Leonard A. Lauder Fellowships in Cubism Studies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Founded in 2013, The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art is a leading center for scholarship on modern art, by which we mean architecture, drawing, design (including exhibition, graphic, interior, and stage design), film, painting, performance, photography, and sculpture in the period from the last third of the nineteenth century through to the 1960s, from any country, region, or culture. Each year, The Met offers three fellowships in the Research Center: a two-year position for a predoctoral candidate who is embarking on a dissertation; a postdoctoral fellowship for a qualified scholar at an early career stage, which may be one or two years in duration; and a midcareer fellowship for an established scholar with an appropriate publication record. Fellowships in The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art offer an exceptional opportunity for scholars of modernism to conduct focused research on an independent project, while contributing to the activities and programs of the Research Center. Recent fellowships have supported the work of scholars focused on such topics as Art Brut, Czech Modernism, Dada, Brazilian modern art, interwar European Abstraction, Romanian avant-gardes, Russian Constructivism, and Surrealism, in addition to the agents, dealers, and reception of Cubism. Find out more about the Research Center.
Fellowship Period
All Leonard A. Lauder Fellows must be in residence at The Met during the fellowship period.
Predoctoral fellowships are for 24 months and must take place between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2026.
Postdoctoral fellowships may be 12 or 24 months in duration and must take place between September 1, 2024, and (depending on the length of the fellowship) August 31, 2025, or August 31, 2026.
Midcareer fellowships are for 12 months and must take place between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.
Funding
The stipend amount for one year is $47,000 for predoctoral fellows, $57,000 for postdoctoral fellows, and $65,000 for midcareer fellows.
During the fellowship period and at the Museum's discretion, Leonard A. Lauder Fellows receive a travel stipend of $6,000.
