Deadline: December 15

Susan Kelly Power and Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellowship

This fellowship for PhD candidates and postdoctoral scholars of American Indian heritage supports up to two months of residential research in any field in the humanities, using the collections of the Newberry.

This fellowship was established in 2002 by an anonymous donor to encourage research by American Indian scholars and honor two notable advocates for American Indian education. Susan Kelly Power (Yanktonai Dakota) is a historian, activist, and long-time participant in programs of the D’Arcy McNickle Center. She was a founding member and four-time chair of Chicago’s American Indian Center. Helen Hornbeck Tanner served as acting director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center, director of the Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History Project, and an expert witness and historical consultant for several tribes. She was also a senior research fellow at the Newberry.

Deadline: December 15

Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies (NCAIS) Faculty Fellowship

The NCAIS Faculty Fellowship is designed to support faculty members at institutions participating in the Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies. Fellows must be working on a project in American Indian studies requiring research in the Newberry’s collections. Preference is given to scholars at an early career stage. There are long- and short-term opportunities available. Applicants for the long-term fellowship must request at least four and no more than six months of support, with a stipend of $4,200 per month. The stipend for the one month short-term fellowship is $5,000. NCAIS Faculty fellows will receive a research carrel and be accorded the same privileges as other Newberry fellows. Faculty fellows are expected to present research, participate in both the McNickle Center Seminar in American Indian and Indigenous Studies and the Newberry Library Fellows’ Seminar, and be available to NCAIS Graduate Student Fellows for consultation.

Deadline for long-term fellowship: November 1

Deadline for short-term fellowship: January 15

Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies (NCAIS) Graduate Student Research Grants

These fellowships offer support for between one and two months of exploratory dissertation research and post ABD dissertation research. These fellowships carry stipends for graduate students at institutions participating in the Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies (NCAIS). Graduate Fellows will be offered individual research space at the Newberry and accorded the same privileges as other Newberry short-term fellows. Awards may also be used to fund research in other libraries, archives, or in the field. Fellowship recipients are expected to present their research at the consortium’s annual graduate student conference or at a Newberry-sponsored seminar in American Indian and indigenous studies.

Deadline: January 15

Summer Institute at the Newberry 

Every year, the Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies (NCAIS) Summer Institute brings students to the Newberry for a four-week intensive graduate course on an important theme in Indigenous Studies.

Drawing on the Newberry’s world-renowned collections in American Indian and Indigenous Studies, the institute encourages students to explore a range of primary source materials that will illuminate the class readings and deepen the students' experiences as emerging scholars. Student participants complete research projects as part of their involvement in the program.

Funding:

Students selected for the summer institute are provided with free housing, reimbursement for travel, and a $600 living stipend.

How to Apply:

Each NCAIS member institution sends one graduate student to the summer institute. To apply, contact the faculty representative at your university. We post the annual call for applications each winter.