Birgit Baldwin Fellowship Grant

Birgit Baldwin Fellowship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Medieval Academy Of America
Amount: US $20,000
Last Updated: August 27, 2025

Summary

The Birgit Baldwin Fellowship, established by John W. Baldwin and Jenny Jochens in 2004, supports graduate students researching French medieval history. With a grant of $20,000, the fellowship covers research and living expenses for one academic year, with renewal possible upon satisfactory progress. It is awarded to students at North American universities whose dissertation proposals are approved, ensuring they can devote full time to their research without other job commitments.

Overview

Medieval Academy of America The Medieval Academy of America is the largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. The academy publishes the quarterly journal Speculum, and awards prizes, grants, and fellowships. The Medieval Academy supports research, publication, and teaching in medieval art, archaeology, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, religion, science, social and economic institutions, and all other aspects of the Middle Ages. Birgit Baldwin Fellowship The Baldwin Fellowship provides a grant of $20,000 to support a graduate student in a North American university who is researching and writing a significant dissertation for the Ph.D. on any subject in French medieval history that can be realized only by sustained research in the archives and libraries of France. The fellowship helps defray research and living expenses for the equivalent of an academic year of study. It may be renewed for a second year upon demonstration of satisfactory progress.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must be graduate students whose dissertation proposals have been approved by their dissertation committees.In accordance with the terms of the gift, applicants must be graduate students studying at a North American university.The fellowship recipient must devote full time to the dissertation project and may not hold any job or teaching position or work on another project during the term of the fellowship. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. They must be members of the Medieval Academy as of 15 September of the year in which they apply.