The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) funds more than a dozen fellowships supporting a broad range of bibliographical pursuits to promote critical inquiry and research in the field of bibliography in both traditional and emerging formats.

Bibliographical projects may range chronologically from the study of clay tablets and papyrus rolls to contemporary print, manuscript, and born-digital materials. Topics relating to texts in any field and of any period are eligible for consideration as long as they include analysis of the physical object as historical evidence.

Projects may include establishing a text or studying the history of book or manuscript production, publication, distribution, collecting, or reading, and the history of bibliographical study itself. Fellowship awards may be used to fund travel to collections and other expenses associated with research, publication, or other scholarly outcomes related to the topic for which the award was made. Projects that are primarily enumerative (lists) will be considered for funding provided the proposal states a clear objective, describes the need for such work within its field, and specifies the extent to which textual objects will be described.

Normally, BSA fellowships support research and are not intended to fund time spent writing. 

Applicants must be active members of the Society to be considered for a fellowship award.