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Deadline for applications is February 17, 2012.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies awards fellowships to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust. Awards are granted on a competitive basis. The Center welcomes proposals from scholars in all relevant academic disciplines, including history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, philosophy, religion, sociology, anthropology, comparative genocide studies, law, and others.
General Information
Fellowships are awarded to candidates working on their dissertations (ABD), postdoctoral researchers, and senior scholars. Applicants must be affiliated with an academic and/or research institution when applying for a fellowship. Immediate post-docs and faculty between appointments will also be considered.
The specific fellowship and the length of the award are at the Center’s discretion. Individual awards generally range up to nine months of residency; a minimum of three consecutive months is required. Fellowships of five months or longer have proven most effective. Stipends range up to $3,500 per month for the purpose of defraying local housing and other miscellaneous living expenses. Residents of the Washington, DC–metropolitan area receive a reduced stipend of $1,750 per month.
Awards include a stipend to offset the cost of direct travel to and from Washington, DC. Residents of the Washington, DC metropolitan area will not receive a travel stipend. The Museum is able to provide visa assistance to fellows and their dependents if necessary. Fellows are responsible for securing their own housing accommodations and health insurance. The Center does not provide support allowances for accompanying family members. The Museum provides work space and access to a computer, telephone, facsimile machine, and photocopier. 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 Unites States and abroad.
The Application Process
Fellowship applications and supporting materials must be received by February 17, 2012. Decisions will be announced in May 2012. All applications must be submitted in English via an online application process. All applications must consist of the following:
- A completed application form
- A project proposal not to exceed five single-spaced pages
- A curriculum vitae
- Two signed letters of recommendation that speak to the significance of the proposed project and the applicant's ability to carry it out
INQUIRIES
Please direct inquiries to:
Jo-Ellyn Decker, Program Coordinator
Visiting Scholar Programs
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
Tel: (202) 314-7829
Fax: (202) 479-9726
E-mail: vscholars@ushmm.org
The Awards
The specific fellowship and the length of the award are at the discretion of the Center. The Center awards the following named fellowships on a competitive basis:
- The Ben and Zelda Cohen Fellowships
- The Cummings Foundation Fellowships
- The Gerald M. Fisch Memorial Fellowship
- The Gelman Fellowship on the Holocaust in Romania
- The Gunzenberger- Reichman Family Fellowship for the Study of the Holocaust in Slovakia
- The Phyllis Greenberg Heideman and Richard D. Heideman Fellowships
- The Raab Foundation Fellowships
- The Raul Hilberg Fellowship
- Research Fellowships of the Miles Lerman Center for the Study of Jewish Resistance
- The Matthew Family Fellowship
- The Leon Milman Memorial Fellowship
- The Pearl Resnick Postdoctoral Fellowship
- The Judith B. and Burton P. Resnick Postdoctoral Fellowship
- The Judith B. and Burton P. Resnick Fellowships for the Study of Antisemitism
- The Robert A. Savitt Fellowship
- The Joyce and Arthur Schechter Fellowship
- The L. Dennis and Susan R. Shapiro Fellowship
- The Takiff Family Foundation Fellowship
- The Tziporah Wiesel Fellowships
- The “Life Reborn” Fellowships for Research on Displaced Persons
Jewish Source Study Initiative:
- The Sosland Foundation Fellowships
