Folger Institute
Short-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.
For the 2025–26 fellowship year, short-term fellows will have the option to take their fellowship fully on-site, fully virtual, or a combination of the two. Applicants may propose any research schedule that best fits their project’s needs.
Short-term fellowships support scholars whose work would benefit from significant primary research for one, two, or three months, with a monthly stipend of $5,000 per month in residence and $4,000 per month for virtual. These fellowships are designed to support a concentrated period of full-time work on research projects that draw on the strengths of the Folger’s collections and programs.
The deadline for short-term fellowship applications is 15 January 2025. For more information, visit the short-term fellowships page.
Long-Term Fellowships
The Folger Institute offers four long-term fellowships at $70,000 for the 2025–26 academic year (approximately $7,777 per month, for a standard period of 9 months). These fellowships are designed to support full-time scholarly work on significant research projects that draw on the strengths of the Folger’s collections and programs.
Please note, for the 2025–26 fellowship year, long-term fellows will have the option to take up to three months of their nine-month fellowship virtually. This virtual time may be taken at any point in the fellowship and does not have to be taken concurrently.
Applicants may propose any research schedule that best fits their project’s needs.
The deadline for long-term fellowship applications is 15 December 2024. See the long-term fellowships page for more information.
Long-Term Public Humanities Fellowship
Additionally, the Folger Institute is excited to announce a new Long-Term Public Humanities Fellowship!
This fellowship is open to college and university faculty members, independent scholars, artists, public scholars, writers, PhD candidates, postdocs, community leaders, cultural workers, educators, and other knowledge holders. Applicants are not required to hold a terminal degree but should describe their equivalent training and industry-specific experience in their CV.
For the 2025–26 year, the Folger Institute will offer one Long-term Public Humanities Fellowship at $70,000 for a standard period of 9 months (approximately $7,777 per month).
As with our long-term fellows, long-term public humanities fellows will have the option to take up to three months of their nine-month fellowship virtually. This virtual time may be taken at any point in the fellowship and does not have to be taken concurrently. Applicants may propose any research schedule that best fits their project’s needs.
The deadline for Long-Term Public Humanities applications is 15 December 2024. For more information, visit the Long-Term Public Humanities Fellowships page.