The Center for Africana Studies is proud to support scholars whose expertise and research focus on the study of Africans and African-descended people in the Diaspora. On this page, you will find periodically updated information with internal and external calls for applications.
Internal Funding (2025-26)
(Please check back for upcoming internal funding opportunities...coming soon)
External Funding (2025-26)
African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS): C.L.R. James Research Fellowship
Application Deadline: November 1, 2025
The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is pleased to announce the 2026 C.L.R. James Research Fellowship to support research towards the completion of a dissertation or publication of a book. Named after Afro-Trinidadian theorist C.L.R. James, the research fellowships are intended to promote research in Black intellectual history by graduate students, independent scholars, and faculty members at any rank.
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