Fellowships
Dumbarton Oaks offers residential fellowships in three areas of study: Byzantine Studies (including related aspects of late Roman, early Christian, Western medieval, Slavic, and Near Eastern studies), Pre-Columbian Studies (of Mexico, Central America, and Andean South America), and Garden and Landscape Studies.
Junior Fellowships
Junior Fellowships are for degree candidates who at the time of application have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a Ph.D. or appropriate final degree and will be working on a dissertation or final project at Dumbarton Oaks under the direction of a faculty member at their own university.
Fellowships
Fellowships are for scholars who hold a doctorate or appropriate final degree or have established themselves in their field and wish to pursue their own research. Graduate students who expect to have the Ph.D. in hand prior to taking up residence at Dumbarton Oaks may apply. Successful applicants will revert to the status and stipend of Junior Fellows if the degree has not been conferred by the beginning of their term of residence.
Summer Fellowships
Summer Fellowships are for Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, or Garden and Landscape scholars on any level of advancement beyond the first year of graduate (post-baccalaureate) study.
All Fellows are expected to be able to communicate satisfactorily in English. Fellowships are not renewable and may not be extended. Re-appointments of former Fellows to an academic-year fellowship are not normally made before five years have elapsed. This restriction does not apply to former Summer Fellows requesting academic-year fellowships or another Summer Fellowship, nor to former Junior Fellows and Fellows requesting Summer Fellowships, although back-to-back fellowships are strongly discouraged.