Fellowships - Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Fellowships - Clements Center for Southwest Studies support humanities and social science scholars completing books on Texas, the American Southwest, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands through research and writing.
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Funder: Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Due Dates: January 11, 2027 (AY 2027–28 application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $50,000 stipend ($65,000 for the senior fellow) for nine months, plus $3,000 research/travel allowance, publication subvention, and benefits where eligible
Summary: Residential fellowships support humanities and social science scholars completing books on Texas, the American Southwest, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
Key Information: Fellows must reside in Dallas for the fellowship period; projects cannot involve finishing a dissertation or starting a new book.
Description
The William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University offers residential fellowships that give junior and senior scholars time to complete book-length research projects. The program supports humanities and social science research on Texas, the American Southwest—including California in all periods—and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Comparative projects with a substantive connection to the region are also eligible.
Fellows spend a full academic year devoted to research and writing, with no teaching responsibilities or obligations. Each fellow receives a manuscript workshop in which scholars read and critique a circulated draft to help strengthen the book. Fellows are expected to participate fully in the Center’s intellectual and social life during their residence in Dallas.
