Folger Institute Long-Term Fellowships
Each year, the Folger Institute awards research fellowships to create a high-powered, multidisciplinary community of inquiry. This community of researchers may come from different fields, and their projects may find different kinds of expression. But our researchers share cognate interests in the history and literature, art and performance, philosophy, religion, and politics of the early modern world.
The Folger Institute offers three long-term fellowship tracks: yearlong (nine month) Scholarly fellowships, yearlong (nine month) Public Humanities fellowships, and semester-long (five month) Scholarly fellowships. Yearlong fellows will receive an award of $70,000, and semester-long fellows will receive an award of $35,000.
Long-term Scholarly fellowships are designed to support scholarly research projects that would benefit from significant primary research on-site at the Folger. Long-term Public Humanities fellowships are designed to support significant, full-time research and public humanities project implementation for Folger audiences.
For all long-term fellowships, applications that propose productive use of the Folger’s Collections, in both traditional and nontraditional ways, are more likely to receive fellowship awards. Extensive experience in archives and special collections, however, is not a requirement.
Please note that for the 2027–28 fellowship year, all long-term fellows will have the option to take a portion of their fellowship virtually. Yearlong fellows may take up to three months virtually, and semester-long fellows may take up to one month virtually. This virtual time may be taken at any point in the fellowship. Applicants may propose any research schedule that best fits their project’s needs.
The deadline for all long-term fellowship applications is 15 December 2026.