Supporting a vibrant intellectual community to carry out innovative research in art history and visual culture
The Getty Scholars Program supports researchers in advancing knowledge of the arts and humanities and producing cutting-edge scholarship that contributes to the understanding and preservation of cultural heritage. While in residence, scholars have the opportunity to spend significant time at one of the world’s premier art history collections while contributing to an international community committed to intellectual exploration and exchange. Scholars may be in residence at the Getty Center or Getty Villa.
Eligibility Criteria
Scholar Grant applicants should have received a PhD before September 1, 2020. Applicants from associated fields who do not hold a PhD but have commensurate professional experience will also be considered.
Applicants who received their degree after September 1, 2020 should apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Offered Benefits
Scholar Grant recipients at the Getty Center may be in residence from three to nine months and receive varying stipends as detailed below*:
- Three-month residency: September–December/January–March; $21,500 stipend
- Six-month residency: September–March/January–June; $43,000 stipend
- Nine-month residency: September–June; $65,000 stipend
*AAAHI Fellowships are limited to nine-month residencies and are granted $65,000 stipends for established scholars. See the Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships page for information about AAAHI Fellowship stipends for doctoral candidates and recent PhD degree recipients.
See the overview of the Getty Residential Scholar and Fellow Program for further details about stipends, housing, healthcare, and more.
Application Process
Applicants need to complete and submit the online Getty Scholar Grant application form by the deadline, which requires the following attachments listed above
Required Documents:
- Project Proposal (not to exceed five pages, typed and double-spaced): Must include a description of the applicant's proposed plan of study. The description should indicate 1) how the project addresses the annual theme* and 2) how it would benefit from the resources at the Getty, including its library and collections.
Applicants for the AAAHI Fellowship are not required to address the annual theme. Rather, they should describe how their projects will generate new knowledge in the field of African American art history.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Optional Writing Sample
