The Huntington: Exchange Fellowships Grant

The Huntington: Exchange Fellowships Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (The Huntington)
Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Summary

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens offers Exchange Fellowships aimed at fostering international research collaboration. These fellowships are available for one month, allowing scholars to access both The Huntington’s extensive collections and various global archives. Targeted at doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars based in North America, the program encourages innovative projects. The Huntington covers economy airfare and provides accommodation through partner institutions in the UK and Ireland, facilitating transformative scholarly experiences.

Overview

Mission The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences. Short-Term Awards Approximately 140 short-term fellowships are available for one to three months for research in areas where The Huntington’s collections are strong.  Value of award: $3,500 per month Exchange Fellowships We also offer nine exchange fellowships with Corpus Christi, Jesus, Linacre, Lincoln, and New Colleges, Oxford; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Trinity College Dublin/Marsh’s Library; the University of Durham; and the John Rylands Research Institute and Library at the University of Manchester (funding available starting Aug. 22). The intention is to encourage projects that can be developed both in The Huntington’s collections and in archives across the world. Accommodation and hospitality are provided by the U.K. or Irish college or university, although the timing of the fellowship may be subject to the availability of housing and to the schedule of the academic year in each institution. The Huntington will reimburse the fellow for economy round-trip airfare. Exchange fellowships: One month

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Eligibility for Travel Grants:Doctoral candidates who have advanced to candidacy (ABD) at the time of the application deadline, faculty members, and other postdoctoral scholars. Applicants must be based in North America.Applicants for travel grants and exchange fellowships must be based at institutions in North America, but do not need to be U.S. citizens.Please note that because travel grants and exchange fellowships are awarded for one month only, joint applications will not be considered for these awards.You may apply for both a travel grant/exchange fellowship for study abroad and for either a short-term or a long-term fellowship at The Huntington. You must, however, apply and submit two separate proposals, one for each award; these awards are for different purposes and are reviewed by separate committees.As long as you are able to commit to the period of your Huntington fellowship (short-term and travel grants only), there is no conflict with accepting another (external) fellowship within the same academic year.

Ineligibility

If you are proposing research for a new project or for a different part of the project on which you were working last year, you may apply for a second short-term fellowship or for a long-term fellowship. If you are applying for a fellowship to continue the same project, your application should demonstrate the progress you made during your first fellowship and specify the agenda for the next stage of the research.