Deadline: October 1, 2025
Applications for the Getty Scholars Program 2026-2027 are now open. The Getty Scholars Program supports innovative research about art, conceived in the broadest terms, and its histories, by providing a locus for international scholars to forge collaborations across disciplines and professional practices, while also developing new audiences for their work.
During their residency, the scholar cohort is immersed in a vibrant local community devoted to the advancement of knowledge and hosted at an institution committed to preserving, understanding, interpreting, and sharing its vast library and collections. Scholars may be in residence at the Getty Center or Getty Villa.
Benefits
Scholar Grant recipients at the Getty Center may be in residence from three to nine months and receive varying stipends as detailed below:
- Three-month residency: September–December/January–March; $21,500 stipend
- Six-month residency: September–March/January–June; $43,000 stipend
- Nine-month residency: September–June; $65,000 stipend
The grant also includes a workstation at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, research assistance, a travel stipend, an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex, and an available healthcare option. These terms apply as of July 2024 and are subject to future changes.
Eligibility
- Scholar Grant applicants should have received a PhD before September 1, 2022. Applicants from associated fields who do not hold a PhD but have commensurate professional experience will also be considered.
- Applicants who received their doctoral degree after September 1, 2022 should apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- After a waiting period of 6 years, previous Getty Residential Grant recipients in any category are eligible to reapply for another grant in whichever category they are eligible for and interested in.
Evaluation Criteria
Getty Scholar Grants are awarded on a competitive basis. Applications as a whole are evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Overall quality of the application, including its adherence to the annual theme
- How the project would contribute to the advancement of the applicant’s field of scholarship
- Applicant’s past achievements
- Applicant’s qualifications to undertake the project
Application
For more information, visit Getty Scholars Program.
