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:
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
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
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
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