The Yale LGBT Studies Research Fellowship (up to $4,000) 2016/17's deadline is April 15.  The fellowship is offered annually and provides access to Yale Resources in LGBT Studies for scholars who live outside the greater New Haven area. (Scholars residing within 100 miles of New Haven are ineligible).  

Independent scholars, graduate students, and faculty pursuing research in LGBTQ and/or Queer Studies -- from across the country and around the world -- are invited to apply.  

More info and application details: http://lgbts.yale.edu/research 

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies at Yale University is proud to announce the Yale LGBT Studies Research Fellowship. The Fellowship, which is offered annually, and is now in its third year, is designed to provide access to Yale resources in LGBT Studies for scholars who live outside the greater New Haven area. (Scholars residing within 100 miles of New Haven are ineligible.)

Scholars from across the country and around the world are invited to apply for the Yale LGBT Studies Research Fellowship. This fellowship supports scholars from any field pursuing research in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer studies at Yale University, utilizing the vast faculty resources, manuscript archives, and library collections available at Yale. Graduate students conducting dissertation research, independent scholars, and all faculty are invited to apply.

The fellowship provides an award of $4,000, which is intended to pay for travel to and from New Haven and act as a living allowance.  Granted for one month, the fellowship must be taken up between September 1, 2016 and April 30, 2017. The recipient is expected to be in residence for a minimum of twenty days during the period of their award and is encouraged to participate in the activities of Yale University, including programs organized by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies, Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, and the Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities.

A brief research proposal must include specific details about the relationship of the resources at Yale University to the project and its significance within the larger field of scholarly concern. Most of the holdings of the University Libraries are described in Orbis, the online catalogue of Yale University Library. Other research resources include theYRIHS Research Resources Guide, the Manuscripts and Archives Sexuality Subject Guide, the University Library Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Research Guide, and the Beinecke LGBTQI Research Guide.

In order to apply, you must provide the following: