CSA Research Fellowship
CSA Research Fellowship supports researchers studying historic or contemporary intentional communities, funding work that produces tangible scholarship to share at a Communal Studies Association conference.
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Funder: Communal Studies Association
Due Dates: March 1, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $1,600 stipend; research and presentation completed within 1.5 calendar years of award
Summary: Supports research on historic or contemporary intentional communities that produces tangible scholarship presented at a CSA conference.
Key Information: Applicants must be CSA members in good standing at application and when presenting their research.
Description
The Communal Studies Association (CSA) runs an annual Research Fellowship competition supporting research on historic or contemporary intentional communities. The fellowship advances CSA’s mission to encourage the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic communal sites, study intentional communities past and present, and communicate successful ideas and lessons learned from communal societies.
Funded projects must produce tangible scholarship for presentation at a CSA conference. Research may use library literature, materials held in specific archives, or participants in field research. Conference presentations may take the form of a paper, panel, audiovisual presentation, performance, or exhibition. Applicants need not be affiliated with an academic or historical institution, but must demonstrate the qualifications to complete their proposed research.
