American Philosophical Society, Library & Museum

2021-2022 Fellowship Opportunities in Native American and Indigenous Studies; Early American History & Culture; and History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society

The Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia invites applications for postdoctoral, predoctoral, and short-term research fellowships for projects pertaining to Native American and Indigenous Studies, Early American History & Culture, and the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine. 

The Library & Museum’s collections make it among the premier institutions for documenting and exhibiting the history of the American Revolution and founding, the history of science from Newton to NASA, Native American languages and culture, and the development of American anthropology. The Library & Museum houses over 14 million manuscripts; 275,000 volumes of printed materials and bound periodicals; 250,000 images, fine art, and other objects; thousands of maps and prints; and more than 3,500 hours of audio recordings of Native American languages.

Comprehensive, searchable guides and finding aids to our collections are available online at https://www.amphilsoc.org/library/search-collections and http://amphilsoc.pastperfectonline.com/.

See individual fellowship descriptions below for more information and instructions on how to apply. For a complete listing of all APS grant and fellowship opportunities, visit www.amphilsoc.org/grants/fellowships.

Native American and Indigenous Studies

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship 

(deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021 11:59 p.m. EST).

This 12-month residential fellowship is intended for a recent Ph.D., professor at any level seeking sabbatical support for a research project, or an independent scholar working closely with an Indigenous community on a project. A stipend in the $45-60K range and the option for health benefits will be awarded to the successful applicant.

To apply, please submit materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/79204

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative Predoctoral Fellowship

(deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021 11:59 p.m. EST).

This 12-month or 6-month fellowship is intended for advanced Ph.D. students working toward the completion of the dissertation. Applicants will receive a stipend of $25,000 to support twelve months of work and $12,500 to support six months of work on topics pertaining to Native American and Indigenous Studies and related fields. Two fellowships will be awarded in 2021-2022 -- one 12-month and one 6-month. Applicants will be asked to specify their preference in Interfolio. 

To apply, please submit materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/79205

Indigenous Community Research Fellowship

(deadline: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:59 p.m. EST).

These short-term fellowships support research by Indigenous community members, elders, teachers, knowledge keepers, tribal officials, traditional leaders, museum and archive professionals, scholars, and others, regardless of academic background, seeking to examine materials at the APS Library & Museum in support of Indigenous community-based priorities.

To apply, please submit materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/80835

Early American History & Culture

David Center for the American Revolution Postdoctoral Fellowship

(deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021 11:59 p.m. EST).

This 24-month fellowship is intended for a recent Ph.D., professor at any level seeking sabbatical support for a research project, or an independent scholar working on a project. Applicants will receive a stipend of $50,000 per year to support twenty-four months of work on projects about the American Revolution and Founding Era. 

To apply, please submit materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/80961

David Center for the American Revolution Predoctoral Fellowship

(deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021 11:59 p.m. EST).

This 12-month fellowship is intended for advanced Ph.D. students working toward the completion of the dissertation. Applicants will receive a stipend of $25,000 to support twelve months of work on projects about the American Revolution and Founding Era. 

To apply, please submit materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/80960

Friends of the American Philosophical Society Predoctoral Fellowship in Early American History (to 1840)

(deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021 11:59 p.m. EST).

This 12-month fellowship is intended for advanced Ph.D. students working toward the completion of the dissertation. Applicants will receive a stipend of $25,000 to support twelve months of work on topics pertaining to early American history (to 1840).

To apply, please submit materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/79202

David Center for the American Revolution Short-Term Fellowships 

(deadline: Friday, March 5, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EST).

These fellowships continue the 30-year tradition of the David Library awarding over 200 fellowships to scholars working on projects about the American Revolution and Founding Era. 

These funding opportunities provide one month of support for researchers in residence and are open to scholars in all fields who show a demonstrated need to use the APS’s Library & Museum collections for their project.

To apply, please submit materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/79138

Swan Foundation Short-Term Resident Research Fellowship for Revolutionary-Era Material Culture

(deadline: Friday, March 5, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EST)

This funding opportunity provides one month of support for researchers to work in the artifact collections of the Swan Historical Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and other repositories in the Greater Philadelphia Region. The fellowship is open to scholars in all fields who show a demonstrated need to use the collections for their project.

To apply, please submit materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/80954

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

John C. Slater Predoctoral Fellowship in the History of Science

(deadline: Friday, January 29, 2021 11:59 p.m. EST).

This 12-month fellowship is intended for advanced Ph.D. students working toward the completion of the dissertation. Applicants will receive a stipend of $25,000 to support twelve months of work on topics pertaining to the history of science, broadly defined.

To apply, please submit materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/79197%20

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Applicants: Please use Interfolio's help desk for any issues pertaining to the online application process.

Contact regarding the Fellowship program and the Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society may be directed to Adrianna Link, Ph.D., Head of Scholarly Programs, at alink@amphilsoc.org or by phone at 215-440-3415.

The American Philosophical Society is committed to maintaining the highest standards of scholarly excellence while supporting a working and intellectual environment that fosters an inclusive atmosphere for learning, prizes diverse origins and points of view, advances equal opportunities to learn and communicate, and encourages the widest possible access to its collections. The APS has titled these goals the APS IDEA (Inclusivity, Diversity, Equality, and Access) for its enduring institutional commitment to these values.