HUNTINGTON FELLOWSHIPS
The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings
in British and American history, literature, art history, the
history of science, and photography. The Library collections range
chronologically from the ninth to the twentieth centuries, and
include a half million rare books and ephemera and 3.4 million
manuscripts, supported by half million reference works. The
photography collection has over 400,000 images. Within the general
fields listed above there are many areas of special strength,
including: Medieval studies, Western America, Colonial America,
British drama, the Renaissance, California, the American Civil War
and literary manuscripts of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Art
Galleries contain a notable collection of British and American
paintings, watercolors, fine prints, photographs and an art
reference library. The Botanical Division library houses a broad
collection of reference works on botany, horticulture, and
gardening.
The Huntington will award to scholars about one hundred
fellowships for the academic year 1996-1997. These fellowships
derive from a variety of funding sources and have different terms.
They are all for study while in residence at the Huntington.
Huntington Fellowships are awarded for one to five months and
carry monthly stipends of $1,800.
W.M. Keck Foundation Fellowships for Young Scholars are
intended to support the research necessary to complete a
dissertation or to begin a new project. They may be held for one
to three months and carry stipends of $2,300 per month.
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships offer
stipends of up to $30,000 for four to twelve months in residence.
Applicants must be established scholars at the post-doctoral level
or its equivalent, pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to
the Huntington's collections. Preference will be given to scholars
who have not held major awards in the three years preceding the
year of this award. Applicants who are not U.S. citizens must have
resided in the U.S. for at least three years.
Barbara Thom Post-Doctoral Fellowship is designed to support
a non-tenured faculty member while revising a manuscript for
publication. The fellowship carries a stipend of $25,000.
Preference will be given to scholars who are four or five years
beyond the Ph.D. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a
field appropriate to the Huntington's collections and must be in
residence during the fellowship.
British Academy Exchange Fellowship is a program whereby the
Huntington nominates to the British Academy six scholars who are
pursuing research in Great Britain in history or literature. The
award, made by the British Academy, is for one month and the
stipend is 900 pounds. Applicants must already have the Ph.D.
TO APPLY:
Submit a brief (2 or 3 pages) but complete description of your
project, specifying the materials you plan to consult at the
Huntington. Indicate your progress to date as well as the amount
of time required at the Huntington. The description will be
considered by a panel of scholars from a variety of humanities
disciplines, so should by written for non-specialists. Please
enclose a curriculum vita. Three referees should send letters
directly to the Fellowship Awards Committee by the application
deadline. It is the applicant's responsibility to supply a
description of the project to the referees.
APPLICATION DEADLINES:
15 December 1995
Huntington Fellowships
W. M. Keck Foundation Fellowships
Barbara Thom Fellowships
British Academy Fellowships
5 January 1996
NEH Fellowships
All applications and inquiries should be directed to:
Robert C. Ritchie
Chair, Awards Committee
The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Phone 818 405 2194
Fax 818 449 5703