Long-Term Research Fellowships at the John Carter Brown Library

FAIN: RA-269815-20

John Carter Brown Library Research Foundation (Providence, RI 02906-1121)
Neil Safier (Project Director: August 2019 to April 2021)
Joseph S. Meisel (Project Director: April 2021 to April 2022)
Karin A. Wulf (Project Director: April 2022 to present)

20 months of stipend support (2 fellowships) per year for three years and a contribution to defray costs associated with the selection of fellows.

The John Carter Brown Library – through its newly incorporated Research Foundation – seeks a renewal of funding for two to four long-term NEH fellowships a year (the equivalent of 20 months of annual funding) to encourage advanced scholarship and scholarly engagement using the Library's unique collection of materials related to the Americas, North and South, during the colonial period (roughly 1492-1825). As a consistent beneficiary of the FPIRI program for more than three decades, the Library hopes to continue the privilege of hosting NEH-sponsored fellows as a core – and indeed fundamental – component of its premier fellowship program. The result of research and writing conducted by NEH fellows will be shared with other scholars through NEH fellows’ teaching and scholarly presentations and projects, and with a broad and diverse set of publics via the Library’s own publications, exhibitions, and expanded online outreach in Rhode Island, throughout the US, and well beyond.