Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowships
Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowships support early-career graduate students in mentored residencies using the Museum’s collections to test ideas and develop Holocaust research projects.
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Funder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Due Dates: November 15, 2026 (Applications open) | January 15, 2027, 11:59 p.m. EST (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $5,000 per month for three months, plus a travel allowance for nonlocal awardees
Summary: Mentored summer residencies support early-career graduate students developing Holocaust research projects using the Museum’s collections.
Key Information: Applicants must be master’s or first-year PhD students at North American institutions and complete three consecutive months in residence.
Description
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies offers annual Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowships for early-career graduate students. These three-month residencies give fellows time to test ideas, share findings, explore methods, and develop frameworks for their research projects. Each fellow works with a staff mentor who advises on project goals and guides research in the Museum’s collections.
Fellows participate in training seminars introducing key subjects, research tools, and methods in Holocaust studies, and attend the Museum’s scholarly and public educational programs. The program welcomes all relevant academic disciplines, including history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, psychology, sociology, geography, anthropology, arts and music, and religious studies. Students working outside history are especially encouraged to apply.
