Short-Term Fellowships
Application Deadline: March 1, 2008* (unless otherwise noted)
Short-term fellowships are generally restricted to post-doctoral scholars, Ph.D. candidates, or holders of other terminal degrees from outside of the Chicago area who have a specific need for Newberry collections; some fellowships, however, are open to other categories of applicants and Chicago residents. Please read the following descriptions carefully for the eligibility restrictions on particular fellowships. The tenure of short-term fellowships varies from one week to two months, unless otherwise noted under the award description. A majority of fellowships will be for one month or less. Unless otherwise noted, the amount of the award is $1600 per month, pro-rated for shorter periods.
- American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowship
This short-term fellowship is for Ph.D. candidates or post-doctoral scholars wishing to use the Newberry's collections to study the period 1660-1815; applicants must be members of the ASECS at the time of the award.
- Lester J. Cappon Fellowship in Documentary Editing
This award for postdoctoral scholars provides up to $5000 to support historical editing projects based on Newberry sources. It supports residential research in the Newberry's collections in preparation of the edition, and also can defray other costs related to its preparation and publication, including travel, photocopying, digitization, copyright fees, publication subventions, and so forth. Application is by letter to the Committee on Awards (see address below in Application Instructions), with an attached budget listing anticipated expenses by category, with supporting documention as relevant. Applicants need not be from outside the Chicago area.
- Short-Term Fellowships in the History of Cartography
This short-term fellowship for Ph.D. candidates or post-doctoral scholars supports work in residence at the Newberry on projects related to the history of cartography and focused on cartographic materials in the Library's collection.
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation Graduate Student Fellowship
Application deadline: January 6, 2008*
These fellowships support dissertation research in American Indian Studies by advanced graduate students at CIC institutions. The fellowships offer between one and three months of funding (with stipends of $1,500 per month) to cover research and travel expenses to libraries and archives. All fellowship recipients must spend a portion of their time at the Newberry. For application guidelines, contact the CIC Program at the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian history at mcnickle@newberry.org, 312.255.3564. Applicants for this fellowship need not be from outside the Chicago area.
- Institute for the International Education of Students Faculty Fellowships
Two one-month IES-sponsored fellowships are available. These fellowships will be awarded to faculty members from any IES Center. In addition to providing a stipend of $1600, these fellowships fund travel to the Library and lodging for the period of the fellowship.
- Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA) Fellowship
This short-term fellowship for Ph.D. candidates or post-doctoral scholars offers up to a month's support for work in residence at the Newberry. MMLA membership must be current at the time of application and through the period of the fellowship.
- Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Fellowship
This short-term fellowship for Ph.D. candidates or post-doctoral scholars offers up to one month's support for work in residence at the Newberry. NEMLA membership must be current at the time of application and through the period of the fellowship. Preference will be given to projects focusing on materials written in French, German, Italian, or Spanish.
- Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Fellowship
This fellowship is for post-doctoral scholars who wish to use the Newberry's extensive holdings in late medieval and Renaissance history and literature. Preference will be given to projects focusing on Romance cultures. The fellowship is intended to encourage scholars to pursue research at the Newberry during sabbaticals; it could also help a scholar to extend a leave. Applicants must plan to be in residence for a minimum of three months. This fellowship may be combined with non-residential fellowships. Provides a stipend of $4,000. Applicants for this fellowship need not be from outside the Chicago area.
- Newberry Library Short-Term Resident Fellowships for Individual Research
These short-term fellowships provide access to the Newberry's collections for Ph.D. candidates or post-doctoral scholars who live and work outside the Chicago area.
- Poetry Foundation/Newberry Library Fellowship in American Poetry
Application deadline: June 1, 2008*
This short-term fellowship is for working poets and scholars of American poetry. Preference will be given to poets who want to draw upon the Newberry's collections as part of the creative process. The tenure of the fellowship may be one or two months. Eligibility for scholars working poetry history or criticism is the same as other Newberry short-term fellowships. Any working poet with a record of publication, however, is eligible to apply.
- Susan Kelly Power and Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellowship
This fellowship for Ph.D. candidates and post-doctoral scholars of American Indian heritage supports up to two months of residential research in any field in the humanities, using the collections of the Newberry Library, and provides a stipend of $1600 per month. Applicants for this fellowship need not be from outside the Chicago area.
- South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) Fellowship
This one-month fellowship for Ph.D. candidates or post-doctoral scholars supports work in residence at the Newberry Library by a member of the South Central Modern Language Association with a $2000 stipend. SCMLA membership must be current at the time of application and through the period of the fellowship. Graduate students must have been SCMLA members for one year before applying. All other applicants must have been SCMLA members for two years
before applying.
- Arthur Weinberg Fellowship for Independent Scholars
This award is for scholars working outside the academy who are working in a field appropriate to the Newberry's collections. Preference is given to scholars working on historical issues related to social justice or reform. Applicants for this fellowship need not be from outside the Chicago area.
*All deadlines are post-mark deadlines. Applications should be stamped by the dates listed; they do not need to be received by those dates.