Research Fellowship Program
Please note that PHS has suspended the research fellowship program for one year and will not accept applications for 2021. This suspension is due solely to the coronavirus pandemic and travel uncertainties. PHS does plan to offer research fellowships in 2022. Applications will be due at the beginning of February with recipients announced in mid-March of 2022.
The society invites applications for research fellowships, a program designed to encourage faculty, independent researchers, and students to use and publish from the society's rich holdings.
The program will award research and travel grants of $2,500. Applicants must demonstrate a need to work in the society's collection for a minimum of one week and a maximum of one month. Applications are accepted from persons whose normal place of residence is farther than seventy-five miles from Philadelphia.
Projects in all fields of study, including history, American studies, women's studies, mission history, architecture, and ecumenism are invited. In accepting this grant, fellows agree to submit a report to the society within two months of their last visit. The society requests a copy of each final work for its holdings, and fellows are encouraged to adapt their research for publication in the Journal of Presbyterian History.
Eligibility: These grants are open to scholars, students, and independent researchers.
Awards: The grants of $2,500 cover travel, lodging, and other research expenses.
Application procedures: No applications accepted in 2021.
To apply for a Research Fellowship via postal mail: Submit your completed application and a brief curriculum vitae. Also include two letters of reference, which may be sent separately by the letter writers. We request that the vitae not exceed two pages and must list all earned degrees, date received (or expected), institution, and field of study as well as any major publications.
Download the application in PDF format. Note: Do not fill out the form using your browser’s PDF Preview application or Mac Preview because it will corrupt the form and your data will not be visible. Please only use Adobe Reader to open and fill out the form. Download Adobe Reader (free) at https://get.adobe.com/reader/.
Please send all materials to:
Research Fellowship Program
Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516
To apply for a Research Fellowship via email: Attach the completed application and your brief curriculum vitae to an email. Letters of reference must be sent attached to emails from the letter writers, and the letter must be a scanned PDF with original signature.
Email submissions to: [email protected]
Applications will be reviewed by independent scholars and PHS staff.
Dr. Anne M. Blankenship, North Dakota State University, for “Race, Religion, and Immigration: How Protestants, Catholics, & Jews Faced Mass Immigration, 1882-1924”
Connor S. Kenaston, graduate student at the University of Virginia, for “Faith Networks: Religion, Media, and Capitalism in Twentieth-Century America”
Dr. Reuben Loffman, Queen Mary University of London, for “Missionaries, Medicine, and Modernity: The Presbyterians in Kasai, 1900-1959”
Cynthia Martinez, graduate student at Rice University, for “'Por Cristo, El Hogar y la Patria': The Role of American Protestant Missionaries in Social Reform during the Porfiriato, 1876-1911”