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Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship 2027: $20,000 for Six Months or $40,000 for a Year of Independent Reporting for U.S. Print Journalists

A long-running U.S. journalism fellowship, now run by the Fund for Investigative Journalism, paying $20,000 for six months or $40,000 for twelve months of self-directed reporting on a subject of the journalist's choosing.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $20,000 (six months) or $40,000 (twelve months) Deadline: Oct 1, 2026 Location: United States

Berlin Prize Fellowship 2027–2028: A Fully Funded Semester in Berlin With a $5,000 Monthly Stipend, Housing, and Airfare for U.S. Scholars, Writers, and Journalists

The American Academy in Berlin awards Berlin Prize fellowships for a four-month residency at the Hans Arnhold Center, providing a $5,000 monthly stipend, housing, partial board, and round-trip airfare to U.S.-based scholars, writers, journalists, and policy experts.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $5,000 monthly stipend, plus housing, partial board, and round-trip airfare Deadline: Sep 25, 2026 Location: Germany and United States

Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency 2027: A Fully Funded Two-Month Residency in Historic Texas With a Private Studio, Lodging, and Airport Transport for Artists and Writers Worldwide

A fully funded two-month residency in Corsicana, Texas that gives six artists and three writers a private studio, lodging in an 1890s Odd Fellows lodge, professional documentation of their work, and airport transport, with 2027 applications due September 1, 2026.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: Fully funded residency: private studio and lodging, professional documentation, and DFW airport … Deadline: Sep 1, 2026 Location: United States, Corsicana, Texas and Worldwide

Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship 2027–2028: A $90,000 Nine-Month Residency at the New York Public Library for 15 Scholars, Writers, and Artists

The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at the New York Public Library appoints 15 Fellows a year for a nine-month residency with a $90,000 stipend, a private office, and full access to the Library's collections; applications for the 2027–2028 term close on September 25, 2026.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $90,000 stipend for the nine-month term, plus a private office and full access to the Library's … Deadline: Sep 25, 2026 Location: United States and New York City

Fine Arts Work Center Provincetown Fellowship 2026–2027: A Seven-Month Residency With Housing, Studio Access, and Stipends for Emerging Writers and Visual Artists

Historical reference for the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown's closed 2026–2027 Fellowship: a seven-month residency with an apartment, a studio for visual artists, a $1,250 monthly stipend, and a $1,000 exit stipend.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: $1,250 monthly stipend plus a $1,000 exit stipend, private apartment, and studio for visual arts … Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

Israelyan Fellowship at Gladstone's Library 2027: A Fully Funded Month-Long Residency in Wales for Writers, Artists, and Scholars Working on Armenian Studies and Themes

An inaugural, fully funded 31-night residency at Gladstone's Library in Wales, with a private en-suite room, all meals, and a travel contribution, for writers, artists, and scholars of any nationality advancing a substantially underway project in Armenian studies, literature, or the social sciences.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: Fully funded 31-night residency (private double en-suite room, single occupancy), all meals, … Deadline: Oct 15, 2026 Location: United Kingdom, Hawarden, Wales and Global

Jennifer Weiner Fellowship 2027: $5,000 Stipend and Mentorship for Emerging Philadelphia-Area Prose Writers

Blue Stoop's Jennifer Weiner Fellowship gives six woman-identified emerging prose writers in the greater Philadelphia area an unrestricted $5,000 stipend, mentorship, writing-community support, and coworking access during a February-May 2027 fellowship.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $5,000 unrestricted stipend, paid in two installments Deadline: Sep 8, 2026 Location: United States and Greater Philadelphia area

Jonathan Larson Grants 2026: Five Unrestricted Awards of $20,000 — Plus a $2,500 Recording Grant and a Joe's Pub Showcase — for Emerging Musical Theatre Composers, Lyricists, and Librettists, Closing Friday 4 September 2026

The American Theatre Wing's annual Jonathan Larson Grants give a small group of early-career musical theatre writers an unrestricted cash award — $20,000 each in the 2025 cycle — along with a Saw Island Foundation recording grant and a public showcase concert, with 2026 applications closing on Friday 4 September 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: $20,000 unrestricted plus a $2,500 recording grant in the 2025 cycle; 2026 amount not confirmed Deadline: Sep 4, 2026 Location: United States

Literary Arts Fund Innovation Project Grants 2026: $25,000 to $100,000 for Forward-Thinking Projects That Strengthen U.S. Nonprofit Literary Organizations and Presses

The Literary Arts Fund is awarding $1 million in one-time Innovation Project Grants of $25,000 to $100,000 to U.S. nonprofit literary arts organizations, presses, and publications for projects that tackle structural challenges facing the field.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: $25,000 to $100,000 per project ($1 million total in 2026) Deadline: Aug 17, 2026 Location: United States

Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship 2026 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Up to $5,000 for Archival Research in the History of the Life Sciences, Closing 31 August 2026

The CSHL Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology awards stipends of up to $5,000 to scholars at any career stage, journalists and writers pursuing ambitious original projects in the history of the life sciences, covering travel, lodging, translation, oral history recording and microfilming at the CSHL Library & Archives and other relevant repositories, with applications due 31 August 2026 and decisions in September.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: Up to $5,000 per fellow Deadline: Aug 31, 2026 Location: United States and International