026.

UCSIA Summer School on Religion, Culture & Society

The central theme of the UCSIA Summer Schools on Religion, Culture and Society, from 2024 to 2026, is Religion and Politics: (Un)entanglements in Communities and Societies. Over the course of the next three editions of the Summer School, we will explore the intersection between religion and politics, the communities in which they emerge and operate, and the injustices they entail or critique. The UCSIA Summer School, aimed at PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with a research interest in religion, is designed to foster dialogue among peers from different backgrounds and disciplines. In doing so, it seeks to critically analyse normative positions and contemporary academic trends that inform their research. In this spirit, the programme seeks to encourage students to question the power dynamics and social entanglements that influence the production of knowledge.

〉 Proposals must be submitted by 20th April 2026.

‘Networks of Creative Persuasion in Advertising and Marketing’ (Hagley Library, Wilmington Delaware, 6 November 2026)

The Hagley Museum and Library (Centre for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Wilmington, Delaware) is organising an international conference focused on networks of creative persuasion in historical contexts of business, technology, marketing, and culture. It invites submissions of individual or panel proposals based on original research on topics such as advertising, design, branding, media, and other forms of persuasion supported by professional, institutional, or technological networks.

〉 Proposals must be submitted by 1st June 2026.

Workshop: Religion and Alternate States: religious communities as challenges to the nation-state across the 19th and 20th centuries (McGill University, 8 May 2026)

This workshop aims to investigate the historical and contemporary role of religious communities in constructing alternatives to the secular nation-state. It seeks to go beyond traditional studies on the relationship between Church and State, focusing on religious groups that function as parallel political communities, providing their followers with their own systems of government, law, social organisation and knowledge. At the same time, while some communities have historically sought to distance themselves from the nation-state, others have struggled, in various contexts, to transform themselves from within the broader political communities in which they are embedded. The worshop will consider religious groups both as alternatives to the secular state and as potential agents of transformation.

Updated on 13th March 2026.
FCT | Open access publication in international journals at no cost

The FCT has negotiated with several international publishers the possibility of open access publication at no cost to researchers and universities. See the eligibility conditions and the publishers and journal titles covered on the B-On Platform.

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Open Research Europe

Open Research Europe (ORE) allows researchers from all disciplines who have been funded by EU programmes to publish their work openly and free of charge. To publish on this platform, only one of the authors of the article needs to have been funded by EU funds. From 2026, thanks to a memorandum of understanding signed by the FCT, all national researchers will be eligible to publish on ORE. Peer-reviewed and published works will be indexed in PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar.

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Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo islamico

Call for papers for issue no. 18/2026 of Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo islamico: “Conflicts and Migration in the Contemporary Mediterranean: Borders, Mobility and Wars in the New Millennium.” This special issue, edited by Fabrizio Di Buono and Gabriele Leone, will bring together contributions addressing the theme of migration and conflict in the Mediterranean region. We welcome submissions that adopt a multidisciplinary approach to issues in political science, history, cooperation, international relations and international law, as well as sociology (cultural studies, gender studies, postcolonial and decolonial studies) and anthropology, particularly through methodologies such as life histories and participant observation.

〉 Proposals must be submitted by 10th September 2026.

Updated on 13th March 2026.

No applications currently open.

Updated on 13th March 2026.