The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has several fellowships available for citizens of any country (some limited to US citizens) for a number of different projects. For more information see:
http://www.ushmm.org/research/fellows.html#

The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies was established to promote the growth of Holocaust studies, including the dissemination of scholarly output in the field, and to ensure the ongoing training of future generations of scholars specializing in the Holocaust. Through its fellowship program, the Center fosters research in Holocaust and genocide studies, broadly defined. The fellowship program is designed for scholars at all stages of their academic careers. Fields of inquiry include, but are not limited to, historiography and documentation of the Holocaust, ethics and the Holocaust, comparative genocide studies, and the impact of the Holocaust on contemporary society and culture. Other research areas include refuge and rescue, and propaganda and mass media as they relate to genocide. The Center welcomes a variety of approaches by scholars in history, political science, philosophy, religion, sociology, literature, psychology, and other disciplines. It especially encourages scholarly work that utilizes the substantial archival materials that the Museum has collected throughout Eastern and Western Europe and the former Soviet Union. While the collections continue to grow rapidly, a partial summary of archival holdings is available on the Museum's website. Applicants with nonarchival projects should present specific justification for undertaking work at the Museum.

The Museum provides office space, postage, and access to a computer, telephone, facsimile machine, and photocopier. In addition, fellows are encouraged to participate in the Center and Museum's broad array of scholarly and other programs. Outreach opportunities can be developed at universities, other academic institutions, and local and national archives. Cost sharing by home institutions or other relevant organizations is encouraged to extend the residency of the applicant at the Museum or to make possible additional research at other institutions in the United States or abroad.

Applicants should seek to identify and apply only for the fellowship that best matches their particular research interest or need. New fellowship opportunities are announced on the Museum's website as they become available.

THE PEARL RESNICK POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

The Pearl Resnick Postdoctoral Fellowship has been endowed with support from Pearl Resnick and Burton P. Resnick to provide promising young scholars with a year in residence at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
Applications are welcome worldwide from those who have received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree within the last ten years. A monthly stipend of $4,000 is provided as well as a one-time additional stipend of up to $3,500 to cover travel expenses for the fellow and accompanying family members (spouse and dependent children).

Amount: Up to $40,000
Term: Full academic year
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CENTER FOR ADVANCED HOLOCAUST STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS

The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Fellowships support research and writing projects for which the Museum's archival and other resources are critical, or for which there is special justification to undertake the project in residence at the Center. Awards are made in a broad variety of fields to qualified scholars who are Ph.D. candidates preparing dissertations at accredited American universities; postdoctoral researchers with recent degrees received from accredited American universities; or senior scholars from accredited academic and research institutions worldwide. Applicants will be evaluated with people at similar academic levels (i.e., Ph.D. candidates or postdoctoral and senior scholars). More than one award is available under this program. A monthly stipend of $3,000 is offered.

Amount: Up to $15,000
Term: One semester to full academic year

CHARLES H. REVSON FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR ARCHIVAL RESEARCH

The Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellowship for Archival Research has been established with the generous support of the Charles H. Revson Foundation. Proposals that utilize new archival acquisitions of the Museum (e.g., Ukraine, Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Spain, and the Netherlands) and proposals for research on the fate of Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah's Witnesses, Poles, and other groups specifically targeted by the Nazis and their allies and collaborators are of particular interest. Candidates from any country may apply. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or be an advanced Ph.D. candidate (ABD) by the application deadline. Candidates with equivalent terminal degrees or recognized rofessional status will be considered. Approximately six fellowships are available for archival research. A monthly stipend of $3,000 is offered.

Amount: Up to $15,000
Term: Three to five months
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THE MILES LERMAN CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF JEWISH RESISTANCE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

The mission of the Miles Lerman Center for the Study of Jewish Resistance is to encourage research and education about Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. The research fellowship is designed to encourage exploration of aspects of Jewish resistance including, but not limited to, partisan activity, unarmed and armed rebellions in camps and ghettos, sabotage and espionage, document forgeries, underground hiding and rescue, and criteria or evaluating the impact of resistance. Eligible applicants are Ph.D. candidates preparing dissertations at accredited American universities; postdoctoral researchers with recent degrees; or senior scholars from accredited academic and research institutions worldwide. Applicants will be evaluated with people at similar academic levels (i.e., Ph.D. candidates or postdoctoral and senior scholars). A monthly stipend of $3,000 is offered.

Amount: Up to $15,000
Term: One semester to full academic year

THE JOYCE & ARTHUR SCHECHTER FELLOWSHIP

The Joyce & Arthur Schechter Fellowship was established with support from Joyce and Arthur Schechter to support scholarly research in residence at the Museum. Candidates from any country may apply. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or be an advanced Ph.D. candidate (ABD) by the application deadline. Candidates with equivalent terminal degrees or recognized professional status will be considered.

Amount: Up to $5,000
Term: Six weeks to three months
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CENTER FOR ADVANCED HOLOCAUST STUDIES POSTDISSERTATION AWARD

Candidates must be nominated by faculty who are training advanced graduate students. To encourage the work of exceptional new scholars in the area of Holocaust and genocide studies, the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies announces a postdoctoral fellowship to support the work of the author of an utstanding dissertation defended at an American university. The fellowship will provide an opportunity for a new Ph.D. recipient to work at the Center on conversion of the dissertation into a monograph or on a new postdissertation Holocaust-related research topic. Nominees for the award must have completed defense of the dissertation within one year prior to submission of the nomination.
Nominations for this award must be made by the Chair of the Dissertation Committee and have the concurrence of the Department Chair in which the dissertation was prepared. Submissions must include a letter of acceptance for the degree and a 250-word abstract of the dissertation's subject matter.
Three copies of the dissertation should be submitted. A statement giving the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum permission to reproduce the dissertation for copying purposes is required. Nominations will be reviewed twice annually in January and July for those received by December 15 and June 15 respectively.
The fellowship provides a stipend of $3,000 a month for residence at the Center of one semester or more.

Amount: Up to $15,000
Term: One semester or more

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