2025-26 Research Fellowships: Library Company of Philadelphia
Application deadline: January 15, 2025
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS
The Library Company offers the following long-term dissertation fellowships, each with a stipend of $30,000 for the academic year (September 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026) or $15,000 for the fall or spring semester.
The Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch Program in Women’s History one-semester fellowship supports dissertation research on any aspect of women’s history (broadly defined) documented in the Library Company’s collections.
The Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Dissertation Fellowship supports research in residence in early American political economy and society, broadly defined, from its colonial beginnings to the 1850s. Either a nine-month fellowship (September to May) or a one-semester fellowship may be awarded.
The Program in African American History (PAAH) Dissertation Fellowship supports research in African American history and culture (broadly defined) of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Either a nine-month fellowship (September to May) or a one-semester fellowship may be awarded.
SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIPS
Short-term fellowships support dissertation, postdoctoral, and independent scholarly research with a stipend of $3,000. For the 2025-26 cycle, fellowships associated with the Library Company’s four academic programs (African American History, Early American Economy and Society, Visual Culture, and Women’s History) will be offered, as will those in the fields of the history of the book/publishing industry, history of medicine (particularly popular medicine), and the Innovation Fellowship for Independent Researchers (artist, author, public historian, or other independent researcher). Submit a single application to be considered for all relevant short-term opportunities.
Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Short-Term Fellowships
Program in African American History Short-Term Research Fellowships
Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch Fellowship in Women’s History
William H. Helfand Fellowship for American Visual Culture
James N. Green Research Fellowship in the History of the Book in America
William Reese Company Fellowship in American Bibliography
William H. Helfand Fellowship for American Medicine, Science, and Society
Charles E. Rosenberg Fellowship in the History of Health and Medicine
Innovation Fellowship for Independent Researchers