Getty Residential Grants

Come join the Getty community at one of our campuses

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2023 Conservation Guest Scholars Karen Mack and Jorgen Wadum—two of the several residential scholars Getty welcomes each year—talk on the balcony of the Research Institute at the Getty Center.

About

While in residence at the Getty Center or Villa, scholars are welcomed into our active intellectual community where they pursue research projects with wide access to Getty collections and staff expertise. These residential grants provide numerous benefits, including:

Space for Study

Residential scholars receive a dedicated office or workspace, with easy access to extensive collections, archives, and state-of-the-art conservation labs.

Free Housing and Transportation

Residential scholars are housed at an apartment building nearby with free shuttle transportation to the Getty Center.

Intellectual Collaboration

Residential scholars are part of an engaged, international, and multigenerational cohort of researchers who come to Getty each year.

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Inside an art historian’s search for the Senegalese muse of early 20th-century Paris

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James Smalls, GRI Scholar 2024

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Answers to frequently asked questions about Getty Residential Grants

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