Funder: Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Fellows: typically half of regular annual salary, up to $65,000 per year; postdoctoral associates: $68,500–$79,500 plus health benefits
Summary: Residential fellowships support original scholarly and creative projects connecting religion, music, worship, and the arts.
Key Information: Fellows must live within five miles of Yale and devote themselves full-time to their proposed work.
Description
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM) supports scholars and artists pursuing substantive, original projects related to its mission: fostering, exploring, and studying engagement with the sacred through music, worship, and the arts. Projects may include scholarship, art exhibitions, musical compositions, or creative writing. Applicants from any disciplinary background are invited, and the program welcomes both individual projects and clusters of qualified applicants working on a common project.
Long-term residents join an interdisciplinary community at Yale, advancing their work while exchanging ideas through colloquia, cohort lunches, presentations, and other campus activities. The program offers two appointment categories: fellows and postdoctoral associates. Fellows normally reside for the academic year, from late August through early May; postdoctoral appointments normally last twelve months beginning July 1.
