Gilder Lehrman Short-Term Residential Fellowships

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is pleased to invite applications for short-term residential fellowships at the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library. The Library supports research on British America, the American Revolution, and Early Republic, and has particular strengths in areas relating to eighteenth-century Williamsburg and Virginia, the colonial Chesapeake, African American studies, decorative arts and material culture through 1830, archaeology, architectural history, and historical preservation.

Fellowships are open to doctoral candidates, scholars, and independent researchers. Recipients are expected to be in continuous residence at the Library and to participate in the intellectual life of the Foundation’s research and education campus. Fellows are invited also to attend colloquia, seminars, and lectures at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and at the College of William and Mary. Fellowships are available for between one and three months and carry a stipend of $2,000 per month. For application procedures see below.

Application Procedures:

Applicants should submit six copies of a succinct description of the project (1,000 words) and a résumé. In addition, three letters of reference should be sent directly to the address below. Deadlines for applications are April 1 and November 1.

Address all materials to:

Fellowship Committee
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Library
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Post Office Box 1776
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-1776 USA