Application Procedure
Junior Fellowship Application Procedures
The online application will require you to provide the following:
1. Documents as Microsoft Word or PDF files:
Full curriculum vitae of education, professional experience, honors, awards, and publications
Proposal, not to exceed 1,000 words, including:
A statement of interest and intent
Project proposal describing why The Metropolitan Museum of Art is uniquely suited to your fellowship objectives, what you expect to accomplish during the fellowship period, and how you will utilize the Museum's resources and collections to achieve your goals
Official undergraduate and graduate transcripts
For Paper Conservation applicants only:
Two treatment reports and associated documentation with explanations justifying the reason for treatment and decisions entering each stage of treatment (not to exceed 750 words per object)
2. Contact information for three recommenders (at least one academic and one professional), none of whom may be current Metropolitan Museum of Art staff. Once you have submitted your recommenders' names, titles, and email addresses, they will automatically be emailed instructions for uploading their letters online. Please note that each letter must include the recommender's complete title and contact information. We encourage recommenders to submit letters in English.
Senior Fellowship Application Procedures
Senior fellowships are intended for well-established professionals with at least eight years of experience in the field and a proven publication record, or those who have their PhD in hand by the deadline date.
We welcome preliminary inquiries from senior applicants regarding the suitability of the project proposal to the departmental areas of research.
The online application will require you to provide the following:
1. Documents as Microsoft Word or PDF files:
Full curriculum vitae of education, professional experience, honors, awards, and publications
Project proposal including:
A statement, not to exceed 1,000 words, describing what you expect to accomplish during the fellowship period and how you will utilize the Museum's resources and collections to achieve your objectives
Tentative schedule of work to be accomplished during the fellowship period and proposed starting and ending dates
2. Contact information for three recommenders (at least one academic and one professional), none of whom may be current Metropolitan Museum of Art staff. Once you have submitted your recommenders' names, titles, and email addresses, they will automatically be emailed instructions for uploading their letters online. Please note that each letter must include the recommender's complete title and contact information. We encourage recommenders to submit letters in English.
Junior fellows are those applicants who have recently completed graduate-level training; senior fellows are well-established professionals with at least eight years of experience in the field and a proven publication record, or those who have their PhD in hand by the deadline date.
In the past, Conservation and Scientific Research Fellows have had a background in fields including, but not limited to:
Conservation Science
Chemistry/Physical Chemistry
Botany
Earth Sciences/Geology
Fellowship Period
All fellows must be in residence at the Metropolitan Museum during the fellowship period. Fellowships are 12 months in length beginning on September 1 following the application deadline and ending August 31 of the following calendar year. All fellowships must take place within this period.
Funding
The number of fellowships awarded depends on funds and resources available. The stipend amount for one year is $42,000 for junior fellows and $52,000 for senior fellows, with up to an additional $6,000 for travel (maximum of six weeks).
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