Research Fellowships at the Massachusetts Historical Society

Long-Term Fellowships

Thanks to the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an

independent agency of the U.S. government, there will be at least one

long-term MHS-NEH fellowship. The Society will award either one long-term

grant of six to twelve months or two of a maximum of five months. The

stipend, governed by an NEH formula, will be no more than $40,000 for a term

of six to twelve months and smaller amounts for shorter terms. Tenure must

be continuous. Within the constraints of the NEH's guidelines, the Society

will also supplement each stipend with a housing allowance of up to $500 per

month. MHS-NEH fellowships are open to U.S. citizens and to foreign

nationals who have lived in the United States for at least the three years

immediately preceding the application deadline. Applicants must have

completed their professional training; NEH-sponsored fellowships are not

available to graduate students. The awards committee will give preference to

candidates who have not held a long-term grant during the three years prior

to the proposed fellowship term. Postmark deadline for applications for the

2002-2003 year is January 15, 2002. For more information, please visit the

"Get Involved" section of our website at www.masshist.org.

Short-Term Fellowships

The Massachusetts Historical Society offers approximately 20 fellowships

each year for researchers who need to use the collections to complete a

major project; typical applicants include but are not limited to independent

scholars, advanced graduate students, and college and university faculty in

all disciplines. Each of the fellowships includes a stipend of $1,500 for

four weeks of research. Some fellowships target specific topics, such as

African-American studies, women's history, art history, documentary editing,

the life and times of Paul Revere, and colonial New England. Postmark

deadline for applications for the 2002-2003 year is March 1, 2002. For more

information, please visit the "Get Involved" section of our website at

www.masshist.org.

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New England Regional Research Fellowships

The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, a collaboration of sixteen

major cultural agencies, will offer at least nine awards in 2002-2003.  Each

grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for eight weeks of research at

participating institutions.  Applications are welcome from anyone with a

serious need to use the collections and facilities of the organizations. For

the next fellowship cycle, the postmark deadline will be February 1, 2002.

The Consortium's grants are designed to encourage projects that draw on the

resources of several agencies.  Each award will be for research at a minimum

of three different institutions.  Fellows must stay at each of these

organizations for at least two weeks.

Participating Institutions: Baker Library, Harvard Business School; Boston

Athenæum; Colonial Society of Massachusetts; Connecticut Historical Society;

Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine; Harvard Law School, Special

Collections; Historic Deerfield; John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of

American Civilization at Brown University; Maine Historical Society;

Massachusetts Historical Society; Mystic Seaport; New England Historic

Genealogical Society; New Hampshire Historical Society; Rhode Island

Historical Society; Schlesinger Library; Vermont Historical Society

For further information, please see the "Get Involved" section of the

Massachusetts Historical Society's website, www.masshist.org.