2025 JDC ARCHIVES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its 2025 fellowship program. In 2025, three to six fellowships will be awarded to senior scholars, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and independent researchers to conduct research in the JDC Archives.  Our finding aids can be consulted to identify relevant subject areas of research.

The fellowship awards are $2,500 and the deadline for submission is February 7, 2025. 

Stipends may be used towards travel, transportation, and living expenses while conducting research in the JDC Archives (in New York or Jerusalem.) If on-site research is not possible, arrangements will be made to train fellows in how to access and use our database of digitized material and other materials in the JDC Archives. The length of the fellowship period lasts from a few weeks to a few months and is determined by the researcher. 

Fellowship holders agree to submit a brief report on their research activities upon conclusion of their fellowships.  Additionally, at JDC’s election, fellowship holders may be requested to give a virtual presentation. 

Past fellows have worked on diverse topics ranging from the eradication of malaria in Mandatory Palestine to Ashkenazi migrants and refugees in Egypt and Lebanon . The areas of research and lectures of previously awarded recipients can be viewed here.