The Metropolitan Museum of Art--Art History Fellowships 1999-2000

The number of fellowships awarded depends upon the funds available.
The stipend amount for one year is $26,000 for senior fellows and
$18,000 for pre-doctoral fellows, with up to an additional $3,000
for travel. Senior fellowships are intended for those who hold a
Ph.D. on the date of application and for well established scholars.

The Classical Fellowship:  awarded to an outstanding graduate student
  who has been admitted to the doctoral program of a university in the
  U.S., and who has submitted an outline of a thesis dealing with 
  either Greek or Roman art. The thesis outline must already have been 
  accepted by the applicant's advisor by the time of application.

Chester Dale Fellowships: intended for individuals whose fields of study
  are related to the fine arts of the western worlds and who are
  preferably American citizens under the age of forty. The grants, which
  typically cover periods from three months to a year, are for research
  at the Metropolitan Museum.

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships: provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Fund for
  promising young scholars with commendable research projects related to
  the Museum's collections, as well as for distinguished visiting scholars
  from this country and abroad who can serve as teachers and advisors and
  make their expertise available to catalogue and refine the collections.
  Usually a fellowships is given for a maximum of one year, most of which
  should be spent at the Metropolitan Museum. Applicants should have
  received their doctorate or have completed substantial work toward it. 
  Fellowships for senior scholars are also available for as short a term
  as one month.

J. Clawson Mills Scholarships: awarded for one year's study or research at
  the Museum in any branch of the Fine Arts relating to the Metropolitan
  Museum's collections, and carry the possibility of renewal for a second
  year.

Polaire Weissman Fund: provides fellowships to qualified graduate students
  who preferably will have completed graduate studies in the fine arts or
  studies in costume, and who are interested in pursuing costume history
  in a museum or teaching career, or other career (including conservation)
  related to the field of costume. These grants are generally awarded for
  a nine month term. Awarded in alternate years, available 2000-2001.

Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowships: awarded for study, work or research 
  to students of the fine arts whose fields are related to the Museum's
  collections, with preference to be given to students in the decorative
  arts who are under forty years of age. The fellowships carries the 
  possibility of renewal for one additional year.

Theodore Rousseau Fellowships: intended to develop the skills of 
  connoisseurship by supporting first-hand examination of painting in
  major European collections, rather than by supporting library research.
  The fellowships are designed for students whose goals are to enter
  museums as curators of paining. Applicants should have at least one
  year of graduate work in a art history degree program. Fellowship 
  periods range form three months to twelve months and must take place
  between September 1, 1999 and August 31, 2000. 

Deadline: November 6, 1998

Contact: Fellowship Program
         The Metropolitan Museum of Art
         1000 Fifth Avenue
         New York, NY 10028-0198
	 Attn: Marcie Karp
	 Tel. (212) 570-3710
	 Website: http://www.metmusem.org


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