Fellowships & Academic Opportunities Supported by the Terra Foundation
The Terra Foundation for American Art is committed to supporting projects designed to engage audiences around the globe in an enriched dialogue on American art. The fellowships and academic opportunities supported by the foundation seek to enliven and expand the study of the history of American art by encouraging the participation of scholars worldwide.
Doctoral & Postdoctoral Research Travel Grants to the United States
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM CANDIDATES WORLDWIDE
These grants provide funding for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars outside the United States to travel to the United States for research on topics concerning American art and visual culture prior to 1980.
American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C.
The Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize recognizes excellent scholarship in the field of historical American art (circa 1500–1980) by a non-U.S. scholar. The winning manuscript submission will be published in American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s scholarly journal.
The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris
The Terra Foundation for American Art Teaching Fellowships seek to increase the opportunities in Europe for graduate study of historical American art while providing recipients the opportunity to pursue individual study and research. The fellowships are offered by The Courtauld Institute of Art, London and the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C.
These residential Terra Foundation Fellowships in American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum support full-time independent and dissertation research by scholars from abroad who are researching historical American art (pre-1980) or by U.S. scholars, particularly those who are investigating international contexts for American art.
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Terra Foundation for American Art Europe
Giverny, France
The annual eight-week Terra Summer Residency in Giverny, France, provides artists and scholars with the opportunity to pursue individual work and research within a framework of interdisciplinary exchange and dialogue.
The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris
John F. Kennedy Institut, Freie Universität, Berlin
The Terra Foundation for American Art Visiting Professorships seek to increase the opportunities in Europe for graduate study of historical American art while providing recipients the opportunity to pursue individual study and research. The professorships are offered by the Courtauld Institute of Art, London; the Freie Universität, Berlin; and the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris.
