Fellowships

Our fellowship program supports two-semester practicum-internships designed to provide students exceptional professional-level experience in NYC’s world-class institutions. Fellowship recipients for academic year 2024/2025 include:

• Brooklyn Museum Archives Fellowship – Georgia Troch
• Brooklyn Museum Data Analytics Fellowship – Riain Fitzsimons
• Brooklyn Museum UX Design and Innovation Fellowship – Tingtong He and Nidhi Gowda
• Brooklyn Public Library Children & Young Adult Services Fellowship – Tyler Vargas
• Brooklyn Public Library Center for Brooklyn History User Services Fellowship – Jake Gibson
• Franklin Furnace Archive Fellowship – Mia Greenberg
• Frick Art Reference Library Fellowship – Adrian Oh and Lila Milgrom
• Lesbian Herstory Archives Fellowship – Meg Carroll
• Met Museum Watson Library Fellowship – Aisha Khan and Sylvie Freedman
• MoMA Product Design Fellowship – Richa Shah
• MoMA Library Fellowship – Shy Adelman
• MoMA Linked Open Data Fellowship – Emily Cunningham
• Museum of the City of New York – Leewon Seo
• Pratt Center Mapping, Data Analysis & Visualization Fellowship – Yuanhao Wu
• Pratt Institute Department of Exhibitions Fellowship – Nicolas Lord

Past recipients can be found on the Past Fellowship Recipients webpage.

Our fellowship program is made possible through donations from our generous community and occasional grants. Supporters include:

• Bogardus Scholarship
• Dorothy M. Cooper Endowed Scholarship Fund
• Morton D. Flaum Memorial Scholarship
• Ford-EEOC Scholarship
• Hart Scholarship
• Hauser and Wirth Institute
• Hoffman Scholarship Fund
• The Institute of Museum and Library Services (grant #s: ARPML-250555-OMLS-22, RE-71-12-0023-12, RE-01-08-0012-08, RE-01-10-0018-10, RE-01-05-0036-05)
• Library School Graduate Association Scholarship
• Scilken Endowed Scholarship
• Donors to the Fund for Pratt: School of Information

Application Information

Students can apply for the fellowship program starting in their second semester of study. Partnering with NYC museums, libraries, and other institutions, we offer students fellowships that support tuition scholarships in the amount of $7,965 ($3,982.50 in fall 2025 and $3,982.50 in spring 2026). 

Fellows are required to carry-out two-semester practicum/internships, requiring 120 hours per semester of on-site work at one of the partner institutions. To fulfill the fellowship requirements, students must enroll in a course related to their practicum (the course varies by fellowship).  Students must also either enroll in INFO 698 Practicum/ Seminar in the spring 2026 semester or present their fellowship projects at #Infoshow2026. The practicum and internship site work and supervisor must the same for both the practicum and internship.

Please be aware that each of the fellowships have different eligibility requirements which are detailed in the application.

Fellowship Opportunities 2025-2026

Fellowship opportunities for the 2025-2026 academic year are listed below.  Students can apply for multiple fellowships but must apply to each fellowship separately and can only participate in one. Applicants must have enrolled at the School of Information no later than the spring 2025 semester and be graduating no earlier than spring 2026. 

**The application deadline is Monday, April 7, 2025 at 5:00PM EDT. 

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Brooklyn Public Library Center for Brooklyn History Art & Artifact Collection Fellowship

The collections at the Center for Brooklyn History include approximately 5,700 artifacts ranging from the 17th to the 21st centuries. The formats and context of these artifacts are diverse, including personal and household goods, agricultural and industrial equipment, and memorabilia closely associated with larger archival collections. The fellowship recipient will assist the Art Collections and Exhibition Coordinator in improving the intellectual control and documentation of onsite collection storage. Duties include inventorying and cataloging materials into the collections management database. This hands-on inventory will require candidates to safely handle a variety of mediums as well as identify and describe condition issues. Candidates may also suggest and initiate any special projects that may be of interest to them. The ideal candidate should have an interest in special collection management while demonstrating reliability, punctuality, attention to detail, and follow-through. Competitive candidates will have already completed coursework in collection information management. An academic focus or some experience with special collections is preferred.

Brooklyn Public Library Children’s & Young Adult Services Fellowship

This fellowship is for MSLIS students who plan to work in children’s and young adult services at the public library. The fellowship offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in children’s and young adult services at the Brooklyn Public Library, a leader in traditional and innovative library services that reflect the dynamism of diverse communities. Specific projects and activities will be determined at the start of the fellowship but may include tasks such as the design and implementation of programming for children and youth, collection appraisal and preparation of readers’ advisory resources, and community outreach and library advocacy. Projects and activities will align with ALSC and YALSA core competencies for librarians serving children and youth. 

Brooklyn Museum Archives Fellowship

One fellowship is available at the Brooklyn Museum Archives. As an encyclopedic institution that is celebrating its 200 birthday, the Brooklyn Museum has a vast collection both in scope and depth. Our Libraries comprise one of the largest and oldest art museum libraries in the country; developed to encourage understanding of the Museum’s collections and history, they parallel our global collections. The Archives contain more than fifty collections documenting the history of the Museum from 1823 through the present day. Totaling over 2,000 linear feet of records, these collections include correspondence, photographs, exhibition catalogues, and ephemera created by employees in all the Museum’s departments, from Audiovisual to Visitor Services.

Working with the Archivist and Records Manager, the Fellow will be processing the Brooklyn Museum Art School records. The Brooklyn Museum Art School (BMAS) was established within the Brooklyn Museum in 1941 and was transferred to Pratt in 1985. The BMAS was a non-degree granting art school for teens and adults with teachers including Rufino Tamayo, Toshio Odate, Joan Semmel, Donald Judd, Max Beckmann, and many other artists. The courses covered a variety of media including painting, sculpture, textile arts, photography, graphic design, ceramics, and drawing. The records of the BMAS contain photographs, administrative files, exhibit files, ephemera, and student records. The Fellow will create a finding aid for the collection in ArchivesSpace.

Franklin Furnace Fellowship

Franklin Furnace’s mission is to present, preserve, interpret, educate, and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, cultural bias, ephemerality, or politically unpopular content. The organization provides physical and virtual venues for the presentation of time-based art, including artists’ books and periodicals, performance art, installation art, and unforeseen contemporary avant-garde artforms; and undertakes other activities related to these purposes. Franklin Furnace is dedicated to serving early-career artists; to cultivating appreciation of avant-garde art for all, and to fostering artists’ zeal to circulate ideas.

The major project for this fellowship is to publish the Franklin Furnace/ MoMA Artists’ Book Collection, which contains over 3,600 artists’ book titles in a wide range of formats, including conceptual bookwork, photo-based books, poetry, xerox zines, and many more. Franklin Furnace actively seeks book donations to its collection since 1976 and became one of the largest collection of artists’ books in the US. In 1993 the collection was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art Library’s collection, forming the world’s premier repository, and entitled the Museum of Modern Art / Franklin Furnace / Artists’ Books Collection. To this day, Franklin Furnace maintains its own collection with unique bibliographic metadata collected from the artists and is vigorously making the records accessible to the public. 

The Franklin Furnace Archives fellow will work on researching various artists’ book collection for their Integrated Library System (ILS) and other alternative platforms to publish the records. The fellow will review our catalog records on FileMaker database and continue to improve the field contents by doing in-depth research on each title. With the guidance of FFA archivists, under the supervision of Harley Spiller, Ken Dewey Director, the fellow also assists with the grant application to publish the artists’ books collection, promoting the discoverability of BIPOC artists whose work is represented in the Franklin Furnace Artists’ Books Collection and related vertical files.

Frick Art Research Library Fellowship

Two fellowship opportunities are available at the Frick Art Research Library working with the web archiving team for the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC). Fellows will contribute to a unique web archive collection devoted to born-digital resources for art history, including websites for New York City galleries, museums, artists’ websites, catalogues raisonnés, and auction catalogs. The fellows will evaluate candidate sites for web archiving; be trained in using Archive-It, Conifer, and Webrecorder tools to capture websites; create bibliographic records for websites using OCLC Connexion; perform review, maintenance and QA of archived websites; participate in discussions regarding web archiving policy and workflow for the Frick and NYARC; and assist with beta testing of new tools and research. Fellows will additionally have the opportunity to present at local and national professional events, contribute to NYARC blog posts, and become actively involved with the international web archiving community.

Lesbian Herstory Archives Fellowship

The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the world’s oldest and largest collections of materials by and about Lesbians and their communities. The Lesbian Herstory Archives exists to gather and preserve records of Lesbian lives and activities. This ensures future generations will have ready access to materials relevant to their lives. You can learn more about LHA at https://lesbianherstoryarchives.org/. 

In the fellowship, we expect to structure it around the interests of the chosen fellow. Potential projects include: 

• Imaging & Metadata Rehousing: Graphics, Buttons, Videos, T-Shirts, Banners 
• Archival Processing: Music (Legacy Formats), Special Collections, Periodicals, Unpublished Papers

MoMA Library Fellowship

The fellowship presents the opportunity to participate in several aspects of MoMA library operations. The fellow will focus their time on reference, collection development, and acquisition activities. Particular projects will be determined at the start of the fellowship but may include such tasks as reading room staffing, assessing current reference tools, and backlog appraisal and remediation. Appropriate training and supervision will be provided for any tasks assigned. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated a knowledge of and interest in art history, particularly modern and contemporary art, and be excited to learn of the particular role the museum library plays within the institution. 

MoMA Archives Linked Open Data Fellowship

The focus of the fellowship in the MoMA Archives is to expand, enrich, and explore as linked open data information related to MoMA’s century-long institutional history of collecting and exhibiting modern art. While projects will be worked out with the specific fellow, possible activities include: refining and enhancing exhibition data sets in Wikidata; connecting archives and library resources and creators to Wikidata and Wikipedia; creating data visualizations to demonstrate and interrogate the richness of the dataset; or exploring mapping software and other free tools for exploiting the data. Relevant skills that will be developed during the course of the fellowship include data analysis, reconciliation methods, archival research methods, and semantic web methods. The project’s ultimate aim is to create new research tools for art historical scholarship while also demonstrating methods for interlinking library archival resources online. 

The purpose of the LOD for Museums Fellowship is to provide support for a student in the MS Museums and Digital Culture or MS Library & Information Science program to investigate the application of Linked Open Data (LOD) within a museum setting. The fellowship allows the student to apply the knowledge and competencies acquired from their course work in a professional setting while developing new skills through participation in an on-site internship.

MoMA Product Design Fellowship 

The purpose of the Pratt SI Product Design Fellowship at the Museum of Modern Art is to provide students interested in the arts and culture sector with the opportunity to work on UX and Product Design projects in a practical museum setting. Students will work within MoMA’s Digital Product team alongside a team of designers, developers, and product managers on projects aimed at better understanding the museum’s diverse audiences and reshaping digital engagement both in the museum and virtually. The student will learn to execute design and research projects within the context of the product development lifecycle and informed by MoMA’s digital strategy. They will be introduced to a variety of approaches and methodologies that the UX team at MoMA employs while conducting audience research, designing and prototyping digital products, and testing solutions with users. Students are also invited to bring their experience, interests, and perspectives to the team and its work.

Applicants must be comfortable with at least one of the following design tools: Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD. Familiarity with at least some of the following UXR methodologies is required: Generative audience research, moderated/unmoderated usability testing, card sorting, tree testing, and survey design. A strong desire to pursue a career in a non-profit and/or arts institution is expected, as well as an enthusiasm for visual art and museums.

Met Museum Watson Library Fellowship

Two opportunities are available for Pratt MSLIS students at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Thomas J. Watson Library. The goal is to provide students with guided learning experiences across the key activities of art librarianship. A sincere interest in a non-profit and/or arts institution is expected, as well as an enthusiasm for visual art and museums. Selected participants will be considered Met Graduate Interns, and part of The Met’s Undergraduate and Graduate Internship Program cohort. They will participate in Met internship programs to learn about museum practice broadly and meet with Met staff from across the Museum. 

Over two semesters, fellows will participate in several areas of the library: technical services, digitization, and systems. This will take place in the context of hands-on work whenever possible, but also through meetings and demonstrations with staff members. At the same time, there will be a project which will be an opportunity to focus more deeply on several of these areas, developed in consultation with library staff to meet both library needs and intern interest and aptitude, while maintaining some continuity of core duties. Participants will have the option to give a presentation to library staff on their project at the end of the second semester. 

Participants will learn best practices from a workflow level down to a personal level, working with competencies already in place for Watson Library staff. These can include: 

• hands-on work with technical services workflows; 
• importing and editing bibliographic records in Sierra and Connexion Client; 
• gain familiarity with how Python, SQL, Javascript and HTML/CSS are used in a live environment; 
• learn how to perform basic book conservation procedures (making enclosures, plastic covers, etc.); 
• carry out basic acquisitions functions such as placing orders, selecting and receiving; 
• learn the basics of creating metadata in CONTENTdm and work with our cutting edge scanners on digitization projects; 
• record loading and data transformation. 

Whitney Museum Digital Asset & Preservation Fellowship

The purpose of the Digital Asset & Preservation Fellowship is to provide an opportunity for a MSMDC or MSLIS student to gain first-hand experience in multiple areas related to the management of digital files, data, and records in a museum archives setting. The fellowship will take place in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Research Resources and Collection Management Department.

The Research Resources and Collection Management Department supports the research needs of museum staff and members of the academic and museum communities by providing access to primary resources, published resources, and other research material relating to the Museum’s history, collections, and programming. The Department includes the following units: LIbrary, Archives, Permanent Collection Documentation and Information, Licensing, and Digital Asset Management. 

Metropolitan Museum Data Analysis & Visualization for Collections Information Fellowship

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Data Analysis & Visualization fellowship will provide an opportunity to apply and expand the fellow’s knowledge and skills from their coursework in a world class institution. 

Tasks and responsibilities for the 2025-2026 fellow include:

• Collecting and analyzing quantitative insights on The Met’s digital audience and products across the museum through the following skills, tools, and languages:
• Analytics + Data Visualization: GA4, Tag Manager, Looker, Quantum Metric, PowerBI
• Data Warehousing + Streamlining: BigQuery (SQL, knowledge in Python and JS a plus)
• Survey Analysis: Survicate
• Presentations: Google Slides, Power Point
• Collaborating with a team of product managers, developers, UX researcher, and product designers on areas of the website, digital content, onsite interactives, the public API, and more
• Learning how to create workflows and collaborate on project management tools (Airtable, JIRA, Confluence, Teams, etc)
• Presenting a cohesive data-driven story on an existing or potential area in The Met’s digital space that is of interest to between the fellow and supervisor through the fellowship capstone project
• Interacting with Met staff and learning museum best practices, culture, and vision

Metropolitan Museum Digital Product Design Fellowship

The purpose of the Digital Product Design Fellowship is to provide students with the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge in the area of product design in a practical setting, in this case, a world-class museum – The Met. Students will work in one or more areas that the Product Development department, including Visit Experience and Online Collection initiatives. The student will work with a team that includes developers, designers, product managers, user researchers, and analytics experts to help shape the experience across the Met’s digital platforms.

Students will learn how to apply a user-first mindset and the ability to deeply empathize with human behavior in order to shape how people interact and experience art online. They will help create experiences that drive both the product’s interaction and visual design. Students will gain familiarity working in an Agile product development environment and with project management tools. Students will also learn how a design system works within the context of product development, and practice design thinking. The student will participate in Met internship programs to learn about museum practice broadly and talk with Met staff across the Museum.

Applicants must be comfortable with Figma. A strong desire to pursue a career in a non-profit and/or arts institution is expected, as well as an enthusiasm for visual art and museums. The selected student must be able to attend mid-day programs for interns at the Met on Fridays.

Museum of the City of New York Digital Media Fellowship

Working within the Communications and Marketing team under the supervision of the Director of Marketing and Communication, the Fellow will work on Bloomberg Connects and create video content for the museum’s social media networks like TikTok that provide a digital extension to the museum.

Responsibilities include:

● Developing and uploading content for upcoming exhibitions on the Bloomberg Connects app, including creating tours, uploading artwork, and thinking about video content and audio tours.

● Assessing and improving the information infrastructure of the app by reviewing user surveys from the galleries to ensure the effectiveness of the information organization.

● Creating engaging content for the museum’s social media platforms, specifically TikTok, including developing different themes and stories and producing high-quality videos for our social audiences.

Hauser & Wirth Institute Archives Fellowship (for summer 2025)

Ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2027, The Drawing Center, a museum and nonprofit exhibition space in SoHo that focuses on the exhibition of drawings, is undertaking a vital digital archive project. TDC’s physical archives represent exhibitions, events, and artist programs from 1977 to 2006, encompassing exhibitions on the work of Kara Walker, Hilma af Klint, Julie Mehretu, Victor Hugo, Louise Bourgeois, Sol LeWitt, and many others. 

The Hauser & Wirth Institute (HWI) Archives fellow will work on creating metadata for visual material (slides, photographs, etc.) and ephemera that has been digitized by HWI from The Drawing Center’s extensive exhibition archive. The fellow will catalog the assets and help establish an image filing system best suited for Craft CMS (TDC’s website backend software).