Fellowships
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. Graduate students who expect to have the Ph.D. in hand prior to taking up residence at Dumbarton Oaks should apply as a Junior Fellow. Successful applicants will assume the status and stipend of Fellows if the degree has been conferred prior to the beginning of their term of residence.
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.
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.
Fellowship Renewal and Reappointment
Fellowships are not renewable and may not be extended. Five years must elapse between the end of a Fellowship term and reappointment to a Fellowship. Three years must elapse between the end of a Fellowship term and appointment to a Summer Fellowship. Two years must elapse between the end of a Fellowship term and the offer of a One-Month Research Stipend.
This restriction does not apply to former Summer Fellows requesting academic-year fellowships or another Summer Fellowship, nor to former Junior Fellows requesting Summer Fellowships, although back-to-back fellowships are strongly discouraged.
