2025-2026 Gilder Lehrman Center Fellowships
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition (GLC), part of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University, invites applications for its 2025-2026 Fellowship Program. The Center seeks to promote a better understanding of all aspects of the institution of slavery from the earliest times to the present. We especially welcome proposals that will utilize the special collections of the Yale University Libraries or other research collections of the New England area, and explicitly engage issues of slavery, resistance, abolition, and their legacies. Scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Highest priority is given to applications that are fully complete by March 3, 2025.
The GLC offers two types of residential fellowships.
One-month Fellowships
The Gilder Lehrman Center will award several one-month fellowships between September 2025 and May 2026. Please specify your preference for month of residency in your application. The one-month fellowships are designed for scholars who are working on short-term projects including articles, book chapters, or other research endeavors. The one-month fellowship provides support of $5,500, plus library privileges and office space.
Four-month Fellowships
The Gilder Lehrman Center will award two four-month fellowships, one in the fall semester (from September through December 2025), and one in the spring semester (from either January through April 2026 or February through May 2026). Please specify your preference for semester of residency in your application. The four-month fellowships are designed for scholars who are working on larger projects including book manuscripts, articles, or other research endeavors. Digital humanities projects are welcome. The four-month fellowship provides support of $23,332 plus benefits, library privileges, and office space.
Fellowship Requirements
Applicants MUST have received the Ph.D. prior to the beginning of their appointment. Both established and younger scholars are invited to apply. This is a residential fellowship. Fellows are expected to spend the majority of their time in residence at Yale, to be active participants in the intellectual life of the GLC and the larger Yale community, and to acknowledge the support of the GLC and the MacMillan Center in publications and lectures that stem from research conducted during the fellowship term. All fellows will be expected to offer one online public presentation during their tenure at Yale, which will be recorded and preserved in the GLC digital archives. Fellows must comply with current Yale University campus health guidelines: https://campushealth.yale.edu/
Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.
Application Information
To apply for our One-Month and Four-Month Fellowships, visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/160202
Do not mail application materials directly to the Center.
To apply to the Gilder Lehrman Center Fellowship Program, you are required to submit the following materials via Interfolio:
- Cover Letter
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Two letters of recommendation
- Three to five page statement regarding intended research project (research statement). This should include any specific archives, libraries, or other Yale resources the applicant intends to access as well as a proposed research schedule. This link may be helpful for locating potential source material: https://slavery.yale.edu/
Highest priority is given to applications that are fully complete by March 3, 2025.
For additional information, please contact:
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
Yale University
PO Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
Phone: 203-432-3339
Email: gilder.lehrman.center@yale.edu