Fellowships 2026-2027
NFAH fellowships fund original, ambitious art history research by mid-career and contingent faculty, prioritizing intellectual merit, professional context, and diversity in the field.
Funder: New Foundation for Art History
Due Dates: January 16, 2026 (Non-Residential Fellowship) | October 15, 2026 (Contingent Faculty Fellowship)
Funding Amounts: Non-Residential: Up to $50,000 (max half annual salary, 1 year); Contingent Faculty: $10,000–$15,000 per summer (up to $45,000 over 3 years)
Summary: Supports ambitious art history research by mid-career tenure-track and contingent faculty, emphasizing intellectual merit, professional context, and diversity.
Description
The New Foundation for Art History (NFAH) offers two major fellowship programs for the 2026–2027 cycle:
- Year-long, non-residential fellowships for mid-career, tenure-track faculty (assistant and associate professors at U.S. institutions), and
- Multi-year summer research fellowships for contingent faculty (non-tenure-track), designed to support original research in art history.
Both fellowships prioritize the intellectual merit of the proposed project and the applicant’s professional context, with a strong commitment to promoting diversity and addressing inequities in research support across institutions.
