The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields - including the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and creative arts — except the performing arts. Last year, the program awarded fellowships to one hundred and eighty-one scholars, artists, and scientists in the United States and Canada.
Often characterized as "midcareer" awards, the fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The program seeks to further the development of scholars and artists by helping them engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions.
Fellowships provide grants to selected individuals over a time period between six and twelve months. Since the purpose of the program is to help provide fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible, grants are made freely. Fellows may spend their grant funds in any manner they deem necessary to their work.
Deadline: Sep. 17, 2024
All applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application.
The amounts of the grants will be adjusted to the needs of the fellows, considering their other resources and the purpose and scope of their plans.