Individual projects

In 2023, the For­tunoff Video Archive for Holo­caust Tes­ti­monies joined forces with In geveb to pro­vide a series of grants to schol­ars and artists to work with Yid­dish mate­ri­als in the archive’s col­lec­tion. The first cohort of fel­lows result­ed in five suc­cess­ful projects rang­ing from tra­di­tion­al research and the cre­ation of ped­a­gog­i­cal mate­ri­als for using Yid­dish tes­ti­mo­ny in the class­room to musi­cal per­for­mance and artis­tic works.

Building on the success of the previous year, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies and the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) continue their collaboration through the Roma Holocaust Voices Fellowship. This program offers a platform to support Roma voices in relation to the history and memory of the Roma Holocaust and its contemporary relevance.

Application Deadline: October 31, 2025

The Prize

The purpose of the prize is to encourage the writing of a study or an essay (literary, historical or artistic).

It is made up of both

• an allowance of €2,650 per month, the duration of which may not exceed the number of months allocated by the steering committee,
• a one-month stay in residence at the Fondation des Treilles, in particular to access documentary and archival collections

The candidates

Applications are open to all nationalities and all disciplines. 

The Theodore Rousseau Fellowship supports scholars whose projects require travel for close study of painting collections in Europe. This is the only fellowship that does not require residency at The Met. The structure of the fellowship encourages broad connections with European institutions, allowing fellows to engage with works of art, archives, and scholarly communities beyond The Met.