Mount Vernon has teamed up with the Omohundro Institute to support a new digital collections fellowship centered on the Founding era. 

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon seek proposals from scholars at all levels, in partnership with special collections libraries and historical societies, for the OI – Mount Vernon Fellowships for Digital Collections in the American Founding Era. These fellowships are intended to bring scholars and collections specialists together to make collections available for digital scholarship.

The fellowship will award up to $5,000 to the holding library and to the scholar whose research relies on, or will be greatly enhanced by, the digitization of a collection or partial collection of materials related to the American Founding era, broadly defined to span from 1763 to 1800, with preference for projects connected to George Washington and his world. Scholars must partner with special collections libraries that will digitize the needed materials with the funds from the fellowship. Up to two awards will be given each calendar year.

Applications are due on November 1 each year. All applications should be made via the Omohundro Institute website.

Click here for more information, and application materials.