Details- Candidates for this fellowship are either established scholars or doctoral students who have completed their coursework and are at the stage of writing their dissertations. Grantees are expected to be in residence during the term of their award, which may be taken any time during the year.

The American Geographical Society Library Research Fellowship program is intended to help bring to the AGSL scholars who reside beyond commuting distance of UWM, and whose research would benefit from extensive use of the Library.

Research projects supported by the Fellowship program must fall within the wide range of subject areas that could be supported by the Library. Examples include history of cartography (including cartobibliography), history of geographic thought, discovery and exploration, historical geography, and other history themes with a significant geographical component.

Fellowships can last up to four weeks and provide a weekly stipend of $500.00 ($2,000 maximum) to help defray the travel and living expenses relative to the residency.

Location- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Sponsor- American Geographical Society Library at UW-M has a collection of nearly 2 million items, including maps, atlases, globes, photographs, monographs, serials, and digital geospatial data.

Deadline- Apply by December 7, 2025. Awards will be announced in late December 2025 for fellowships to be held during 2026.

Contact- Email browngl@uwm.edu for information about the fellowship program. Send general inquiries to agsl@uwm.edu

Apply- For instructions on how to apply, visit here →. Electronic submission is encouraged.