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McNeil Center for Early American Studies

The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Fellowship

This fellowship supports nine months of in-residence research or writing at the McNeil Center in Philadelphia for PhD candidates who are working on a dissertation on any aspect of religion in North America in the Atlantic world before 1850. Proposals dependent on the use of the rich archival and library collections of the Philadelphia area […]

Friends of the MCEAS Fellowship

This fellowship supports nine months of in-residence dissertation research and writing at the McNeil Center in Philadelphia. It is intended to facilitate dissertation research dealing with the Philadelphia or the Mid-Atlantic region before 1850, and encourages the use of the Philadelphia area’s magnificent manuscript, rare books, and museum collections. One-semester fellowships may also be available.

Richard S. Dunn Fellowship

This award is intended to support nine months of in-residence dissertation research and writing at the McNeil Center in Philadelphia. It acknowledges excellence in any aspect of Early American Studies.

Quinn Foundation Fellowship

This award is co-sponsored by the McNeil Center and the New Netherland Institute at the New York State Library. It supports research on New Netherland and on the Dutch colonial Atlantic Workd. Holders of this fellowship spend a portion of their term in-residence at the McNeil Center, and a portion in-residence at the New Netherland […]

MCEAS Consortium Fellowships

These awards support nine months of dissertation research or writing in-residence at the McNeil Center in Philadelphia. Any project dealing with the histories and cultures of North America in the Atlantic world before 1850 will be considered. Proposals dependent on the use of Philadelphia-area archives and libraries are particularly welcome. This fellowship is reserved for […]

Monticello-McNeil Fellowship

co-sponsored by the McNeil Center and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, facilitates scholarship on Thomas Jefferson and his times. Holders of this fellowship spend a portion of their fellowship term at the ICJS in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the remainder in Philadelphia at the McNeil Center. Reasonable travel costs between […]