The Harry Ransom Center, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, annually awards more than 50 fellowships to support research projects in all areas of the humanities. Each year, the Robert De Niro Endowed Fund, Warren Skaaren Film Research Endowment, and Filmscript Acquisitions Endowment fund a number of projects focusing on the Center’s film collections.
The Center’s film collections include the papers of producers David O. Selznick and Lewis Allen, director Nicholas Ray, actors Gloria Swanson and Robert De Niro, screenwriters Ernest Lehman and Paul Schrader, acting teacher Stella Adler, special effects master Norman Dawn, and the Interstate Theatre Circuit, among others. For more information about the Center’s film collections: here.
The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of ,000 per month. Also available are ,200 to ,700 travel stipends and dissertation fellowships with a ,500 stipend. During the fellowship, scholars will work on-site in the Center’s collections in Austin, Texas. Austin is home to a thriving film community including the Austin Film Festival, Austin Film Society, and the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival.
The Ransom Center invites applications for its 2015-2016 fellowships, which will support research visits that take during the period June 1, 2015-August 31, 2016. Applications must be submitted through the Center’s website by January 15, 2015, 5 p.m. CST.
Fellows will become part of a distinguished group of alumni. In the 25 years since the fellowship program’s inauguration, the Center has supported the research of more than 900 scholars from around the world through fellowship awards.
More information about the fellowships and the Ransom Center’s collections is available online .
Questions about the fellowship program or application instructions should be directed to ransomfellowships@utexas.edu.