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Repository Research Fellowship
Repository Research Fellowship program to support immersive collections research. This initiative is intended to support research in the rich collections of the IU Bloomington campus and to build partnerships between scholars at and beyond IUB.
The Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study is now accepting applications for the 2024 Repository Research Fellowship (RRF). Fellowships in this cycle will be during calendar year 2024. Prospective fellows may apply either to be on campus or to work virtually, depending on arrangements with the host repository. Fellows coming for a campus residency are eligible for up to $2,500 reimbursement of travel costs (including lodging). Virtual Fellows will be eligible to receive up to $1,500 to be used for project-related expenses.
The fellowship is open to community scholars or faculty members from outside IUB who will conduct in-depth research in collections of the partner repositories. Students are not eligible for this program unless they fall into one of those two categories. The ideal fellowship arrangement is two weeks of focused research using the collection items and tools provided by the repository. If different timing is desired, it should be proposed and explained in the application.
Apply
Prior to submission, applicants are responsible for discussing the collections they wish to use with their prospective host repository to find out what will be available and (for virtual fellows) in what format. Collaboration among fellows and/or with repository staff members is encouraged. Fellows are required to make a virtual or in-person presentation of some aspect of the project. IU IAS staff members will facilitate these presentations.
Eligibility: Non-IU faculty members and community scholars are eligible for this fellowship. Graduate or undergraduate students and previous SRRF/RRF fellows are not eligible to receive the fellowship. Applications from faculty members at Minority Serving Institutions and community colleges and from researchers who are from a collection’s source community are particularly welcome.
Successful proposals will demonstrate:
● understanding of the collection(s) proposed for use
● the project’s anticipated impact
● plans for wide-spread dissemination
● possibilities for ongoing collaboration
● benefit for the repository as well as the researcher
Questions about collections should be directed to listed repository contacts. Questions about the fellowship should be directed to ias@indiana.edu.
Applications for 2024 fellowships will be due November 26, 2023.
Click here for the application
Participating Repositories and Collections for 2024
Please check back for the most current list, as more repositories may join before the application closes.
Applicants can find more information on their website (https://bfca.indiana.edu/explore-collections/index.html) or contact bfca@indiana.edu.
Applicants can find more information on the Eskenazi School website's Sage Collection or contact Director Kelly Richardson at ksrichar@iu.edu.
*On campus (in-person) fellowship(s) only
Applicants can find more information on their website (https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections/index.html) or contact Danielle Johnson, Director of Curatorial Affairs, at dj87@iu.edu with any questions regarding the collections.
*On campus (in-person) fellowship(s) only
Contact igwsinfo@indiana.edu with any questions.
Applicants can find more information on their website (https://iumaa.iu.edu/collections/index.html) or contact Fumi Arakawa, Associate Director of Research, at farakawa@iu.edu with any questions regarding the collections.
*On campus (in-person) fellowship(s) only
Contact Collection Manager Jess Miller-Camp at jessmc@iu.edu with any questions.
*On campus (in-person) fellowship(s) only
Applicants can find collections on the Kinsey Institute's section for Special Collections or contact libknsy@indiana.edu.
Applicants can find more information on their website (https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library) or contact liblilly@indiana.edu.
*On campus (in-person) fellowship(s) only
For more information about the University Archives and their collections, contact Director Dina Kellams at dmkellam@indiana.edu.
*On campus (in-person) fellowship(s) only
Contact Faculty Director Ryan Kennedy at jonrkenn@iu.edu with any questions.
For more information about the Wylie House collections, contact Director Carey Champion at crbeam@indiana.edu.
For more information about repositories and collections:
2022 RRF Fellows
Ellie Armon Azoulay, Newcastle University,
working with Archives of Traditional Music
José Carlos de la Puente, Texas State University,
working with Lilly Library
Wendy Kline, Purdue University,
working with Kinsey Institute
Tamás Scheibner, ELTE University of Budapest,
working with University Archives
Marissa Shaver, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
working with Archives of Traditional Music
Past Fellows
Past Summer Repository Research Fellows have conducted research in a variety of repositories and collaborated with several IUB faculty.
My residency in the IU Paleontology Collection was a fantastic opportunity to collect critical data on the sizes of fossil marine animals...I expect to plan future visits to the collections, and hope to interact more regularly with the faculty and researchers at IU.
Phil Novack-Gottshall, Paleobiologist & Summer Research Fellow 2016