Fellowships, Internships, and Grants

The Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programs at the Richard Gilder Graduate School of the American Museum of Natural History are designed to advance the training of each participant by having them pursue a specific, time-limited project in association with Museum professionals in the Museum setting. 

AMNH-Bard Research Fellowship in Museum Anthropology.

Bard Graduate Center invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship jointly appointed at Bard Graduate Center and in the Anthropology Division and the Richard Gilder Graduate School of the American Museum of Natural History.

*This program is currently on hiatus.*

• Applicants should be enrolled in or have recently graduated from an academic institution.
• Applicants need to write a brief summary (one page or less) specifying your area of interest within anthropology, and how an internship will help you achieve your educational goals.
• If you are applying for credit, you must attach a copy of your transcript.
• In all cases, please attach a resume and include the name of an academic adviser or professor who can be contacted to provide a reference.
• As part of the Museum’s internship program and to ensure mentors receive appropriate training and guidance, please let us know your age for the duration of the internship.
• View your specific area of interest to get the application and any additional information.

For academic credit and unpaid internships in African, Asian, North American and Pacific Ethnology, please fill out this application and email it to [email protected] 

Biological Anthropology is currently not taking interns.  Please check back periodically for updates.

For academic credit and unpaid internships in Collections Management, and Archives, please fill out this application and email it to [email protected] 

For academic credit and unpaid internships in Mexican/Central American and South American Archaeology and Ethnology, please fill out this application and email it to [email protected] 

The North American Archaeology Department offers Lab Researcher Internship positions for undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students three times per year. Please refer to this document for further details and how to apply. 

Internship Application Deadlines 2026

• Summer Session (June to August): submit January 1–March 1
• Fall Session (September to December): submit June 1–July 10
• Spring Session 2026 (January to May): submit October 1–November 10

Collection Study Grants provide financial assistance to enable pre-doctoral and recent post- doctoral investigators to study the scientific collections at the American Museum of Natural History.

• Through this program administered by the YVR Art Foundation, British Columbia and Yukon First Nations artists can apply for funding to visit and study items in the collections of the Anthropology Division. Annual deadline in September.