Franklin Research Grants

Since 1933 the APS has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2022–2023 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded over $550,000 to more than 100 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition.

Who Is Eligible?

Applicants may be U.S. citizens and residents of the United States or American citizens resident abroad. Foreign nationals not affiliated with a U.S. institution are eligible to apply for projects to be carried out in the United States, although applicants to the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology must be U.S. citizens, U.S. residents, or foreign nationals formally affiliated with a U.S. institution. For the Franklin, Lewis and Clark, Phillips Fund, Daland and John Hope Franklin programs, foreign nationals affiliated with a U.S. institution are eligible to apply to carry out research anywhere in the world. Grant recipients may reapply after an interval of two years (for example, if you applied in 2021 for work in 2022, you are eligible to apply again in 2023 for work in 2024).

Grants are made to individuals. Institutions are not eligible to apply.

The American Philosophical Society is committed to maintaining the highest standards of scholarly excellence while supporting a working and intellectual environment that fosters an inclusive atmosphere for learning, prizes diverse origins and points of view, advances equal opportunities to learn and communicate, and encourages the widest possible access to its collections. The APS has titled these goals the APS IDEA (Inclusivity, Diversity, Equality, and Access) for its enduring institutional commitment to these values.

See specific programs for additional information.