JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYEST. 1876

America’s First Research University

2026-27 Research Fellowships at the Washington Library

Application Deadline: December 31, 2025

Spend up to 6 months as a research fellow at the George Washington Library located at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia.

Research topics can include but are not limited to:

  • George Washington
  • Early American history
  • Race, slavery, and abolition
  • Fine arts and material culture in the 18th century
  • Historic preservation

These funded research opportunities are available to historians, independent scholars, graduate students, teachers, school faculty, historic preservationists, and curators.

Learn more about the fellowships and application process here.