Robert S. Rifkind Fellowship

The application deadline for fellowships starting in September 2024 is February 19, 2024.

Ten-month fellowship providing a stipend of $60,000

Eligibility

• The fellowships are open to those at the rank of Associate or Full Professor or who received doctoral degrees ten or more years prior to the start of the fellowship.
• Fellows will be permitted to hold a concurrent fellowship provided it does not contain any residency requirement or interfere in any way with full participation in the activities described above. Please consult the Center before accepting any additional fellowships, academic or other positions to be held during the term of the Center fellowship.
• For non-U.S. citizens, it is the responsibility of the applicant to have the appropriate visa for acceptance of the award during the ten-month fellowship term. The Center is not a visa-granting institution.

Requirements for Application

• Short cover letter.
• Curriculum Vitae, including contact information, education, publications, scholarly and/or museum activities, teaching experience, and any other relevant work experience.
• Research proposal of no more than 1500 words describing the significance of the project to the study of Jewish history, its organization and methodology, the collections at the Center that will be consulted, your relevant competencies and skills, your goals for research during the period of the fellowship, and the intended final product.
• A one-page bibliography of important secondary sources for the project.
• One letter of recommendation should be sent separately (by the recommender). Ask the recommender to address the letter to fellowships@cjh.org
• Please submit all application materials electronically as one continuous PDF document (except the letter of recommendation) with the specific fellowship mentioned in the subject heading.

The schedule for the application process is as follows:

• All application materials must be received by February 19, 2024
• Announcement of grant recipients by April 2024
• Commencement of grant period is September 2024 and runs for 10 months
• Applications are to be submitted to: fellowships@cjh.org

Please submit your application materials by email as one continuous PDF file to:

Miriam Mora
Director of Programs
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
United States of America
Email: fellowships@cjh.org