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As part of the Library’s vision to connect all Americans and to empower new generations and diverse audiences to explore its enduring treasury of information, Of the People: Widening the Path enhances and supports diverse and inclusive participation in the creation and perpetuation of the nation’s historical and creative record. The following Of the People grant, internship and fellowship opportunities are available.
Junior Fellows Internship Program
The Library of Congress Junior Fellows Internship Program enables emerging professionals (undergraduate, graduate students and recent graduates) to gain career experience by working with analog and digital collections and supporting the services of the world’s largest library. Opportunities are available for undergraduate and graduate students, and recent graduates.
Applications for the 2024 Junior Fellows Program are being accepted now through Monday, November 27, 2023.
Learn more about Junior Fellows here
Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA)
The Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA) gives the next generation of diverse archivists and knowledge workers invaluable opportunities to analyze, preserve, and bring to light collections that represent the rich cultural and creative heritage of the United States. Opportunities are available for currently enrolled undergraduate juniors and seniors, masters, and Ph.D. candidates from all majors, as well as those who have recently graduated.
Applications for Fall 2023 closed on Monday, April 24, 2023.
Community Collections Grants
Community Collections Grants from the American Folklife Center support contemporary cultural field research within diverse communities. Opportunities are available for Individuals and Organizations.
Applications for the Community Collections Grant program closed August 18, 2023. For the latest updates on applications, subscribe to the Of the People blog and register for informational webinars.
Community Collections Grants from the American Folklife Center support contemporary cultural field research within diverse communities. Opportunities are available for Individuals and Organizations.
Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Grants
Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Grants encourage projects that remix and reuse Library digital collections in creative and imaginative ways that center Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander and/or other communities of color. Opportunities are available for Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Minority-Serving Higher Education Institutions.
Information about the current open application period for Higher Education; and Libraries, Archives, Museums can be found on the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative page.
Artist/Scholar-in-Residence
The Artist/Scholar-in-Residence program supports the creation of new scholarly and/or artistic works that will deepen the connection between the Library and Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander and/or other communities of color through new or re-imagined uses of technology.
Information about the current open application period for Artist/Scholar-in-Residence can be found on the Artist/Scholar-in-Residence page.