New York Public Library – 2023-2024 Lapidus Center Fellowships
Long-Term Fellowships
The Lapidus Center offers six-month fellowships to assist scholars whose research on transatlantic slavery can benefit from extended access to the Schomburg Center’s resources.
Scope
The Lapidus residency program is designed to (1) encourage research and writing on the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic world, (2) promote and facilitate interaction among the participants including fellows funded by other sources, and (3) facilitate the dissemination of the researchers’ findings through lectures, publications, and the ongoing Schomburg Center Colloquium and Seminar Series. Applicants must indicate in their proposal how they propose to use the resources of the Schomburg Center.
Short-Terms Fellowships
Scope
The Lapidus Center’s short-term fellowships to assist researchers in gaining access to collection material at the Schomburg Center not readily available elsewhere. Fellowships are awarded for continuous periods of up to three consecutive months at the Center with a stipend of $2,000/month. In your application, please specify the dates of your intended fellowship, which can be scheduled for up to three consecutive months beginning in September 2023 and ending as late as July 2024.
Long-term fellowships
6 months
Long-term fellows are expected to be in continuous residence at the Schomburg Center and to participate in the intellectual life of the program. They must be devoted full time to their research projects and may not be employed during the period except sabbaticals from their own institutions.
Long-term fellows may begin their six-month residence at the Center as early as September 5, 2023, and must plan to complete their fellowship tenure by May 31, 2023. Long-term fellows are required to participate in weekly workshops with the Schomburg Center’s Scholars-in-Residence Program.
Short-term fellowships
Up to 3 consecutive months
Dates of intended fellowship can be scheduled for up to three consecutive months beginning in September 2023 and ending as late as July 2024.
Long-term fellowships
$30,000
Short-term fellowships
$2000/month
Long-Term Fellowships
The long-term Fellowship Program is open to post-doctoral scholars studying the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World.
Only U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline may apply.
Short-Term Fellowships
The Fellowship Program is open to doctoral students, post-doctoral scholars, independent researchers, and artists studying the slave trade, slavery, abolition, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World.
Only US citizens, permanent residents, and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline may apply. Applicants must reside outside of the New York metropolitan area.
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