Virginia Humanities Public Humanities Fellowship 2026 ($15,000 stipend) – YOA

Deadline: March 31, 2026

Applications are open for the Virginia Humanities Public Humanities Fellowship 2026. The Public Humanities Fellowships assist writers, impartial students, neighborhood historians, and school and college school members share significant analysis, tales, and cultural expressions which might be related to Virginia’s numerous communities and that join audiences to wider regional, nationwide, and international contexts. If you’re engaged within the public humanities, and also you’re all for sharing your work with a wider viewers, they might love to listen to from you.  

Since 1974, they’ve awarded greater than 400 fellowships for initiatives that assist Virginians higher perceive the state, Virginia’s position on this planet, and one another.

Benefits

• All Public Humanities Fellows will obtain a $15,000 stipend to assist a 4-month challenge. 
• Fellows will obtain entry to each the University of Virginia’s library system and the archives out there on the Library of Virginia to finish their initiatives.
• They will turn into part of a neighborhood of fellows engaged on revolutionary humanities matters within the public curiosity and could have the OPPORTUNITY to share their concepts with different fellows working in associated fields.
• They may additionally have the chance to take part in applications comparable to our With Good Reason radio present and podcast, Virginia Festival of the Book’s Shelf Life, and the Library of Virginia’s UncommonWealth weblog. 

Eligibility

• Fellows have to be eighteen years or older, reside in Virginia or be affiliated with a Virginia school or college, and be engaged on a challenge that’s related to communities inside Virginia.
• Direct affiliation with a university or college isn’t required. 
• They are particularly all for candidates with expertise partaking massive, numerous, public audiences.

Application

• Applications will shut Tuesday, March 31, 2026
• Applicants will likely be notified of choices in May 2026

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Public Humanities Fellowship.