Billie M. Levy Fellowship
Billie M. Levy Fellowship supports travel for scholars, researchers, and artists to use UConn’s Northeast Children’s Literature Collection to explore children’s literature as art and collaborative 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 using UConn’s Northeast Children’s Literature Collection.
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, Archives & Special Collections. It supports travel for scholars, researchers, and artists whose projects require work in the Northeast Children’s Literature Collection. The collection holds more than 100 archives of notable 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 supports significant projects exploring children’s literature as an art form and the creation of books through collaboration among authors, illustrators, agents, editors, designers, and publishers. Particular consideration is given to projects using the papers of Francelia Butler, Marc Simont, Esphyr Slobodkina, Cyndy Szekeres, or Ed Young. Support comes from the Billie M. Levy Travel and Research Grant fund, established in 2002 through private gifts honoring Levy, a librarian, teacher, collector, and founding donor.
