Applications are open for the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center Fellowships 2025-2026. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply.
About Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center Fellowships 2025-2026
The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers offers Fellowships to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
Renowned for the extraordinary comprehensiveness of its collections, the Library is one of the world's preeminent resources for study in anthropology, art, geography, history, languages and literature, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, religion, sociology, sports, and urban studies.
The Cullman Center looks for top-quality writing. It aims to promote dynamic communication about literature and scholarship at the very highest level -within the Center, in public forums throughout the Library, and in the Fellows' published work. The Center may give up to five Fellowships a year in conjunction with the American Council of Learned
Societies. Candidates for joint Fellowships must submit separate applications to The New York Public Library and to the American Council of Learned Societies.
Benefits of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center Fellowships 2025-2026
- A Cullman Center Fellow receives a stipend of up to $85,000, the use of an office with a computer, and full access to the Library's physical and electronic resources. Fellows work at the Center for the duration of the Fellowship term, which runs from September through May.
- Each Fellow gives a talk over lunch on his or her current work-in-progress to the other Fellows and to a wide range of invited guests and may be asked to take part in other programs at The New York Public Library.
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center Fellowships 2025-2026 Requirments
- Open to outstanding scholars and writers-academics, independent scholars, journalists, creative writers (novelists, playwrights, poets), translators, and visual artists.
- Foreign nationals conversant in English are welcome to apply.
- Candidates for the Fellowship will need to work primarily at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building rather than at other divisions of the Library.
- People seeking funding for research leading directly to a degree are not eligible.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
27 September, 2024
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