New fellows are appointed for two-year terms to teach and carry out research in a sponsoring department in the humanities.

Applicants must designate an academic department as their host. Please review the list of eligible units below to find the best match for your interests. Only departments that administer teaching programs may host Mellon Fellows.  

• African American Studies
• Anthropology
• Art Practice
• Classics
• Comparative Literature
• East Asian Languages and Cultures
• English
• Ethnic Studies
• Film and Media
• French
• Gender and Women’s Studies
• German
• History
• History of Art
• Italian Studies
• Linguistics
• Music
• Near Eastern Studies
• Philosophy
• Rhetoric
• Scandinavian
• Slavic Languages and Literatures
• South and Southeast Asian Studies
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies