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Biographers International Organization (BIO)
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The Plutarch Award
The Biographers International Organization (BIO) awards the Plutarch Award to the year’s best biography, selected by a committee of five distinguished biographers, with a $3,000 honorarium as of 2025.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $3,000
Robert and Ina Caro Travel / Research Fellowship
Biographers International Organization offers the annual Robert and Ina Caro Travel/Research Fellowship to support travel to locations significant to a biographical subject’s life or to relevant archives.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $5,000
The Frances “Frank” Rollin Fellowship for African American Biography
The Biographers International Organization (BIO) awards two $5,000 Frances “Frank” Rollin Fellowships annually to support exceptional book-length biographies of African American figures or groups whose stories deepen understanding of the Black experience.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $10,000
Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship in Biography
Biographers International Organization (BIO) offers the $25,000 Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship in Biography to support a doctoral student for one year of full-time work completing an English-language dissertation focused biographically on one or more individuals.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $25,000
The Clio Fellowship for Archival Research
The Biographers International Organization (BIO) offers the Clio Fellowship for Archival Research, providing approximately $5,000 to one or more biographers for travel and related expenses connected to archival research for a book-length biography.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $5,000
The Hazel Rowley Prize
Biographers International Organization offers the annual Hazel Rowley Prize, awarding $5,000 to an outstanding first-time biographer, along with an agent’s proposal review, one year of BIO membership, conference registration, and publicity.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $5,000
The Chip Bishop Fellowship
The Biographers International Organization’s Chip Bishop Fellowship provides up to $2,000 for travel and related expenses, including child care, to help aspiring biographers attend the annual BIO Conference; conference registration is also waived or reimbursed.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $2,000
Frances “Frank” Rollin Fellowship — $5,000 for Biography-in-progress About an African American Subject
Biographers International Organization awards two Frances “Frank” Rollin Fellowships of $5,000 each (plus a year’s BIO membership, registration to the annual BIO Conference, and publicity) to authors working on book-length biographies that illuminate African American lives and the Black experience.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $5,000
The Hazel Rowley Prize — $5,000 prize for best proposal from a first-time biographer
Biographers International Organization (BIO) administers the Hazel Rowley Prize, awarding $5,000 plus a careful agent reading, one year’s BIO membership with registration to the annual BIO conference, and publicity for the best proposal from a first-time biographer writing in English.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $5,000
The Robert and Ina Caro Travel / Research Fellowship
Biographers International Organization (BIO) offers the annual Robert and Ina Caro Travel/Research Fellowship to fund travel and archival research for works of biography, awarding up to four fellowships each cycle with minimum awards of $2,500 per recipient.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $2,500
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