Funder: Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
Due Dates: September 1, 2026 (Applications open) | November 15, 2026, 11:59 p.m. PST (Submission deadline)
Funding Amounts: $50,000 for nine months | $25,000 for four–five months | Berger: $5,000 monthly for two–ten months
Summary: Residential fellowships support humanities scholarship using The Huntington’s collection strengths, including dissertation revision and British art research.
Key Information: Applicants generally need a Ph.D. or successful dissertation defense by the deadline; named fellowships have distinct requirements.
Description
The Huntington’s Long-Term Awards support residential research in fields served by its library and art collections. Administered by the Research Division and funded by The Huntington’s supporters, the program brings scholars into residence for an academic year or academic term, with weekly working group sessions contributing to the institution’s intellectual life. Projects should advance scholarship in the humanities and demonstrate a need for access to the collections.
Named fellowships cover science and technology, the American West and California, maritime history, medicine, and East Asian garden and landscape studies, alongside awards for any appropriate field. Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowships support dissertation revision into a first monograph. The Berger Trust Future Leaders Fellowship supports British art and visual culture research, including the British Empire, Commonwealth, and post-Commonwealth nations, at The Huntington, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, or both.
