Fields of Research and Study for the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)
The following information is offered as a general guide to the reader in suggesting the Smithsonian museums, research facilities, archives, and other reference resources which may be pertinent to the individual's field of interest.
American History, American Material and Folk Culture, and the History of Music and Musical Instruments, consult the following entries: National Museum of the American Indian; National Museum of American History; National Museum of African American History and Culture; National Portrait Gallery; National Air and Space Museum; Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; Anacostia Museum Community Museum; National Postal Museum; Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; and Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
History of Science and Technology, consult the following entries: National Museum of American History; National Air and Space Museum and Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology under Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
History of Art, Design, Crafts, and the Decorative Arts, consult the following entries: Smithsonian American Art Museum; Archives of American Art; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; National Museum of African Art; National Museum of the American Indian; National Museum of American History; National Portrait Gallery; and National Postal Museum.
Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistics, and Ethnic Studies, consult the following entries: National Museum of Natural History; National Museum of African Art; National Museum of African American History and Culture; National Museum of the American Indian; National Museum of American History; Anacostia Community Museum; Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute.
Evolutionary, Systematic, Behavioral, Environmental, and Conservation Biology, consult the following entries: National Museum of Natural History; National Zoological Park; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Earth, Mineral, and Planetary Science, consult the following entries: the Departments of Mineral Sciences and Paleobiology of the National Museum of Natural History; and Center for Earth and Planetary Studies of the National Air and Space Museum.
Materials Characterization and Conservation, consult the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute; Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; National Museum of African American History and Culture; and the National Museum of the American Indian.