Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program: Graduate Student Fellowships Grant

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program: Graduate Student Fellowships Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Smithsonian Institution (SI)
Amount: US $10,000
Last Updated: July 06, 2025

Summary

The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program provides graduate students the opportunity to engage in independent research related to Smithsonian collections and facilities. This ten-week fellowship offers a stipend of $10,000, allowing students to work with Smithsonian professionals while enhancing their academic credentials. Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program and have completed at least one full-time semester. The program encourages interdisciplinary research across various fields including ecology, anthropology, and history.

Overview

The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers opportunities for independent research or study related to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and/or research interests of the Institution and its staff. Fellowships are offered to graduate students, predoctoral students, and postdoctoral and senior researchers to conduct independent research and to utilize the resources of the Institution with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff serving as advisors and hosts. These fellowships are offered through the Smithsonian’s Office of Academic Appointments and Internships, and are administered under the charter of the Institution, 20 U.S. Code section 41 et seq. The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program offers fellowships for research and study in the following fields and encourages applications of an interdisciplinary nature: Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropicsAnthropology, including archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology;Astrophysics and astronomy; Earth sciences and paleobiology;Evolutionary & systematic biology; Folklife; History of science and technology;History of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, and decorative arts;Materials research; Molecular biology;Social and cultural history of the United StatesSmithsonian Institution Fellowship Program: Postdoctoral Fellowships Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program: Graduate Student Fellowships Ten-Week Graduate Student Fellowships are for graduate students to conduct independent research usually before having been advanced to candidacy if in a Ph.D. program. Duration:10 weeksStipend: $10,000

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. When they apply, students must be formally enrolled in a graduate program of study at a degree-granting institution and must have completed at least one full-time semester or its equivalent.

Ineligibility

Research allowances are not offered for graduate student fellowships.