Fellowship Application Details
The GLC fellowship application process typically opens in January, with deadlines in early March and selections generally announced by late March. Applications are submitted via interfolio. Sign up for our e-newsletter or visit this page for fellowship application invitations. Accepted applicants are required to be in residence at Yale University for their fellowship. Fellows are expected to present their work as part of the GLC@Lunch series and to be an active part of the intellectual community at the Gilder Lehrman Center and the university. Scholars who are in the United States on a H-1B visa at another institution are not eligible for GLC fellowships.
One-month Fellowships
The Gilder Lehrman Center typically awards several one-month fellowships during the academic year, between September and May. The one-month fellowships are designed for scholars who are working on short-term projects including articles, book chapters, or other research endeavors. The one-month fellowship provides a stipend, library privileges, and office space. These fellowships are only available for scholars who do not require a visa to travel to the United States.
Four-month Fellowships
The Gilder Lehrman Center typically awards two four-month fellowships, one in the fall semester (from September through December), and one in the spring semester (from January through April or February through May). The four-month fellowships are designed for scholars who are working on book manuscripts or other longer-term projects. Digital humanities projects are welcome. The four-month fellowship provides four-month salary support plus benefits, library privileges, and office space. International as well as US-resident scholars are invited to apply.
Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking Fellowships
The GLC offers occasional year-long teaching fellowships focused on the study of contemporary slavery and human trafficking. These fellowships are not offered every year. Watch this page and sign up for the weekly e-newsletter for announcements.
When these fellowships are offered, projects focused on the history, impacts, prevention, and eradication of these and other forms of coerced labor are welcome, as are investigations of resistance, survival, and recovery. Scholars from all disciplines, both traditional academics as well as writers, researchers, and artists without academic institutional affiliation, are encouraged to apply.