Library of Congress Kluge Fellowship 2025 for International Researchers

Library of Congress Kluge Fellowship 2025 for International Researchers. Apply below.

When is Application Deadline:

15th September 2024

Tell Me About Award:

The Kluge Center encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Library’s large and varied collections. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Fellowship program. The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields such as architecture or law.

Among the collections available to researchers are the world’s largest law library and outstanding multi-lingual collections of books and periodicals. Deep special collections of manuscripts, maps, music, films, recorded sound, prints, and photographs are also available. In-residence scholars have access to the Library’s specialized staff and to the intellectual community of Washington. Further information about the Library’s collections can be found on the Library’s website: http://www.loc.gov/rr/.

Established in 2000 through an endowment of $60 million from John W. Kluge, the Kluge Center is located in the splendid Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. The Center furnishes attractive work and discussion space for Fellowship holders, Kluge Chairs, other distinguished visiting scholars, and post-doctoral and doctoral fellows supported by other grants and foundation gifts.

Which Fields are Eligible?

Humanities, social sciences and professional fields such as architecture or law.

Type:

Fellowship

Who can Apply?

Scholars who have received a terminal advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or in a professional field such as architecture or law are eligible. Applicants may be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals. Upon selection, and in accordance with relevant visa regulations, foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining the appropriate visa.

Which Countries are Eligible?

International

Where will Award be Taken?

U.S

How Many Awards?

Twelve Kluge Fellowships are awarded each year through a competitive selection process. 

What is the Benefit of Award?

Fellowships are tenable for periods from four to eleven months at a stipend of $5,000 per month for residential research at the Library of Congress. The Kluge Center reserves the right to offer fewer months than originally requested. Fellows may be given residence at any time during the 18-month window after the fellowship letter is received. Stipends will be paid monthly by the Library of Congress by means of electronic transfer to a U.S. bank account.

How Long will Award Last?

Kluge Fellowships are offered for a period of four to eleven months.

How to Apply:

Access our online application portal here.

Applicants must submit:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• An abstract describing your proposed research (maximum 500 words)
• An explanation of how the Library of Congress and its collections will benefit your work (maximum 1 page, 500 words)
• A completed project proposal including a work plan that identifies project outcomes (maximum 3 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

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Language Certification

For applicants whose native language is not English, there must be evidence that the applicant is fluent in English so as easily to conduct research, discuss work with colleagues, and make a public presentation, although the ultimate product of the research may be written in the applicant’s native language. For English speakers who seek to do research in the Library’s foreign language collections, there must be evidence that they have a command of the relevant language or languages at the level requisite for serious research.

Expectations

Two copies of any books that result from research at the Kluge Center should be sent to the Library of Congress. It is the responsibility of the fellow to notify Center staff of any other resulting academic publications (articles, films, websites, etc.). Kluge Fellows will also have opportunities to meet with Library specialists and curators, and on occasion with members of Congress and congressional staff.

Awards

Up to 12 Kluge Fellowships will be awarded annually by the Library of Congress. Awards will be announced in the spring of the year following that in which the application is due. For overseas Fellows, award letters will address visa questions and include a form which must be filled out and submitted to the Library of Congress to determine tax residency status and the potential for U.S. federal income tax withholding. Scholars who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who do not already have a U.S. Social Security number will be required to obtain either a Social Security or tax identification number, as appropriate, at the start of their fellowship at the Library, regardless of the taxability of their income under this program or exemption under a treaty with the United States. Transportation arrangements are the responsibility of each Fellow. Housing is not provided by the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress does not supply health insurance coverage but can provide contacts with commercial providers. Because the United States does not have a national health plan, if a selectee becomes ill or injured during the term of appointment, there is no provision for care.