Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Science

Two-year fellowship in conservation science for recent PhD recipients

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About

Goal

The Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Science is a two-year program designed to provide recent PhDs in chemistry and other physical or material sciences with experience in conservation science.

Application Deadline

The application deadline has passed. The application period typically opens every other year in the autumn for a fellowship beginning the following year.

Past Postdoctoral Fellows

  • 2019–2021: Alexandra Bridarolli, PhD, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London
  • 2017–2019: Nathan Daly, PhD, Columbia University
  • 2015–2017: Rosie Grayburn, PhD, University of Warwick and Universiteit Gent
  • 2013–2015: Alessa Gambardella, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 2011–2013: Andrew Lerwill, PhD, Nottingham Trent University
  • 2009–2011: Emma Richardson, PhD, University of Southampton
  • 2007–2009: Catherine Schmidt, PhD, Northwestern University
  • 2005–2007: Carrie Brindle, PhD, University of California, Irvine

  1. Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships

    Project

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    Supporting early-career scholars from around the world to make substantial and original contributions to the field of art history

  2. Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships

    Project

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    Non-residential grants administered by the American Council of Learned Societies for emerging scholars to complete art historical research