The annual competition for fellowships tenable in the academic year 2013-14 is about to take place, with a closing date for applications of 30 November 2012.
The Research Division welcomes applications both for long-term awards of between 9 and 12 months and for short-term awards of 3 months or less. Among the long-term awards, the division is particularly keen to receive applications for the two Barbara Thom fellowships designed for non-tenured early-career faculty who will use the award to revise their doctoral dissertations into their first monographs. While the Thom fellowships essentially offer successful candidates the time to write, virtually all our other fellowships are aimed at those who wish to make extensive use of our collections. Our peer review committees, which make judgments about the quality and viability of applications, pay particular attention to the Huntington materials on which the applicant intends to work. There is also a separate competition for the Dibner Program in the History of Science and Technology.