Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers opportunities for independent research or study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff. Fellowships are offered to graduate students, predoctoral students, and postdoctoral and senior investigators to conduct independent research and to utilize the resources of the Institution with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff serving as advisors and hosts. These fellowships are offered through the Smithsonian’s Office of Fellowships and Internships, and are administered under the charter of the Institution, 20 U.S. Code section 41 et seq.
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers fellowships for research and study in the following fields and encourages applications of an interdisciplinary nature:
– Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics
– Anthropology, including archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology
– Astrophysics and astronomy
– Earth sciences and paleobiology
– Evolutionary & systematic biology
– Folklife
– History of science and technology
– History of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, and decorative arts
– Materials research
– Molecular biology
– Social and cultural history of the United States
3-24 months.
Upper $54,400USD
– Term: 3 to 24 months
– Stipend: $50,400 per year
– Research Allowance: up to $4,000
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS: for scholars up to seven years beyond the Ph.D.
– Term: 3 to 24 months
– Stipend: $50,400 per year
– Research Allowance: up to $4,000
PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS: for doctoral candidates to conduct dissertation research.
– Term: 3 to 12 months
– Stipend: $36,000 per year
– Research Allowance: up to $4,000
TEN-WEEK GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS: for graduate students to conduct independent research usually before having been advanced to candidacy if in a Ph.D. program.
– Term: 10 weeks
– Stipend: $7,500
Stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months. In addition to the stipend, allowances to assist with the fellow’s research related expenses and for temporary relocation to the Smithsonian are possible. In most cases a maximum research allowance of $4,000 is available. Research allowances are not offered for graduate student fellowships.
Graduate Student Fellowships: When they apply, students must be formally enrolled in a graduate program of study at a degree-granting institution. Before the appointment begins fellows must still be enrolled and must have completed at least one full-time semester or its equivalent, or have completed the graduate program within the past four months. Graduate Student Fellowships are usually intended for students who have not yet been advanced to candidacy if in a doctoral program.
Predoctoral Fellowships: Students enrolled in a university as candidates for the Ph.D. or equivalent are eligible for predoctoral fellowships. By the time the appointment begins, the university must approve the undertaking of dissertation research at the Smithsonian Institution and certify that requirements for the doctorate, other than the dissertation, have been met.
Postdoctoral Fellowships: The doctorate degree must be completed by the time the fellowship begins.
Senior Fellowships: Applicants must have held a Ph.D. or equivalent for at least 7 years.
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