Short-Term Fellowships
Application Deadline: March 1, 2010 (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 to two months, unless otherwise noted under the award description. Unless otherwise noted, the amount of the award is $1600 per month.
All deadlines are post-mark deadlines for paper submissions. Electronic submissions must arrive by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline.
- 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. Normally, these fellowships are awarded to individual scholars. We will, however, award a small number of fellowships for collaborative projects. Teams of two or three scholars who plan to collaborate on a single, substantive project are therefore also eligible to apply. The stipend is $1600 per month for each scholar.
- Susan Kelly Power and Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellowship. This fellowship is for Ph.D. candidates and post-doctoral scholars of American Indian heritage. The fellowship provides 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.
- Short-Term Fellowship in Irish and Irish-American Studies. This short-term fellowship for Ph.D. candidates or post-doctoral scholars supports work in residence at the Newberry on projects in the field of Irish and/or Irish American Studies which focus on materials in the Library's collection. The stipend is $1600 per month.
- Short-Term Fellowship 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 which focus on cartographic materials in the Library's collection. The stipend is $1600 per month.
- 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. The stipend is $1600 per month.
- Newberry Consortium on American Indian Studies Graduate Student Fellowships. These awards are designed for doctoral candidates at institutions participating in the consortium. The fellowships offer support for between one and two months of dissertation research and carry stipends of $2500 per month. Awards may be used to fund research at the Newberry, at other libraries, archives, and in the field. Applicants should apply directly to the Newberry’s D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History (mcnickle@newberry.org).
- 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. The stipend is $1600 per month.
- 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.
- 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.
- Arthur Weinberg Fellowship for Independent Scholars. The Arthur Weinberg Fellowship will be awarded to an independent scholar who wishes to participate in the rich and varied scholarly and public programming of the Newberry Library for 9-12 months on a flexible basis to be determined in conversation with Library staff. We seek scholars, writers, filmmakers, and other humanists with careers primarily outside the academy, who wish to use the Library’s collections in the creation of a publication or comparable product. Preference is given to scholars working on historical issues related to social justice or reform. The successful applicant will receive a total stipend of $1,600.
- 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. The stipend is $1600 per month.
The Arthur Weinberg Fellowship will be awarded to an independent scholar who wishes to participate in the rich and varied scholarly and public programming of the Newberry Library for 9-12 months on a flexible basis to be determined in conversation with Library staff. We seek scholars, writers, filmmakers, and other humanists with careers primarily outside the academy, who wish to use the Library’s collections in the creation of a publication or comparable product. Preference is given to scholars working on historical issues related to social justice or reform. The successful applicant will receive a stipend of $1,600 and either a carrel or reserve shelves, depending on the intensity of use of the collections. The Weinberg Fellow will have all Newberry Fellows' privileges, and will be invited (but not required) to participate in all Fellows’ activities, including the weekly Fellows’ lunch, the biweekly Fellows’ Seminar, the weekly Newberry Library colloquium. The Weinberg Fellow will participate in at least one Newberry public program.