Guggenheim Fellowship 2027
Mid-career artists, scholars, and professionals propose a significant project they will complete over 6-12 months and receive financial support to pursue it.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 1 day left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- Guggenheim Fellowship monetary award
- Location
- United States / Canada
- Applicants notified
- Apr 30, 2027
About
Overview
The Guggenheim Fellowship supports exceptional, mid-career professionals across a broad range of fields, including the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Fellows receive financial support to pursue a clearly defined project that represents a significant stage in their professional development, typically allowing six to twelve months for the proposed work.
Eligibility
- U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents
- Mid-career professionals with a significant and recognized record of achievement
- Applicants with or without university or institutional affiliations
- No previous Guggenheim Fellowship recipients
- No specific age limit
- Students and those without substantial professional records are generally not strong candidates
- Two individuals may apply jointly only as equal collaborators on a single co-authored, co-directed, or co-created project; groups of three or more are not eligible
Categories
- Film & Video
- Fine Arts
- Photography
- Drama & Performance Art
- Choreography
- Music Composition
- Writing (Fiction, Poetry, General Nonfiction, Science Writing)
- Humanities
- Social Sciences
- Sciences
Application Requirements
Applicants should prepare supporting materials carefully, including work examples and reference letters. Documents must be submitted as unsecured PDFs in portrait orientation, using 12-point standard fonts and double spacing. Field-specific work-example requirements vary (e.g., Film-Video applicants must submit up to three full-length works; non-English projects require subtitles). Applicants must attest to the originality of their work.
Key Dates
- Application Opens: Mid-August 2026
- Application Deadline: September 15, 2026 at 11:59 EST
- Work Examples Deadline: September 29, 2026
- Reference Letters Deadline: October 13, 2026
- Fellows Announced: Late April 2027
Award
Successful applicants receive a Guggenheim Fellowship monetary award. Recent success rates have been approximately 5%, making the Fellowship highly competitive. Roughly 200 Fellows are selected each year through rigorous competition.
Fees
- Application Fee: Free
How to Apply
Apply online through the Guggenheim Foundation website. The application portal will open in late summer 2026. Please reference the application guide and video instructions available at https://www.gf.org/program/how-to-apply for detailed submission instructions.
- Award
- Guggenheim Fellowship monetary award
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- Supports exceptional mid-career professionals across arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences pursuing clearly defined, significant projects representing a major stage in their professional development.
- Eligibility
- Open to U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents who are mid-career professionals with a significant and recognized record of achievement and have not previously received a Guggenheim Fellowship; students and those without substantial professional records are generally not strong candidates.
- Audience
- Mid-career professionals
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