University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) Harry Ransom Center Fellowships

The Harry Ransom Center, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, annually awards over 50 fellowships for projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections. The Center offers dissertation fellowships for graduate students whose doctoral dissertations require use of the Center’s collections. The fellowships support research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history.

Award

One– to Two–Month Fellowships — $3,500 PER MONTH
One– to two–month fellowships are available for graduate students, current and former academic faculty at any level of career, and independent researchers such as journalists and artists, whose projects require extensive use of the Ransom Center’s collections.

Travel Stipends — $2,000
Travel stipends are available for graduate students, current and former academic faculty at any level of career, and independent researchers such as journalists and artists, whose projects require less than one month’s use of the Center’s collections. Travel stipends may not be combined with other Ransom Center fellowships.

Dissertation Fellowships — $2,000
Dissertation fellowships are available for graduate students whose in-progress doctoral dissertations require use of the Center’s collections.