The Newberry Library Short-Term Residential Fellowships for
Newberry Library
Award: $2,500
Deadline: Jan 3, 2026
To supporting scholars who demonstrate a specific need for the Newberry collection. Qualifications: Applicants must be scholars working in any field; graduate student applicants must be ABD by the application deadline (those who have completed all required coursework and successfully passed their qualifying exams and prospectus defense); must be faculty members and postdoctoral scholar; and scholars with terminal degrees in areas that do not offer a PhD, such as an MFA, MLIS, MSW, or JD; applicant live or work in the Chicago metropolitan are North American Indian heritage, non-tenure track, or part-time faculty; faculty whose teaching load is three courses or higher each semester/quarter throughout the academic year; community college or teaching track faculty; tenured or tenure-track faculty at minority serving Institutions Independent scholars; early career scholars, defined as scholars within five years of receiving their PhD; not eligible: university or college tenure-track and tenured faculty members with access to departmental research funds; retired or emeritus tenured faculty members; outside the Chicago area are eligible; must be members of the sponsoring organization in order to apply; these organizations include: the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies, the American Society for Environmental History, and the Midwest Modern Language Association; if applicant received a short-term fellowships before, applicant cannot apply. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the committee's criteria. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online; images (either embedded or in appendices); abstract or project description exceeding the word limit appendices or bibliography exceeding the word limit; CVs longer than the five-page limit; personal cover letter; audio-visual materials; more than three letters of reference; Short-term fellowships require two letters of recommendation, with the following exceptions; a current curriculum vitae (no more than five pages); a 1,500 word, 300 words project description elaborating on the abstract and referencing specific published scholarship that applicants project will engage with (1,000 words); the description should also explain the relevance of certain Newberry collection materials to applicants project and include a plan of work (500 words). Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.
Eligibility
- States: IL