Fellowships

Short-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships

The American Antiquarian Society offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to three months each year. AAS also offers long-term fellowships, intended for scholars beyond the doctorate.

The following short-term fellowships are available for scholars holding the Ph.D. and for doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research. Candidates holding a recognized terminal degree appropriate to the area of proposed research, such as the master's degree in library science or M.F.A., are also eligible to apply.

A single form is used to apply for short-term visiting academic fellowships administered by the Society. Application for the Ebeling Fellowship is made though the German Association for American Studies (DGfA)

• Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowships are for research on any topic supported by the collections. Stipends derive from the income on an endowment provided by the late Hall J. Peterson and his wife, Kate B. Peterson.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• The Legacy Fellowship, also for research on any topic supported by the collections, is funded by the gifts of former fellows and research associates.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• Stephen Botein Fellowships are for research in the history of the book in American culture. Funding is derived from an endowment established by the family and friends of the late Mr. Botein.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• The Joyce Tracy Fellowship is for research on newspapers and magazines or for projects using these resources as primary documentation. This award derives from an endowment established in memory of the Society's longtime curator of newspapers and periodicals.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• AAS-Northeast Modern Language Association Fellowships are for research in literary history of America and the Atlantic World in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that can be supported by the collections of the American Antiquarian Society. The award is jointly funded by the Northeast Modern Language Association and AAS.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• AAS-American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowships are for research on projects related to the American eighteenth century. The award is jointly funded by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and AAS.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• American Historical Print Collectors Society Fellowship is for research on American prints of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries or for projects using prints as primary documentation. The award is jointly funded by the American Historical Print Collectors Society and AAS.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• The Reese Fellowship supports research in American bibliography and projects in the history of the book in America. Funding for this award is provided by the William Reese Company, New Haven, Connecticut.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• The "Drawn to Art" Fellowship supports research on American art, visual culture, or other projects that will make substantial use of graphic materials as primary sources. Funds have been provided by Diana Korzenik, a painter, author, and historian of art education.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• Jay and Deborah Last Fellowships are for research on American art, visual culture, or other projects that will make substantial use of graphic materials as primary sources. The awards are funded from the gift of Jay and Deborah Last.
  Application deadline: January 15
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• Barbara L. Packer Fellowship
  The Barbara L. Packer Fellowship, established by the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society to honor the memory of Barbara Packer, is awarded to individuals engaged in scholarly research and writing related to the Transcendentalists in general, and most especially to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Henry David Thoreau. It is open to both postdoctoral scholars and graduate students at work on doctoral dissertations. Application deadline: January 15
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• Linda F. & Julian L. Lapides Fellowship
  The Linda F. & Julian L. Lapides Fellowship supports research on printed and manuscript material produced in America through 1865 for (or by) children and youth. The Lapides Fellowship will support projects examining the creative, artistic, cultural, technological, or commercial aspects of American juvenile literature and ephemera produced between the Puritan Era and the Civil War. It is open to both postdoctoral scholars and graduate students at work on doctoral dissertations. Application deadline: January 15
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• Justin G. Schiller Fellowship
  The Justin G. Schiller Fellowship supports research by both doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars from any disciplinary perspective on the production, distribution, literary content, or historical context of American children's books to 1876. Application deadline: January 15
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• The Christoph Daniel Ebeling Fellowship is jointly administered by the German Association for American Studies (DGfA) and AAS. Application for this short-term fellowship is made through the DGfA. The AAS-DGfA Fellowship is open to German citizens or permanent residents at the post-graduate or postdoctoral stages of their careers. The Fellow will be selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the scholarly significance or importance of the project within the field of American studies in general and its German context, and the appropriateness of the proposed study to the Society's collections.
  Application deadline: January 21, 2010; for more information, see the German Association for American Studies website

January 15

with the exception of the Ebeling Fellowship which has different deadline

A single application form may be used for all short-term fellowship categories for which the applicant and his or her project are eligible. Download an application.

For more information, contact Paul Erickson, Director of Academic Programs, at perickson[at]mwa.org

Directory of Fellows and Research Associates, 1972-Present