William L. Clements Library Fellowships
The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, welcomes applications for 2027–28 research fellowships. Interested in joining a community of researchers, scholars, artists, creatives, journalists, and musicians? Join the newest cohort of long-term, short-term, or weeklong fellows making use of the Clements archives for their research.
The Clements’ holdings—books, manuscripts, pamphlets, maps, prints and views, newspapers, and ephemera—are among the best in the world on almost any aspect of the American experience from 1492 through 1900, and support a diverse array of research projects.
There are rich resources in the collections for projects with topics relating to the United States, Caribbean, and/or Atlantic World in the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Other strengths of the collections include Native American history and culture, ephemera, African American history and culture, the history of science, health, technology and medicine, material culture, the history of cartography, graphics and visual art, disability studies, and more.
Of particular interest is the Norton Strange Townshend Fellowship, which offers $5,000 per month in support of scholarly research on nineteenth-century American history and culture. Successful applicants are expected to spend a minimum of four months at the Clements. A completed PhD or equivalent qualification is required at the time of application.
The Jacob M. Price Digital Fellowship offers a nonresidential opportunity to support researchers working remotely on any topic that can be supported by digitized library materials.
Junior- or senior-class undergraduate students are eligible for the Introduction to Archival Research / Forty-Three Foundation Fellowship. The $1,500 supports research on any topic in American history and culture supported by the collections.
The Clements offers long-term (two-to-four months), short-term (one month), and weeklong fellowships, as well as a digital fellowship without a residency requirement. Applications are due by 15 January 2027 for research to be undertaken between 1 June 2027 and 31 May 2028.
Please visit our website at http://clements.umich.edu/research/fellowships or email clements-fellowships@umich.edu for more information.