Funder: John W. Kluge Center
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $5,000 per month for 6 to 12 months
Summary: Supports residential scholarly research on how religiousness and spirituality relate to physical, mental, and social health.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens or permanent residents with a doctorate awarded by the deadline; full-time residency is required.
Description
The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality supports postdoctoral research at the Library of Congress through the John W. Kluge Center. Funded by an endowment from the International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality, it honors David B. Larson, an epidemiologist and psychiatrist. The fellowship encourages scholarly excellence in the scientific study of religiousness, spirituality, and physical, mental, and social health.
Fellows spend six to twelve months conducting concentrated research using Library of Congress collections. Research perspectives may include medicine, psychiatry, psychology, nursing, public health, religion, ministry, law, sociology, anthropology, and history. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural proposals are welcomed. Fellows have access to specialized Library staff and Washington’s intellectual community; special arrangements for National Library of Medicine materials may be possible when needed.
