Apply for a Travel Fellowship to Smith College Special Collections

Smith College Special Collections offers five extended-term fellowships with awards of $2,500 for research visits longer than two weeks, and two short-term fellowships for research visits up to two weeks with awards of $1,000. 

Smith College Special Collections, which includes the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Archives, and the Mortimer Rare Book Collection, is pleased to offer a research support program of fellowships and awards. These fellowships are intended to help offset the travel expenses of researchers engaged in studies that will benefit from access to, including initial survey and exploration of, the holdings of Smith College Special Collections.

We are especially interested in creative projects.

Projects can include, but are not limited to:

• Visual, audio, or performing arts projects
• Podcasts
• Research to support coursework or internship
• Fiction or non-fiction writing projects
• Exhibitions

Applications due by January 3rd, 2025 by midnight EST.