The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship (Due Apr. 1)
The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship
Deadline: April 1st, 2025
The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship was created in 2013 to nurture and sustain a heritage as old as the Library itself: deepening French-American understanding. The Visiting Fellowship is made possible by the generous support of The de Groot Foundation.
The Fellowship offers writers, researchers, and creators the unique opportunity to spend a month in Paris working independently on their own creative project while contributing to the cultural life of the Library.
In addition to working on their own project, Fellows present a public program during their residency that engages our audience and members around a central theme. The theme for 2025-2026 is Ways of Seeing.
Fellowship Details:
Residency Period: One month, between September 2025 and June 2026. Fellowships are not available in July or August due to the Library’s programming hiatus.
Stipend: $5,000 USD paid prior to the Fellowship period to cover travel, accommodation, and expenses in Paris.
Eligibility: Open to writers, researchers, journalists, poets, screenwriters, playwrights, directors, and documentary filmmakers. International applicants are welcome.
The Fellowship Includes:
An orientation day that includes meeting Library staff, a guided tour of the collections and archives, and lunch.
A Library membership with full access to the Library’s collections, archives, and e-resources.
A commitment to spend at least three half-days per week in the Library during the residency working on your personal creative project.
Dedicated time and space to work independently on a self-guided creative project.
The opportunity to develop and deliver a one-hour public program tied to the theme of Ways of Seeing. This program could be a talk, workshop, panel, performance, or other creative format.
Opportunities to attend fundraising dinners, cocktail gatherings, or exclusive events as a representative of the Fellowship.
Participation in filming promotional material for the Library and your Fellowship experience.
A final exit interview to share feedback and insights about the Fellowship experience.
An expectation to acknowledge the Library and Fellowship in any publications or media resulting from the project.