Scholarships, Fellowships, Academic Internships, and Grants: Philosophy

The ARTS and HUMANITIES

 

Abbey Awards and Fellowships(Rome) Nine- and three-month residencies for emerging painters.

 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Scholars ProgramTo stimulate and support new and significant works of film scholarship on cultural, educational, historical, theoretical or scientific aspects of film.

 

Albright Institute of Archaeological Research(Jerusalem) 32 fellowships in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the early Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines.

 

American Academy in Berlin  (Berlin) Fellowshipsand distinguished visitorawards in history, economics, poetry, art history, journalism, law, anthropology, musicology, public policy, and writing, among others, but notmathematics or the hard sciences.

 

American Academy in Rome(Rome) Six- to 11-month residencies to 30 emerging artists and scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers in architecture, design, historic preservation and conservation, landscape architecture, literature, musical composition, visual arts, ancient studies, medieval studies, Renaissance and early modern studies, modern Italian studies.  

 

American Antiquarian Society Fellowships(Worcester, MA) One- to 12-month fellowships for research in American history, art and culture through 1876. 

 

American Association of University Women American Fellowships  Fellowships supporting women finishing research for publication.

 

American Center of Oriental Research Fellowships(Aman, Jordan) Fellowships in all areas of the humanities and the natural and social sciences which contribute to scholarship in Near Eastern studies.

 

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships for humanities and social sciences, and interdisciplinary work, but notfor pedagogy, translation, or most travel.

 

American Historical Association (Washington, D.C.) One to twelve month fellowships in American history, 17^th& 18^thcentury European history, and history of aerospace.

 

American Institute of Indian Studies(India) Research fellowships up to nine months in anthropology, ethnomusicology, history, performing arts, political science, religious studies, and urban planning of India.

 

American Philological Association(Munich) One fellowship in residence with the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Institute on Latin language and culture from the classical period through the early Middle Ages. Requires reading knowledge of German and advanced competence in Greek.

 

American Philosophical SocietyFranklin Research GrantsSmall grants to young scholars intended to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge.

 

American-Scandinavian Foundation(Scandinavian countries) Support for one year of research or study relevant to Scandinavian countries in all fields. Command of host country language expected.

 

Amy Clampitt Residency Program(Sheffield, MA)  Six- to 12-month residency for one poet.

 

Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling ScholarshipOne year of travel abroad for American-born poets.

 

Andrew Mellon Foundation

1. Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships Academic year fellowships for tenure-track faculty in humanities and social sciences.

2.    Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars (Stanford or Can Marino, CA, Chicago, Cambridge or Worcester, MA, Research Triangle Park, NC, Princeton, Washington, D.C., Rome or Florence, Italy) Academic year fellowships in humanities and social sciences at participating national research centers.

 

Arizona State University Institute for Humanities Research

(Tempe, AZ) Visiting Fellows pursue interdisciplinary research and writing in critical exploration of an annual theme - 2013-14 theme is Home.

 

Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellows(New York, Washington, D.C.) One-year residency to direct an original project on Asia in international politics and the global economy.

 

Asian Cultural CouncilGrants tailored to the needs and objectives of scholars in traditional and contemporary arts, archaeology, architecture, art history, arts administration, arts criticism, conservation, crafts, dance, design (not commercial), film, installation, literature, museology, music, new media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, theater, and video.

 

Association for Asian StudiesSome small grants administered in China, inner Asian, Japan and Korean studies, plus a comprehensive catalogue of other funding sources.

 

Aurora Foundation Japanese Language ScholarshipsScholarship and travel expenses to Japan to enhance the capabilities of those teaching Japanese.

 

Banff International Literary Translation Centre Awards(Banff, Alberta, Canada) Support for professional, published, literary translators in any language to have three weeks of uninterrupted work on a current project among an international community of colleagues.

 

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University(New Haven) One-month visiting fellowships to pursue research in the collection.

 

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts(Omaha, NE) Three-month residency provides 36 artists with uninterrupted, self-directed work time, live/work studio with private bath and 24-hour access to wood shop, installation spaces and a large sculpture fabrication facility, with $750/month stipend.

 

Black Metropolis Research Consortium(Chicago) Short-term fellowships to provide access to archives and collections for artists and scholars in African American and African diasporic culture, history, and politics.  

 

Blakemore Foundation Language Grants(East or Southeast Asia)

1.    Blakemore Freeman Fellowships provide one year of advanced language study in Burmese, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Thai, or Vietnamese.

2.    Blakemore Refresher Grants provide mid-career professors teaching in an Asian field to refresh their language skills with a full-time language program for a summer or semester in Burmese, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Thai, or Vietnamese. 

 

Brown University John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and CultureThree-month fellowships to encourage thoughtful reflection and writing on public humanities and cultural heritage, to present their work at the JNBC, and to produce an essay, case study, instructional materials, or other documents for publication. 

 

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art(Washington, D.C.) Seniorand visitingfellows programs support research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts.

 

Center for Chinese Studies Research Grant for Foreign Scholars(Taiwan)Three-month to one-year fellowships to  pursue Chinese studies.  Subsidies include travel, research expenses, research materials service, liaison with universities and research institutions, and use of CCS facilities

 

Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation  (Taiwan) Support for scholars from the American region for research,sabbatical funding, matching funds for conferences, and subsidies for publicationson Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences.  Preference to collaborative projects with counterparts in Taiwan.

 

Cintas Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts$10,000 fellowship for visual artists living outside of Cuba who are Cuban citizens or the child or grandchild of a Cuban citizen.  Visual Arts may include painting, sculpture, installation art, photography, film, and the media arts. Media arts encompasses narrative, non-narrative, documentary, animation, or experimental time-based works using audio, digital, film and/or video media; also included is computer art in which the computer is an essential element of the work's creation, presentation or understanding.

 

Clark Fellowships(Massachusetts) Up to $60,000 for one- to ten-month residencies at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for study related to the visual arts, especially efforts to deepen, transform, or challenge methods currently practiced within art history and the role of images in other humanities disciplines. 

 

Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Scholars)800 awards for research worldwide.

 

Davidson Family Fellowship at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art(Fort Worth, TX) Four-month fellowship in American art history within the museum's collections.

 

Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, D.C.) One to nine month fellowships for studies related to the library’s collection.

 

Fromm Music Foundation  Commissioned composition.

 

Georgia O'Keefe Museum Research Center Fellowship(Santa Fe) Three- to twelve-month residency in art history, architecture, literature, music, and photography in American Modernism.

 

Getty Trust (Los Angeles) Three, six, or nine month interdisciplinary residency as a guest scholar in historical conservation, with an emphasis on the visual arts (including sites, buildings, objects) and the theoretical underpinnings of the field.

 

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation  Six to twelve month fellowships for mid-career faculty across the arts and sciences, though not for artists who interpret other people’s work (yes for composers or choreographers, no for performers or directors of compositions or choreography).

 

Howard Foundation $30k support for early mid-career scholars in rotating fields: 2012-13 in photography, anthropology, and archaeology; 2013-14 in painting, sculpture, the history of art and architecture; 2013-14 in playwriting, music, theatre studies, musicology and history

 

Huntington Library Fellowships(San Marino, CA) More than 100 fellowships for resident research in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine.

 

Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) One term to multi-year visiting member fellowships in history of arts and sciences (combining humanistic disciplines, from socioeconomic developments, political theory, and modern international relations, to the history of art, science, philosophy, music, and literature), math, and natural and social sciences.  

 

International Residence at Couvent des Recollets(Paris) Three month residency for a Paris-specific project open to writers and artists in visual or performing arts.

 

Italian Academy at Columbia University Resident Fellowships(New York) One- and two-semester resident fellowships to pursue studies in cultural memory in global society, including scientific and technological connections and the neuroscience of cultural memory. 

 

Kluge Center at the Library of Congress(Washington, D.C.) Resident distinguished chairs and fellowships for up to one year for research in all areas of the arts and sciences.  Topic-specific funds include astrobiology, political economy, foreign policy and international relations, health and spirituality, American studies, ethics and American history, and folklife studies. 

 

Lady Davis Fellowship Trust Visiting Professorship(Israel) Visiting professorship in any field of study at Hebrew University. Applicants must be full or associate professors AND be sponsored by a member of Hebrew University faculty.

 

Leo Baeck Institute  New research on German-Jewish culture and history.

 

Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities Bogliasco Fellowships(Genoa, Italy) One-month fellowships in archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film/video, history, landscape architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theater, and visual arts. The Center also occasionally awards named fellowships in music, visual arts, dance, literature, and music.

 

National Air and Space Museum Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History(Washington, D.C.) is a twelve-month fellowship for to scholars with distinguished records of publication who are working on, or anticipate working on, books in aerospace history.

 

National Humanities Center  (Research Triangle Park, NC) Year-long resident fellowships for study in the humanities.

 

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study(Cambridge, MA) One year residential fellowships for research in the humanities and social sciences, creative arts, and natural sciences and mathematics.  Opportunities for group applications and cluster studies.

 

Rockefeller Foundation Residencies(Bellagio, Italy) Month-long residencies for 12 scholars from all academic disciplines to explore topics relevant to improving life for the poor worldwide OR one to three month residencies and fellowships for fine and literary artists whose work is inspired by global or social issues. 

 

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Scholars in Residence Program(New York) Six-month residency for research and writing on the peoples of the African Diaspora, which may include social and hard sciences if the work contributes to the humanities.

 

School of American Research(Santa Fe, NM) Nine month residenciesfor scholars who have completed their research and analysis in the social sciences, humanities, and Native arts and who need time to reflect, debate, and write.  Of these,oneis specifically geared to scholars of Native American heritage.  There is also a two month summer residencyfor three scholars in the social sciences, humanities, or arts.

 

Smithsonian American Art Museum(Washington, D.C.) One year named residential senior fellowships in American art, visual crafts and decorative arts, American realism, or international contexts for American art.

 

Stanford Humanities Center(Stanford, CA) One academic year residential fellowship as external faculty in the humanities but not the creative arts.  (A single, separate fellowship in creative artsfor practitioners, critics, and scholars.)

 

Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah Humanities Visiting Research Fellowships(Salt Lake City) Research in the humanities, particularly Middle East Studies and women writers.

 

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellowships(Washington, D.C.) Three- to nine-month fellowships to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust.

 

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Residential Fellowships(Charlottesville, VA) One- and two-semester residencies in any area of the humanities.

Associations and Societies

• American Association of Philosophy Teachers
  The AAPT is dedicated to the advancement of the art of teaching philosophy.
• American Association of University Professors
  Founded in 1915 by philosophers John Dewey and Arthur Lovejoy, the AAUP's purpose is to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
• American Catholic Philosophical Association
  Established in 1926, the American Catholic Philosophical Association has forged a unique tradition that is steeped in classical sources and cultivates the Catholic philosophical heritage.
• American Council of Learned Societies
  ACLS, a private, nonprofit federation of 71 national scholarly organizations, is the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and related social sciences.
• American Philosophical Practitioners Association
  The APPA is a non-profit educational corporation that encourages philosophical awareness and advocates leading the examined life.
• American Society for Aesthetics
  The ASA was founded in 1942 to promote study, research, discussion, and publication in aesthetics.
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
  ASBH promotes the exchange of ideas and fosters multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and inter-professional scholarship, research, teaching, policy development, professional development and collegiality among people engaged in clinical and academic bioethics and the medical humanities.
• Ancient Philosophy Society
  The Ancient Philosophy Society was established to provide a forum for diverse scholarship on ancient Greek and Roman texts.
• Association for Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics, and Science Studies
  FEMMSS is a professional organization dedicated to promoting feminist work in epistemology, the study of methodology, metaphysics, and science and technology studies.
• Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
  FEAST is a professional organization dedicated to promoting feminist ethical perspectives on philosophy, moral and political life, and public policy.
• Association for Informal Logic & Critical Thinking
  Founded in 1983, AILACT is a non-profit scholarly association which aims to promote research into, teaching of, and testing of informal logic and critical thinking.
• Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
  APPE is a comprehensive, international organization advancing scholarship, education, and practice in practical and professional ethics.
• Association for Symbolic Logic
  The ASL is an international organization supporting research and critical studies in logic. Its primary function is to provide an effective forum for the presentation, publication, and critical discussion of scholarly work in this area of inquiry.
• Association for the Philosophy of Judaism
  APJ is an academic association of philosophers interested in the rigorous application of philosophy to any aspect of Judaism.
• Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America
  The ACPA is an academic organization in philosophy and the humanities whose purpose is to promote philosophical activities of the Chinese philosophers in America.
• Australasian Association of Philosophy
  The purpose of the AAP is to promote the study of philosophy in Australasia and to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers.
• Ayn Rand Society
  The ARS is a professional society with the aim of fostering scholarly study of Ayn Rand.
• Bertrand Russell Society
  Founded in 1974, the Bertrand Russell Society seeks to foster a better understanding of the life, work, and writings of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) and how his contributions relate to today's world.
• British Philosophical Association
  The BPA is the subject association for Philosophy as an academic discipline within Britain.
• British Society for Ethical Theory
  BSET is an academic society dedicated to philosophical research in normative ethics, metaethics, and moral psychology.
• California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race
  An annual workshop for scholars in philosophy and related fields who are interested in philosophy and race.
• Canadian Philosophical Association (L'Association canadienne de philosophie)
  The CPA was founded in 1958 to promote philosophical scholarship and education across Canada, and to represent the interests of the profession in public forums.
• Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy
  CSWIP an organization of philosophers and others with a commitment to supporting women interested in philosophy, and women in philosophy, and to fostering feminism in philosophy and philosophy in feminism.
• Caribbean Philosophical Association
  The Caribbean Philosophical Association is a non-profit organization of scholars and lay-intellectuals who share a commitment to the development of an intellectual community that is truly representative of the diversity of voices and perspectives that is paradigmatic of the Caribbean.
• Charles S. Peirce Society
  The purpose of the Peirce Society is to encourage study of and communication about the work of Charles S. Peirce and its ongoing influence in the many fields of intellectual endeavor to which he contributed.
• Coalition on the Academic Workforce
  Organized in 1997, CAW is a group of higher education associations, disciplinary associations, and faculty organizations committed to addressing issues associated with deteriorating faculty working conditions and their effect on college and university students in the United States.
• Community College Humanities Association
  The Community College Humanities Association (CCHA), founded in 1979, is the only national organization of its kind for humanities faculty and administrators in two-year colleges. It is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the humanities in two-year colleges.
• Concerned Philosophers for Peace
  Concerned Philosophers for Peace is the largest body of philosophers in the United States working on issues of war and peace.
• Council for Secular Humanism
  The mission of CSH is to advocate and defend a nonreligious lifestance rooted in science, naturalistic philosophy, and humanist ethics and to serve and support adherents of that lifestance.
• Dutch Research School of Philosophy
  The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (1) facilitates and stimulates research collaboration between the participating universities, and (2) offers training for young researchers.
• European Society of Analytic Philosophy
  ESAP aims to establish contacts and encourage collaboration among European analytic philosophers.
• Faculty Forward
  SEIU Faculty Forward is a campaign that unites full-time and part-time professors at campuses across the country to address the crisis in higher education and the troubling trend toward a marginalized teaching faculty that endangers our profession.
• First Russian Philosophical Society
  The first philosophical society was founded in Saint-Petersburg in 1897 and continues to remain the center of intellectual life in Saint-Petersburg, representing professional activity of philosophers and acquainting the general public with the achievements of contemporary philosophical thought.
• Gabriel Marcel Society
  The Society aims to facilitate communication and increased appreciation of Marcel's work.
• Hegel Society of America
  The Hegel Society of America is a learned society, founded in 1968, whose goal is to promote the study of the philosophy of Hegel and Hegelianism, its place within the history of thought, and its relation to social, political, and cultural movements since his time.
• Human Development and Capability Association
  The Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) is a global community of academics and practitioners that seeks to build an intellectual community around the ideas of human development and the capability approach, and relate these ideas to the policy arena.
• Hume Society
  The Hume Society is an international organization promoting scholarship on all aspects of the thought and writings of David Hume.
• Husserl Circle
  Husserl Circle holds annual meetings with the primary purpose of communication of phenomenological research and discussion of Husserl's philosophy.
• International Adam Smith Society
  The society was founded in 1995 to encourage interdisciplinary scholarly interest in Adam Smith's writings, as well as in topics and issues connected with his writings; and to provide a forum for the sharing of research and scholarship relating to Adam Smith.
• International Association for Philosophy and Literature
  The IAPL is dedicated to the exchange of ideas and scholarly research within the humanities.
• International Association of Computing and Philosophy
  The IACAP exists to promote scholarly dialogue and research on all aspects of the computational and informational turn, and on the use of information and communication technologies in the service of philosophy.
• International Ernst Cassirer Society
  The Cassirer Society was founded on October 13, 1993, to coordinate and further research concerning the philosophy of Ernst Cassirer and to support the edition of Cassirer's unpublished writings.
• International Network of Philosophers of Education
  INPE's is devoted to the promotion of ideological tolerance in the field of education and the facilitation of better understanding between different schools of thought.
• International Plato Society
  Established in 1989, the IPS promotes Platonic studies throughout the world and communication among scholars of diverse disciplines. It includes the annual Plato Bibliography and the journal Platon.
• International Society for Chinese Philosophy
  ISCP was founded in 1975 to bring together scholars from all corners of the globe who share an interest in Chinese philosophy, and to promote the study of Chinese philosophy in both academic and non-academic circles.
• International Society for Environmental Ethics
  ISEE strives to advance research and education in the field of environmental ethics and philosophy, and to promote appropriate human use, respect, conservation, preservation, and understanding of the natural world.
• International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
  The mission of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies is to promote the study of the philosophy of Plato and its long tradition from all perspectives.
• International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science
  HOPOS is devoted to promoting serious, scholarly research on the history of the philosophy of science.
• International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture
  The society’s objectives are to engender as well as provide an informal platform for real philosophic engagement with the subject of architecture.
• Italian Society of Analytic Philosophy
  The SIFA was founded in 1992 and brings together scholars of the analytic tradition in Italy.
• Italian Web Service for Philosophy (Servizio Web Italiano per la Filosofia)
  SWIF is an Italian-language source for philosophical information and resources.
• Karl Jaspers Society of North America
  The society's purpose is to promote study and research in the thought of Karl Jaspers and related philosophical issues.
• Kurt Gödel Society
  The Gödel Society is an international organization for the promotion of research in the areas of Logic, Philosophy, History of Mathematics, above all in connection with the biography of Kurt Gödel, and in other areas to which Gödel made contributions, especially mathematics, physics, theology, philosophy and Leibniz studies.
• Leibniz Society of North America
  The society's purpose is to encourage and promote interest in the life, work, and philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
• Merlin CCC
  Merlin CCC is a Helena-based nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching lives and strengthening the community and environment through philosophy.
• Metaphysical Society of America
  Founded in 1950 by Paul Weiss, the Metaphysical Society is committed to the principle that philosophical thought is open to a variety of different traditions and methodologies and provides a forum for the discussion of the questions that have animated philosophical debate from the start. It maintains a close informal relation with the Review of Metaphysics.
• Minorities and Philosophy
  MAP is a collection of students in North American philosophy departments that aims to examine and address issues of minority participation in academic philosophy.
• National Humanities Alliance
  Founded in 1981, the NHA is a non-profit organization to advance national humanities policy in the areas of research, education, preservation and public programs.
• National Philosophical Counseling Association
  Formerly the American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy, the NPCA is the first association of philosophical counseling in the United States.
• No Free Will Network: Free Will is False
  A network of free will skeptics who work together to inform the public that free will is bogus and the recognition of this truth of reality is an important step in the formation of a more honest, rational, and compassionate global society.
• North American Kant Society
  The purpose of the Society is to further study of the works of Immanuel Kant from a variety of perspectives: "analytical," "continental," and otherwise.
• North American Sartre Society
  The North American Sartre Society is dedicated to the study of all aspects of the work and thought of Jean-Paul Sartre.
• North American Society for Social Philosophy
  The NASSP is a non-profit learned society whose mission is to facilitate discussion between social philosophers on all topics of interest.
• North Texas Philosophical Association
  The purpose of the NTPA is to promote philosophical dialogue and inquiry and to improve the quality of the teaching of philosophy in colleges and universities in North Texas.
• Phi Beta Kappa
  Phi Beta Kappa is the United States' oldest academic honor society, celebrating and advocating excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.
• Philosophical Association of Mexico
  AFM aims to promote and encourage research and education philosophy in Mexico.
• Philosophical Society of England
  The society helps to bring together professional philosophers and non-professionals, to bring philosophical ideas and problems to the public attention, and to encourage wider discussion of both traditional and topical philosophical issues.
• Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO)
  PLATO advocates and supports introducing philosophy to K-12 students through programs, resource-sharing and the development of a national network of those working in pre-college philosophy.
• Philosophy of Education Society
  The Philosophy of Education Society is an international forum that promotes the philosophic treatment of educational practice, policy and research, advances the quality of teaching the philosophy of education, and cultivates fruitful relationships between and among philosophers, philosophers of education and educators.
• Philosophy of Science Association
  The Philosophy of Science Association promotes research, teaching, and free discussion of issues in the philosophy of science from diverse standpoints.
• Polanyi Society
  The Polanyi Society is a scholarly organization whose members are interested in the thought of Michael Polanyi, a scientist and philosopher who lived from 1891 to 1976.
• Public Philosophy Network
  The Public Philosophy Network is an online social network for philosophers, community-based practitioners, policy makers, and other constituents interested in thinking critically about public issues.
• Radical Philosophy Association
  The purpose of the RPA is to foster the discussion of diverse currents of radical, critical philosophical thinking in the United States and worldwide, and to provide support for initiatives to implement such thinking along lines agreed to by a consensus of the membership.
• Reid Society
  The Reid Society is an organization supporting scholarly work on Thomas Reid and Scottish philosophy.
• Sociedad Argentina de Análisis Filosófico
  SADAF is a society supporting analytical philosophy in Argentina.
• Société internationale pour l'étude de la philosophie médiévale
  The SIEPM was founded in 1958 with the goal of promoting the study of medieval thought. We have more than 800 members in 45 different countries across six continents. In an international context, the SIEPM is the foremost society for the study of medieval philosophy and intellectual history. It organises international congresses and fosters exchange among scholars. In addition, we offer congress- and research-stipends to young scholars. In order to connect specialists from around the globe we publish the Bulletin de Philosophie Médiévale and the series Rencontres de Philosophie Médiévale.
• Society for Analytical Feminism
  The Society for Analytical Feminism provides a forum where issues concerning analytical feminism may be openly discussed and examined.
• Society for Applied Philosophy
  The Society for Applied Philosophy was founded in 1982 with the aim of promoting philosophical study and research that has a direct bearing on areas of practical concern.
• Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
  The group serves as the largest and most well-known professional organization for scholars in the fields of Asian and global philosophy.
• Society for Business Ethics
  The Society for Business Ethics is a non-profit international association of scholars and others interested in business ethics.
• Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
  The SMRP mission is to foster research, to organize scholarly sessions and conferences, to undertake publications, and to cooperate with other learned societies in common projects, in the area of medieval and renaissance philosophy. SMRP also runs an annual Founder's Prize competition for the best paper by a younger scholar in this area.
• Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
  SPEP is a professional organization devoted to supporting philosophy inspired by continental European traditions.
• Society for Philosophical Inquiry
  The Society for Philosophical Inquiry (SPI) is a non-profit organization devoted to propagating a version of Socratic inquiry through the establishment of regular meetings.
• Society for Philosophy and Disability
  The Society for Philosophy and Disability, or SPD, is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to furthering research and teaching on philosophical issues related to disability and to promoting inclusiveness and support for people with disabilities in philosophical education and in the profession of philosophy.
• Society for Philosophy and Psychology
  The Society for Philosophy and Psychology is the premier scientific and educational organization for philosophically interested psychologists and psychologically interested philosophers in North America.
• Society for Philosophy and Technology
  The Society for Philosophy and Technology is an independent international organization that encourages, supports and facilitates philosophically significant considerations of technology.
• Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World
  The society is committed to the application of philosophy to understanding and solving contemporary social problems broadly conceived.
• Society for Philosophy of Emotion
  The Society for Philosophy of Emotion (SPE) is an association of scholars who are interested in philosophical concerns about emotion, broadly construed, from a wide range of philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives, and across all traditions. The SPE holds that philosophers of emotion can learn from emotion experts in other areas and disciplines, and vice versa. It seeks to encourage an open exchange of ideas on emotion, does not promote any specific ideology, and shares the core values of diversity, inclusiveness, collegiality/community, honesty, integrity, the principle of charity, rigorous scholarship, and clarity of content with its associated Journal of Philosophy of Emotion (JPE). The SPE is also an affiliated group with the American Philosophical Association (APA), and as such, members are welcome to present works in progress during the SPE Affiliated Group Sessions at any of the annual APA meetings.
• Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
  SAAP exists to advance American philosophy by promoting interest and research in its history, encouraging original and creative work in its spirit, and providing forums for the exchange of information and ideas.
• Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience
  The Society for Phenomenology of Religious Experience (SoPheRe) is a membership-supported international organization for philosophical phenomenological reflection on religious experience, as such reflection is related to philosophy itself, as well as to theology, and social and clinical sciences and practices. While our approach is grounded in continental philosophy, that is, the work of Husserl, Heidegger, Herring, Wahl, Marion, Merleau-Ponty, Stein, Fink, Henry, Levinas, and other early and contemporary phenomenological philosophers, we also welcome interdisciplinary reflection.
• Society for the Study of Africana Philosophy
  SSAP was established to provide a network of support for young African American philosophers and other intellectuals in the academy, to bring together alternative voices to de-center the predominant 'Eurocentric' focus of and lack of diversity in most academic philosophy departments, and to provide a place for lay intellectuals to exchange ideas with professional academics in an informal setting.
• Society for the Study of Women Philosophers
  Members of the Society for the Study of Women Philosophers have engaged in recovery projects that have documented the contributions of nearly 200 women to philosophy. The mission of SSWP goes beyond backward-looking restoration and recovery projects to a concern to create a positive, welcoming climate within the discipline of philosophy for women today and in the future.
• Society for Women in Philosophy
  The Society for Women in Philosophy was started in 1972 to promote and support women in philosophy.
• Society of Christian Philosophers
  The Society of Christian Philosophers was organized in 1978 to promote fellowship among Christian philosophers and to stimulate study and discussion of issues which arise from their Christian and philosophical commitments.
• Society of Humanist Philosophers
  The Society of Humanist Philosophers is a philosophical society that publishes Philo, a journal focused on defending metaphysical naturalism, especially in regards to ethics.
• Society of Young Black Philosophers
  A group designed to connect Black philosophy graduate students and junior faculty for the purposes of helping the former gain tenure-track jobs and the latter gain tenure.
• Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology
  The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology was founded to promote philosophy and psychology by facilitating the exchange of ideas among those engaged in these fields of inquiry, by encouraging investigation, by fostering the educational function of philosophy and psychology, and by improving the academic status of the subjects.
• Tennessee Philosophical Association
  The TPA was founded in 1969 for the purpose of presenting and discussing original philosophical papers at an annual conference held each year at Vanderbilt University during the fall semester.
• William James Society
  WJS is a multidisciplinary professional society which supports the study of, and communication about, the life and work of William James (1842-1910) and his ongoing influence in the many fields to which he contributed.