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Some of the fellowships listed below are specifically for research in the history of cartography;
others could be used for that purpose in institutions that have good cartographic collections
Only visiting fellowships are listed

Page re-mounted March 2006; reviewed regularly thereafter

For application dates see Deadlines for fellowship, prize or award applications

See also Prizes and Awards

Australia:

Canberra: Dr Bennie Ng Scholarship - for research in the National Library’s maps collection [NB. Started 2024. Also other scholarships]
Sydney: State Library of New South Wales (various grants for Australian history, e.g. C.H. Currey, Nancy Keesing and Milt Luger Fellowships)

Germany:

Erfurt: Herzog-Ernst-Scholarship Programme at the Research Library Gotha and the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt

Regensburg: Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (Augustin Hirschvogel Fellowship)

The Netherlands:

Amsterdam: Allard Pierson Fellowships at Amsterdam University (first awarded in 2024; replacing the Explokart Fellowship)
Amsterdam: Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum (Crone and Warnsinck Fellowships)
United Kingdom:
London: Helen Wallis Fellowship (for work that will 'help promote the use of the British Library's cartographic collections in historical investigation' - British Library)
London (and elsewhere in the UK): J B Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography (in association with the British Library, The National Archives [formerly Public Record Office], National Maritime Museum, and Royal Geographical Society)
London: The Willison Foundation Charitable Trust Award (for 'advanced research in the History of the Book', with maps specifically included)
UK: Oxford: Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections.
United States:
Ann Arbor: Brian Leigh Dunnigan Fellowship in the History of Cartography (first award made in 2019 - William L. Clements Library, Unversity of Michigan)
Ann Arbor: Jacob M. Price Visiting Research Fellowship (for younger scholars - William L. Clements Library, Unversity of Michigan)
Ann Arbor: Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Research Fellowships (for use, inter alia, with cartographic material from the Stephen S. Clark Library, Unversity of Michigan)
Austin: William and Madeline Welder Smith Travel Award (for students, including post-doctoral; see the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History - University of Texas at Austin)
Bloomington: Mendel Fellowship (a visiting fellowship mentioning specifically 'geography, navigation and cartography'; also the Everett Helm Visiting Fellowships - Lilly Library, Indiana University Libraries)
Boston: Leventhal Map & Education Center Public Research Fellows in History and Geography (between one and three weeks in residence at the LMEC). See also under Mount Vernon.
Boston: Leventhal Map & Education Center Small Grants Fund for Early Career Digital Publications (a stipend of $1,200 to support research and development time, together with institutional research and technical support from LMEC staff through the stages of the digital publication process)
Cambridge, Mass.: Visiting Fellowships (including the Eleanor M. Garvey Fellowship in Printing and Graphic Arts - Harvard College, Houghton Library)
Chicago: The MacLean Collection Map Library (Short-term visiting fellowships for scholars doing research in the collections)
Chicago: Newberry Library Fellowships (Short-Term Fellowships in the History of Cartography and a range of other short- and long-term fellowships; see also Other Programs for Scholars and Students, and Graduate Scholar-in-Residence program)
Milwaukee: American Geographical Society Library Fellowships (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries)
Mount Vernon and Boston: Postdoctoral fellowship in the Digital History and Geography of the American Revolutionary War Era (The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon and the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library)
New England: New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (a collaboration of 25 major cultural agencies, offering fellowships of a minimum of eight weeks, at three or more institutions). [NB. Started in 2017.]
New Haven: Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Short-term Research Fellowships)
New Haven: Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Research Fellowships for Graduate Students)
New York: BSA Fellowship in Cartographical Bibliography (offered by the Bibliographical Society of America: 'Supports projects dealing with all aspects of the history, presentation, printing, design, distribution and reception of cartographical documents from Renaissance times to the present, with a special emphasis on eighteenth-century cartography')
New York: Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers (for work on the collections of the New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library - of which the The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division forms a part)
New York Public Library: Short-Term Research Fellowships (open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for three years)
Portland, Maine: Dr. Harold L. Osher Visiting Research Fellowship at the Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine (Portland, Maine, USA). [New for 2026].
Providence, Rhode Island: Jeannette D Black Memorial Fellowship ('for research in the history of cartography or a closely related area'; also other short- and long-term fellowships relating to the colonial history of the Americas - John Carter Brown Library)
Providence, Rhode Island: Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Library Fellowship, sponsored by the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland and the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island.
San Marino, California: Huntington Library (a range of short- and long-term fellowships)
Washington, D.C.: Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship in Cartography (John W. Kluge Center and the Philip Lee Phillips Map Society at the Library of Congress)
Washington, D.C.: The Kislak Fellowship in American Studies ('post-doctoral fellowship for advanced research based on the Kislak Collection', including 'maps and art of the Americas'; and also short-term Kislak Fellowships [various application dates])
Not geographically defined:
Hakluyt Society. See the News page for details of The Hakluyt Society Research Grant and The Hakluyt Society Short-Term Fellowship.

It is likely that other such fellowships exist and, if so, I apologise for their omission
It is also surprising and disappointing that almost all the listed fellowships are from the English-speaking world.

Please send relevant details of other fellowships to Tony Campbell:

Prizes and Awards

Deadlines for fellowship, prize or award applications

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