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Dedalus Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
The Dedalus Foundation · Online
- Deadline
- 2 December 2026 at 17:00, New York time
- Fee
- Fee not stated
- Award
- $25,000 stipend
- Who can enter
- PhD candidates at US universities, advanced to candidacy, writing a dissertation on twentieth-century painting, sculpture and allied arts. Nomination only: each doctoral art history programme may propose one nominee; nominations open 15 September 2026. US citizenship not required.Students · Living in United States
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The Dedalus Foundation awards a yearly $25,000 fellowship to a US-based PhD candidate writing a dissertation on twentieth-century painting, sculpture and allied arts. Candidates must be nominated by their doctoral art history programme, which may put forward one nominee. Applications and reference letters are due on 2 December 2026.
Before you apply
The short version
Who it suits
- Art history PhD candidates advanced to candidacy
- Researchers of 20th-century painting and sculpture
What it asks of you
- Nomination only, one nominee per programme
- Three referees must send letters directly
- Selected by a jury of scholars
What to send
- Description of the dissertation
- Biographical statement
- Curriculum vitae
- Transcript of graduate coursework
- Three letters of reference sent directly by referees
- Nomination by a doctoral art history programme