Huntington Library Long-Term 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 seven million manuscripts, 410,000 rare books, 270,000 reference works, and 1.3 million photographs, prints, and ephemera.  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 2014-2015.  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.

Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowships
Eligibility:  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 2009 and 2011.

Mellon Fellowship
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received their PhD by June of 2013.
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.

Dana and David Dornsife Fellowship
Eligibility:  PhD or equivalent.  Applicants must have received their PhD by June of 2013.
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 Fellowships
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received their PhD by June of 2013. (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 $50,400.
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to the Huntington's collections.

See website for submission guidelines.