Fellows and affiliates form the core of the Eisenberg Institute's intellectual community. The institute's fellowship programs have been made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.
Internal Fellowship Programs
The Eisenberg Institute offers the following fellowship opportunities for University of Michigan Department of History faculty, graduate students, emeritus/emertia faculty, and recent PhDs. Eligibility, process, deadlines, and notification vary according to fellowship type; please check fellowship pages for details. Categories include:
- Faculty Fellowships: Release from teaching two Department of History courses along with a $2,500 research grant; opportunity to organize and lead a one-day research workshop funded by the Eisenberg Institute; two fellows annually.
- Graduate Student Research Fellowships: $5,500 taxable stipend; up to six fellows annually.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship: Salary of at least $58,179 plus benefits and $2,000 research fund; includes two-course teaching obligation; one fellow annually.
- Emeritus/Emerita Fellowship: $2,500 award that can be taken as research money or used to help fund a one-day research workshop; one fellow annually.
External Fellowship and Affiliation Programs
The institute will offer the following fellowship opportunity for faculty, researchers, journalists, independent scholars, public historians, and others from outside UM-Ann Arbor (faculty from UM-Flint and UM-Dearborn are encouraged to apply). Please check the fellowship page for details.
- Residency Research Fellowships: $5,500 per term (up to two terms per applicant).
The institute also welcomes requests for affiliation from visiting faculty, researchers, journalists, independent scholars, public historians, and others with short- or long-term residency in Ann Arbor. Affiliate status does not confer or imply any financial benefits from the institute or the university.
- Affiliated Scholar Application Process: Rolling application deadline.
