The S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship

for research relating to H.P. Lovecraft,
his associates, and literary heirs

The John Hay Library at Brown University, home to the largest collection of H. P. Lovecraft materials in the world, is pleased to offer an annual fellowship for research relating to H. P. Lovecraft, his associates, and literary heirs. The S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship, established by The Aeroflex Foundation and Hippocampus Press, is intended to promote scholarly research using the world renowned resources on H. P. Lovecraft as well as collections related to weird fiction.

The fellowship provides a monthly stipend of $2,500 for up to two months of research at the Library. The S. T. Joshi Fellowship is open to individuals engaged in pre- and post-doctoral or independent research or creative work. Applicants who do not reside in the United States must either indicate their citizenship or already hold the J-1 visa or equivalent documents that will allow them to accept the stipend.

Requirements

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Project budget
• Project proposal (not to exceed 1,000 words), which should include details on which collections will be consulted
• Project timeline
• Two letters of reference from individuals familiar with the applicant's scholarship or work

Submission

Please check back for information on applying to the next cycle.

Terms of appointment

• Presentation of a public lecture sponsored by the Brown University Library on the topic of the fellow's research.
• A final report on the fellowship due no later that two weeks after the end of the fellowship term.
• Adherence to the rules and procedures relating to access and use of John Hay materials.

Fellows will be selected by a committee of librarians and scholars familiar with the John Hay Library's holdings of Lovecraft materials and with current Lovecraft scholarship. The committee will consider the following criteria when making the selection: strength of the proposal; originality and sophistication of the approach; feasibility of the research objectives; and the relevance of the project to the holdings of the John Hay Library. As the majority of the Lovecraft collection has been digitized, priority will be given to proposals that express interest in materials that have not been digitized from the Lovecraft collection and the Library's other holdings in weird fiction.

More Information

Weird Fiction Collections at the John Hay Library
Visiting the John Hay Library