Through its fellowships and travel grants, the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation supports research projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. Projects may include (but are not limited to) historical research and documentation projects resulting in dissertations, publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, documentary films, or other multimedia products.

Congratulations to 2013-2014 Consortium Research Fellow James Poskett, who has been appointed Assistant Professor in the History of Science and Technology at the University of Warwick, starting September 2017. Read more about James's work here.

The Consortium invites applications for Short-term Research Fellowships, Dissertation Fellowships, an NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Fellows-in-Residence. More information is available on Fellowships page

Updates on fellowships, working groups, public events and Consortium collections are available in the November 2016 Newsletter.

Dora Vargha, Birbeck College, University of London
2015 to 2016 Research Fellow

Tamara Kneese, New York University
2015 to 2016 Research Fellow

Sarah Sussman, University of Texas at Austin
2015 to 2016 Research Fellow

Lawrence Kessler, Temple University
2015 to 2016 Dissertation Fellow

Joseph Malherek, George Washington University
2015 to 2016 NEH Postdoctoral Fellow

Carolyn Roberts, Harvard University
2015 to 2016 Dissertation Fellow

At Your Service
At Your Service, John R. Armstrong, Gouache painting, ca. 1940s, Photograph by Gregory Tobias. Image courtesy of the Science History Institute.