Billie M. Levy Fellowship
Billie M. Levy Fellowship supports scholars, researchers, and artists with travel for projects using UConn’s Northeast Children’s Literature Collection to study children’s literature and book creation.
Funder: University of Connecticut Library, Archives & Special Collections
Due Dates: January 30, 2027 (Annual submission deadline)
Funding Amounts: $4,000 USD per fellowship, awarded annually on a competitive basis
Summary: Travel support for scholars, researchers, and artists studying the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection at UConn.
Key Information: Fellows must complete at least five full research days in residence and a research-sharing requirement before payment.
Description
The Billie M. Levy Fellowship is administered by the University of Connecticut Library’s Archives & Special Collections. It supports travel for scholars, researchers, and artists at any career stage whose projects require the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection. The collection contains more than 100 archives of children’s authors and illustrators associated with the Northeast and East Coast of the United States, alongside over 40,000 volumes of children’s literature.
The fellowship emphasizes children’s literature as an art form and supports research into book creation through collaboration among authors, illustrators, agents, editors, designers, and publishers. Selection prioritizes the significance of the proposed project and the necessity of consulting the collection. Particular consideration is given to projects using the papers of Francelia Butler, Marc Simont, Esphyr Slobodkina, Cyndy Szekeres, and Ed Young.
