Truman Library Institute: Dissertation Year Fellowships Grant

The Truman Library Institute offers Dissertation Year Fellowships to support doctoral students in completing their dissertations focused on the public career of Harry S. Truman or the Truman era. With a maximum of two grants of $20,000 awarded annually, the fellowship aims to encourage historical scholarship without requiring residency at the Truman Library during the fellowship year. This initiative, rooted in Truman's legacy, aims to enhance public understanding of democracy and history.

The Truman Library Institute is the member-supported, nonprofit partner of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, one of 15 presidential libraries of the National Archives. Together with its federal partner, the Truman Library Institute draws on President Truman’s legacy to enrich the public understanding of history, the presidency and America’s unique form of government. This mission is achieved through world-class museum exhibits, research grants, public programming and nationally acclaimed education programs serving more than 30,000 students and teachers annually. The Institute was founded by President Truman himself in order to ensure that his presidential library flourish as a classroom for democracy, where young people, especially, might better understand the American presidency and the fundamental principles governing our democracy, while finding inspiration to choose lives of service and purpose.
Dissertation Year Fellowships are intended to encourage historical scholarship of the public career of Harry S. Truman or the Truman era. This fellowship is intended to free a doctoral student from teaching or other employment to facilitate completion of his or her dissertation.
A maximum of two $20,000 grants are given annually.

Eligibility

Must be a doctoral student.