Three fellowship opportunities are available to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Projects can be academic, journalistic, or creative.
Cohen Research Fellowship:
- Open to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to the Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers Collection.
- This collection documents all aspects of the film production process through the papers of notable independent filmmakers including Robert Altman, Jonathan Demme, Alan Rudolph, Nancy Savoca, John Sayles, and Orson Welles, It also includes the papers of various specialty film producers and distributors including Ira Deutchman and Robert Shaye.
Heid Research Fellowship
- Open to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections, including those held in the Special Collections Research Center and the Stephen S. Clark Library.
Heidrich Research Fellowship
- Open to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to the Joseph A. Labadie Collection.
- This collection is one of the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive collections of its kind. Its holdings include materials on anarchism, anti-colonialist movements, antiwar and pacifist movements, atheism and free thought, civil liberties and civil rights, labor and workers’ rights, LGBTQ movements, youth and student protest, and other related topics.
Our fellows are awarded:
- $2,000 for a project requiring domestic travel
- $3,000 for a project requiring international travel