Guggenheim Fellowships
You must apply to the Guggenheim Foundation to be considered in
one of its annual competitions for Fellowships. The Foundation
receives from 3000 to 3500 applications each year and is able
to make about 200 grants. No one who applies is guaranteed
success in the competition. There is no pre-screening.
Applicants will be matched against others working in their own
field and then against all others in the competition in a
rigorous selection process. The work of artists will be
reviewed by artists, scientists by scientists, historians by
historians. The Foundation has a network of several hundred advisers who either meet at the Foundation
offices to look at applicants' work or receive application
materials to read locally. These advisers then submit reports
on their ranking of the applicants in their respective fields.
After this review, a final Committee of
Selection weighs the applications field by field and
determines how many awards to make in each area.
Deadlines
For the United States and Canadian competition: completed
applications must be submitted by the candidates themselves no later
than October 1. Final selection of United States and Canadian
Fellows will be made in April.
For the Latin American and Caribbean competition: completed
applications must be submitted by the candidates themselves no later
than December 1. Final selection of Latin American and Caribbean
Fellows will be made in June.
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