Fellowship Program
Promoting New Scholarship
Each year, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West offers a limited number of research stipends for promising and established visiting western scholars in our fellowship program. Scholars research, write, and develop ideas and manuscripts that expand the horizon of western studies. Fellows may pursue field research in the Cody area (i.e., the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem or the Big Horn Basin and Mountains), work in the collections of the McCracken Research Library, or with one of our five museums.
If scholars wish to apply for more than one of our Fellowships, they must submit separate applications for each.
The submission deadline for the bellow Resident Fellowships has passed. Information regarding future fellowship opportunities will be posted here once we have it!
2022 – 2023 Resident Fellowships
Buffalo Bill Center of the West (CENTER) in Cody, Wyoming, invites proposals for its 2022 – 2023 Resident Fellowship Program. Fellowships are intended to fund research advancing knowledge, understanding, and passion about the extraordinary cultural and natural heritage of the American West and its timeless and global relevance. Fellows will be granted a stipend of $5,000. Fellowships require at least one week of residency or more, dependent upon the parameters of the Fellow’s research needs. The period of residency must be completed between June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023.
The deadline to submit a proposal has passed.
2022 – 2023 A.P. Proctor Fellowship
In addition to our Resident Fellowships, the Center of the West is seeking proposals for the 2022 – 2023 Alexander Phimister Proctor Fellowship, generously funded by the Alexander Phimister Proctor Foundation. This fellowship is intended to fund research topics related to sculptor Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860 – 1950) and drawing on the Center of the West’s extensive collection of material related to the artist.
The deadline to submit a proposal has passed.
2022 – 2023 Peter K. Simpson Fellowship on the American West
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West (BBCW) in collaboration with the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center (AHC) invites applications for the annual Peter K. Simpson Fellowship on the American West through March 30, 2022. The fellowship aims to support a 20-day stay divided between the BBCW and the AHC to research extensive collections on the American West in both repositories. Academic scholars at any level, from graduate students to tenured faculty, may apply. Fellowships will fund original research advancing knowledge, understanding, and passion about the history and myths of the American West.
The deadline to submit a proposal has passed.
