Louvre Abu Dhabi – Fellowship & Grant Programme (2025–2026)
Applications are now open for Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Research Fellowship Programme, supporting innovative work in art history, archaeology, museum studies, conservation, and heritage science. Fellows conduct research on-site using the museum’s Resource Center, Conservation Center and Scientific Laboratory – the first of its kind in the Gulf for material analysis.
Fellowships must relate to one of the museum’s three research themes:
1. Global History of Museums & Collections
Explores the establishment of museums and collections on a global scale. Projects may examine curatorial practices, audience-building, display strategies, and global expressions of the “universal museum,” taking Louvre Abu Dhabi as a ground of analysis.
2. Circulation of Styles, Images & Texts
Investigates how objects, styles, techniques, and ideas travel from the second millennium onward. Topics include artistic exchanges, transnational routes of circulation, cultural transfers, and multiple modernities—challenging ideas of cultural hierarchies and exploring horizontal encounters across cultures.
3. Precious Materials & Routes of Exchange
Focuses on materiality of artworks related to the Louvre Abu Dhabi’s collection, which reflects influences from both East and West, testifying to the significance of trade routes such as the Silk Road, terrestrial and maritime exchanges throughout history. Projects may study how precious materials moved across regions, how cultural interactions shaped artistic practices, and how notions of rarity, beauty, and value evolved over time.
If you are a researcher interested in studying the Louvre Abu Dhabi and its collections, we encourage you to explore this opportunity, whether for a short-term (3 months) or long-term (9 months) fellowships. This opportunity is open to researchers in the UAE and worldwide.
Deadline: 7 February 2026
For more details: fellowship-and-grant-application-guidelines-2025.pdf
Apply online: Louvre Abu Dhabi – louvre-abudhabi-fellowships-call-for-proposal
Inquiries: research@louvreabudhabi.ae