Funder: Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies
Due Dates: February 1, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. (Application)
Funding Amounts: $4,000 per month for one to three months ($4,000–$12,000 total)
Summary: Supports dissertation research in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies or other subjects represented in the Clark Library’s collections.
Key Information: Fellows must spend the entire fellowship in person at UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
Description
The Clark Predoctoral Fellowship is offered by UCLA’s Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, with support from the Ahmanson Foundation and Sidney Stern Memorial Trust. It provides one to three months of support for dissertation research grounded in the library’s primary sources.
Although the program emphasizes seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies, eligible research can address other subjects represented in collections spanning the sixteenth through twentieth centuries. These include queer, disability, and ecocritical studies; music and musicology; astronomy; geographies; mathematics; games; crime and incarceration; translation; architecture; foodways; and how-to manuals. The collections also support work on Oscar Wilde, book arts, bibliography, and the history of printing.
