The Martin Duberman Visiting Scholar program at The New York Public Library promotes excellence in LGBTQ studies by supporting scholars engaged in original, archivally-based research.

The fellowship is open to established and emerging scholars, both academics and independent scholars. The selected scholar will receive $25,000 to fund their research at the Library. They will be expected to utilize the LGBTQ collections at NYPL, though it is not expected they confine themselves to those collections.

More information, including full application instructions and eligibility requirements, is available on the Library's website—please carefully read through this information before beginning your application. 

For assistance with the application process, email fellowships@nypl.org.

The New York Public Library is pleased to offer the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship Program to support advanced research at the Library’s flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. This fellowship is open to Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral scholars, and independent researchers with projects that would significantly benefit from research conducted onsite at the Schwarzman Building. Projects requiring access to original materials including manuscripts, archives, books, photographs, prints, maps, newspapers, and journals will be given preference, but all worthy projects will be considered. Applicants studying the humanities as well as those working in the visual, auditory/performing, and literary arts are welcome to apply. Projects focused on science, technology, psychology, public policy, education, and other areas are also eligible, but only if the proposed project is centered on humanities-related methodologies.

Established with the generous support of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation, the Fellowship Program has supported 26 Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellows over the last five years and will support one additional fellow for four continuous months, to be taken between January - May 2027, with a stipend of $24,000. 

More information, including full application instructions and eligibility requirements, is available on the Library's website—please carefully read through this information before beginning your application. 

For assistance with the application process, email fellowships@nypl.org.

The New York Public Library and Random House Publishing Group are pleased to offer the Kate Medina Fellowship for Literary Narrative Nonfiction to support writers whose projects engage meaningfully with collections accessible onsite at the Library’s flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Projects requiring access to original materials including manuscripts, archives, books, photographs, prints, maps, newspapers, and journals will be given preference, but all worthy projects will be considered. The fellowship promotes originality and excellence in nonfiction works that combine strong storytelling, reportorial precision, artistic writing, and depth of research into important subjects and ideas. 

Established with the generous support of Kate Medina and Random House Publishing Group, the fellowship promotes originality and excellence in nonfiction works that combine strong storytelling, reportorial precision, artistic writing, and depth of research into important subjects and ideas. The selected fellow will receive a stipend of $30,000 to support four continuous months of research to be taken between September 1, 2026 - March 15, 2027.

More information, including full application instructions and eligibility requirements, is available on the Library's website—please carefully read through this information before beginning your application. 

For assistance with the application process, email fellowships@nypl.org.

The New York Public Library is pleased to announce the Charles Silverstein and William Bory Fellowship to support scholars researching any LGBTQ+ topic using the collections and resources of the Library. The fellowship is open to emerging and established scholars; however, preference will be given to academics and independent scholars that do not have permanent academic appointments, focusing on doctoral candidates and early career scholars working toward their first publications.  

The selected scholars will receive $7,500 to fund four to eight weeks of in-person research at The New York Public Library. They will be expected to utilize the Library’s premier LGBTQ+ collections, though it is not expected they confine themselves to those collections.

More information, including full application instructions and eligibility requirements, is available on the Library's website—please carefully read through this information before beginning your application. 

For assistance with the application process, email fellowships@nypl.org.