Visiting research fellowships
Each year our fellowship programme enables artists and researchers to develop their work.
Fellowships allow researchers to spend a month using our facilities in Leeds or Hertfordshire, and include accommodation, travel and subsistence expenses.
Applications are now open for 2025/26 fellowship projects.
Deadline to apply: Monday 10 March, 17:00
Types of fellowship
Visiting Research Fellowships
Intended for academics or curators working on historic and contemporary sculpture, who can make particular use of the Institute’s resources: our Research Library, Archive of Sculptors’ Papers and the Leeds Sculpture Collections.
Artist Research Fellowships
Designed for artists to develop their practice through research, using the Institute’s resources. These fellowships support a range of visual arts practices and outcomes, generated through research into sculpture and its histories.
Please note that the fellowship is for research only and we are unable to offer studio facilities.
Senior Fellowships
Through these longer (six week) fellowships, we give established scholars time and space to develop a research project free from usual work commitments.
What’s included
Research Fellows will be given the opportunity to spend a month using our research facilities in Leeds or Hertfordshire.
Fellowships include accommodation, travel and subsistence expenses.
Please note that we’re not able to offer studio facilities for artists.
Our facilities in Leeds
The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds is a world-recognised centre for the study of sculpture.
Here we host a year-round programme of exhibitions, conferences and lectures, as well as developing research and publications, to expand the understanding and scholarship of sculpture in the broadest possible sense.
Sculpture Research Library
With more than 30,000 books, exhibition catalogues, journals and audio-visual items, the library is an outstanding resource for studying sculpture.
Archive of Sculptors’ Papers
The working lives of hundreds of sculptors are captured in their photographs, letters, drawings and sketchbooks, alongside film, digital records and even tools and costume.
Leeds sculpture collection
We oversee the development of Leeds Museums and Galleries’ sculpture collections, a partnership that has built one of the strongest collections of British sculpture in the country.
Our facilities in Hertfordshire
If your interests relate to Henry Moore, then our collections and archive at Henry Moore Studios and Gardens in Hertfordshire is the perfect place to conduct your research.
Henry Moore Archive
The world’s leading resource on the life and work of Henry Moore, containing publications, correspondence, photographs and exhibition material.
Open by appointment, Mondays to Fridays, 10:00–16:30
How to apply
To apply for a research fellowship, please fill out the form below.
Make sure to include:
- a letter of application
- a 750 word research proposal, which indicates how you will use our resources
- your CV
Deadline to apply: Monday 10 March, 17:00
If you have any questions, or would like to submit your application in an alternative format, please contact research@henry-moore.org
Current Research Fellows
Find out more about our most recent researchers and their projects.
In 2024 our visiting fellows include Caroline Bergvall, Trey Burns, Juliane Foronda, Dominic Hardy, Sam Metz, Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Alberto Pirro and Teresa Porciani.
You can also take a look at previous fellowship projects we’ve supported here.
