December 8, 2021
Winterthur Research Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: January 15, 2022
- For graduate students and postgraduate scholars
- Interested in conducting research using the Winterthur collections
- Support for short-term and long-term research
Winterthur offers unparalleled access to a wealth of museum, garden, and library collections supporting material culture research. As an interdisciplinary center for collections-based scholarship and conservation, Winterthur encourages researchers to explore and immerse themselves in holistic and intimate inquiry from a wide range of disciplines. We enthusiastically welcome researchers from underrepresented communities including, but not limited to, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color as well as scholars who bring critical perspectives to collections research.
Academic, independent, and museum scholars as well as advanced graduate students are invited to apply for short-term (two- to six-week) and long-term (four- to eight-month) residential, remote, and hybrid research fellowships. Winterthur welcomes new and critical approaches to a broad range of scholarly topics, including: material culture studies, social and cultural history, social justice, museum practice, art history, literary studies, American studies, design history, the decorative arts, landscape architecture and design, consumer culture, and conservation studies covering global topics from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Winterthur also supports fellowships designed for artists, writers, filmmakers, horticulturalists, craftspeople, and others who wish to examine, study, and immerse themselves in Winterthur’s vast collections in order to inspire creative and artistic works for general, non-academic audiences.
All applicants are strongly encouraged to search WinterCat and Winterthur’s online Museum Collection, visit Winterthur, and contact staff members to discuss potential research projects. The suitability of a project to Winterthur’s collections is the primary consideration of the fellowship award committee.