Advancing scholarship and harnessing Fort Ticonderoga’s unique resources is at the heart of the museum’s mission. To increase accessibility and engage new audiences Fort Ticonderoga runs fellowship programs that attract students from across the United States and beyond to live, learn, and experience all that Fort Ticonderoga has to offer students researching and working with America’s military heritage.
University Partnerships
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Graduate Fellowships
Each year Fort Ticonderoga offers four graduate fellowships for students seeking a practical, hands-on internship experience at a historic site and museum with cutting-edge programs. Fellowships in 2019 run from June 10–August 16. The Edward W. Pell Graduate Fellowships at Fort Ticonderoga are made possible in part with support from the Edward W. Pell Education Endowment at Fort Ticonderoga and other generous individual donors.
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Omohundro Institute-Fort Ticonderoga Short Term Visiting Fellowships
The Omohundro Institute and Fort Ticonderoga are pleased to offer a Short-Term Visiting Fellowship (one month or four working weeks) for scholars—from advanced graduate students to senior scholars. Scholars with strong interests in early America broadly understood to mean the Atlantic World in the years between roughly 1450 and 1820, are encouraged to apply. Fort Ticonderoga holds one of North America’s largest collections of military material culture, covering the colonization of North America and the ensuing colonial conflicts, as well as the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812.
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Undergraduate Internships through the McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution at Siena College
Fort Ticonderoga and the McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution at Siena College collaborate to provide internship opportunities for students in museum education, collections management, and exhibitions. The McCormick Center provides students with personally meaningful leadership and learning opportunities to advance history education in New York State.