The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is pleased to announce a new hybrid research fellowship opportunity as a part of the Broadening Academia Initiative, a larger initiative designed to support the production of scholarship on the Holocaust by scholars who are untenured, contingent, or working outside of academia. Successful applicants will receive six (6) months of remote access to the Museum’s digitized archival collections and will be invited for one (1) week of in-person research at the David and Fela Shapell Family Collections, Conservation and Research Center, which houses the Museum’s world-class archival and artifact collections. Fellows will receive a $10,000 stipend plus a $3,000 travel allowance to cover one week of lodging, per diem, and RT transportation from the applicant’s home institution to the Shapell Center. The period of the fellowship will run from November 1, 2025-April 30, 2026.
Please note that this is a non-residential fellowship; rather, recipients will enjoy exclusive remote digital access to the Museum’s collections and fellows are expected to schedule and perform their in-person research week at the Shapell Center during the period of fellowship. Fellows are responsible for securing all lodging and transportation. Where possible, fellows will be integrated into the Mandel Center’s existing programming and online collaboration opportunities and will be expected to present the results of their research to the Mandel Center by the conclusion of their fellowship. This program is made possible by the generous support of The Marcus Foundation.
Qualifications
-Applicants must have earned a PhD.
-Applicants must be North American-based Holocaust scholars who are untenured, contingent, or working outside of academia.
-Applicants must propose an original research project related to the field of Holocaust studies.
Application Instructions
Competitive applications will include proposals that demonstrate a clear understanding of existing research and where the proposed project contributes to the field.
Applications must be submitted in English via our online application and consist of the following:
An online application form
A current CV
A personal statement (no more than two double-spaced pages) that indicates why the applicant desires a hybrid fellowship and how the fellowship would advance the applicant's scholarship or publication agenda
A short summary of the research project and its contribution to the field of Holocaust studies (no more than three double-spaced pages)a list of specific collections that the applicant plans to access during the research week at the Shapell Center
Application deadline: The application is closed. The application will reopen in March 2025
Contact Information
Broadening Academia Initiative
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
Contact Email: BAI@ushmm.org
Hybrid Fellowships
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is pleased to announce a new hybrid research fellowship opportunity as a part of the Broadening Academia Initiative, a larger initiative designed to support the production of scholarship on the Holocaust by scholars who are untenured, contingent, or working outside of academia. Successful applicants will receive six (6) months of remote access to the Museum’s digitized archival collections and will be invited for one (1) week of in-person research at the David and Fela Shapell Family Collections, Conservation and Research Center, which houses the Museum’s world-class archival and artifact collections. Fellows will receive a $10,000 stipend plus a $3,000 travel allowance to cover one week of lodging, per diem, and RT transportation from the applicant’s home institution to the Shapell Center. The period of the fellowship will run from November 1, 2025-April 30, 2026.
Please note that this is a non-residential fellowship; rather, recipients will enjoy exclusive remote digital access to the Museum’s collections and fellows are expected to schedule and perform their in-person research week at the Shapell Center during the period of fellowship. Fellows are responsible for securing all lodging and transportation. Where possible, fellows will be integrated into the Mandel Center’s existing programming and online collaboration opportunities and will be expected to present the results of their research to the Mandel Center by the conclusion of their fellowship. This program is made possible by the generous support of The Marcus Foundation.
Qualifications
-Applicants must have earned a PhD.
-Applicants must be North American-based Holocaust scholars who are untenured, contingent, or working outside of academia.
-Applicants must propose an original research project related to the field of Holocaust studies.
Application Instructions
Competitive applications will include proposals that demonstrate a clear understanding of existing research and where the proposed project contributes to the field.
Applications must be submitted in English via our online application and consist of the following:
An online application form
A current CV
A personal statement (no more than two double-spaced pages) that indicates why the applicant desires a hybrid fellowship and how the fellowship would advance the applicant's scholarship or publication agenda
A short summary of the research project and its contribution to the field of Holocaust studies (no more than three double-spaced pages)a list of specific collections that the applicant plans to access during the research week at the Shapell Center
Application deadline: The application is closed. The application will reopen in March 2025
Contact Information
Broadening Academia Initiative
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
Contact Email: BAI@ushmm.org