Deadline: September 9, 2025
Applications are open for the Princeton University Hodder Fellowship 2026-2027. The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists and writers of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the academic year.
Potential Hodder Fellows are composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, writers, translators, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts”; they are selected more “for promise than for performance.” Given the strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book or have similar achievements in their own fields; the Hodder is designed to provide Fellows with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work.
Stipend
- A $93,000 stipend is provided for this 10-month appointment as a Visiting Fellow.
Eligibility
- Open to composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, translators, writers, or other kinds of artists or humanists.
- Applicant need not be a U.S. citizen to apply.
- Previous recipients of the Princeton Arts Fellowship are not eligible to apply.
Application
To apply, submit:
- A curriculum vitae
- 500-word project proposal in which you describe your artistic project and what you plan to do during the fellowship’s 10-month appointment
- Work samples accompanied by a 150-word statement on how they relate to your proposal. Samples can be submitted as links in a PDF.
- Creative Writing: Prose is limited to 3,000 words. Poetry is limited to 20 pages. If both a prose writer and poet, submit up to 2,000 words (prose) and up to 10 pages (poetry)
- Dance (choreography): 1-3 links to at least 15 minutes total of rehearsals, research, or performances. Must be continuous footage with cue points. Do not send trailers, photographs or promotional materials.
- Music: 1-2 scores and/or links to examples of performance (10 minutes total). Video is optional.
- Theater: Up to 15 pages writing sample and/or up to 10 design images (photos or renderings) and/or video/audio reel with cue points.
- Visual Arts: Up to 20 still images OR up to 10 minutes of video OR up to 10 still images and 5 minutes of video. Video can represent one work or excerpts; provide cue points if including a link to a longer work.
For more information, visit Hodder Fellowship.
