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From the Lewis Walpole Library:

Lewis Walpole Library Visiting Fellowships and Travel Grants, 2027–2028

Applications due by 2 November 2026

The Lewis Walpole Library funds four-week visiting fellowships, including the Lewis Walpole Library/American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies residential fellowship, and two-week travel grants to support research in the library’s rich collections of materials from the British world of the long eighteenth-century. Fellowship and Travel Grant Award recipients also have access to additional resources at Yale, including those in the Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Yale Center for British Art.

Eligibility | Who is invited to apply
• Scholars pursuing postdoctoral or advanced research or
• Doctoral candidates at work on a dissertation

Application Requirements
• Application form completed online
• Curriculum vitae, with educational background, professional experience, and publications (3-page maximum)
• Brief outline of the research proposal (1200 words maximum) that includes a detailed explanation of how the Lewis Walpole Library’s collections will support the research project and the value of your project to your field
• Detailed list of Lewis Walpole Library collection materials to be examined during your fellowship or travel grant, including titles (from Quicksearch), collection names (from Archives at Yale), call numbers, and any other relevant identifying details.
• Two confidential letters of recommendation submitted by November 16. Letters should specifically address the merits of the candidate’s project and its relevance to the collections available at the Lewis Walpole Library. General letters of recommendation or dossier letters will not be considered. The online application includes a link to request letters of recommendation and which the recommenders use to upload letters directly.

More information is available here»