The History of Medicine Collections at Duke University, North Carolina offers research grants of up to US$1,500 to researchers whose work would benefit from access to the historical medical collections at the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Applications are open to:

• Faculty, graduate or undergraduate students and independent scholars with a research project requiring the use of materials held by the History of Medicine Collections.
• Writers, creative and performing artists, film makers and journalists are welcome to apply.
• All applicants must reside outside of a 100-mile radius of Durham, NC, and may not be current Duke students or employees.

Applications close 31 January, 2019. Grants must be used between April 2019 and June 2020.

For more information and to apply, see https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/history-of-medicine/grants

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art offers a variety of Fellowships (for individuals) and Grants (for institutions and individuals) twice a year in a strictly timetabled schedule.

Applications are now open for six-month full-time Postdoctoral Fellowships, offered to enable the Fellow to transform doctoral research in the field of British art or architectural history into publishable form, such as a book, series of articles or exhibition catalogue. Alternatively, the fellowship may support new research arising out of a successfully submitted doctoral dissertation where that research may lead readily to publication.

Postdoctoral Fellowships are for the academic year 2019/2020 and may be taken between September 2019 and September 2020. Fellowships cannot be deferred to later academic years nor can they run concurrently with a Fellowship awarded by another institution

Postdoctoral Fellowships are of £10,000. Fellowship funds are offered either as a grant to the Fellow (if an independent scholar) or to their university or institution to fund replacement teaching or staff costs.

Applications close on 31 January, 2019. For further information, terms & conditions, and to apply, see https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/fellowships-and-grants/opportunities/postdoctoral-fellowships/season/spring-2018

Six Short-term Fellowships at The Medici Archive Project are offered for the period April 1 – December 3, 2019. The application deadline is 1 March 2019.

Four Short-term Fellowships in Honor of Eva Schler:

Thanks to the generous gift from Joan A. McClure and Michael L. Schler, in honor of Michael’s late mother Eva Schler, the Medici Archive Project is offering four short-term fellowships for graduate and pre-doctoral students of any nationality working on any field related to early modern Italy (preferably with a specific emphasis on Tuscany or Medici history). Special preference will be given to scholars working on any topic related to early modern Jewish women.

This scholarly residence will be of considerable benefit in helping students to gain the necessary skills, experience and confidence to continue independent academic research in their academic specialization. While undertaking research on primary sources in Florence, fellows will benefit from the supervision of the MAP Staff as well as from academics drawn from a variety of disciplines, who are experts in archival research, paleography, and digital humanities.

Each fellowship will last for an uninterrupted period of three months, taking place at any point between 1 April 2019 and 31 July 2019 (SPRING/SUMMER SEMESTER) and 1 September and 31 December 2019 (FALL/WINTER SEMESTER).

There is no application form for this fellowship. Instead, suitable candidates are invited to send via email to education@medici.org, the following documents in a collated PDF by 1 March 2019:

1) A cover letter in English, stating the proposed dates which the fellow will be in residence at MAP’s headquarters at Palazzo Alberti.

2) A short essay (no more than two pages) on how the candidate’s topic will benefit from archival research.

3) A curriculum vitae.

4) The name and email address of a scholar in the field, preferably the candidate’s supervisor, who can comment on the applicant’s qualifications and the merits of the research proposal (please do not include letters of recommendation with the application).

The fellowships are open to candidates of any nationality.

The fellowship stipend is US $6,000.

To apply for these fellowships, the following material should be sent electronically to Carlotta Paltrinieri (education@medici.org). Please do not include supplementary material (publications, papers, syllabi, etc.).

All materials must be submitted in English. For further information, contact Carlotta Paltrinieri (education@medici.org).

Two Short-term Samuel H. Kress Fellowships:

Thanks to the continued support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, The Medici Archive Project (MAP) is offering two fellowships for graduate and pre-doctoral students to undertake specialized archival research on-site at the Archivio di Stato as well as other archival collections housed in Florence and across Tuscany.

These fellowships are especially aimed to provide graduate students in art and architectural history with the opportunity to examine original source materials, receive scholarly guidance from MAP Staff, present their findings at MAP-sponsored conferences and workshops, and enroll in MAP’s Paleography and Archival Studies Seminar.

Students may apply for either the 2019 SPRING/SUMMER semester or the 2019 FALL/WINTER semester.The Spring/Summer Fellowship, covering a period of no less than three months, with a stipend of $8,500, must take place within the period extending from 1 April to 31 July 2019.
The Fall/Winter Fellowship, covering a period of no less than three months, with a stipend of $8,500, must take place within the period 1 September to 31 December 2019. Eligible candidates must either have American citizenship or be enrolled in graduate programs at universities in the United States.

There is no application form for this fellowship. Instead, suitable candidates are invited to send via email to education@medici.org, the following documents in a single PDF by 1 March 2019:

1) A cover letter, stating which fellowship is sought, either “Spring/Summer” OR “Fall/Winter” and the proposed dates which the fellow will be in residence at MAP’s headquarters at Palazzo Alberti.

2) A short essay (no more than two pages) on how the candidate’s topic will benefit from archival research.

3) A curriculum vitae.

4) The name and email address of a scholar in the field, preferably the candidate’s supervisor, who can comment on the applicant’s qualifications and the merits of research proposal (please do not include letters of recommendation with the application).

To apply for these fellowships, the following material should be sent electronically to Carlotta Paltrinieri (education@medici.org). Please do not include supplementary material (publications, papers, syllabi, etc.).

All materials must be submitted in English. For further information, contact Carlotta Paltrinieri (education@medici.org).