One fellowship is awarded annually for 36 months. The first two years of the Finley Fellowship are intended for research and travel in Europe to visit collections, museums, monuments, and sites related to a well-advanced dissertation in Western art. During this two-year period, residency abroad is expected, for which travel funds are available. The third […]
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Samuel H. Kress Fellowship
One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. This fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in European art on a topic before the early nineteenth century. The Kress Fellow is expected to spend one year of the fellowship period on dissertation research abroad and one year at the Center […]
Wyeth Fellowship
One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. The fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation that concerns aspects of art of the United States, including native and pre-Revolutionary America. The Wyeth Fellow is expected to spend one year of the fellowship period on dissertation research in the United States […]
Ittleson Fellowship
One fellowship is awarded annually for 24 months. The fellowship is intended for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation in the visual arts in a field other than Western art. The Ittleson Fellow is expected to spend one year of the fellowship period on dissertation research abroad, and one year at the Center […]
Robert H. and Clarice Smith Fellowship
One fellowship is awarded annually for 12 months, for research on Northern European art between 1400 and 1700, intended for the advancement or completion of either a doctoral dissertation or a resulting publication. For those preparing a publication based on the dissertation, candidates may have graduated as early as fall 2009. The Smith Fellow may […]
Chester Dale Fellowships
Two fellowships are awarded annually: one for 24 months, the other for 12 months. The 24-month fellowship is intended for the advancement or completion of a doctoral dissertation in any area of Western art, with a preference for modern and contemporary topics. The two-year Dale Fellow is expected to spend one year on dissertation research […]
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Predoctoral Fellowships for Historians of American Art to Travel Abroad
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts offers up to six fellowships to doctoral students in art history who are studying aspects of art and architecture of the United States, including native and pre-Revolutionary America. This fellowship is for a period of six to eight weeks of continuous travel abroad in areas such […]
Predoctoral Fellowships
These fellowships support advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each of the nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents. Applicants must be nominated by their department chair.