Getty Scholars Program 2026-2027 (Open Globally)

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About Getty Scholars Program

The Getty Scholars Program supports innovative research about art, conceived in the broadest terms, and its histories, by providing a locus for international scholars to forge collaborations across disciplines and professional practices, while also developing new audiences for their work. During their residency, the scholar cohort is immersed in a vibrant local community devoted to the advancement of knowledge and hosted at an institution committed to preserving, understanding, interpreting, and sharing its vast library and collections. Scholars may be in residence at the Getty Center or Getty Villa.

For the 2026–2027 year, the Getty Scholars Program invites innovative proposals for projects that explore provenance and adjacent research areas, including but not limited to the history of collecting, the study of the art market, and broader explorations around the ownership of art objects. The scholar cohort will be invited to examine and critique the arena of provenance studies while also envisioning its future, situated between the practices and demands of source communities, art historians, museums, and the market. Applicants are invited to propose projects, either individual or collaborative, that reflect upon the ownership, transfer, and movement of art objects from all world regions and time periods.

For this year, the Getty Scholars Program aims to link scholars with Getty resources and researchers and foster a lively community around the study of provenance—an increasingly significant domain of art historical and curatorial practice that centers the histories of both objects and people. While in residence, scholars will have the opportunity to delve into the Getty Research Institute’s vast collections of rare materials that support provenance research and explore the newly remodeled Getty Provenance Index, which lays the ground for cutting-edge computational approaches to the field.

• Sponsor Organisation: Getty Foundation

Benefits of Getty Scholars Program

Scholar Grant recipients at the Getty Center may be in residence from three to nine months and receive varying stipends as detailed below:

• Three-month residency: September–December/January–March; $21,500 stipend
• Six-month residency: September–March/January–June; $43,000 stipend
• Nine-month residency: September–June; $65,000 stipend

The grant also includes:

• a workstation at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa
• research assistance
• a travel stipend
• an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex
• an available healthcare option.

These terms apply as of July 2024 and are subject to future changes.

Getty Scholars Program Requirements

• Scholar Grant applicants should have received a PhD before September 1, 2022.
• Applicants from associated fields who do not hold a PhD but have commensurate professional experience will also be considered.
• Applicants who received their doctoral degree after September 1, 2022 should apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship.
• After a waiting period of 6 years, previous Getty Residential Grant recipients in any category are eligible to reapply for another grant in whichever category they are eligible for and interested in.

Application Date and Process

Project Proposal

The project proposal should not exceed 5 pages typed and double-spaced. The proposal should include:

• Project description
• How the project addresses the annual theme
• How the project meaningfully contributes to the applicant’s field of scholarship
• Proposed plan for study and research
• Benefits to the project from the resources at the Getty (if applicable)
• For AAAHI Grants: also include how the project will generate new knowledge in the field of African American art history

Curriculum vitae: The curriculum vitae (CV) is a record of all your professional activities.

Optional Writing Sample: Applicants are welcome to submit a single writing sample in support of their proposal. It should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages in length.

Submit your applications here. 

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Application Deadline

01 October, 2025

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