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The Folger Shakespeare Library offers research fellowships to encourage access to its exceptional collections and to encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period. Each year, scholars may compete for a limited number of long-term (six to nine months) and short-term (one to three months) fellowships.
Long-term Fellowships
Application Deadline: 1 November 2009
Long-term fellowships are supported by funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Long-term fellows are selected by an external committee which considers the following criteria in making its selections: importance of the topic; originality and sophistication of the approach; feasibility of the research objectives; and the applicant’s need for the Folger collections. The Folger looks for highly talented, productive scholars whose work will be significantly advanced by a prolonged period of access to our collection, and who, while in residence, will contribute to the intellectual vitality of this institution. The Folger is open to traditional as well as innovative scholarly methodologies and agendas.
Two Mellon Research Fellowships will be awarded and carry stipends of $50,000. Three National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships will be awarded and carry maximum stipends of $50,400. NEH Fellowships are restricted to US citizens or to foreign nationals who have been living in the United States for at least three years. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are open to scholars from any country.
Short-term Fellowships
Application Deadline: 1 March 2010
Short-term fellowships are supported by the Library’s endowments and carry a stipend of $2,500 per month. The criteria for success in the annual short-term fellowship competition are the same as those for long-term fellowships. Each year the Folger awards around 35 short-term fellowships.
The Folger joins the American Council of Learned Societies in support of fellowships for recently tenured faculty in the humanities. Applicants must apply directly to the ACLS (see link at right) for a Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship, which carries a stipend of $75,000.
Contact:
Carol Brobeck, Fellowships Administrator
cbrobeck@folger.edu
