Opportunities and Resources
Upcoming Opportunities of Note:
James Martson Fitch Mid-Career Fellowship
Funding: $15,000
Deadline: December 15, 2025
Research grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to one or more mid-career professionals who have an academic background, professional experience and an established identity in one or more of the following fields: historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, architectural history and the decorative arts. The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will consider proposals for the research and/or the execution of the preservation-related projects in any of these fields.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Kiley Teaching Fellowship in Landscape Architecture
Funding: $57,500 stipend for fellowship year
Deadline: January 5, 2026
The Loeb Fellowship offers a transformative year of study and engagement at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and a powerful worldwide network of over 450 colleagues.
Loeb Fellows are exceptional practitioners whose work is advancing positive social outcomes through the shaping of the built and natural environment in the US and around the world. Urban planners and designers, public artists, real estate developers, landscape architects, journalists, civic leaders, architects, policymakers, social entrepreneurs, and more, these proven leaders step away from their professional lives for one academic year to strengthen their knowledge and impact, to broaden or refocus their careers, and to encourage deeper social engagement with their work.
The program is for people in mid-career, with a minimum of 5-10 years of experience in the field. We seek professionals who have leadership ability, a strong drive to help others succeed, and who show the potential to take their capacities to higher levels.
Resources for Publishing and Book Subventions:
For University Presses, including resources for the “life cycle” of a book:
- Association of University Presses: https://ask.up.hcommons.org/faqs/
For general advice about publishing:
- Manuscript Works: https://manuscriptworks.com/archive
- Jane Friedman, Reporting on the Publishing Industry: https://janefriedman.com/ [See especially the 2025-2025 Key Book Publishing Paths]
- William Germano, Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books, 3rd ed. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016).
On subventions:
- Subvention 101: Funding Support for Scholarly Books (H-Net Book Channel): https://networks.h-net.org/group/discussions/20027501/subvention-101-funding-support-scholarly-books
- “‘A Sub-What?’ FAQs on the Mysterious Book Subvention” (Chronicle of Higher Education): https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-sub-what-faqs-on-the-mysterious-book-subvention
- Out-of-Pocket Costs for Academic Book Authors: https://manuscriptworks.com/blog/costs
On Open Access (OA):
- UNM University Libraries have compiled helpful resources for Open Access Publishing and what to expect in terms of Open Access Fees: https://libguides.unm.edu/openaccess/openaccessandresearch
- ACLS Open Access Book Prize: https://www.acls.org/programs/open-access-book-prize/
- Open Access in the Humanities: https://newbooksnetwork.com/open-access-in-humanities-publishing-a-discussion-with-irene-van-rossom
- A more sobering survey of the OA landscape: https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-corporate-capture-of-open-access-publishing
