Available Fellowships

Long-Term Awards | Short-Term Awards | Travel Grants and Exchange Fellowships

Long-Term Awards

The Huntington offers 13 long-term fellowships for nine to 12 months in residence, each with a stipend of $50,000. Although nine of these are open to scholars working on projects in any area where The Huntington’s collections are strong, there are specific awards for maritime history (the Kemble Fellowship), the history of medicine (the Molina Fellowship), and the history of science (the Dibner Fellowship). Three awards (the Thom Fellowships) are reserved for recent postdoctoral scholars.

Long-term fellows are expected to be in continuous residence at The Huntington, present at a two-day introductory symposium in September, and participate in weekly working group sessions from October to May.

Eligibility: Only those who hold a Ph.D. or who have successfully defended a dissertation by the application deadline are eligible.
Tenure of fellowship: Between nine and 12 months
Value of award: $50,000

Dibner Fellowship in the History of Science and Technology
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington’s collections in the history of science and technology.

Dana and David Dornsife Fellowship
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington’s collections. Preference may be given to projects in the history of the American West in general and of California in particular.

Kemble Fellowship in Maritime History
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington’s collections in maritime history. Relevant fields might include the history of oceans and oceanography, coastlines and littorals, and global trade and migration.

Mellon Fellowship
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington’s collections.

Molina Fellowship in the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington’s collections in the history of medicine and related sciences, including public health.

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
Eligibility: Applicants must be citizens of the United States or foreign nationals with a minimum of three years of U.S. residence.

Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington’s collections.

Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowships
Eligibility: Nontenured faculty

The Thom Fellowships are intended to support nontenured faculty who are revising their dissertation for publication as their first monograph. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington’s collections and must have received the Ph.D. between Jan. 1, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2021.

Short-Term Awards

Approximately 140 short-term fellowships are available for one to five months in residence and carry monthly stipends of $3,500. They are open to scholars in any field where The Huntington’s collections are strong.

Eligibility: Doctoral candidates; master’s students in programs requiring a thesis; faculty members; postdoctoral scholars; and independent researchers working on a scholarly project served by our collections.
Tenure of fellowship: Between one and five months
Value of award: $3,500 per month

Note: Applicants do not need to mention specific fellowships in their applications. However, we do offer a number of specialized fellowships, which include (but are not limited to):

  • Octavia E. Butler Fellowship for the study of Octavia E. Butler, science fiction and/or her archives
  • Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowships in the history and literature of Renaissance England
  • The Cheng Fellowship in the History of the Asian American Experience in the United States
  • The Trent R. Dames Fellowship in the History of Civil Engineering
  • The Dibner Fellowship in the History of Science and Technology
  • The Duncan Gleason Fellowship in California Maritime History
  • Huntington Fellowship in the Materiality of Print Culture
  • Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowships
  • The Gloria R. Lothrop Fellowship in Western American Women’s History
  • The Reese Fellowship in American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas
  • The Shapiro Center for American History and Culture Fellowship
  • The Francis J. Weber Research Fellowship in Roman Catholic History
  • The Howard and Dawn Weinbrot Research Fellowship for the study of Eighteenth-Century British Society and Culture

The Alan Jutzi Residential Fellowship for Non-Traditional Scholars

Eligibility: Independent scholars who are neither affiliated with nor retired from an academic institution.
Tenure of fellowship: Between one and two months
Value of award: $3,500 per month

The Alan Jutzi Fellowship for Non-Traditional Scholars honors a former curator’s long service to the intellectual needs of researchers regardless of academic pedigree. In keeping with Alan Jutzi’s breadth of interests, ideal candidates will include writers, journalists, urban and city planners, architects, collectors, designers, curators, librarians, and others outside the academy.

The Elizabeth B. Motika Fellowship in Architectural History
This new fellowship will provide one to two months of support for nontraditional scholars to conduct research in The Huntington’s architectural collections. This fellowship firmly supports The Huntington’s mission to increase access to our collections by welcoming nontraditional scholars. Further, the research fellowship is inspired by and complements the study of collections like the Greene and Greene, Wallace Neff, and Florence Yoch collections.

The Thomas W. Wilkins Fellowship to encourage greater diversity among the scholars who use The Huntington’s collections
The Thomas W. Wilkins Fellowship honors the memory and vision of a middle school teacher and proud Angeleno who left a legacy that would benefit the diverse city he loved so much. The Thomas W. Wilkins Fellowship provides up to two months of annual research support for scholars who have the potential to bring to their academic and research careers the critical perspective that comes from their understanding of the experiences of members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education in the United States. The contributions to diversity may include research focusing on underserved populations or understanding inequalities related to race, gender, disability, or LGBTQ issues.

Travel Grants and Exchange Fellowships for Study Abroad

Six travel grants for study abroad are available in any of the fields in which The Huntington’s own collections are strong and where the research will be carried out in libraries or archives outside of the United States or Canada, especially those in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, or Latin America.

We also offer nine exchange fellowships with Corpus Christi, Jesus, Linacre, Lincoln, and New Colleges, Oxford; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Trinity College Dublin/Marsh’s Library; the University of Durham; and the John Rylands Research Institute and Library at the University of Manchester (funding available starting Aug. 22). The intention is to encourage projects that can be developed both in The Huntington’s collections and in archives across the world.

Eligibility for Travel Grants and Exchange Fellowships: Doctoral candidates who have advanced to candidacy (ABD) at the time of the application deadline, faculty members, and other postdoctoral scholars. Applicants must be based in North America.
Tenure of travel grants and exchange fellowships: One month

Travel Grants

Recipients of the travel grants must be conducting research in a library or archive abroad in any of the fields in which Huntington collections are strong. The Huntington will reimburse the grantee for economy round-trip airfare before the trip. A stipend of $3,500 will be paid after the grantee submits a detailed report on the research conducted. The travel grants can be taken up as early as July 1, 2024, and no later than June 30, 2025.

Exchange Fellowships

Accommodation and hospitality are provided by the U.K. or Irish college or university, although the timing of the fellowship may be subject to the availability of housing and to the schedule of the academic year in each institution. The Huntington will reimburse the fellow for economy round-trip airfare. Exchange fellowships can begin as early as July 1, 2024, and no later than June 30, 2025.

The following fellowships operate on a different funding model:

Linacre College, Oxford
A stipend of $3,500 is provided by The Huntington to the recipient of the fellowship before traveling to England, along with reimbursement for economy round-trip airfare. Accommodation is arranged by the college, although the fellow is responsible for all associated costs. The fellowship should ideally begin during July 2024.

University of Durham (Residential Research Library)
A stipend of £1,800 (GBP) is provided by the University of Durham. Self-catered en suite study bedrooms at Ushaw College (3.5 miles from Durham city center) will be available at a competitive rate. The Huntington will reimburse economy round-trip airfare. The fellowship is designed to facilitate scholarship on the basis of the three historic collections of Durham: those held by Durham Cathedral, Ushaw College, and Durham University, including Palace Green Library and the Oriental Museum.

The Huntington offers several joint professorships and collaborative fellowships with other institutions and organizations. See Joint Professorships/Collaborative Fellowships for more information.