The Amherst Folger Humanities Fellowship
2024 Application
The Amherst Folger Humanities Fellowship application is now open to graduating seniors and recent graduates (December 2023–May 2025). Deadline to apply is Monday, December 9 at 11:59pm APPLY
The Amherst Folger Humanities Fellowship offers Amherst graduates with a passion for the humanities the opportunity to launch their career with nine months of full-time work at two outstanding cultural institutions—the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection.
The fellowship features:
- full-time project-based work and independent research that makes meaningful contributions to institutional initiatives.
- mentorship from supervisors and program staff that ensures fellows are building core skills in the field, in addition to skills that are highly-valued in any industry.
- professional development opportunities that are baked into every aspect of the fellowship experience and are shaped by your evolving interests and goals.
- network-building connections to professionals working across D.C.’s pre-eminent scholarly and cultural institutions.