Funder: Library of Congress
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $5,000 per month for 4–11 months of residential research
Summary: Supports humanities, social science, and professional-field scholars conducting research with Library of Congress collections.
Key Information: Applicants generally must have received their terminal advanced degree within the past seven years.
Description
The Kluge Fellowship Program, administered by the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, supports residential humanistic and social science research using the Library’s large and varied collections. It welcomes scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields such as architecture and law. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly encouraged, with special consideration for projects relevant to contemporary challenges.
Fellows can draw on the Library’s law library, multilingual books and periodicals, and special collections of manuscripts, maps, music, films, recorded sound, prints, and photographs. In-residence scholars also have access to specialized Library staff and Washington’s intellectual community. The Center provides work and discussion space in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building.
