These eight-week residential fellowships provide the opportunity to pursue individual work and research in a community of peers while being mentored by senior artists and scholars. Ten fellowships are awarded annually to predoctoral students at an advanced stage of research and writing on pre-1980 American art and visual culture and to artists with a master’s degree. Candidates must be nominated by a professor at an academic institution. Fellows receive lodging, a $5,000 stipend (artists receive an additional $300 for materials), and a contribution to travel costs. For more information, please visit terraamericanart.org/terra-summer-residency.

Smithsonian American Art Museum Fellowships in Washington, D.C.

These one-year residential fellowships support full-time independent research by scholars from abroad researching historical American art (pre-1980) or by U.S. scholars who are investigating international contexts for American art. Fellows receive research and travel allowances, plus a stipend of $30,000 for predoctoral fellows and $45,000 for senior or postdoctoral fellows. For more information, please visit americanart.si.edu/research/opportunity/fellows/terra.