Funder: Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies
Due Dates: February 1, 2027 (Research applications) | February 16, 2027 (Dissertation/Ahmanson letters) | March 1, 2027 (Library-practice applications)
Funding Amounts: Research awards: $4,000–$36,000 for 1–9 months; library-practice awards: $36,500 plus standard tuition and fees
Summary: Fellowships support collections-based research, dissertation work, and practical library experience at UCLA’s Clark Library.
Key Information: All fellowships require in-person residence at the Clark Library for the full fellowship duration.
Description
UCLA’s Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library administer fellowships for scholars and graduate students using the Clark’s collections. Holdings span the sixteenth through twentieth centuries, supporting bibliography, British literature and history, Oscar Wilde studies, queer, disability and ecocritical studies, music, science, translation, architecture, foodways, and other subjects.
Research opportunities support archival and printed-book research, textual scholarship, and the production, circulation, and use of books and manuscripts. Dissertation fellowships support sustained collections research by UCLA doctoral candidates. Two library-practice fellowships offer hands-on experience incorporating primary sources into teaching and outreach or improving access through special collections cataloging, description, management, and care.
