Research Fellowships at the Massachusetts Historical Society

Long-Term Fellowships
Thanks to the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an
independent agency of the U.S. government, there will be at least one
long-term MHS-NEH fellowship. The Society will award either one long-term
grant of six to twelve months or two of a maximum of five months. The
stipend, governed by an NEH formula, will be no more than $40,000 for a term
of six to twelve months and smaller amounts for shorter terms. Tenure must
be continuous. Within the constraints of the NEH's guidelines, the Society
will also supplement each stipend with a housing allowance of up to $500 per
month. MHS-NEH fellowships are open to U.S. citizens and to foreign
nationals who have lived in the United States for at least the three years
immediately preceding the application deadline. Applicants must have
completed their professional training; NEH-sponsored fellowships are not
available to graduate students. The awards committee will give preference to
candidates who have not held a long-term grant during the three years prior
to the proposed fellowship term. Postmark deadline for applications for the
2002-2003 year is January 15, 2002. For more information, please visit the
"Get Involved" section of our website at www.masshist.org.

Short-Term Fellowships
The Massachusetts Historical Society offers approximately 20 fellowships
each year for researchers who need to use the collections to complete a
major project; typical applicants include but are not limited to independent
scholars, advanced graduate students, and college and university faculty in
all disciplines. Each of the fellowships includes a stipend of $1,500 for
four weeks of research. Some fellowships target specific topics, such as
African-American studies, women's history, art history, documentary editing,
the life and times of Paul Revere, and colonial New England. Postmark
deadline for applications for the 2002-2003 year is March 1, 2002. For more
information, please visit the "Get Involved" section of our website at
www.masshist.org.

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New England Regional Research Fellowships

The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, a collaboration of sixteen
major cultural agencies, will offer at least nine awards in 2002-2003. Each
grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for eight weeks of research at
participating institutions. Applications are welcome from anyone with a
serious need to use the collections and facilities of the organizations. For
the next fellowship cycle, the postmark deadline will be February 1, 2002.

The Consortium's grants are designed to encourage projects that draw on the
resources of several agencies. Each award will be for research at a minimum
of three different institutions. Fellows must stay at each of these
organizations for at least two weeks.

Participating Institutions: Baker Library, Harvard Business School; Boston
Athenæum; Colonial Society of Massachusetts; Connecticut Historical Society;
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine; Harvard Law School, Special
Collections; Historic Deerfield; John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of
American Civilization at Brown University; Maine Historical Society;
Massachusetts Historical Society; Mystic Seaport; New England Historic
Genealogical Society; New Hampshire Historical Society; Rhode Island
Historical Society; Schlesinger Library; Vermont Historical Society

For further information, please see the "Get Involved" section of the
Massachusetts Historical Society's website, www.masshist.org.

Jean Powers
Editorial Assistant, Publications Department
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
jpowersmasshist.org