History Degree Scholarships

Search free scholarships from our database that are targeted towards history students. Some of these scholarships apply to Canadian students, and others apply to American students, and many apply to both!

Scholarship Amount Deadline Region of Study Level of Study
AAS-American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowships

$2,000 per month stipend

 

January 15, annually

 

Doctoral candidates

 

United States - Eligibility is for worldwide students

 

Getty Scholar Grants

Getty Scholars may be in residence from three to nine months: 

Three-month residency: September to December, January to March, April to June: $21,500
Six-month residency: September to March, January to June: $43,000
Nine-month residency: September to June: $65,000

 

October 3; November 1, 2022

 

Post-graduate

 

Worldwide (all nationalities)

 

Leo J. Krysa Family Undergraduate Scholarship

$3,500

 

March 1, annually

 

Undergraduate

 

Canada

 

DAR Scholarships - Specific Areas of Study

Varies: $1,000 - $4,000 as a one-time award, or per year of study

 

January 31, annually

 

Undergraduate; Graduate

 

United States

 

DAR Scholarships - History, Political Science, Economics & Government

$2,000 - $5,000

 

January 31, annually

 

Undergraduate; Graduate

 

United States

 

Indspire Post-Secondary Education Scholarship

Varies

 

February 1; August 1; November 1 at 11:59 p.m. PT (annually)

 

Full-time one-year certificate or diploma programs, undergraduate and graduate degree programs from an accredited post- secondary institution. 

 

Canada (Study outside of Canada is permitted at the graduate level).

 

Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowships

$1,850 per month or $1,350 per month including housing in the Society's Fellow's Residence

 

January 15, annually

Doctoral candidates

 

United States (location of fellowship)