Getty Foundation 2025 Scholars Program for Researchers Worldwide for Course

Eligibility Criteria

Scholar Grant applicants should have received a PhD before September 1, 2021. 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, 2021 should apply for a  Postdoctoral Fellowship.

After a waiting period of six years, previous Getty Residential Grant recipients in any category are eligible to reapply for another grant in whichever category they are eligible for and interested in. See  FAQs for more information.

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

Recipients also receive a relocation stipend of $2,000.

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:

1. 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 how the project addresses the annual theme and, if applicable, how it would benefit from the resources at the Getty, including its library and collections. However, relevance to Getty holdings is not a project requirement.

Applicants for AAAHI grants should additionally describe how their projects will generate new knowledge in the field of African American art history.

1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Optional Writing Sample