The Schlesinger Library sponsors research grants for those using the library's holdings. Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships support Harvard undergraduate study. Research Support Grants are open to faculty from any college or university and to independent scholars. Dissertation Grants are open to scholars who are enrolled in a doctoral program in a relevant field, have completed their course work toward the doctoral degree, and have an approved dissertation topic by the time the application is submitted. Application cover sheets are available in January of each year. Deadlines are in April.

The library also sponsors oral history grants, which are open to scholars who are conducting oral history interviews.

The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium offers grants to encourage projects that draw on the resources of sixteen major cultural agencies.

Lists of current and past Schlesinger Library and New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grant recipients are available here.

Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships
Research Support Grants
Dissertation Grants
Oral History Grants
New England Regional Fellowship Consortium

Radcliffe Institute Fellowships

In addition to the grants offered by the Library, Radcliffe Institute has its own fellowship program which supports scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. Read more.

Mary Burrage studying in the Radcliffe Library, ca. 1912. From the Ethel Sturges Dummer Papers (A127-1002-2).
Grace Clark presenting Catherine Shouse with a check from the Annapolis Civic Ballet Company for use by the Wolf Trap Rebuilding Fund, 1983. From the Catherine Filene Shouse Papers (MC448-533-1).
Unidentified French man at his desk, ca. 1916. From the Corinna Putnam Smith Papers (MC433-333-4).