Getty Scholars Program for Researchers Worldwide 2024

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.

• Table of Content
• About Getty Foundation
• Getty Scholars Program
• Aim and Benefits of Getty Scholars Program
• Requirements for Getty Scholars Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Getty Foundation

The Getty Foundation fulfills the philanthropic mission of the Getty Trust by supporting individuals and institutions committed to advancing the greater understanding and preservation of the visual arts in Los Angeles and throughout the world. Through strategic grant initiatives, it strengthens art history as a global discipline, promotes the interdisciplinary practice of conservation, increases access to museum and archival collections, and develops current and future leaders in the visual arts. It carries out its work in collaboration with the other Getty Programs to ensure that they individ... continue reading

Getty Scholars Program

Aim and 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

Recipients also receive a relocation stipend of $2,000.

Requirements for Getty Scholars Program Qualification

Scholar Grant applicants should have received a PhD before September 1, 2021. Applicants from associated fields who do not hold a PhD but have commensurate professional experience will also be considered.

Applicants who received their degree after September 1, 2021 should apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Applicants need to complete and submit the online Getty Scholar Grant application form by the deadline, which requires the following attachments:

• Project Proposal (not to exceed five pages, typed and double-spaced): Must include a description of the applicant’s proposed plan of study. The description should indicate how the project addresses the annual theme and, if applicable, how it would benefit from the resources at the Getty, including its library and collections. However, relevance to Getty holdings is not a project requirement.

Applicants for AAAHI grants should additionally describe how their projects will generate new knowledge in the field of African American art history.

1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Optional Writing Sample

For more details, visit Getty Foundation website.