Short-term Fellowships
Short-term Fellowships support scholars researching and writing with Folger Shakespeare Library collections to advance early modern humanities scholarship and richer, more inclusive histories.
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Funder: Folger Shakespeare Library
Due Dates: October 15, 2026 (Applications open) | January 15, 2027, 11:59 pm ET (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $5,000 per onsite month or $4,000 per virtual month, for one to three months
Summary: Supports full-time early modern humanities research and writing drawing on Folger collections and programs, onsite, virtually, or both.
Key Information: Applicants must hold a terminal degree or be ABD PhD candidates, or an international equivalent.
Description
The Folger Institute’s Short-term Scholarly Fellowships support concentrated, full-time research drawing on the Folger Shakespeare Library’s collections and programs. Fellows may work fully onsite, fully virtually, or through a hybrid schedule, while participating in an interdisciplinary research community with opportunities for informal discussion and feedback. The Institute supports early modern humanities research and its afterlives, especially work addressing inequities or marginalized subjects and contributing to richer, more inclusive histories.
Supported work includes primary-source research, examining digitized materials, organizing archival notes and images, writing or revising articles and manuscripts, and creating digital resources for undergraduate classrooms. Virtual participation aims to reduce financial, professional, and personal barriers while providing dedicated research time. Projects need not focus on Shakespeare: the collections also cover Britain’s and Europe’s literary, cultural, political, religious, and social histories from the 15th through 18th centuries.
