Available to Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape scholars with a terminal degree (Fellowships) or degree candidates who have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a terminal degree (Junior Fellowships), and awarded for an academic year or semester. Summer Fellowships are available to Byzantine and Pre-Columbian scholars at on any level of advancement beyond the first year of graduate (post-baccalaureate) study.
Fellowships and Junior Fellowships are normally awarded for the academic year. During this time, recipients are expected to be in residence at Dumbarton Oaks and to devote full time to their study projects without undertaking any other major activities. Awards may also be made for a single term.
Fellowships are for individuals holding appropriate terminal degrees (e.g., PhD, MLA) at the time of the application deadline. Junior Fellowships are for degree candidates who at the time of application have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a PhD or appropriate final degree and will be working on a dissertation or final project at Dumbarton Oaks under the direction of a faculty member at their own university. Graduate students who do not have the PhD in hand by the application deadline of November 1 must apply as Junior Fellows. Successful applicants for Junior Fellowships who have the PhD in hand by the beginning of the fellowship term may be granted the status and stipend of Fellows.
Deadline for Fellowships: Nov. 1, annually
Support includes a stipend of $25,000 for a Junior Fellow or $35,000 for a Fellow for the full academic year; housing (a housing allowance may be offered instead of housing if Dumbarton Oaks is unable to provide accommodations; successful applicants from the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area will not be offered housing); lunch on weekdays; and the option to enroll in the Dumbarton Oaks fellows’ health insurance plan. Dumbarton Oaks has partnered with a travel agency to arrange and pre-pay for fellows’ air or rail travel, in accordance with the Dumbarton Oaks Travel Policy, if support cannot be obtained from other sources (such as a Fulbright travel grant). Reimbursement of J1 visa fees is also provided for Fellows, but not for J2 dependents.