2026-2027 Gilder Lehrman Center Fellowships
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2026-2027 Gilder Lehrman Center Fellowships support scholars’ residential research on slavery, resistance, abolition, and their legacies to deepen understanding of slavery from earliest times to the present.
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Funder: Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, Yale University
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Priority application deadline) | March 2027 (Extended priority application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $5,500 for one month; $25,000 plus benefits for four months
Summary: Residential fellowships support research on slavery, resistance, abolition, and their legacies across historical periods.
Key Information: Applicants must hold a Ph.D. before appointment and spend most of their fellowship in residence at Yale.
Description
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, part of Yale University’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, supports scholarship that deepens understanding of slavery from the earliest times to the present. Scholars from all disciplines are welcome, with particular interest in proposals explicitly addressing slavery, resistance, abolition, and their legacies and using Yale University Libraries’ special collections or other New England research collections.
The program offers one-month fellowships for short-term work, such as articles and book chapters, and four-month fellowships for larger projects, including book manuscripts and articles. Digital humanities projects are also welcome. Fellows receive library privileges and office space, participate in the intellectual life of the Center and Yale, and share their research through recorded online public presentations.
