Applications are invited for 2026-2027 Lewis Walpole Library Visiting Fellowships (four weeks) and Travel Grants (two weeks). The Lewis Walpole Library is a department of Yale University Library with collections that focus on all aspects of British life in the long eighteenth century.
Fellowship and Travel Grant awards include round trip travel from the recipient’s home institution and the library, a per diem allowance, reimbursement for car rental or local travel expenses between the library’s Farmington campus and the main Yale campus in New Haven, and accommodation in the Timothy Root House, an eighteenth-century residence adjacent to the main library building.
Applicants must fill out an application form, submit a statement describing the project and its dependence on the Lewis Walpole Library’s collections as well as the project’s importance to the field, a list of specific Lewis Walpole Library collection materials to be consulted, a c.v. of no more than 3 pages, and two confidential letters of recommendation.
The application deadline is November 1. The fellowship or travel grant must be taken within the June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027 fellowship year.
Full details, expectations, and link to the application at https://walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/visiting-fellowships-and-travel-grants
Questions? Write walpole@yale.edu
