Funder: John Carter Brown Library
Due Dates: January 4, 2027 (Application deadline) | July 1, 2027–June 30, 2028 (Fellowship period)
Funding Amounts: $5,000 monthly living stipend for five to ten months
Summary: Supports sustained residential research at the John Carter Brown Library, including research on West Indies and Caribbean history through the InterAmericas Fellowship.
Key Information: Applicants must have completed a PhD, including a successful dissertation defense, and undertake the fellowship in residence.
Description
The John Carter Brown Library’s Long-term Fellowship supports researchers undertaking five to ten months of residential research in Providence, Rhode Island. The library is an independent research library on Brown University’s main green, with primary-source collections relating to the history of North, Central, and South America during the colonial period through roughly 1825. Its fellowships support advanced scholarship on the early Americas.
Several long-term fellowships are made possible by Donald L. Saunders, R. David Parsons, and The Reed Foundation. The Reed Foundation endowed the InterAmericas Fellowship specifically for research on the history of the West Indies and the Caribbean basin. This regional focus applies to the InterAmericas Fellowship within the broader long-term fellowship program.
