The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan welcomes applications for 2025-2026 research fellowships. The Library offers several named fellowships related to visual culture, ephemera, or creative artistic practice that would benefit from access to the archives.

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.

As in previous years, many projects with topics related to the United States and the Caribbean and/or Atlantic World in the 18th-20th centuries will find rich resources in the library’s collections. 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.

The Clements offers long-term (two to four months), short-term (one month), and week-long fellowships, as well as a digital fellowship with no residency requirement. Applications are due by January 15, 2025 for research to be undertaken between June 1, 2025-May 31, 2026.

Please visit our website at http://clements.umich.edu/research/fellowships or email clements-fellowshipsumich.edu for more information and application forms.