Kluge Center Fellowships: Library of Congress

Website: www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge.html
Application deadline: July 15 (annually)

The Library of Congress invites qualified scholars to conduct research in the John W. Kluge Center using the Library of Congress collections and resources for a period of up to eleven months. The Kluge Center furnishes attractive work and discussion space for Kluge Chair holders, distinguished visiting scholars, and post-doctoral Fellows supported by other private foundation gifts. Residents have easy access to the Library's specialized staff and to the intellectual community of Washington, D.C.

The Kluge Center especially encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Library's large and varied collections. Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or multi-lingual research is particularly welcome.

Applicant Eligibility: Scholars who have received a terminal advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities, social sciences; degrees in professional fields such as architecture or law are eligible.

Tenure & Stipend: Fellowships are tenable for periods from six to eleven months at a stipend of $4,000 per month for residential research at the Library of Congress.

Expectations: Kluge Fellows will give one public presentation of their research and provide a final report on their research and its results. Two copies of any ultimate product of this research (book, article, film, Web site, etc.) should be sent to the Library of Congress. Kluge Fellows will also have opportunities to meet with Library specialists and curators, and on occasion with members of Congress and Congressional staff.

Contact information:
Robert Saladini
Kluge Fellowships
Office of Scholarly Programs
Library of Congress, LJ 120
101 Independence Avenue
S.E. Washington, D.C. 20540-4860
(202) 707-3302
scholarly@loc.gov