Research Universities/Advanced Study and Research Programs

The Foundation supports a wide range of initiatives to strengthen selective private research universities in the United States, with particular emphasis on the humanities and "humanistic" social sciences. The Foundation's interests in this area include (but are not limited to) doctoral education, post-doctoral fellowships, faculty research support, and discipline-related projects. Grants have also supported research on the economics, sociology, the history of higher education, and science and society.

In addition to universities, the Foundation supports a number of initiatives at a small number of centers for advanced study and independent research libraries aimed at strengthening humanistic scholarship. In a few cases, the Foundation has provided support for specific research projects of broad scholarly significance.

Information on the Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies can be obtained from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Harriet Zuckerman Senior Vice President The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 140 East 62nd Street New York, NY 10021 (212) 838-8400