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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Culture
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s History of Art and Visual Culture Fellowship supports independent research using the Museum’s collections and resources, with fellows collaborating with curatorial departments and Museum staff during the September 2027–August 2028 term.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $63,000
Interdisciplinary Fellowship
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Interdisciplinary Fellowship supports independent, interdisciplinary research projects that use The Met’s collections, archives, libraries, and institutional resources to connect the arts, humanities, and sciences.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $63,000
Leonard A. Lauder Fellowship in Modern Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art offers predoctoral, postdoctoral, mid-career, and non-residential doctoral dissertation completion fellowships for focused research on modern art, with stipends of $50,000–$70,000, a $6,000 travel allowance, and health-insurance support.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $70,000
Leonard A. Lauder Non-Residential Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship in Modern Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art offers a one-year Non-Residential Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship for focused research and dissertation completion in modern art, providing a $30,000 stipend for September 2027–August 2028.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $30,000
Slifka Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, supported by the Slifka Foundation, offers one one-year interdisciplinary fellowship for 2027–2028 combining art-historical research with curatorial, conservation, and scientific training on either French posters or European manuscript illumination.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $63,000
Theodore Rousseau Fellowship
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Theodore Rousseau Fellowship supports independent scholars conducting research related to The Met’s collections that requires close study of painting collections, archives, and scholarly resources in Europe.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $63,000
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers two Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowships for 2027–2029, providing two years of curatorial training, collection-based research, and exhibition or departmental project experience in Islamic Art or European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $66,300
Eugene V. Thaw Fellowship for Collections Cataloguing
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers the Eugene V. Thaw Fellowship for Collections Cataloguing, a 12-month, full-time position in the Department of European Paintings beginning September 1, 2027.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $53,000
Research Scholar in Photograph Conservation
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a Research Scholarship in Photograph Conservation for an advanced, collection-based research project integrated with the Museum’s Photograph and Time-Based Media Conservation Department.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $63,000
Conservation and Scientific Research Fellowship
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers Conservation and Scientific Research Fellowships for junior and senior conservators and scientists pursuing advanced training or independent research using the Museum’s collections, facilities, libraries, and laboratories.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $63,000
Leonard A. Lauder Research Center — Funding for Research (Fellowships, Publication Grants, Residencies)
The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center at The Metropolitan Museum of Art supports scholarship on modern art—particularly Cubism—by awarding pre‑doctoral, post‑doctoral, and mid‑career fellowships, non‑residential dissertation‑completion awards, publication grants, and curatorial/conservation residencies to fund research, publications, and programs tied to the Lauder Cubist Collection.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- Not listed
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