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 🔗James Marston Fitch Mid-Career Fellowship

  • Fellowship
  • New York, NY (Remote)
  • $15,000 USD / Year
  • Applications have closed
  • Job Qualifications:

    Criteria for Evaluation

    Applications are reviewed by the Fitch Trustees. Projects will be evaluated on the following criteria:

    • The project will make a meaningful contribution to the academic and/or professional field of historic preservation in the United States
    • The applicant has a realistic plan for the dissemination of research and/or final work product
    • The project has a clear and realistic goals, timeframe, work plan, and budget
    • The project demonstrates innovative thinking, original research and creative problem solving and/or design

    Eligibility

    • Grants are awarded only to individuals, not organizations. The Foundation does not fund university-sponsored research projects or dissertation research.
    • Applicants must be mid-career professionals in historic preservation or related fields, including architecture, landscape architecture, architectural conservation, urban design, environmental planning, archaeology, architectural history, and the decorative arts.
    • Applicants must be legal residents or citizens of the United States.
  • How to Apply:

    Applicants are required to submit the following materials:

    1. Cover page, including Project Title; Name of Applicant(s), including primary contact person; Applicant Address; Phone; Email. Also, please specify for which award you are applying; and specify the amount of grant money requested.
    2. Brief description of project, including how the final work product will be disseminated. Applicants are encouraged to be succinct and the description is not to exceed three (3) pages.
    3. Detailed work schedule and project budget, showing the grant amount requested from the Fitch Foundation and how this money will be spent.
    4. Curriculum Vita, including professional and academic background, and past and present grants received.
    5. Two (2) letters of support for the project to be included with the application. These may be emailed directly to Foundation staff (director@fitchfoundation.org) or submitted as part of a complete package.

    Applications must be submitted electronically, in PDF format.

  • Contact Name: Rachel Levy
  • Application Email: director@fitchfoundation.org
  • Application URL: https://fitchfoundation.org/grants/fitch/

Website James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation

Since 1989 the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation has been in the vanguard of historic preservation practice and theory. Our mission is to support professionals in the field of historic preservation, and to achieve this we provide mid-career grants to those working in preservation, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, decorative arts, architectural design and architectural history.

Research grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to one or more mid-career professionals who have an academic background, professional experience, and an established identity in one or more of the following fields: historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, architectural history, and the decorative arts. The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will consider proposals for the research and/or the execution of preservation-related projects in any of these fields.