News Release — September 10, 2018
Accepting applications for 2019-2020 research fellowships
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2019-2020 research fellowships.
The Ransom Center will grant 10 dissertation fellowships and up to 50 postdoctoral fellowships for projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections. The collections support research in all areas of the humanities including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music and cultural history.
Information about the fellowships and the application process is available online.
The deadline for applications is Nov. 15, 2018, at 5 p.m. CT. Applications must be submitted through the Ransom Center's website. All applicants, with the exception of those applying for dissertation fellowships, must have a Ph.D. or be independent scholars with a substantial record of professional achievement.
The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of $3,500 per month. Travel stipends and dissertation fellowships provide stipends of $2,000. International fellows will receive an additional $500 stipend to offset visa and travel costs. Fellowship residencies may be scheduled between June 1, 2019, and Aug. 31, 2020.
Applicants will be notified of decisions on March 31, 2019. The stipends are funded by endowments and annual sponsors including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship Endowment; Alfred A. and Blanche W. Knopf Fellowship; the Marlene Nathan Meyerson Photography Fellowship Endowment; the Robert De Niro Endowed Fund; the Woodward and Bernstein Endowment; the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies; the South Central Modern Language Association; and UT Austin's Office of Graduate Studies, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies and program in British Studies.
Since the fellowship program's inauguration in 1990, the Center has supported more than 1,200 research projects through fellowship awards.
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