Edilia and François Auguste de Montêquin Fellowship

The awards consist of a $2,000 fellowship for an advanced graduate student and a $6,000 fellowship for a senior or emerging scholar. The awardees will be notified in December and will be recognized onscreen at the SAH Annual International Conference in April and in the SAH Newsletter.

These annual fellowships are intended to support the research of graduate students who have completed their coursework and are engaged in doctoral dissertation research, and senior or emerging scholars who have completed their PhD or equivalent terminal degree. The research to be supported must focus on Spanish, Portuguese, or Ibero-American architecture, including colonial architecture produced by the Spaniards in the Philippines and what is today the United States. The applicant must be a current member of SAH. 

Following completion of travel and research supported by the fellowship, each de Montêquin Fellowship awardee must submit a written report summarizing their research and explaining what travel was undertaken and how funds were spent. The report will be submitted to the SAH office no later than three months following the completion of work related to the fellowship. Awardees are required to upload images to SAHARA (a minimum of 50  for junior scholars and a minimum of 150 for senior scholars). 

You will need:

• Two recommendations to apply for this fellowship (must be submitted using the online recommendation form)
• Description of the research project on Iberian or Ibero-American architecture to be funded (500 words maximum). The description should:
  • speak to the originality of the project
  • contextualize the project within current scholarship
  • explain how the project might further scholarship in the field
• Current curriculum vitae (5 pages max)
• Statement of purpose (500 words maximum) that explains:
  • why you are the ideal candidate for this fellowship
  • how the fellowship will impact your career goals

Applications for the 2026 cohort will open on August 1, 2025.