Pre & Postdoctoral Fellowships – The Getty Foundation, USA

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Designation/Position- Pre & Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Getty Foundation invites application for Pre & Postdoctoral Fellowships from eligible and interested candidates

About- Getty is a cultural and philanthropic institution dedicated to the presentation, conservation, and interpretation of the world’s artistic legacy. Through the collective and individual work of its constituent programs—Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Foundation, J. Paul Getty Museum, and Getty Research Institute—Getty pursues its mission in Los Angeles and throughout the world, serving both the general interested public and a wide range of professional communities in order to promote a vital civil society through an understanding of the visual arts. Pre & Postdoctoral Fellowships

Research/Job Area- Various

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Location- Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa

Eligibility/Qualification–

Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships

  • Applications for Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral fellowships are welcome from scholars of all nationalities.
  • Current Getty staff and members of their immediate family are not eligible for Pre- and Postdoctoral fellowships.
  • Getty Predoctoral Fellowship applicants must have advanced to candidacy by the application deadline and should expect to complete their dissertations during the fellowship period. Successful Predoctoral Fellowship applicants who are awarded their degree after the application deadline but before the fellowship begins, or who receive their doctorate while in residence, automatically become Postdoctoral Fellows.
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship applicants who received their degree before September 1, 2020, should apply for a Getty Scholar Grant. Please see below for GRI-NEH recipients.

GRI-NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship

Please note that the GRI-NEH Fellowship is identical to the Getty Postdoctoral Fellowships in all but the following details:

  • Applicants must be United States citizens or foreign nationals who can document that they have lived in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding the fellowship application deadline (from October 1, 2020);
  • Applicants must have completed all degree requirements by the application deadline;
  • The NEH stipend contribution for this fellowship is $5,000/month for eight (8) months, and the Getty stipend contribution for this fellowship is $5,000 for one (1) month, totaling $45,000 over the nine-month fellowship. The GRI-NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship also provides a workspace, housing, transportation, and healthcare options.

Job/Position Description- 

Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Getty Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute’s annual research theme or the African American Art History Initiative. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue research projects, complete their dissertations, or expand dissertation for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.

GRI-NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Getty Research Institute offers two residential Postdoctoral Fellowships, made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). These fellowships funded by the NEH and are part of the Getty’s annual scholar and fellow program.

Review Process
All fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis. Applications will be evaluated by the Getty Research Institute based on:

  • the overall quality of the application;
  • how the proposed project bears upon the annual research theme*;
  • the applicant’s past achievements; and
  • how the project would benefit from the resources at the Getty, including its library and collections.

How to Apply- 

Applicants must complete and submit the online Fellowship application form (which includes uploading a Project Proposal; Selected Bibliography; Doctoral Dissertation Plan or Abstract; Curriculum Vitae; Writing Sample; Confirmation letter; and any residency documentation required for an NEH fellowship) by the deadline.

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Two letters of recommendation are also required for this application (see Letters of Recommendation below).

Begin a New Application: Create or update your account and password, log in, and begin a new application.

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION: As part of this application you will request that two confidential letters of recommendation be forwarded by your recommenders through the system by 5:00 p.m. (PT) on October 1, 2020. You will see a prompt to enter the names and emails of your references as you fill out the application form. A link will then be sent to them automatically that will allow them to upload their confidential recommendations. Recommenders should attach a scanned original letter to the e-mail. Once you request this information you will be able to monitor your account to confirm that the letters have been submitted.

For Contact- Please address inquiries to:

Attn: Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Phone: (310) 440-7374
E-mail: researchgrants@getty.edu

Last Date for Apply– 01 October 2020

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