Fellows The Guggenheim Fellowship

Opportunity Description
U.S. National Deadline: September 16, 2025 – The Guggenheim Foundation offers Fellowships to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form under the freest possible conditions. From the beginning, we have awarded our Fellowships based on merit alone, promising in our founding charter to “[aid] without distinction on account of race, color or creed, scholars, scientists and artists of either sex in the prosecution of their labors.”
The Guggenheim Fellowship is an annual competition celebrating exceptional achievements in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Roughly 190 Fellowships are awarded each year.
ELIGIBILITY
- All applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application.
- Individuals who have already received a Guggenheim Fellowship are not eligible to reapply.
- Guggenheim Fellowships are not open to students (undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate).
Our awards are intended for individuals only; they are not available to organizations, institutions, or groups.
BENEFITS
The award funds can generally be used for any purpose related to the pursuit of the Fellow’s project – living expenses, materials, travel, equipment, etc.
Guggenheim Fellowships are not available for the creation of residencies, curriculum development, or any type of educational program, nor are they available to support the development of websites or blogs.
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Since our founding, we have supported over 19,000 writers, scholars, scientists, and artists in over 50 different fields of study across the fine arts, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. These individuals have pioneered new art forms, made world-changing discoveries, given voice to all manner of experience, and answered some of our society’s biggest questions.
The Guggenheim Fellowship is an annual competition celebrating exceptional achievements in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Roughly 190 Fellowships are awarded each year.
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