The application deadline for 2012-13 long-term Fellowships is 1 November 2011. This is a postmark deadline for all components of the application, including the letters of support.
To apply online, use the link in the menu on the left of this screen. To apply by regular mail, please submit eight collated, unstapled copies of the following: the application form, a 1,000-word description of your research project, a 250-word abstract of your project, and 4-page curriculum vitae. Three letters of support complete the application and may be sent via regular mail to the Folger, or, signed pdf documents may be emailed to cbrobeck@folger.edu. Do NOT send portfolio letters.
Potential applicants are always encouraged to contact Fellowships Administrator Carol Brobeck with any questions about the process of applying for or holding a Fellowship. What follows is the kind of general information potential applicants receive in advance of making an application.
The Folger currently receives between 60 and 70 applications for the five long-term Fellowships.
The proposed research should be relevant to Folger collections. Proposal narratives should indicate which Folger primary sources are critical to the proposed research.
The Folger has only rarely awarded long-term Fellowships for revisions of doctoral dissertations, yet it does not wish to preempt submissions of exciting projects simply because they derive from the dissertation.
Letters of support should not be job or portfolio letters. Successful applicants generally secure letters of support from scholars who know their work, have read the proposal, and can speak to the importance of the proposed project as well as the applicant’s ability to bring the project to completion.
Applicants who are not successful in the Long-term competition are welcome to apply for a short-term Fellowship. Letters of support submitted for the long-term application will be attached to the latter. All other components of the short-term application should be submitted anew.
The Folger is unable to provide feedback on unsuccessful applications.
Applications by regular mail should be addressed to the Fellowship Committee, Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003.
Contact:
Carol Brobeck
Fellowships Administrator
cbrobeck@folger.edu
