Yale Center for British Art Visiting Scholars, Grants, Internships, and Opportunities
The Research Department of the Yale Center for British Art continually seeks to build new ties and establish closer links between our scholars and curators, the Yale University community and the international community of scholars, students and research institutes in the visual arts. As part of that aim, we provide grants, internships, special courses, and residential awards, listed below, to enable Yale undergraduate and graduate students and international scholars to spend time working with YCBA collections and staff in order to advance their own research, education, and skills.
Please click on the links below to view current opportunities at the YCBA:
Residential Visiting Scholar Award
Graduate Student Opportunities
Undergraduate Student Opportunities
Visiting Scholars Program
The Yale Center for British Art offers residential awards ranging from one to four months to scholars undertaking postdoctoral or equivalent research related to British art. These awards allow scholars of literature, history, the history of art, and related fields to study the Center’s holdings of paintings, drawings, prints, rare books, and manuscripts. The Center also offers several pre-doctoral residential awards ranging from one to two months for graduate students writing doctoral dissertations in the field of British art. Applicants from North America must be ABD to qualify.
Visiting Scholar awards include the cost of travel to and from New Haven and also provide accommodations and a living allowance. Recipients are required to be in residence in New Haven and must be free of all other significant professional responsibilities during their stay. One fellowship per annum is reserved for a member of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. In addition, scholars may apply to the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, and the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, for awards in the same year; every effort will be made to offer consecutive dates.
Applications to become a visiting scholar between July 2010 and June 2011 must reach the YCBA by January 15, 2010, and should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a statement of 2–3 pages (single-spaced) outlining the proposed research project, and the preferred month(s) of tenure. Applicants should provide a title for their research project, and place their name on each page of the application. Two confidential letters of recommendation should arrive under separate cover by the same deadline.
For further information, contact Lisa Ford, Associate Head of Research, Yale Center for British Art at 203 432 9805 or lisa.ford@yale.edu.
Applications should be sent to:
Lisa Ford
Associate Head of Research
Yale Center for British Art
P.O. Box 208280
New Haven, CT 06520-8280
Express mail address:
161 York Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Meet the 2009-2010 Visiting Scholars
Graduate Research Assistantships
Graduate Research Assistantships (GRAs) at the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) and the Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) are designed to provide Yale doctoral students, from the second through the sixth year, with the opportunity to work as part of the intellectual team on a major scholarly project at one of the museums. These research positions enhance the educational experiences provided by academic course work and teaching assistantships at Yale, allowing students to extend their range of academic specialism and expertise, and to augment research skills by direct contact with objects in the collections. Students also gain in-depth knowledge of the intellectual and logistical aspects of exhibition preparation and other professional skills, although the positions are not restricted to or intended only for those students who wish to pursue a museum career.
GRAs at the YCBA are open to graduate students in all disciplines, while GRAs at the YUAG are restricted to students specializing in History of Art. Six Graduate Research Assistantships will be awarded, four at the YCBA and two at the YUAG.
The application process is formal and competitive. Research assistantships are equivalent to University teaching assistant positions and cannot be negotiated through conversation with curators.
Complete application information, including deadline and descriptions of the GRAs being offered, will be posted online on this Web page in February.
For further information or questions, please email ycba.research@yale.edu or call 203-432-9805.
2010 Summer Traveling Grants For
Graduate Students
The Paul Mellon Center in London funds a limited number of travel grants to the United Kingdom for Yale graduate students engaged in research on a topic concerning British art and architectural history (including the decorative arts and design history, graphic art, and film). The grants are to a maximum of $2000 and may be used to visit specific sites, monuments, museums, collections, libraries or archives, or to visit leading scholars in the student’s field for consultations and advice, or to attend conferences.
Applications should include an outline of the project, the reasons to visit the UK, a curriculum vitae, travel plans, and a budget. Applicants should also enclose a letter of recommendation from their advisor.
Complete application information, including deadline, will be posted online on this Web page in February.
For further information or questions, please e-mail ycba.research@yale.edu, lisa.ford@yale.edu, or call
203 432 9805.
Undergraduate Special Term Course
The Yale Center for British Art is offering a two-term, two-credit Special Term Course in 2010–11. The course is designed to enable a student to undertake a focused research project on British visual and material culture in conjunction with a major exhibition at the YCBA. The student’s project will form part of the intellectual preparation for the associated exhibition; thus the course will allow the student to develop high-level research skills and to experience firsthand the intellectual and logistical processes involved in the creation of a major exhibition and its associated scholarly programming. The course will involve some travel, including overseas.
Full details on the Center's Special Term Course
For further information or questions, please email ycba.research@yale.edu or lisa.ford@yale.edu, or call 203 432 9805.
The Nancy Horton Bartels Scholar Internships
The Nancy Horton Bartels Scholar Internships will provide funds for four undergraduate students to participate in academic year internships at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art. The four internships are offered annually, two at the Gallery and two at the Center, and are funded by an endowment established in 2005 by Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels. Mr. and Mrs. Bartels are graduates of Cornell University.
The internships will familiarize students with the operations of museums and curatorial departments. The interns will work in a curatorial department for 10 hours per week for two consecutive semesters and will receive a stipend on an hourly basis.
Application information, deadline, and descriptions of the internships being offered.
For further information or questions, please email ycba.research@yale.edu or lisa.ford@yale.edu, or call 203 432 9805.
Art Museum Scholar Summer Internships
Art Museum Scholar Summer Internships will provide funds for four undergraduate students to participate in summer internships at the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, or other art museums.
Application information, deadline, and descriptions of the internships being offered.
For further information or questions, please email ycba.research@yale.edu or lisa.ford@yale.edu, or call 432-9805.
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