This collaboration of twenty-two major cultural agencies will offer at least eighteen awards in 2017–2018. Each grant provides a stipend of $5,000 for a total of at least eight weeks of research at three or more participating institutions beginning June 1, 2017, and ending May 31, 2018.
special award in 2017–2018: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts will underwrite a project on the history of New England before the American Revolution.

application process: All applications must be completed using our online form at www.nerfc.org/apply.php.

deadline: February 1, 2017

questions? Contact Kate Viens at the Massachusetts Historical Society, by phone at 617-646-0568 or email fellowships@masshist.org.

member organizations
Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Boston Athenæum
Boston Public Library Rare Books and
Collections of Distinction
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Congregational Library and Archives
Connecticut Historical Society
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Law School Special Collections
Harvard University Archives
Historic Deerfield
Houghton Library, Harvard University
John Hay Library, Brown University
Maine Historical Society
Massachusetts Historical Society
Mystic Seaport
New England Historic Genealogical Society
New Hampshire Historical Society
Rauner Special Collections Library,
Dartmouth College
Rhode Island Historical Society
Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for
Advanced Study
Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
Vermont Historical Society