Clark Short-Term Fellowship supports scholars’ residential research in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library’s collections to pursue projects using primary sources from the 16th through 20th centuries.
The application deadline moved from February 1, 2026 to February 1, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. Applicants now provide two referees’ contact details rather than having recommendation letters requested routinely; payment procedures, review timing and flexibility for appointments outside July–June also changed.
Funder: Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies
Due Dates: February 1, 2027 (Application deadline, 11:59 p.m.)
Funding Amounts: $4,000 per month for one to three months
Summary: Supports residential research using any area of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library’s collections.
Key Information: The entire fellowship must be completed in person at the Clark Library.
UCLA’s Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library offer this fellowship to scholars whose projects require research in the library’s collections. Awards provide one to three months of sustained, in-person work with primary sources spanning the 16th through 20th centuries.
The fellowship supports research in any area represented in the collections, including queer, disability, and ecocritical studies; music and musicology; astronomy; geographies; mathematics; games; crime and incarceration; translation; architecture; foodways; and how-to manuals. Collection strengths include early modern literature, the long eighteenth century, Oscar Wilde and his circle, book arts and fine printing, book history, and Montana and the American West.