New England Regional Consortium Fellowships Grant

The New England Regional Consortium Fellowships, supported by Harvard University, offer approximately 24 research grants annually across diverse fields such as history, literature, and sociology. These fellowships encourage collaborative projects utilizing resources from multiple cultural agencies. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals with the proper documentation, and itineraries require a minimum of eight weeks, involving at least three member institutions with two weeks spent at each.

Harvard University participates in the New England Regional Consortium Fellowship, a collaboration of 30 major cultural agencies, which offers approximately 24 research grants in a broad array of fields each year. Participating repositories at Harvard are Houghton Library, Baker Library, the Law School Library — Historical & Special Collections, Schlesinger Library, and Harvard University Archives.
Grants are designed to encourage projects that draw on the resources of several agencies.
NERFC grants support work in a broad array of fields, including but not limited to: history, literature, art history, African American studies, American studies, women’s and gender studies, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, religious studies, environmental studies, oceanography, and the histories of law, medicine, and technology. Member institutions hold collections that offer a historical perspective on topics in all of these fields and more.
Each NERFC itinerary must:

• be a minimum of eight weeksinclude at least three different member institutionsinclude at least two weeks at each of these institutions

Eligibility

Open to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who hold the necessary U.S. government documents.