Suzanne and Caleb Loring Research Fellowship
The Suzanne and Caleb Loring Research Fellowship supports researchers using Massachusetts Historical Society and Boston Athenaeum collections to study the Civil War, its origins, and its consequences.
This grant was recently updated
The Loring application deadline moved from February 15, 2026 to February 15, 2027. Decisions will be announced in March 2027 rather than March 2026.
Funder: Massachusetts Historical Society
Due Dates: February 15, 2027, at 11:59 PM EST (Application)
Funding Amounts: $6,000 stipend; one annual fellowship for at least four weeks at each institution
Summary: Supports research on the Civil War, its origins, and its consequences using collections at the Massachusetts Historical Society and Boston Athenaeum.
Key Information: Fellows must conduct research at both institutions between July 1, 2027, and June 30, 2028.
Description
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) and the Boston Athenaeum jointly award the Suzanne and Caleb Loring Research Fellowship for research on the Civil War, its origins, and its consequences. The institutions are especially interested in projects for which the resources of both repositories are vital.
The Athenaeum’s Civil War collections include the nation’s largest holdings of Confederate states imprints, encompassing books, maps, broadsides, sheet music, and government publications. MHS offers particularly strong manuscript holdings, including diaries, photographs, battlefield and home-front correspondence, and political leaders’ papers. Its collections also include materials on Black regiments raised in Massachusetts and extensive holdings relating to the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
