Graduate Funding Information Service

November 8, 2019

Newberry Short-Term Fellowships

Application Deadline: December 15, 2019

The Newberry Library offers short-term research fellowships. Postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, and scholars with terminal degrees who live and work outside of the Chicago metropolitan area are eligible. There are two general short-term fellowships:

  • The Newberry Library Short-Term Residential Fellowships for Individual Research are available to scholars who demonstrate a specific need for the Newberry’s collection. This fellowship is open to all fields of study.
  • The John S. Aubrey Fellowship is available to scholars who demonstrate a specific need for the Newberry’s collection. This fellowship is open to all fields of study.

Additionally, there are several topic-specific short term fellowships. Click here for a complete listing.

Most fellowships are available for one month with a stipend of $2,500 per month. Awardees may combine their Newberry fellowship award with sabbatical funding or other stipendiary support. Fellows are welcome to stay in residence at the Newberry beyond the terms of their fellowship, but the amount of their stipend cannot be increased beyond the initial award.

Eligibility

  • Short-Term Fellowships are open to faculty members and postdoctoral scholars; PhD candidates with “All But Dissertation” (ABD) status; and scholars with terminal degrees in areas that do not offer a PhD (such as MFA, MLIS, MSW, JD, etc.).
  • United States citizens are eligible for all Newberry Fellowships.
  • Permanent United States residents who have had at least three years of continuous residence in the U.S. are eligible for all fellowships.
  • Recent United States residents who have had less than three years of continuous residence in the U.S. are eligible for all fellowships except the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships.
  • Citizens of foreign nations are eligible for all fellowships except the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships.
  • Some Short-Term Fellowships are offered in partnership with academic organizations that require applicants to be members in order to be eligible for an award (examples include the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowship and the Midwest Modern Languages Association Fellowship). Applicants are welcome to join these organizations before the Newberry’s application deadline in order to be considered for a fellowship.

For more information about this opportunity, including how to apply, click here.