Fellowships and Education at the Schomburg Center

At the Schomburg Center

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Scholars-in-Residence Program

The deadline to apply to our 2025–2026 class has closed.

The Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program offers long-term and short-term fellowships to support scholars and writers working on projects that would benefit from access to the Center's extensive collections of materials related to African diasporic history, politics, literature, and culture. Learn more.

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Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute

The deadline to apply to our 2025 class has closed.

The four-week fellowship program is open to rising college seniors who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Learn more.

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Photos: Lisa Herndon

Junior Scholars Program

Online applications are open for the Schomburg Center's Junior Scholars Program, a free Saturday in-person program taking place during the academic year. Youth from 6th through 12th grades are eligible to participate.

The priority deadline is Sunday, June 15, 2025. The final deadline is Monday, June 30, 2025. Learn more.

At NYPL

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The New York Public Library offers Short-Term Research Fellowships to support scholars outside the New York metropolitan area, engaged in graduate-level, post-doctoral, and independent research in the arts and humanities. 

The program support scholars who would benefit from research conducted on-site at the Schomburg Center, Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, or the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. It draws from collections unique to NYPL. Learn more.