These fellowships are intended to help offset the travel expenses of researchers whose projects will benefit from access to, including initial survey and exploration of, the holdings of Smith College Special Collections, which are the College Archives, Mortimer Rare Book Collection, and Sophia Smith College of women's history.
Smith College Special Collections offers two types of fellowships:
- Extended-term fellowships with awards of $2,500 each for research visits that extend beyond two weeks
- Short-term fellowships for research visits up to two weeks in length with awards of $1,000.
Something new this year
For the first time, we will be offering short-term fellowship awards to support arts and media projects, specifically.
Key dates
Application due date for 2025 awards: Friday, January 3rd, 2025 by midnight EST
Awards announced: April 3, 2025
Awards to be used: Monday, June 2, 2025 to Friday, June 3, 2026
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Kit Messick (she/her)
Head of Technical Services for Special Collections
Smith College
kmessick@smith.eduNeilson Library 106C
413.585.2996
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