The Conrad M. Hall Fellowship Program
The Conrad M. Hall Fellowship Program supports scholars’ month-long research visits using museum collections to advance the interpretation of Virginia and American history and foster scholarly publication.
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Funder: Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Due Dates: January 29, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $4,000 per fellowship for four weeks of research; two fellowships annually
Summary: Supports month-long, collections-based research visits advancing the interpretation of Virginia and American history.
Key Information: Only academic researchers and doctoral candidates living outside the Richmond metropolitan area are eligible.
Description
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) offers the Conrad M. Hall Fellowship Program to promote the interpretation of Virginia history and access to its collections. The fellowships support four-week research visits in the museum’s research library, helping scholars defray travel expenses while undertaking sustained, on-site work.
The program covers the broad sweep of Virginia and American history, with preference for topics drawing on collection strengths: colonial history, antebellum history and slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Black history, and business and economic history. Proposals must demonstrate their connection to the collections through citations to specific sources. Research promising significant publication, including in the Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, receives primary consideration.
