RBS-UVA Fellowship Applications Open

Applications for the 2016–17 RBS-UVA Fellowships are now being accepted. Rare Book School invites students at the University of Virginia to apply for a fellowship designed to enhance research employing special collections, including written, printed, and digital materials. Please note that you will need to complete a standard RBS course application via our applications page (submission by 29 February is encouraged as courses fill quickly).

Significant dates for the fellowship application process:

3 February 2016: Information Reception (11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.; 118 Alderman Library)
4 February 2016: Information Reception (4–6 p.m.; 118 Alderman Library)
1 March 2016: Project Proposal Workshop (4:30–6 p.m.; 118 Alderman Library)
1 April 2016: Application Deadline (5 p.m.)

Accepted applicants will attend a week-long course at RBS in 2016, and will submit a final project to RBS by 14 April 2017.

See the RBS-UVA Fellowships page for eligibility requirements and application information, and for links to biographies and projects of previous RBS-UVA Fellows.