Getty Scholars Program 2025-2026 (up to $65,000+ $ 2000 relocation stipend)

Ednah Carrick July 5, 2024

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Getty Scholars Program 2025-2026 (up to $65,000+ $ 2000 relocation stipend)

The Getty Scholars Program supports innovative research about art, conceived in the broadest terms, and its histories, by providing a locus for international scholars to forge collaborations across disciplines and professional practices, while also developing new audiences for their work. During their residency, the scholar cohort is immersed in a vibrant local community devoted to the advancement of knowledge and hosted at an institution committed to preserving, understanding, interpreting, and sharing its vast library and collections. Scholars may be in residence at the Getty Center or Getty Villa.

Background

History

Structure

Applicants for 2025–2026

Application Timeline
Annual Theme: Repair

African American Art History Initiative Grants

Grant Details

The information on this page pertains to Scholar Grants for established researchers and professionals at the Getty Center. Visit the Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships or the Getty Scholars Program at the Villa pages for details about those specific programs.

Eligibility

Scholar Grant applicants should have received a PhD before September 1, 2021. Applicants from associated fields who do not hold a PhD but have commensurate professional experience will also be considered.

Applicants who received their degree after September 1, 2021 should apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship.

After a waiting period of six years, previous Getty Residential Grant recipients in any category are eligible to reapply for another grant in whichever category they are eligible for and interested in. See FAQs for more information.

Terms Scholar Grant recipients at the Getty Center may be in residence from three to nine months and receive varying stipends as detailed below*:
- Three-month residency: September–December/January–March; $21,500 stipendSix-month residency: September–March/January–June; $43,000 stipendNine-month residency: September–June; $65,000 stipend
Recipients also receive a relocation stipend of $2,000.See the overview of the Getty Residential Scholar and Fellow Program for further details about stipends, housing, healthcare, and more.