UD Competitive Awards: The Department of Art History, the Office of Graduate Studies, and several outside donors and/or agencies offer a number of graduate fellowships, teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and tuition scholarships. All of these awards are determined each spring by means of competitive application. Applicants for admission to the program must indicate their wish to be considered for financial aid with their application. Continuing students in the program must indicate their request for financial aid in the coming year by February 1 st.

All graduate fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships are accompanied by a grant of the full cost of tuition and include a stipend. Tuition scholarships carry no stipend. For more information about our financial support policy, click here. For more information about the Competitive Awards from the Office of Graduate Studies, click here.

Students in their final year of dissertation writing may also apply to the Sewell C. Biggs Dissertation Writing Committee:

Sewell C. Biggs Dissertation Writing Award in Art History and Preservation Studies 2006-2007 Click Here

Competitive External Awards: Each year our department nominates several students for competitive external fellowships. Below you will find a list of those fellowships. Please read carefully their respective descriptions and rules before submitting your nomination proposal to the Assistant to the Chair. We suggest that you work closely with your advisor for writing up the proposal, following the CASVA application format (even if you are not applying for a CASVA fellowship), and submitting a short cover letter with a list of the grants for which you would like to be nominated. The nomination proposal deadline is Monday, Oct. 3 rd, 2005, 4 pm:

CASVA Pre-Doctoral Fellowships

Kress Foundation’s Pre-Doctoral Fellowships in the History of Art

Dedalus Foundation Scholarships for Fine Arts and Art History

Haakon Fellowship, Southern Methodist University

The following grants also require departmental nomination, but have later deadlines. Please check with our administrative office for details:

CASVA Pre-Doctoral Fellowships for Historians of American Art to Travel Abroad

Carter Manny Award, Graham Foundation

External Fellowships and other Funding Opportunities: We also encourage our students to apply for outside aid. Find below a partial list of external grants and fellowships that are open to all students and to which you can apply on your own. Be aware the department, and especially your primary advisor, can offer you valuable assistance in formulating your application. Note: deadlines listed below are approximate and may change from year to year.

Getty Research Grants (Deadline: November 1 st)

Art History Fellowships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (November 1 st)

The Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome (Deadline: November 1 st)

Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art (Deadline: November 10 th)

International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships, Social Science Research Council (Deadline: November 10th)

Fellowships at the Walters Art Museum (Deadline: December 1 st)

Wolfsonian Fellowship Program (Deadline: December 31 st)

Winterthur Research Fellowship Program (Deadline: January 15 th)

Smithsonian American Art Museum Fellowships (Deadline: January 15 th)

CAA Professional Development Fellowships (Deadline: January 31 st)

National Gallery of Art Graduate Curatorial Internship (Deadline: May 1 st)

Society of Architectural Historians Fellowships (Deadline: check individual grants)

Research Travel Grants: Our department also provides some support for graduate students who are presenting papers at scholarly conferences, or conducting research with primary materials away from the University campus. Funds are awarded twice each year, on the basis of applications made to the department, the deadlines for the receipt of applications being October 15 th and April 15 th. For more information about departmental travel grants, click here. We also encourage students to seek other travel support opportunities, through the Office of Graduate Studies or other external agencies.

Other Useful Sites and Databases: Students must be aware that there are many grants and fellowships opportunities besides the ones listed above. You may want to consult the following sites to find grants suitable to your specific field:

Resources in Art History for Graduate Students

Funding Site, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

H-Net Funding Announcements

CAA Online Career Center

Bibliographical Society of America Fellowship Program (Deadline: December 1)

Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowships (Deadline March 1)