National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Postdoctoral Fellowships support advanced humanities research in residence at the Library Company on any subject relevant to its collections, which encompass rare printed, graphic, and manuscript material, art, and artifacts relating to the history of the United States and the Atlantic world from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Applicants may also make clear how the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania will support their research.
NEH Postdoctoral Fellowships may be awarded for a period of four to nine months. The stipend is $5,000 per month.
Doctoral candidates must have completed all degree requirements, except for the actual conferral of the degree, by the application deadline. PhD scholars at later stages of their career are also welcome to apply. Applicants must be United States citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline.
Program in Early American Economy and Society Postdoctoral Fellowships
Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Postdoctoral Fellowships support research in the collections of the Library Company, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and other nearby institutions into the origins and development of early American political economy, broadly conceived, to roughly 1850. The fellowships provide scholars the opportunity to investigate such topics as history of commerce, finance, technology, manufacturing, agriculture, internal improvements, and economic policy making.
The stipend is $50,000 for the academic year (September to May) or $25,000 for the fall or spring semester. Fellows must reside in the Philadelphia area for the duration of their fellowship. Fellows may avail themselves of the opportunity for a book manuscript workshop to be held remotely or in Philadelphia as conditions allow.
Scholars at any stage of their career are welcome to apply. Doctoral candidates must have completed all degree requirements, except for the actual conferral of the degree, by September 1 of the year of residency. While applicants may be citizens of any country, the Library Company is not able to provide visa sponsorship.
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