The Rose Library offers short-term fellowships to support scholarly use of the Library's research collections in 5 strategic areas:
- English-language literature
- The Raymond Danowski Poetry Library
- African American history and culture
- Southern history and culture
- Political and Social Movements
Additionally, the Rose Library offers 12 subject-specific fellowships awarded by donors to support scholarly use of the Library's research collections.
The Rose Library is a Partner with The American Trust for the British Library Research Fellowship Program. The ATBL Research Fellowship Program is a short-term research stipend that supports research projects that make use of collections in any department in the British Library. The Fellowship is open to US citizens and Permanent Residents, 18 years or older, resident in the US or abroad.
Other Research AwardsThe Rose Library also provides award opportunities for undergraduate students and fellow, graduate, and post-doc students who are interested in incorporating archives and special collections in their research.
The Rose Library offers the Leonard and Louise Riggio Fellowship, which supports residencies to undertake research in the Alice Walker papers and related archives.
Award Information
- This fellowship has a value of $1,000 per week. The total amount depends on the applicant's research proposal.
- Travel can begin on September 1, 2026, and must be completed by August 1, 2027.
- All award recipients are required to submit a report of their experiences and work at Rose Library for our blog.
- Funds are disbursed to award recipients 4-6 weeks AFTER the completion of their research visit and submission of blog post.
- The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
- Award notifications will be made on August 15, 2026.
Important Information for International Fellowship Applicants Please familiarize yourself with the appropriate visa type for your desired length of stay at the Rose Library. For more information, please consult your U.S. Consulate or the Emory Office of International Student and Scholar Programs well in advance of your planned trip.
Funded through the Billops-Hatch Scholarship Fund, the Billops-Hatch Fellowship supports researchers working in the Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Archives. Past fellowship recipients include post-graduate students, authors, professors, and scholars researching areas of African American art and art history, including the visual arts, theater, film, and literature. Among its various holdings, the Billops-Hatch archives has more than 1,200 play scripts written by African Americans, 1,400 interviews with various artists, and a library of rare and unique books and periodicals. Award Information
- This fellowship has a value of $1,000 per week. The total amount depends on the applicant's research proposal.
- Travel can begin on September 1, 2026, and must be completed by August 1, 2027.
- All award recipients are required to submit a report of their experiences and work at Rose Library for our blog.
- Funds are disbursed to award recipients 4-6 weeks AFTER the completion of their research visit and submission of blog post.
- The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
- Award notifications will be made on August 15, 2026.
Important Information for International Applicants Please familiarize yourself with the appropriate visa type for your desired length of stay at the Rose Library. For more information, please consult your U.S. Consulate or the Emory Office of International Student and Scholar Programs well in advance of your planned trip.
The Donald C. Locke Award provides funding for researchers exploring the collection of visual artist, teacher, critic, poet, and writer Donald C. Locke. The Rose Library holdings include correspondence, manuscript materials, photographs and negatives, and printed materials including books and art catalogs. Materials related to Locke’s exploration of African diasporic themes and ideas are readily accessible. The Rose Library holdings also include born digital content. Award Information
Funded through the Billops-Hatch Scholarship Fund, the Billops-Hatch Fellowship supports researchers working in the Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Archives. Past fellowship recipients include post-graduate students, authors, professors, and scholars researching areas of African American art and art history, including the visual arts, theater, film, and literature. Among its various holdings, the Billops-Hatch archives has more than 1,200 play scripts written by African Americans, 1,400 interviews with various artists, and a library of rare and unique books and periodicals.
Award Information
- This fellowship has a value of $1,000 per week. The total amount depends on the applicant's research proposal.
- Travel can begin on September 1, 2026, and must be completed by August 1, 2027.
- All award recipients are required to submit a report of their experiences and work at Rose Library for our blog.
- Funds are disbursed to award recipients 4-6 weeks AFTER the completion of their research visit and submission of blog post.
- The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
- Award notifications will be made on August 15, 2026.
Important Information for International Fellowship Applicants Please familiarize yourself with the appropriate visa type for your desired length of stay at the Rose Library. For more information, please consult your U.S. Consulate or the Emory Office of International Student and Scholar Programs well in advance of your planned trip.
The Dana White Award provides funding for researchers exploring the collections of Dana White. The Rose Library holdings include The collection consists of papers, journals, and audiovisual material from 1973-2005. The collections consists primarily of binders and subject files created by White on various research topics including African American cinema in Atlanta, the work of Oscar Micheaux, Mussolini and Charles Palmer, and Georgia prison history. In addition, there are audio and video cassettes that cover White's work on The Making of Modern Atlanta including interviews and rough cuts of the documentary as well as audio recordings of White's classes at Atlanta University and in the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts at Emory University. Sound recordings include interviews with White on his work as a historian and his research for presentations at the National Association for Olmsted Parks and for the Biltmore Village Conference. The journals and papers document his work with the National Association for Olmsted Parks as well as research on Frederick Law Olmsted.
Award Information
Award Information
- This fellowship has a value of $1,000 per week. The total amount depends on the applicant's research proposal.
- Travel can begin on September 1, 2026, and must be completed by August 1, 2027.
- All award recipients are required to submit a report of their experiences and work at Rose Library for our blog.
- Funds are disbursed to award recipients 4-6 weeks AFTER the completion of their research visit and submission of blog post.
- The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
- Award notifications will be made on August 15, 2026.
Important Information for International Fellowship Applicants Please familiarize yourself with the appropriate visa type for your desired length of stay at the Rose Library. For more information, please consult your U.S. Consulate or the Emory Office of International Student and Scholar Programs well in advance of your planned trip.
The Rose Library offers the LGBTQ Collections Travel Award, which supports research in Rose Library's LGBTQ related papers and archives that document the history, culture, politics, and public health initiatives. Award Information Funded through the Billops-Hatch Scholarship Fund, the Billops-Hatch Fellowship supports researchers working in the Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Archives. Past fellowship recipients include post-graduate students, authors, professors, and scholars researching areas of African American art and art history, including the visual arts, theater, film, and literature. Among its various holdings, the Billops-Hatch archives has more than 1,200 play scripts written by African Americans, 1,400 interviews with various artists, and a library of rare and unique books and periodicals. Award Information
- This fellowship has a value of $1,000 per week. The total amount depends on the applicant's research proposal.
- Travel can begin on September 1, 2026, and must be completed by August 1, 2027.
- All award recipients are required to submit a report of their experiences and work at Rose Library for our blog.
- Funds are disbursed to award recipients 4-6 weeks AFTER the completion of their research visit and submission of blog post.
- The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
- Award notifications will be made on August 15, 2026. Important Information for International Fellowship Applicants Please familiarize yourself with the appropriate visa type for your desired length of stay at the Rose Library. For more information, please consult your U.S. Consulate or the Emory Office of International Student and Scholar Programs well in advance of your planned trip.
In honor of the late Richard A. Long (1927-2013), who was a professor of English and African American Studies at Atlanta University and Emory University, the Rose Library offers 2-3 short-term research fellowships annually to graduate students and faculty from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program or teach at an HBCU that is more than 50 miles away from Emory University’s main campus.
The goal of the fellowship is to support faculty and graduate students from HBCUs by providing resources to conduct research in the Rose Library’s African American collections. Graduate students must include a letter of support from an advisor, faculty member, or librarian/archivist at their institution and a copy of student identification as proof of enrollment. Faculty must include a letter of support from their department chair or Dean and a copy of faculty identification as proof of employment. Award Information
- This fellowship has a value of $1,000 per week. The total amount depends on the applicant's research proposal.
- Travel can begin on September 1, 2026, and must be completed by August 1, 2027.
- All award recipients are required to submit a report of their experiences and work at Rose Library for our blog.
- Funds are disbursed to award recipients 4-6 weeks AFTER the completion of their research visit and submission of blog post.
- The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
- Award notifications will be made on August 15, 2026.
Important Information for International Fellowship Applicants Please familiarize yourself with the appropriate visa type for your desired length of stay at the Rose Library. For more information, please consult your U.S. Consulate or the Emory Office of International Student and Scholar Programs well in advance of your planned trip.
This fellowship, named in honor of long-time Marcus Garvey Foundation board member Jean Harvey Slappy, looks to support doctoral candidates working on aspects of the history of the U.N.I.A. (Universal Negro Improvement Association), the A.C.L. (African Communities League), and/or Marcus Garvey's organizational activities, and who wish to use the Thomas W. Harvey/U.N.I.A. collection located at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Research fellows receive grants of $500 to help defray expenses associated with travel to and use of the archival collection. "The Thomas W. Harvey Collection contains groundbreaking material that broadens our understanding of the Black freedom struggle in America and beyond." -Tshepo Chery, 2010 Jean Harvey Slappy Fellow Marcus Garvey Foundation Research Fellowship This fellowship looks to support doctoral candidates doing primary research in the humanities and social sciences on topics related to Africa and the African diaspora. Those doctoral candidates using archival collections and/or conducting oral histories are especially encouraged to apply. Research fellows receive grants of $500 to help defray research expenses.
Award Information
- Travel can begin on September 1, 2026, and must be completed by August 1, 2027.
- All award recipients are required to submit a report of their experiences and work at Rose Library for our blog.
- Funds are disbursed to award recipients 4-6 weeks AFTER the completion of their research visit and submission of blog post.
- The application deadline is May 15, 2026.
- Award notifications will be made on August 15, 2026.
The Rose Library offers short-term travel awards to support scholarly use of the Library's research collections in five strategic areas:
- English-language literature
- The Raymond Danowski Poetry Library
- African American history and culture
- Southern history and culture
- Modern politics
Award Information Funding provided by Rose Library to support use of the Library's research collections in our strategic areas. Recipients will be required to submit a report of their experiences and work within the archive for the Rose Library blog. All fellows are paid their award money 4-6 weeks AFTER completion of their visit and submission of their blog post. All fellowship winners are announced April 28, 2025 on our website with your name and research project title. You will also be sent an email. All fellowships must be completed by August 2026. Important Information for International Fellowship Applicants Please familiarize yourself with the appropriate visa type for your desired length of stay at the Rose Library. For more information, please consult your U.S. Consulate or the Emory Office of International Student and Scholar Programs well in advance of your planned trip.