Purpose Curatorial Research Fellowships support the professional scholarly development of curators by providing them with time off from regular museum duties to undertake short-term research or study projects. The fellowships are reserved for full-time curators who have a minimum of three years professional experience and are employed at museums with art collections. Fellowships are not intended to fund research for the completion of an academic degree. Applicants must obtain authorization from their museum for the proposed fellowship term. Eligible projects may include research for an exhibition or publication, travel to visit sites or collections, revision of a dissertation for publication, an intensive period of reading or writing, or other projects that support professional scholarly development.
Fellows pursue their research wherever necessary to complete their projects.
Although fellows are welcome to use the Getty library if their projects bring them to Los Angeles, the fellowships are nonresidential. Fellows who choose to affiliate with a museum, university, or independent research center are responsible for making their own arrangements with the host institution. Discussions with the prospective host should be initiated before the fellowship application is submitted. Funding is not available to cover institutional overhead. The Getty Conservation Institute and Getty Research Institute offer separate residential fellowships.