Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowships
Nomination required
$45,000
6 winners
Eligibility
Major
Visual Performing Arts
Education level
Graduate
Status
United States
About this scholarship
U.S. pre-doctoral art history candidates who will be all-but-dissertation when the fellowship begins and whose dissertation research focuses on European art from antiquity to the early 19th century may be nominated by their department for Kress History of Art Institutional Fellowships at European research centers. Departments may nominate a maximum of two candidates for different research centers.
Six two-year fellowships are awarded at $45,000 per year. Applications are accepted in November for fellowships beginning the following academic year.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- Dissertation research-project summary
- Research plan
- Description of dissertation work completed
- Prior research and travel-abroad experience description
- Annotated bibliography
- List of other grant applications
- Curriculum vitae
- Official university transcript
- Fellowship-period budget
- Language proficiency list
- ABD confirmation or outstanding-requirements list with completion date
- Three recommendations from the Department Chair, Dissertation Advisor, and an additional scholar
- Annotated bibliography containing works of primary concern to the proposed topic (5 pages maximum)
- A list of all other grants for which you are applying, including the name of the award, the amount, and the time period and aspect of the project the award would cover
- Curriculum vitae (CV)
- Official university transcript
- Budget for the fellowship period
- Language proficiency list
- Confirmation that applicant is ABD, or a list of outstanding requirements and the date they will be complete
- Names and email addresses of three recommenders: Department Chair, Dissertation Advisor, and an additional Scholar (letters of recommendation)
- Fellowships are held at European research centers and begin the following academic year.