AJS Fellowships and Grants

New! Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards

The AJS is pleased to announce the Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards, the first annual book award program to be offered by the Association for Jewish Studies, made possible by generous funding from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation of Portland, Oregon. These awards will recognize and promote outstanding scholarship in the field of Jewish studies and will honor scholars whose work embodies the best in the field:  innovative research, excellent writing, and sophisticated methodology. More . . .

Cahnman Publication Subvention Grants

In the fall of 2007, the AJS awarded the first Cahnman Publication Subvention Grants, a new program underwritten by a  grant from The Cahnman Foundation of New York. Cahnman Publication Subventions subsidize costs associated with the preparation of first books for publication.  Scholarly manuscripts that explore Jewish engagement with and impact on artistic, intellectual, and cultural life in Europe and North Africa (e.g., through the visual or performing arts, literature, film, architecture, philosophy, science, or politics) are eligible for consideration. More . . .

Eastern European Scholar Travel Grants

A fund to support the participation of scholars from institutions in Eastern Europe in the annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. More . . .

Dorot Graduate Student Travel Grants

A fund to support the participation of graduate students in the annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. More . . .