The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library offers short-term fellowships to support visiting scholars pursuing postdoctoral or equivalent research in its collections. The Beinecke Library is Yale University's principal repository for literary papers, and for early manuscripts and rare books in the fields of literature, theology, history, and the natural sciences. The fellowships, which pay for travel to and from New Haven and a living allowance of $4,500 per month, are designed to provide access to the library for scholars who live outside the greater New Haven area.
Students enrolled in degree programs are ineligible.
2009-2010 Fellowships, normally granted for one month, must be taken up between September 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010. Recipients are expected to be in residence during the period of their award and are encouraged to participate in the activities of Yale University.
Applicants are asked to submit an application form, a curriculum vitae and a brief research proposal (not to exceed three pages) to the Director. Application deadline is December 15, 2008. The proposal should emphasize the relationship of the Beinecke collections to the project and state the preferred dates of residence. The applicant should also arrange to have two confidential letters of recommendation sent to the Director. Application materials should be sent to the Director, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, P.O. Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520-8240.
For more information about the application process or the Beinecke Library and its collections, and to download a fellowship application form, please visit the fellowships links on the Library website: http://www.library. yale.edu/ beineckel or send an email to beinecke.fellowship s@yale.edu
Priscilla Holmes
Coordinator, Fellowship & Educational Programs
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
(203)432-2956
Email: beinecke.fellowship s@yale.edu
Visit the website at http://www.library. yale.edu/ beineckel
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