Job Listing: Research Fellow at the George Washington Presidential Library

George Washington Library - George Washington's Mount Vernon, Virginia

Closes - December 31, 2023

Position Title - Research Fellow

Salary/Compensation - Award recipients receive housing, stipends, and travel reimbursement.

Stipend range:

$3,000 - fellowships less than three months

$10,000 - three-month fellowships

$20,000 - six-month fellowships

Round-trip airfare or mileage reimbursement is provided for one trip to and from Mount Vernon (up to $1,000).

Apply - Visit this link to apply.

Summary - 

Spend up to 6 months as a research fellow at the George Washington Library, located at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia, roughly 15 miles south of Washington, D.C. Funded research opportunities are available to people researching the early American period, including:

•             academics

•             public historians

•             independent scholars

•             curators

•             material culture / decorative arts professionals

•             preservationists

•             graduate students

The program is open to U.S. citizens and international applicants. Award recipients receive housing, stipends, and travel reimbursement.

The research collections hold materials related to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Before applying it is highly encouraged to take time to look through the catalogs to see if there are specific materials here that will help supplement your research at the Washington Library. The catalogs are all accessible online. Click here to browse.