Public Humanities Fellowship (Summer 2025)

The Latinx Project Public Humanities Fellowship offers up to 10 graduate students at New York University or institutions participating in the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium the opportunity to gain career experience with local arts & culture organizations. This fellowship began out of a need to engage students with field experience and opportunities to network and build community while advancing public humanities.

Applicants are asked to propose collaborative projects specific to an arts, humanities, or cultural institution. We encourage applicants to support existing programs or take initiative in building a project or develop an idea with the institution of their choice. Examples of PHF initiatives could include: a public program or panel, a short video, creating a digital archive or resource, a curriculum project, social media campaign, article, zine, exhibition or creative intervention. 

Prior to applying, students should establish a relationship with a local host institution. Before acceptance, students should have a confirmation email or letter from the host institution agreeing to the potential mutual collaboration. If students need support making a connection, please email us about your academic interests and proposed possible projects.

*If you are an applicant interested in working with The Latinx Project to support archives and media projects such as the Intervenxions platform, you can select TLP as your preferred host institution. Please indicate any relevant experience you may have with graphic design, user experience, writing or editing as part of your proposal.

Each fellow will receive a $2000 award for the summer fellowship. Fellows should be in contact with their host organization to realize their idea or initiative.

Fellows are expected to attend two online professional development workshops, an in-person networking dinner, and submit a brief report following the end of the summer fellowship. 

If students need support making a connection, please email us about your academic interests and proposed possible projects.

The application is now closed.

Key Dates

Application opens: March 3, 2025

Application deadline: April 30, 2025

Fellowship Dates: Anytime between June 1, 2025 and August 31, 2025

Key Details

Student Honorarium: $2,000

Partner Organization Honorarium: $1,000

Expectations

  • 1 Welcome Online Orientation session 

  • 2 Professional Development online meetings with professionals in the field

  • 1 Dinner Networking event

  • 1 Student will support existing programs or develop an idea with the institution of their choice during the months of June and July

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Do I need to be enrolled as a graduate student? Yes, applicants must be actively enrolled as a graduate student at New York University or an institution participating in the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium.

  • Do I need to reach out to an organization before applying? Yes. Before acceptance, students should have a confirmation email or letter from the host institution agreeing to the mutual collaboration. If students need support making a connection, please email us about your academic interests and proposed possible projects.

  • What is expected of Public Humanities Fellows?

    • 1 welcome orientation session 

    • 2 professional development online meetings with professionals in the field via zoom

    • 1 in-person dinner networking event

    • fellow will also get the opportunity to develop an idea, initiative or project of their choice during the months of June & July with their preferred host institution

  • Do I need to be based in NYC? Yes. Public Humanities Fellows must be based in New York City in order to collaborate with area organizations.

  • Do I have to identify as Latinx in order to apply? No. All graduate students at NYU or IUDC institutions are eligible.

  • What are past organization collaborators that have participated in this project? El Museo del Barrio, El Clemente Soto Vélez Center, Pregones/PRTT, Lazos, Mil Mundos, Toppled Monuments Archive, La Mixteca Org, and Museo de Los Sures, Freeport Memorial Library, ABC No Rio, CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, ID Studios Theatre, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and Taller Boricua. 

  • Who can I contact for more information? Please email latinxproject@nyu.edu with subject line: 2025 Public Humanities Fellowship

Past Public Humanities Fellows

Is your cultural institution interested in working with a TLP Public Humanities Fellow in summer 2025? Please contact latinxproject@nyu.edu with your questions and sample projects.