The Huntington Library

Fellowships at The Huntington 2010-2011

The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include a half-million rare books, nearly six million manuscripts, 800,000 photographs, and a large ephemera collection, supported by a half-million reference works. The Burndy Library consists of some 67,000 rare books and reference volumes in the history of science and technology, as well as an important collection of scientific instruments. Within the general fields listed above there are many areas of special strength, including: Middle Ages, Renaissance, 19th- and 20th-century literature, British drama, Colonial America, American Civil War, Western America, and California. The Art Collections contain notable British and American paintings, fine prints, photographs, and an art reference library. In the library of the Botanical Gardens is a broad collection of reference works in botany, horticulture, and gardening.

The Huntington will award to scholars over one hundred fellowships for the academic year 2010-2011. These fellowships derive from a variety of funding sources and have different terms. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to be in continuous residence at The Huntington and to participate in and make a contribution to its intellectual life.

Application deadline for all fellowships: December 15, 2009. Applications postmarked after the deadline will not be considered.

Short-Term Awards
Long-Term Awards
Dibner History of Science Program
Application Procedure

Short-Term Awards

Huntington Fellowships

Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage
Tenure of fellowship: One to five months
Amount of award: $2,500 per month
NOTE: The majority of “Huntington Fellowships” will be awarded to scholars working in the general holdings of the Library; however, we do offer a number of specialized fellowships:

Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowships in Renaissance England
Haynes Foundation Fellowships in Los Angeles History
Reese Fellowship in American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas
Trent R. Dames Civil Engineering History Fellowship
Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowships

Applying for one of the specialized fellowships does not disqualify you from being considered for a “Huntington Fellowship.”

Huntington-British Academy Fellowships for Study in Great Britain

Eligibility: PhD or equivalent
Tenure of fellowship: One month
In cooperation with the British Academy, The Huntington offers a limited number of exchange fellowships in any of the fields in which The Huntington collections are strong.

Long-Term Awards

(On your cover sheet, please indicate “Long-Term Award.” Your application will be considered for any of the awards for which you are eligible.)

Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowships

Eligibility: Non-tenured faculty.
Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months.
Amount of award: $50,000.
Fellowship is designed to support non-tenured faculty members who are revising a manuscript for publication. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections and must have received their PhD between 2005 and 2007.

Mellon Fellowship

Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received the PhD by June of 2009.
Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months.
Amount of award: $50,000.
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections.

Dana and David Dornsife Fellowship
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received the PhD by June of 2009.
Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months.
Amount of award: $50,000.
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections.

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received the PhD by June of 2009. (NOTE: This is a requirement of The Huntington, not the NEH.) Applicant must be a United States citizen or foreign national with a minimum of three years U.S. residence.
Tenure of fellowship: Four to twelve months.
Amount of award: Up to $50,000.
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections.

Dibner History of Science Program

The Dibner History of Science Program is designed to further study in the Burndy Library and the other history of science and technology resources at The Huntington. The Dibner program offers long- and short-term fellowships to historians of science and technology.

Short-Term Awards

Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage
Tenure of fellowship: One to five months
Amount of award: $2,500 per month

Long-Term Awards

Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received the PhD by June 2009
Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months
Amount of award: $50,000

Please refer to "Application Procedures" for instructions on how to apply. Please indicate "Dibner Fellowship" on your cover sheet.

Application Procedure

(Short- and long-term awards)

There is no application form. Applications consisting of items 1 through 4 should be mailed to:

Committee on Fellowships
The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

Cover sheet with the following information: Name; mailing address to be used for future correspondence; telephone and fax numbers; email address; present rank and institution name; date PhD received or expected; citizenship status; type of fellowship you are applying for (short-term, long-term, Dibner, or British Academy) and number of months of support you are requesting; title of project; history of fellowships and grants received during the past five years.
If you are applying for either a short-term or long-term award, please send a two- to three-page (single-spaced, font size no smaller than 11) description of your project, specifying the materials you plan to consult at the Huntington and indicating your progress to date. The description will be considered by a panel of scholars from a variety of humanities disciplines, so should be written for non-specialists.
Curriculum vitae of no more than three pages.
Three letters of recommendation sent directly to the Committee on Fellowships. It is the applicant's responsibility to contact referees and supply them with a description of the project. Letters postmarked after the deadline of December 15, 2009 will not be considered. Please do not send letters from your job dossier.

For additional information, please contact:

Robert C. Ritchie

W.M. Keck Foundation Director of Research

Phone: 626-405-2194
Fax: 626-449-5703
cpowell@huntington.org