Short-term Fellowships
Short-term fellowships for Jefferson-related projects: First Union and Batten (Domestic Scholars) and Peter Nicolaisen International Fellowships
The ICJS fellowship program for domestic and international scholars promotes research of Jefferson’s life and times and the community at Monticello. Since its founding, the ICJS has hosted over 400 domestic and international scholars from the U.S. and 25 countries around the world, including Pulitzer-Prize winning historians Alan Taylor and Jack Rakove. The Center offers short-term fellowships that allow researchers and teachers to consult with Monticello scholars and librarians and to utilize the resources of the Jefferson Library and the University of Virginia libraries. Jefferson-related projects using the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery or Getting Word are encouraged.
Current Fellowship Programs
Fritz and Claudine Kundrun Open-Rank Fellowship
A nine-month fellowship for scholars working on Jefferson projects.
DAACS Fellowships
Fellowships for Projects Related to the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS)
Monticello Teacher Institute: Barringer Research Fellowships
Week-long, summertime teacher development fellowships (administered through Monticello's Education and Visitor Programs Department).
Joint McNeil Center for Early American Studies Fellowships
Applicants should contact the McNeil Center; details are available at their web site: http://www.mceas.org/.
Travel grants
Offered on a limited basis, please email to apply (applications should include a proposed budget and summary of purpose).
A list of recent ICJS and Barringer Fellows is available.
Short-term fellowships are underwritten by endowments established for this purpose by the Batten Foundation and Wachovia Corporation (formerly First Union National Bank of Virginia).