The Visiting Researcher Fellowships provide short-term research fellowships to support intensive, innovative, and impactful research and artistic use of its collections. This fellowship was previously known as the Summer Visiting Research Fellowship.
- Short-term fellowship of at least 10 days
- Total award is $1,250
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2023
Areas of Interest
- Supports research in the following categories:
- American culture, politics, and social changes from 1960 to 1975
- African American life, culture, and history
- Women in the American South
- Literary culture and traditions of the American South
- Banking and business in the American South
- North Carolina
- Antebellum America
- The history of medicine
Eligibility Requirements
Eligible researchers:
- Advanced graduate students
- Faculty
- Independent scholars
- Established performing and creative artists
- Have or be actively pursuing the terminal degree in your discipline, OR
- Be an established performing or creative artist
- In this case the terminal degree requirement may be waived
- Agree to:
- Submit a research proposal and research plan that draws deeply and substantively on the collections of the Wilson Special Collections Library
- Commit to a full-time research residency of at least ten days at Wilson Library
- The residency must take place during our research year: June 1 of the year awarded to May 31 of the following spring
- Participate in the intellectual life of the Library and the fellowship program, which includes:
- A public presentation of research findings and experiences
- The submission of a brief research report
- An invitation to submit papers to a capstone symposium in Southern Studies