Each year, SAH awards approximately $25,000 in Annual Conference Fellowships to graduate students, international speakers, and independent scholars. Each fellowship award is up to $1,000 and is a reimbursable stipend to be used to offset costs of conference registration and travel, lodging, and meals directly related to the conference.
All recipients are required to submit a minimum of 25 annotated images to SAHARA. The images you upload do not have to be of your current research or of the conference city, but can be any images that you have taken of the built environment and which you own the copyright.
Application Details
Annual Conference Fellowships will open to session chairs and speakers on August 12, 2021.
Session chairs and speakers must submit an application online. Your application will be considered for any of the Annual Conference Fellowships for which you are eligible. The deadline to submit an application is September 30, 2021. Fellowship recipients will be notified by December 1, 2021.
To apply you will need:
1) Statement of Purpose – A statement of purpose should address how this fellowship will advance the applicant’s academic interests and will make a difference in their professional work. One page, 300–500 words max.
2) Current CV (3 pages max) in Word or PDF format
3) One Recommendation – Recommender must submit using this form.
Questions? Contact us at fellowships@sah.org.
For Conference Attendees
Keepers Preservation Education Fund Fellowship
Established in 1989 by William J. Murtagh, the first Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places. Fellowships of up to $1,000 annually support the attendance of scholars, practicing professionals and others in the Historic Preservation field at the SAH Annual International Conference. Applicants must be US residents. Preference will be given to those whose paper has been accepted for delivery at the conference.
For Conference Speakers & Session Chairs
These fellowships are for speakers and session chairs who have been selected to present at the SAH 2021 Annual International Conference in Montréal. A single application will be applied towards any of the SAH fellowships for which you are eligible.
Rosann S. Berry Fellowship
Established in 1982 to honor the former executive secretary of SAH whose leadership from 1955 to 1980 helped bring SAH to maturity. One fellowship of up to $1,000 annually supports the travel of an advanced graduate student member of SAH whose paper has been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference.
George R. Collins Fellowship
Created in 1993 by the family of George R. Collins to honor the distinguished career of the late architectural historian. One annual fellowship of up to $1,000 supports the travel of an international scholar (non-US Passport) whose paper on a nineteenth- or twentieth-century topic has been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference. Prior recipients of the Collins Fellowship are not eligible.
Spiro Kostof Fellowship
Created in 1998 by students and colleagues in memory of the influential urban and architectural historian Spiro Kostof. One fellowship of up to $1,000 annually supports the travel of an advanced graduate student member of SAH whose paper has been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference.
SAH Annual Conference Graduate Student Fellowships
Created in 2000 by the SAH Executive Committee. Fellowships of up to $1,000 each support the attendance of advanced international graduate students whose papers have been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference. Research areas include Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as well as built environments world wide (other than Europe) from ancient times to the present.
SAH Annual Conference Independent Scholar Fellowship
Fellowships of up to $1,000 each supports the travel of an independent scholar whose paper has been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference. An independent scholar is anyone who conducts scholarly research outside universities and traditional academia.
SAH Annual Conference Senior Scholar Fellowships
The annual fellowships of up to $1,000 each support the travel of senior-level, international scholars whose papers have been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference. A senior scholar is defined as having received their PhD more than five years ago. Research areas include Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as well as built environments world wide (other than Europe) from ancient times to the present.
Scott Opler Emerging Scholar Fellowships
Created in 2002 by a gift from the Scott Opler Foundation, the award honors the memory of the late historian of Renaissance art and architecture. Fellowships of up to $1,000 each support emerging scholars whose papers have been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference. Although not restricted by subject area, applicants must be an emerging scholar, a person who, regardless of age, is within five years of having received a terminal degree (PhD) in architectural history or a related discipline. The valid dates (emerging scholar) for the 2021 award are 2015 through July 2020.
Scott Opler Graduate Student Fellowships
Created in 2002 by a gift from the Scott Opler Foundation, the award honors the memory of the late historian of Renaissance art and architecture. Fellowships of up to $1,000 each support the travel of advanced graduate students whose papers have been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference. Although not restricted by subject area, applicants must be advanced graduate students in the field of architectural history or a related discipline.
SAH acknowledges the following foundations that provide financial support to speakers presenting at the conference:
Graduate Student Lightning Talks Volunteer Opportunity
SAH offers presenters of the Graduate Student Lightning Talks the opportunity to volunteer a minimum of six work hours during the conference. In return they will receive a refund of their student conference registration fee. Registration and payment are required, and if the criteria have been met, the graduate student will receive a reimbursement for the student registration fee after the conference has concluded. SAH membership fees are not included in the reimbursement.
Keepers Preservation Education Fund Fellowship
Established in 1989 by William J. Murtagh, the first Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places. Fellowships of up to $1,000 annually support the attendance of scholars, practicing professionals and others in the Historic Preservation field at the SAH Annual International Conference. Applicants must be US residents. Preference will be given to those whose paper has been accepted for delivery at the conference.
Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowships
Fellowships of up to $1,000 each support the travel of international scholars at all levels whose papers have been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference. Research areas must be the built environment of Europe from ancient times to the nineteenth century.
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