FELLOWSHIPS FOR VISITING SCHOLARS

Application Requirements

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers short-term fellowships to support visiting scholars pursuing post-doctoral or equivalent research in its collections. Students enrolled in degree programs are ineligible. The fellowships, which pay for travel costs to and from New Haven and a living allowance of $3,600 per month, are designed to provide access to the library for scholars who live outside the greater New Haven area. Fellowships, normally granted for one month, must be taken up between September 1, 2006 and May 31, 2007. Recipients are expected to be in residence during the period of their award and are encouraged to participate in the activities of Yale University.

Applicants are asked to submit an application form, a curriculum vitae and a brief research proposal (not to exceed three pages). The applicant must also arrange for two confidential letters of recommendation specifically addressing the merits of their project to be sent to the Director of the Beinecke Library.

Successful applicants normally explain in extensive and specific detail the relationship of the Beinecke collections to the project and the significance of the project to its larger field of scholarly concern. The Beinecke Library’s holdings in printed materials are catalogued online in the Yale Orbis system, and are available on site as well as through the Beinecke website. Many of the library’s finding aids for manuscript collections are similarly available via the internet. Books and manuscripts at Yale have been extensively described since 1926 in the Yale University Library Gazette, which is available in many libraries.

Applications should be sent to the following address:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8240

For more information, write to: Beinecke.Fellowships@yale.edu or call 203-432-2956.