Scholarships

American Congregational Association - Boston Athenaeum Fellowship

This fellowship supports research in American religious history involving the collections of the Boston Athenaeum and the Congregational Library. The award includes a stipend of $1,500 and applications are due by April 15 every year.

Applicants must submit a curriculum vitae and letter of intent describing the proposed project and citing specific materials from the Boston Athenaeum’s collections. Graduate students must also include a letter of recommendation from their faculty advisor. Candidates will be notified by May 15.

Mail applications to: Boston Athenaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 or email applications to: Mary Warnement.

For further information please contact Peggy Bendroth.

Past Recipients of the ACA-Boston Athenaeum Fellowship

2008-2009 -- H. Paul Thompson, Jr. (Assistant Professor, North Greenville University, Tigerville, SC), “The Swan Song of Antebellum Reform: Temperance Reform in Post-Emancipation Atlanta, 1865-1887.”

2007-2008 -- Professor William Van Arragon (King’s College, Edmonton, Alberta), for revising his dissertation, “Cotton Mather in American Cultural Memory,” for publication.

Travel grants

The Congregational Library also provides small but helpful travel scholarships for qualified researchers. Please contact Peggy Bendroth for more information.