ASECS Joint Library Fellowships

COVID-19 UPDATE

Many libraries have canceled or postponed their 2021-2022 fellowship programs due to the pandemic. Please check individual library websites for more detailed information. ASECS will continue its support for these fellowships when they resume.

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies has partnered with the seventeen research institutions listed below to jointly fund fellowships for projects in eighteenth-century studies. ASECS also supports research at other institutions through the ASECS Travel Grants(https://asecsoffice.wixsite.com/asecsawards/travelgrants) program.

Scholars of eighteenth-century studies who hold a PhD or are graduate students working on their dissertations are eligible for ASECS library fellowships. Applicants need not be members of ASECS when submitting their applications, but they must be members of the Society in good standing for a fellowship to be awarded.

Unless indicated below, applications for the library fellowships should be submitted directly to the library. For due dates and application materials, consult the institutions’ websites. Please note that members may accept only one ASECS travel grant or fellowship in any given year (1 July – 30 June).

American Antiquarian Society

http://www.americanantiquarian.org/acafellowship.htm

Fellowship Amount: $2,600

Application Deadline: January 15

The Bibliographical Society of America

http://bibsocamer.org/awards/fellowships/

Fellowship Amount: $3,000

Application Deadline: November 1

The Boston Athenaeum

http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/library/fellowships/american-society-for-eighteenth-century-studies-fellowship

Fellowship Amount: $1,500

Application Deadline: April 15

The Burney Centre, McGill University

https://www.mcgill.ca/burneycentre/mcgill-asecs-fellowship

Fellowship Amount: $3,000 (CAN)

Application Deadline: December 31

Folger Institute, Folger Shakespeare Library

http://www.folger.edu/fellowships

Fellowship Amount: $2,500

Application Deadline: consult website

Goucher College Library

Jane Austen Scholar-in-Residence

Fellowship Amount: $2500

https://www.goucher.edu/library/about-the-library/library-prizes-and-awards/jane-austen-scholar-in-residence-program/

Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/#program-guidelines

Fellowship Amount: $3,000

Application Deadline: November 11

*Fellowship only available to members holding the Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

Houghton Library, Harvard University

https://houghtonlibrary.submittable.com/submit/9c3f35c7-f4b8-4fd8-b1d9-7e3508851d50/houghton-library-visiting-fellowships

Fellowship Amount: $3,600

Application Deadline: January 17

The Howard and Dawn Weinbrot Research Fellowship for the Study of Eighteenth-Century British Society and Culture

https://www.huntington.org/available-fellowships

Fellowship Amount: $3, 500

The Howard and Dawn Weinbrot Research Fellowship for the Study of Eighteenth Century British Society and Culture, provides one month support for research in politics, literature, religion, and art, among other germane eighteenth century topics. To be eligible, fellowship recipients must be a member or agree to join the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies. All applicants must demonstrate by competitive application and through appropriate selection criteria that research at The Huntington is critical to their project. Applicants must either hold the PhD or be graduate students advanced to doctoral candidacy.

The Huntington

http://www.huntington.org/

Fellowship Amount: $3,500

Application Deadline: 1 April 2020

Applications for the ASECS/Huntington Fellowship are to be submitted to the ASECS Business Office. Applicants should provide an application letter that includes the project proposal, a list of Huntington collection materials to be consulted, a description of the applicability of the materials to the research project, and a 5-page curriculum vitae. Applicants also should arrange to have two recommenders send letters of support. For application form and details, see: https://asecsoffice.wixsite.com/asecsawards/travelgrants.

Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies

http://irishstudies.nd.edu/faculty/asecs-fellows/

Fellowship Amount: $4,000

Application Deadline: January 15

Lewis Walpole Library

http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/research/visiting_fellowships.html

Fellowship Amount: $3,000

Application Deadline: early January

Library Company of Philadelphia

https://librarycompany.org/academic-programs/fellowships/short-term/

Fellowship Amount: $2,000

Application Deadline: March 1