FYI Digest Newsletter Back Issues 54. The National Humanities Center is a residential institute for advanced study in history, languages and literature, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities. Each year the Center awards approximately 35-40 fellowships to scholars of demonstrated achievement and to promising younger scholars. Fellows are expected to work at the Center. Applicants must hold the doctorate or have equivalent professional accomplishments.
Most fellowships are for the academic year.
Scholars from any nation may apply for fellowships. In addition to scholars from fields normally associated with the humanities, representatives of the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life may be awarded fellowships if their work has humanistic dimensions. These Fellows will form the core of a monthly seminar on religion and humanities. Eligible scholars are encouraged to submit applications through the Center's regular process. The Center will also award one Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellowship in the History of Modern Medicine.