American Short-Term Research Publication Grant

The American Short-Term Research Publication Grants are offered by AAUW through its American Fellowships program, which was established in 1888 and is described as the oldest non-institutional source of graduate and postdoctoral funding for women in the United States. The program aims to increase the number of women in research, development, and academic leadership and promote gender equity across research by supporting women as they prepare research manuscripts for publication. Applicants may work in any field of study, although applicants in science, technology, engineering, and math fields and applicants researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply. The grant provides an award of 8000. The Award Details section states that the amount is disbursed in a single tranche at the beginning of the award term. Allowable activities include drafting, editing, or modifying manuscripts, replicating research, responding to issues raised through critical review, and other work intended to increase the likelihood of research publication. Prohibited expenses include field work, research equipment, research assistants, previous expenditures, deficits or repayment of personal loans, institutional overhead costs, and tuition for dependents education. The manuscript does not have to be completed or published during the award year, but its topic and outline must be confirmed, and funds cannot be used for prospectus or sample chapter writing. No cost share or matching requirement is stated in the source. Eligible applicants must identify as women and must hold one of the specified qualifying degrees at the time of application, including a Ph.D., D.Sc or Sc.D, Ed.D., D.B.A., D.Eng, M.F.A., S.J.D., J.S.D., J.D., M.D., D.P.H., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.S.W., or M.P.H. Applicants must be the sole author, first author, or an author of equivalent significance on the publication. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents from the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, or another U.S. territory. Ineligible applicants include current AAUW Board members, AAUW employees and specified affiliated personnel, current AAUW review panelists, their immediate families, applicants for another national AAUW fellowship or grant in the same year, previous national AAUW fellowship or grant recipients subject to the stated exceptions, and tenured professors. Awardees cannot be enrolled in a degree program during the award year. Applications are submitted through the AAUW Fellowships and Grants Application Portal, where applicants create an account or log in. Required materials include two letters of recommendation from people academically or professionally familiar with the applicant and her work, proof of a qualifying degree, and an official transcript confirming degree conferral. Recommendation letters must be submitted for the application to be considered complete, and applicants are encouraged to register recommenders early. Degree and transcript documents must satisfy the detailed identification and academic information requirements stated by AAUW. Certified English translations are required for materials provided in another language, and additional documentation is required when the applicants name differs from the name appearing on academic documents. Applicants are responsible for ensuring all required materials are accurate and complete. Applications are evaluated competitively. Selection criteria include demonstrated scholarly excellence, relevant research and professional experience, originality and potential contribution of the research, quality and feasibility of the manuscript preparation plan, strength and feasibility of the financial plan, long-term career objectives and commitment to impact, and demonstrated commitment to women and girls. When applicants demonstrate comparable overall merit, preference may be given based on resilience in overcoming significant challenges, first-generation college graduate status, experience in or leadership of a single-parent household, and caregiving responsibilities. AAUW first reviews applications for completeness and eligibility, after which eligible and complete applications are reviewed by independent panels of scholars and experts in Arts and Humanities, Natural and Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences. Panel recommendations are subject to final AAUW approval. Applications open August 17, 2026 at 9:00am Eastern Time and close September 30, 2026 at 5:00pm Eastern Time. Award notification is scheduled for April 2027. The timeline lists a first stipend disbursement from July through September 2027, a mid-year report due in December 2027, a second stipend disbursement in December 2027 or January 2028, and a final report due July 31, 2028. This timeline appears inconsistent with the Award Details statement that the 8000 grant is disbursed in a single tranche at the beginning of the award term, so the source does not provide a fully consistent disbursement schedule. Review panels meet once each year. General questions may be directed through the AAUW help resource, and the source lists AAUW at 1310 L St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005, with telephone number 202.785.7700.

Applicants should use professional email addresses for recommenders, submit certified translations as required, ensure transcripts include all courses, and confirm materials before submission as applications cannot be edited