Funding for Collections Research – a beginning list


The Field Museum (Chicago) Research Scholarships – Fellowships, internships, and scholarships for all undergraduates, graduate students, and short-term collection researchers at the Field Museum

Smithsonian Native American Community Scholars and Visiting Student Awards – For Native American students pursuing research related to Native American resources at the Smithsonian Institution, provides stipend, possible travel allowance, and mentorship

Lemelson Center Travel to Collections Awards – Short-term travel awards for researchers to use the archives at the National Museum of American History

American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Collection Study Grants – Short-term support for travel and subsistence during collection research at the museum by researchers, including graduate students

Oriental Institute Collections Research Grant – Up to $10,000 for graduate students and scholars affiliated with a university to fund travel and research activities at the institute

Dumbarton Oaks One-Month Research Stipends – $3,000, one month stipend for scholars who hold a terminal degree in their field (e.g. PhD) to do advanced research using Byzantine, pre-Columbian, or Garden and Landscape Studies research materials at Dumbarton Oaks libraries, museum, and archives

National Library of Australia Fellowships and Scholarships – provides funding to allow established and emerging researchers, practising writers and artists, and younger scholars to work with the library’s archive materials. Scholarship for postgraduate students open only to Australian citizens or permanent residents.

Australian Museum Research Institute Visiting Fellowships – funding open to postgraduate students to work with any of the Museum’s collections and research programs

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