UCLA Library Special Collections (LSC) Research Fellowships 2027 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: December 1, 2026

Applications are open for the UCLA Library Special Collections (LSC) Research Fellowships 2027. UCLA Library Special Collections (LSC) Research Fellowships present one-time funding disbursements to assist defray journey and different analysis-associated bills for tasks that may considerably profit from on-web site analysis.

The name for purposes opens within the mid- to late fall quarter, and awardees are notified in early January. LSC prioritizes purposes from these working towards a discrete mission, publication or analysis utilizing collections representing marginalized and stigmatized teams.

Fellowships are usually not restricted to scholarly analysis: LSC encourages purposes from artists, activists and people engaged in inquiry utilizing major supply supplies. Fellowships have to be accomplished throughout the awarded calendar yr, and fellows will probably be requested to create or take part in an outreach deliverable round their analysis and mission.

Available Fellowships

• James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Research Fellowships: Thayer fellowships present assist for analysis in any collections administered by UCLA Library Special Collections, with desire to college students enrolled in a graduate program at UCLA. Multiple annual fellowships will probably be awarded within the quantity of $3,000 to facilitate analysis lasting one to 3 months. Awards are funded by an endowment established by longtime UCLA benefactors James and Sylvia Thayer.
• Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Research Fellowship in UCLA Library Special Collections: The Karmiole fellowship helps the usage of UCLA Library Special Collections supplies by visiting students and graduate college students. One annual fellowship will probably be awarded within the quantity of $5,000 to permit a scholar to pursue analysis lasting from one to 3 months.
• Barbara Rootenberg Short-term Research Fellowship within the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences: The Rootenberg fellowship promotes the usage of supplies in History & Special Collections for the Sciences in UCLA Library Special Collections. One annual fellowship is awarded within the quantity of $1,000 to permit a scholar to pursue analysis lasting from two to 6 weeks. The award is called for Barbara Rootenberg, an alumna of the UCLA School of Library Science and an internationally famend antiquarian bookseller.

Eligibility

• Eligibility is proscribed to United States residents and everlasting residents with the authorized proper to work within the U.S.
• Applicants could apply to a number of fellowships, however every application requires a separate application kind.
• Fellowships could assist analysis utilizing all processed collections and supplies administered by UCLA Library Special Collections, although some fellowships assist topic-particular analysis.

Application

To apply for an LSC Research Fellowship, full a fellowship application kind and embody the next required paperwork:

• An abbreviated CV (beneath two pages)
• A mission proposal that’s beneath two pages and contains the title and mission format; a normal description or summary of the mission; an in depth rationalization of how supplies stewarded by UCLA Library Special Collections are important to the progress or completion of the mission
• Contact info for one reference who can communicate on the applicant’s work, proposed mission or their analysis.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to UCLA LSC Research Fellowships.