| The Center has established a Scholars’ Program supporting fellowships. Through its fellowships, the Center seeks not only to encourage research on the history of collecting in America, but also to expand the field’s still limited body of scholarly literature. Fellowship proposals may address wide-ranging aspects of the history of collecting in the United States from Colonial times to the present, and may focus on individual collectors, dealers, developments, or trends in the art market. Interdisciplinary research is especially encouraged.
In 2008 five short-term fellowships, each for a period of six to eight weeks, have been offered: three fellowships have been awarded to graduate and pre-doctoral students, and two to post-doctoral/senior scholars. The Center also grants annually long-term Leon Levy Fellowships of one to two semesters to support a senior scholar engaged in research in this field.
Fellowship descriptions and application forms are available online.
In addition, the Center's Scholars' Program has established a publication prize, the Sotheby's Prize for a Distinguished Publication in the History of Collecting in America. It will be awarded biennially by The Frick Collection.
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