The Consortium brings together educational, cultural and research institutions to promote history of science, technology and medicine. Established in 2007 as a regional collaboration of Philadelphia-area institutions, the Consortium now comprises members from three continents and continues to welcome new members who share our commitments and can help to advance our mission. It has grown into a highly successful collaboration of universities, independent libraries and museums, and professional societies from around the world.
Research Fellowships are for scholars who would like to conduct research in the collections of two or more Consortium member institutions. Research Fellows will be awarded a stipend of $1,000 plus $750 for use of each collection, $425 if the collection is less than 100 miles from another collection for which a stipend has already been awarded. Fellows typically receive between $2,500 and $5,000 depending on number and locations of collections used.
This fellowship require use of at least two Consortium member institutions’ collections. Applications must include the specific collections they wish to use, and are strongly encouraged to determine relevance of collections to their projects before applying by searching online catalogs and contacting librarians and archivists at member institutions.
A cross-institutional search hub provides a simple, unified, interface for finding the rare books, manuscripts, and artifacts held in Consortium members’ collections.
Emanuel Fellowships for Independent Scholars (Application deadline, December 15)
Emanuel Fellows will be awarded a stipend between $10,000 to $30,000 to be used for research in archives, oral history, or other research methods, travel for research, or time to write up research findings for an article, book, or other scholarly contributions in various formats or media. The stipend can also be used as income and salary support to provide time to conduct scholarship. Applicants must have received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree at least two years before the time of application, and may NOT be in a tenured or tenure track faculty position at a university or college nor enrolled as a student in any program of higher education. Scholars are eligible if they are independent or alternative academic scholars, meaning they have positions that do not have research expectations or offer institutional support for research in their area of expertise. They can be adjunct faculty, lecturers (if there is no research expectation), or unaffiliated with an educational institution. Applicants must be permanent residents or citizens of the United States. The Emanuel Fellowship may not be held concurrently with any position that would violate eligibility for applying as described above.
Research Fellowships (Application deadline on April 15 and December 15)
Research Fellowships are for scholars who would like to conduct research in the collections of two or more Consortium member institutions. Research Fellows will be awarded a stipend of $1,000 plus $750 for use of each collection, $425 if the collection is less than 100 miles from another collection for which a stipend has already been awarded. Fellows typically receive between $2,500 and $5,000 depending on number and locations of collections used. Scholars at any stage of their academic career are eligible to apply. There is no citizenship or residence requirement for this fellowship.
Fellowship Website:
https://www.chstm.org/fellowships