Fellowships at The Huntington 2011-2012
2010-2011 Awarded Fellowships >
The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include a half-million rare books, nearly six million manuscripts, 800,000 photographs, and a large ephemera collection, supported by a half-million reference works. The Burndy Library consists of some 67,000 rare books and reference volumes in the history of science and technology, as well as an important collection of scientific instruments. Within the general fields listed above there are many areas of special strength, including: Middle Ages, Renaissance, 19th- and 20th-century literature, British drama, Colonial America, American Civil War, Western America, and California. The Art Collections contain notable British and American paintings, fine prints, photographs, and an art reference library. In the library of the Botanical Gardens is a broad collection of reference works in botany, horticulture, and gardening.
The Huntington will award to scholars over one hundred fellowships for the academic year 2011-2012. These fellowships derive from a variety of funding sources and have different terms. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to be in
continuous residence at the Huntington and to participate in and make a contribution to its intellectual life.
Application deadline for all fellowships:
December 15, 2010. Applications postmarked after the deadline will not be considered.
Short-Term AwardsLong-Term AwardsDibner History of Science ProgramApplication Procedure
Short-Term Awards
Huntington Fellowships
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage.
Tenure of fellowship: One to five months.
Amount of award: $2,500 per month.
NOTE: The majority of “Huntington Fellowships” will be awarded to scholars working in the general holdings of the Library; however, we do offer a number of specialized fellowships:
- Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowships in Renaissance England
- Haynes Foundation Fellowships in Los Angeles History
- Reese Fellowship in American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas
- Trent R. Dames Civil Engineering History Fellowship
- Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowships
Applying for one of the specialized fellowships does not disqualify you from being considered for a “Huntington Fellowship.”
Huntington-British Academy Fellowships for Study in Great Britain
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent.
Tenure of fellowship: One month.
In cooperation with the British Academy, the Huntington offers a limited number of exchange fellowships in any of the fields in which the Huntington collections are strong and where the research will be carried out in the United Kingdom.
Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical FellowshipEligibility: PhD or equivalent.
Tenure of fellowship: Two months (one month at the William Andrews Clark Library; one month at the Huntington).
Amount of award: $4,000.
For details and application instructions, please contact Bruce Whiteman at
whiteman@humnet.ucla.edu or (323) 731-8529.
Long-Term Awards
(On your cover sheet, please indicate “Long-Term Award.” Your application will be considered for any of the awards for which you are eligible.)
Barbara Thom Postdoctoral FellowshipsEligibility: Non-tenured faculty.
Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months.
Amount of award: $50,000.
Fellowship is designed to support non-tenured faculty members who are revising a manuscript for publication. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections and must have received their PhD between 2006 and 2008.
Mellon FellowshipDana and David Dornsife FellowshipEligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received their PhD by June of 2010.
Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months.
Amount of award: $50,000.
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections.
National Endowment for the Humanities FellowshipsEligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received their PhD by June of 2010. (NOTE: This is a requirement of the Huntington, not the NEH.) Applicant must be a United States citizen or foreign national with a minimum of three years U.S. residence.
Tenure of fellowship: Four to twelve months.
Amount of award: Up to $50,000.
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections.
Dibner History of Science Program
The Dibner History of Science Program offers historians of science and
technology the opportunity to study in the Burndy Library and the other
history of science and technology resources at the Huntington.
Short-Term Awards
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage.
Tenure of fellowship: One to five months.
Amount of award: $2,500 per month.
Long-Term Awards
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received their PhD by June of 2010.
Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months.
Amount of award: $50,000.
Applicants can be conducting research or already be at the writing stage and need reference materials only.
Please refer to "Application Procedures" for instructions on how to
apply. Please indicate "Dibner Fellowship" on your cover sheet.
Application Procedure
(Short- and long-term awards)
There is no application form. Applications consisting of items 1 through 4 should be mailed to:
Committee on Fellowships
The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
- Cover sheet with the following information: Name; mailing address to
be used for future correspondence; telephone and fax numbers; email
address; present rank and institution name; date PhD received or
expected; citizenship status; type of fellowship you are applying for
(short-term, long-term, Dibner, or British Academy) and number of
months of support you are requesting; title of project; history of
fellowships and grants received during the past five years.
- If you are applying for either a short-term or long-term award, please
send a two- to three-page (single-spaced, font size no smaller than 11)
description of your project, specifying the materials you plan to
consult at the Huntington and indicating your progress to date. The
description will be considered by a panel of scholars from a variety of
humanities disciplines, so should be written for non-specialists.
- Curriculum vitae of no more than three pages.
- Three letters of recommendation sent directly to the Committee on
Fellowships. It is the applicant's responsibility to contact referees
and supply them with a description of the project. Letters postmarked
after the deadline of December 15, 2010 will not be considered. Please
do not send letters from your job dossier.
For additional information, please contact:
Robert C. RitchieW.M. Keck Foundation Director of Research
Phone: 626-405-2194
Fax: 626-449-5703
cpowell@huntington.org