About the Research Fellowships

The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati encourages advanced study of and publication on the importance and legacy of the American Revolution through its fellowship program. Fellows, most of whom work from the research library at our headquarters in Washington D.C., receive support to explore the library and museum’s collections related to their project. Strengths of the collections are materials relating to the art of war in the eighteenth century, documents regarding the conduct of the Revolutionary War, primary sources that provide context for the achievement of the American forces and their French allies in securing the independence of the United States, personal narratives from the war and the archives of the Society of the Cincinnati. Several fellowships are also available to support research in early American history including the colonial era.

Our library offers numerous fellowship opportunities each year to graduate students and advanced scholars who are conducting research that may benefit from access to the Institute’s collections. Explore our fellowship programs below.

Short-Term Research Fellowships

Short-term research fellowships support onsite research at our library for a minimum of five days, making possible the advanced study of the colonial and revolutionary eras through our extensive collections.

Thomas Jay McCahill III Fellowship

The McCahill Fellowship supports research that may benefit from various primary resources, with an emphasis on the collections of the American Revolution Institute and/or the American Independence Museum in Exeter, N.H.