Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship in Biography
Biographers International Organization (BIO) is now inviting applications for the Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship in Biography. The fellowship provides $25,000 to a doctoral student in any department who is writing a dissertation in English focused on the life of another person or on the lives of two or more individuals. Ideally the project should combine the rigor of doctoral research with the art of storytelling. The work cannot be fictionalized nor should the focus be primarily autobiographical. The fellowship is endowed by Kitty Kelley, a founding member of BIO, the author of seven best-selling biographies, and a longtime advocate for biography and biographers.
For the fellowship starting 1 September 2026, the deadline to apply is 15 February 2026, and the winner of the $25,000 scholarship will be announced no later than 1 May 2026. The request for applications is now open. For more information, please visit https://biographersinternational.org/award/kitty-kelley-dissertation-fellowship-in-biography/.