Pre-Program Conservation Junior Fellowship

FAIN: PE-284340-22

President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA 02138-3800)
Narayan Khandekar (Project Director: May 2021 to present)

A continuing education and training program to prepare three post-baccalaureate students, one fellow per year for three years, for application to graduate training programs in conservation of cultural heritage. Selected students, as junior fellows, would pursue required coursework and work closely with the faculty and collections of the Harvard Art Museums.

The Harvard Art Museums respectfully requests consideration by the National Endowment for the Humanities for a Preservation and Access Education and Training grant to launch a pre-program continuing education and training program, which aims to increase access, diversity, and inclusive excellence in the field of art conservation. This type of post-baccalaureate, paid junior fellowship will be one of the first among very few such emerging professional development opportunities in the country and will provide focused, intensive 1:1 learning, resulting in an opportunity to prepare a successful application for recognized graduate training programs in conservation of cultural heritage. Building on the Harvard Art Museums’ extensive graduate and post-graduate training programs, the proposed program will host one post-bacc junior fellow per year for the first three years.