Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships and Grants in Byzantine Studies, Columbian Studies and Garden and Landscape Studies
The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection is an international center for scholarship, providing resources for study and publishing scholarly works in Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape Studies. Begun as a private collection by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss in 1920, and given to Harvard University in 1940, the library and collections include art objects, artifacts, manuscripts, and rare books. The house and collections are currently undergoing renovations and are closed, but the garden remains open to the public.
Dumbarton Oaks offers residential fellowships in its three areas of study: Byzantine Studies (including related aspects of late Roman, early Christian, western medieval, Slavic, and Near Eastern Studies), Pre-Columbian Studies (of Mexico, Central America, and Andean South America), and Garden and Landscape Studies.
Junior Fellowships
For students who at the time of application have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a Ph.D. (or appropriate final degree) and will be working on a dissertation or final project at Dumbarton Oaks under the direction of a faculty member at their own university. In exceptional cases, applications may be accepted from students before they have fulfilled their preliminary requirements for graduation.
Postdoc Fellowships
For scholars who hold a doctorate (or appropriate final degree) or have established themselves in their field and wish to pursue their own research.
Summer Fellowships
For scholars in the three areas of study at any level of advancement. Please note: Dumbarton Oaks will not be offering summer fellowships in 2007, as the La Quercia apartments will be closed for renovations. We draw your attention, however, to a program of non-stipendiary summer readerships available between 11 June and 10 August 2007.
Project Grants
Dumbarton Oaks makes a limited number of grants to assist with scholarly projects in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies. The normal range of awards is $3,000 to $10,000. Support is generally for archaeological research, as well as for the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost. Funding is typically awarded for transportation, meals, housing, vehicle rental, workmen’s wages, costs of technical analysis, etc.; grants are not normally made for the purchase of computers nor the salary of the principal
investigator. Project grants are limited to applicants holding a doctorate or the equivalent
Bliss Prize Fellowship in Byzantine Studies
This award is intended to provide encouragement, assistance, and training to outstanding college seniors who plan to enter the field of Byzantine studies. The Bliss Prize Fellowship covers graduate school tuition and living expenses (as estimated by the graduate school in which the successful candidate enrolls) for two academic years. It also includes summer travel (up to a maximum of $5,000) for the intervening summer to areas that are important for an understanding of Byzantine civilization and culture. Students who have successfully completed two years as Bliss Prize Fellows, have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a higher degree, and are working on a dissertation will be offered a Junior Fellowship at
Dumbarton Oaks. The academic year for which the Junior Fellowship is offered will
be determined by Dumbarton Oaks, in consultation with the student and the academic advisor, taking into consideration the timing deemed likely to be of most benefit to the student’s progress on the dissertation and the availability of space. Fellowship candidates must be in their last year of undergraduate education or have a recently awarded B.A.; they must have completed at least one year of ancient or medieval Greek by January 2007 (those called for an interview will be required to take a short examination in Greek); and they must be applicants to a doctoral program in any field or area of Byzantine studies. The Bliss Prize Fellowship is restricted to candidates currently enrolled in or recent graduates of U.S. or Canadian universities or colleges or to American or Canadian citizens who are enrolled at non-North American universities or colleges. Students currently enrolled in graduate
programs in Byzantine Studies may not be nominated for the Bliss Prize Fellowship.
For more information please go to http://www.doaks.org/index.html or contact
Dumbarton Oaks
Research Library and Collection
1703 32nd Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
Email: DumbartonOaks@doaks.org
Phone: 202-339-6401
Fax: 202-339-6419
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