Wilson Library Visiting Researcher Fellowships [2026]
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Job Location:
Chapel Hill, NC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Wilson Library Visiting Researcher Fellowships
The Visting Researcher Fellowshipsprovide short-term research fellowships to support intensive innovative and impactful research and artistic use of the collections of the Wilson Special Collections Library.
- Short-term fellowships of at least 10 days
- Total award is $1500
Eligible researchers include
- Advanced graduate students
- Faculty
- Independent scholars
- Established performing and creative artists
Research categories supported include
- American culture politics and social changes from 1960 to 1975
- African American life culture and history
- Women in the American South
- Literary culture and traditions of the American South
- Banking and business in the American South
- North Carolina
- Antebellum America
- The History of medicine
- Oral histories
If you are a doctoral student or candidate studying the American South and you can commit to a research residency of one month please consider applying for the Wilson Special Collections Library Southern Studies Doctoral Fellowship Program.
Questions about the fellowships or the application process should be directed to the Fellowship Director via
To view other funded research opportunities at Wilson Library please consult our Fellowships Page.
For technical assistance with this application system please contact Interfolio ator call .
Fellowship Eligibility
- Have or be actively pursuing the terminal degree in your discipline OR
- Be an established performing or creative artist
- In this case the terminal degree requirement may be waived
- Agree to:
- Submit a research proposal and research plan that draws deeply and substantively on the collections of the Wilson Special Collections Library
- Commit to a full-time research residency of at least ten days at Wilson Library
- Research cannot begin until the completion of a background check for Non-UNC Fellows
- The research residency should ideally take place during the Summer Research Season: 1 June and 30 September of the year awarded.
- Participate in the intellectual life of the Library and the fellowship program which includes:
- A public presentation of research findings and experiences
- The submission of a brief research report
Required Experience:
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