OPPORTUNITIES

The ICAA is offering a part-time Predoctoral Research Fellow (California) the opportunity to help identify, research, and process primary source documents to the ICAA’s Documents Project platform... This is a one-year, part-time remote position, with a one (1) year renewable option. Candidates should be currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program in art history or related field. Recent graduates of an MA program in art history or related field may also be considered...

The ICAA is offering a part-time Predoctoral Research Fellow (Texas) the opportunity to help identify, research, and process primary source documents to the ICAA’s Documents Project platform... This is a one-year, part-time remote position, with a one (1) year renewable option. Candidates should be currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program in art history or related field. Recent graduates of an MA program in art history or related field may also be considered...

The ICAA is offering a Postdoctoral Research Fellow the opportunity to assist in the identification, processing, and publishing of primary source documents to the Documents Project platform Fellows will possess expertise in major figures related to Latinx artists and art movements in the United States... This is a two-year, full-time REMOTE position with a one (1) year renewable option. Candidates should hold a PhD in art history or related field (conferred between October 1, 2019 and October 1, 2024)...

Kenneth Jay Boss fellowships provide financial support enabling graduate students to conduct independent collections-based research in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH).

The Kristian Fauchald Polychate Research Fellowships provide support to researchers to conduct independent collections-based research in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). This opportunity has deadlines in the spring and in the fall.

The Big Ten Academic Alliance and the Smithsonian Institution (SI) invite fellowship applications for one-year fellowships to support research in residence at Smithsonian Institution facilities. Fellowships carry a stipend of $42,000 (stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months). All fields of study that are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations of the Smithsonian Institution are eligible. This opportunity is closed for 2024, but will reopen annually.

One fellowship is awarded annually for 36 months. The first two years of the Finley Fellowship are intended for research and travel abroad to visit collections, museums, monuments, and sites related to a well-advanced dissertation in Western art. During this two-year period, residency abroad is expected, for which travel funds are available. The third year is to be spent in residence at the Center to complete the dissertation and to perform curatorial work. Part of the year in residence will be devoted to a research project, designed to complement the subject of the dissertation, at the National Gallery or other Washington-area collections. A primary requirement for this fellowship is that the candidate have a significant interest in curatorial work. This opportunity is closed for 2024, but will reopen annually.

One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. This fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in European art on a topic before the early 19th century. The Kress Fellow is expected to spend the first year of the fellowship period on dissertation research abroad and the second year at the Center to complete the dissertation, devoting half time to National Gallery research projects designed to complement the subject of the dissertation and to provide curatorial experience. This opportunity is closed for 2024, but will reopen annually.

The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers fellowships for research and study in the following fields and encourages applications of an interdisciplinary nature: Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics; Anthropology, including archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology; Astrophysics and astronomy; Earth sciences and paleobiology; Evolutionary & systematic biology; Folklife; History of science and technology; History of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, and decorative arts; Materials research; Molecular biology; Social and cultural history of the United States. This opportunity is closed for 2024, but will reopen annually.

The Smithsonian Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation of Museum Collections offers opportunities to conduct research and gain further training in the conservation of museum collection objects. This opportunity is open to recent graduates of masters programs in art and archaeological conservation (or the equivalent) and materials scientists (including those at the postdoctoral level). This opportunity is closed for 2024, but will reopen annually.

There are two types of Conservation Fellowships: junior and senior. Junior fellows work closely with Met staff to receive training in scientific research and conservation practices. Senior fellows work on a specific research project that makes use of the Museum's collection and/or resources.

This 12-month fellowship is intended for a recent doctoral graduate, a professor at any level seeking sabbatical support for a research project, or an independent postdoctoral scholar working closely with an Indigenous community on a project. Applications are open to scholars in any field and all periods of time. Preference will be given to those who have sustained personal engagement or experience with Indigenous communities. This opportunity is closed for 2024, but will reopen annually.