Deadline: August 1, 2025
Applications are open for the Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship 2025/2026. The Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship, endowed by the Francis Goelet Charitable Trust in 2006, is one of three opportunities offered by the CSHL Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology.
It offers stipends of up to $5,000 to fund travel and other expenses associated with work on a significant research project in the history of the life sciences. Ideal projects will be advanced and broad in scope, with at least some relevance to collections in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives. The CSHL collections themselves are very broad in scope, encompassing activity around the world as well as at CSHL and several precursor institutions.
Benefits
- The Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship awards up to $5,000 USD to each recipient to support direct costs of completing the proposed project, which should include a period in residence at CSHL.
- While at CSHL, Brenner Fellows will have a workspace in the Carnegie Library, complete access to their collections, and support from their team of archivists, librarians, and historians. If space permits, Brenner Fellows will have the opportunity to rent accommodation on campus during their stay.
Eligibility
- Open to scholars (at any career stage), journalists, writers, filmmakers, and creative artists undertaking substantial research into the history of the life sciences.
Selection Criteria
- The Brenner Fellowship committee seeks proposals that are sophisticated, detailed, and original. Relevance of CSHL collections to the project (and vice versa) is an important factor, but the committee’s primary consideration will be the overall quality and significance of the project. If you are still at the initial stages of formulating a project, consider applying instead for one of their travel grants to visit CSHL.
Application
The application package must include the following:
- A completed application form, including names and contact information for two individuals who are familiar with your work and would be willing to provide letters of recommendation upon request from CSHL.
- A research proposal.
- A selected bibliography of titles or collections in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives that are relevant to your research proposal.
- A brief budget statement showing the expenses for which support is requested.
- A curriculum vitae. Include education and employment history, dates of study, areas of study, previous publications, and previous or current fellowships, grants, and awards.
Submit applications electronically via email to [email protected]. Attach all documents in .pdf, .doc, or .docx formats, with a brief covering letter in the body of the email. Format the subject line of your email as “Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship application [Year] – [Your Name]”
For more information, visit Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship.
