Princeton University Library Special Collections Research Grants
From Princeton University Library:
Princeton University Library Special Collections Research Grants
Applications due by 14 January 2026
The Friends of the Princeton University Library Research Grants Program, funded by the Friends of PUL, is now accepting applications through noon on 14 January 2026. With grants of up to $6,000, plus travel expenses, this competitive grant program offers researchers from around the world access to PUL’s rare and unique collections. Awarded to short-term research projects lasting between two and four weeks, the grants aim to promote scholarly use of the Library’s special collections. Research projects are focused on scholarly use of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other rare and unique holdings of PUL.
A new grant is available this year: the “Will Noel Innovative Cultural Heritage Research Grant,” specifically for cultural heritage professionals to work with PUL’s Special and Distinctive Collections and the Library IT Digital Studio’s specialized photographic equipment to gain new insights into our collective past.
Find out more and how to apply here. Questions can be directed to pulgrant@princeton.edu.
SAAM Fellowships in American Art
From SAAM:
Fellowships in American Art | Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery invites applications to its premier fellowship program, the oldest and largest in American art. Scholars from any discipline whose research engages the art, craft, and visual culture of the United States are encouraged to apply, as are those who foreground new perspectives, materials, and methodologies. Fellowships are residential and support full-time research in the Smithsonian collections. SAAM is devoted to advancing excellence in art history and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Each fellow is provided a carrel in SAAM’s Research and Scholars Center. There, they have access to the museum’s collection of over 46,500 works, specialized study collections and databases, the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, and an 180,000-volume branch library specializing in American art. The Research and Scholars Center is a short walk from other Smithsonian museums and libraries, the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the National Gallery of Art. Regular workshops, seminars, and lectures provide a forum for lively scholarly exchange and professional advancement.
Candidates may apply to one or more of the following three opportunities:
• SIFP Fellowships at SAAM
SAAM hosts fellows through the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) and awards its own named fellowships to predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior candidates from this general pool. Stipend:$10,000 for a ten-week term at the graduate student level; $45,000 for a twelve-month term at the predoctoral level; $57,000 for a twelve-month term at the postdoctoral and senior levels. Deadline: 15 October 2025.
• Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship in Native American Art
This joint fellowship at SAAM and the National Museum of the American Indian is awarded for a twelve-month term at the predoctoral level or a nine-month term at the postdoctoral or senior level. Stipend: $53,000. Deadline: 15 October 2025.
• Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship
One fellowship is awarded annually at the predoctoral, postdoctoral, or senior level for a one-month term. Stipend: $5,000. Deadline: 1 February 2026.
For general information about our program, visit AmericanArt.si.edu/fellowships. For further guidance on how to apply, watch our tutorial on SAAM’s YouTube channel.
Walpole Library Fellowship and Travel Grants for 2026–27
From the Lewis Walpole Library:
Lewis Walpole Library Visiting Fellowships and Travel Grants, 2026–2027
Applications due by 1 November 2025
Applications are invited for 2026–2027 Lewis Walpole Library Visiting Fellowships (four weeks) and Travel Grants (two weeks). The Lewis Walpole Library is a department of Yale University Library with collections that focus on all aspects of British life in the long eighteenth century.
Fellowship and Travel Grant awards include round trip travel from the recipient’s home institution and the library, a per diem allowance, reimbursement for car rental or local travel expenses between the library’s Farmington campus and the main Yale campus in New Haven, Connecticut, and accommodation in the Timothy Root House, an eighteenth-century residence adjacent to the main library building.
Applicants must fill out an application form, submit a statement describing the project and its dependence on the Lewis Walpole Library’s collections as well as the project’s importance to the field, a list of specific Lewis Walpole Library collection materials to be consulted, a CV of no more than 3 pages, and two confidential letters of recommendation. The application deadline is November 1. The fellowship or travel grant must be taken between 1 June 2026 and 31 May 2027. Full details, expectations, and a link to the application can be found here.
Questions? Email walpole@yale.edu. Come join our community of scholars!
Call for Applications | Getty Residential Grants, 2026–27
The Getty Research Institute is pleased to invite applications for 2026–27 residential grants for predocs, postdocs, and scholars. Applications are due by 1 October 2025 at 5pm PT.
Getty Scholars Program | Provenance
For the 2026–2027 year, the Getty Scholars Program invites innovative proposals for projects that explore provenance and adjacent research areas, including but not limited to the history of collecting, the study of the art market, and broader explorations around the ownership of art objects. Relevant to all periods and areas of art production, the scholar cohort will be invited to examine and critique the arena of provenance studies while also envisioning its future, situated between the practices and demands of source communities, art historians, museums, and the market. Digitization and databases, such as the Getty Provenance Index, have also opened up the interdisciplinary possibilities of provenance research and laid the ground for art restitution efforts and other forms of reparation. Applicants are invited to propose projects, either individual or collaborative, that reflect upon the ownership, transfer, and movement of art objects from all world regions and time periods.
For this year, the Getty Scholars Program aims to link scholars with Getty resources and researchers and foster a lively community around the study of provenance—an increasingly significant domain of art historical and curatorial practice that centers the histories of both objects and people. While in residence, scholars will have the opportunity to delve into the Getty Research Institute’s vast collections of rare materials that support provenance research and explore the newly remodeled Getty Provenance Index, which lays the ground for cutting-edge computational approaches to the field.
Please find the full call for applications and theme text on the Getty Scholars Program and Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships webpages.
Funding | Research Related to Castletown House, County Kildare
From the application form:
Kevin B. Nowlan Castletown Bursary
Applications due by 9 May 2025
The Castletown Foundation is pleased to announce a call for applicants for the Kevin B. Nowlan Castletown Research Bursary, established to honour the memory of our esteemed former chairman. This scholarship aims to further research that focuses on or relates to Castletown: this extends to houses, collections, objects, and landscapes of allied family properties across Ireland and Great Britain that will have a direct bearing on the mediation and interpretation of Castletown house. Applications are invited from post-graduate students, early career professionals, and established scholars. The award of up to €5,000 may be used for research-related expenses only. The selection committee will be composed of members of the Castletown Foundation and one external specialist. The scholarship need not be awarded in any one year, and the decision of the assessors is final.
Your proposal (max. 1,000 words) should outline how existing knowledge will be extended by your work; it should also include a timeline for the research and an indicative budget. That document together with this application form must be submitted by email to Dr Alison FitzGerald (alison.fitzgerald@mu.ie) and Dr Patrick Walsh (WALSHP9@tcd.ie) by Friday, 9 May 2025 at 5pm, with the subject line ‘Kevin B. Nowlan Castletown Bursary’. A confidential reference supporting the application must arrive separately, before the closing date.
American Ceramic Circle Research Grants
From ArtHist.net:
American Ceramic Circle Research Grants
Applications due by 11 April 2025
To encourage new scholarship in the field of ceramics, the American Ceramic Circle (ACC) annually underwrites grants for up to $5,000 to individuals to help offset costs associated with original research. Grant applications, which are reviewed by the Grants and Scholarship Committee, are due the second Friday of April. Grants are not intended for projects involving commercial profit, including publication subventions. Successful applicants are required to submit the results of their completed research to the ACC in the form of a paper, which may be published in the ACC Journal. Grantees may also be invited to speak at the annual ACC symposium. To apply, please send your coversheet and proposal as a PDF file to Yao-Fen You, the ACC Grants and Scholarship Chair, at accgrants@gmail.com using this form. Queries are also welcome.
1 Coversheet
• Name
• Address
• Telephone
• Email address
• Institutional Affiliation
• List of Publications — please attach copy of one, especially if related to proposed topic.
• References — please ask references familiar with your project to send letters of recommendation directly to accgrants@gmail.com as PDFs.
2 Proposal
Please prepare an attachment to the cover sheet with the following sections:
• Project title
• Brief project summary (100 words max)
• Significance of topic (500 words max)
• List of primary sources consulted (if project is historic in nature)
• Project description: plans for the project, reasons, how it will be accomplished, and describe the qualifications of individuals involved in project (500 words max)
• Research plan
• Timeline, including estimated date of completion
• Collections, archives, institutions, etc. to be visited
• Proposed budget, with estimated expenditures
• Total amount requested from ACC
The American Ceramic Circle was founded in 1970 as a non-profit educational organization committed to the study and appreciation of ceramics. Its purpose is to promote scholarship and research in the history, use, and preservation of ceramics of all kinds, periods, and origins. The current active membership is composed of ceramics enthusiasts from many walks of life, including museum professionals, collectors, institutions, auction house professionals, and dealers in ceramics. Member interest is focused on post-Medieval pottery and porcelain of Europe, Asian ceramics of all periods, and ceramics made, used, or owned in North America.
Fellowships | Royal Museums Greenwich, 2025–26
From Royal Museums Greenwich:
Caird Fellowships, 2025–26
Royal Museums Greenwich, London
Applications due by 29 January 2025
Royal Museums Greenwich (National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Cutty Sark, and the Queen’s House) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2025–26 Caird Fellowships programme are now open, with a deadline of 29 January 2025.
The Caird Fellowship programme has for many years facilitated high-quality independent research, providing new perspectives on our sites and collections and supporting our public programmes and displays. We welcome applications from anyone with relevant lived or academic experience who can demonstrate a commitment and ability to undertake independent research. The Museum supports innovative and cross-disciplinary research and is also keen to encourage creative, practice-based, and community-based projects in areas such as the visual arts, heritage, performance, and literature.
We welcome applications within (but not restricted to) a range of areas including art history and creative arts, maritime, social and cultural history, histories of science and technology, conservation studies, museum and heritage studies, material culture studies, historical geography, and literary studies.
An information webinar will be held on 9 January. Details of the webinar and how to apply for the Fellowships can be found here. Please send enquiries to research@rmg.co.uk.
Fellowship | Latin American Art, Curatorial Fellowship, LACMA
From LACMA:
Wallis Annenberg Curatorial Fellowship | Latin American Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, two years starting September 2025
Applications due by 30 April 2025
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announces a search for candidates for the Wallis Annenberg Curatorial Fellowship. This two-year fellowship in the museum’s Latin American Art department will provide general curatorial training, support scholarly research on the permanent collection, and engage the Fellow in the organization of an international traveling exhibition on the connection of Asia and Latin America in the early modern period.
Reporting to the Curator and Department Head of Latin American Art, the Wallis Annenberg Curatorial Fellow will have particular areas of focus in Spanish American/viceregal art and early modern art (with knowledge of Asian art and assets but not required). Striving to combine the strengths of academic art history and the art museum, this Fellowship is designed to attract exceptional emerging scholars to the curatorial field. The Annenberg Curatorial Fellowship supports the highest level of professional development, with opportunities to be fully integrated into all aspects of curatorial work, gain experience in research and cataloguing, exhibition organization, education and publications, acquisitions, conservation, public speaking, and fundraising. The ultimate goal of the Fellowship is to engage the Fellow on all aspects associated with organizing a major international exhibition and achieve a deep understanding of the variety of skills needed to succeed as a curator in an encyclopedic museum; to hone those skills through the mentorship of the department and cross-departmental collaborators; and finally, to be able to confidently apply those skills to a future career as a museum professional. . . .
The position starts 1 September 2025. Applicants must submit a cover letter that addresses interest in the Fellowship; a statement, not to exceed 1,000 words, describing the applicant’s research interests and accomplishments; curriculum vitae; a published paper or other writing sample; three sealed letters of recommendation. All application materials should be submitted directly through our application link and must be received no later than 30 April 2025. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
More information is available here»
Morgan Library & Museum Fellowships
From The Morgan Library & Museum:
The Morgan Library & Museum is offering four fellowships for pre- and post-doctoral students. Applications must be submitted by 31 December 2024.
1 Drawing Institute Predoctoral Research Fellowship, 2025–26
The Morgan Drawing Institute will award one nine-month Predoctoral Research Fellowship to an advanced-level graduate student who has completed all course work and exams. The student should be currently engaged in carrying out research leading to the completion of a doctoral dissertation in the history of art, a significant component of which pertains to the history, theory, collecting, function, or interpretation of drawings. The stipend is $4000/month for 9 months, September/October 2025–May/June 2026, plus a $2000 travel allowance intended to support or subsidize a short research trip.
2 Drawing Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2025–26
The Morgan Drawing Institute will award one nine-month Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to a scholar in the first decade of their career following the completion of the Ph.D. or equivalent advanced degree. The Postdoctoral Research Fellowship supports an independent research project, ideally working toward a clearly defined publication relating to some aspect of the history, theory, collecting, function, or interpretation of drawings. The stipend is $4850/month for 9 months, generally expected to run between September/October 2025 – May/June 2026, plus a $2000 travel allowance intended to support or subsidize a short research trip. If a fellowship is sought for a specific time (e.g. around a professor’s semester-long sabbatical), that should be clearly indicated in the application.
3 Belle da Costa Greene Curatorial Fellowships
The Morgan Library & Museum seeks applications for the Belle da Costa Greene Curatorial Fellowship, a two-year curatorial fellowship to be awarded to two promising scholars with experiences and perspectives that have not been adequately reflected in the curatorial and special collections fields. Named for the Morgan’s first director, one of the most prominent American librarians and cultural leaders of the first half of the twentieth century and a woman of African-American descent, this full-time program will equip the Fellows with a strong working knowledge of museum and special collections library operations and provides the Fellows with resources and mentorship to further a professional career in libraries, archives, or museums. The Morgan seeks candidates who are interested in working on specific projects as outlined on the museum’s website. The program will provide the Fellows with experience in a variety of core curatorial activities, such as exhibition and publications planning, research on the collection and on potential acquisitions, the creation of public programs, and donor relations. The Fellows will also have the opportunity to propose and curate an installation or small exhibition in the museum. The salary is $52,000 annually; excellent benefits. Fellows will also have a travel budget of $2000 per year for research and for activities supporting their professional development, such as attendance at a conference.
4 Shelby White & Leon Levy Fellowship in Manuscript Cataloging
The Morgan Library & Museum invites applications for the Shelby White & Leon Levy Fellowship in Manuscript Cataloging. The Fellowship is intended for new professionals who have demonstrated engagement with general cataloging or archival processing and wish to enhance their skills through intensive specialized training. This is a unique opportunity for early-career professionals to receive training and mentoring as members of the Morgan Library & Museum curatorial and cataloging staff. Starting in February 2025, the Fellowship will consist of 650 hours, and applicants will have a choice between full-time (35 hours per week) or part-time (21 hours per week) work in order to complete the 650 hours. Fellows will be assigned to work on specific groups of 19th- or 20th-century correspondence. They will be expected to research the historical and cultural context in which the letters and documents were produced, create collection and item level records in CORSAIR—the Morgan’s collections database—according to DCRM(MSS), assign accession numbers, and attend to the rehousing and conservation needs of the material. Considerations will be given to applicants’ areas of experience or expertise, such as specific language skills or subject specialization in art, literature, history, film, history of science, etc.
SAAM Short-Term Fellowship for American Art History
From the SAAM:
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship
Applications due by 11 February 2025
Applications are invited for the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship. The application deadline is February 1. The renowned artist Audrey Flack (1931–2024) generously established this short-term award in recognition of her personal journey balancing intensive career demands with raising two daughters, one of whom has autism.
A single Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship will be awarded annually in support of a one-month (thirty-day) residency. Residencies must take place between 1 June 2025 and 31 May 2026, and begin on the 1st or 15th of the month. The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellow will receive a stipend of $5,000 to support travel to and living expenses in Washington, D.C. Housing is not provided.
The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellowship is open to predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior scholars researching topics in American art who reside, work, or attend school outside of commuting distance from Washington, D.C. Researchers whose personal circumstances (i.e., financial constraints, employment conditions, care-giving responsibilities, or other limitations) preclude them from participating in longer-term residencies are encouraged to apply. Applicants should submit a statement of need justifying the rationale for a short-term fellowship. More information on submitting an application can be found here.
Applicants must identify a member of SAAM’s research staff to serve as the primary fellowship advisor. Projects that require access to SAAM’s collections and staff expertise are prioritized, although those that utilize other Smithsonian resources are eligible.
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