The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists and writers of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the academic year. Potential Hodder Fellows are composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, writers, translators, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts”; they are selected more “for promise than for performance.” Given the strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book or have similar achievements in their own fields; the Hodder is designed to provide Fellows with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work.

Application Link

The online application for the next round of Hodder Fellows is now open with an application deadline of September 9, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Apply for the Hodder Fellowship

Application Information

Hodder Fellows spend an academic year with Princeton, but no formal teaching is involved. A $93,000 stipend is provided for this 10-month appointment as a Visiting Fellow. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree. One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply. Previous recipients of the Princeton Arts Fellowship are not eligible to apply.

To apply, please submit a curriculum vitae, a 500-word project proposal, and samples of your work (i.e., writing sample, images of your work, video links to performances, etc.).

Interested applicants may apply for the Hodder Fellowship in each new application cycle.

Frequently Asked Questions

For more information, please review our Frequently Asked Questions.

Questions? Email lca-fellowships@princeton.edu.

Hodder Fellowship Announcements

Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton Announces Five Hodder Fellows for 2025-26 — December 12, 2024

Hodder Fellows for 2025-26

• Carlos Agredano, sculptor

• Satoshi Haga, performing and visual artist

• Ayana Mathis, novelist

• Peter S. Shin, composer

• Catherine Yu, playwright

Hodder Fellows for 2024-25

• Britton-René Collins, percussionist

• Abigail DeVille, visual artist

• Ayesha Jordan, theater artist

• Suji Kwock Kim, writer

• Nami Yamamoto, choreographer

Hodder Fellows for 2023-24

• Kayla E., artist

• Moriah Evans, choreographer

• Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez, theater artist

• Joseph C. Phillips Jr., composer

• Charisse Pearlina Weston, conceptual artist