ICMA-Kress Research and Publication Grants

ICMA-Kress Research and Publication Grants is sponsored by International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) / Samuel H. Kress Foundation. These grants support innovative research and publication in medieval art history.

They are open to ICMA members at any stage past the PhD, with priority given to proposals with a clear path toward publication.

International Center of Medieval Art The Kress Foundation is again generously supporting five research and publication grants to be administered by the ICMA. This year, grants are $3,500 each and ICMA members at any stage past the PhD are eligible to apply. The deadline for the 2026 grant cycle is SUNDAY 2 AUGUST 2026, 11:59pm ET .

Submit application HERE . The ICMA-Kress Research and Publication grants ($3,500) are now available to scholars who are ICMA members at any stage past the PhD. With the field of medieval art history expanding in exciting ways, it is crucial that the ICMA continue to encourage innovative research that will bring new investigations to broad audiences.

These grants are open to scholars at all phases of their careers. Priority will be given to proposals with a clear path toward publication. If travel is a facet of your application, please include an itinerary and be specific about costs for all anticipated expenses (travel, lodging, per diem, and other details).

If you aim to inspect extremely rare materials or sites with restricted access, please be as clear as possible about prior experience or contacts already made with custodians. If your application is for funds that will support the production of a book, please include a copy of the contract from your publisher, the publisher’s request for a subvention, and/or specifics on costs for images and permissions.

Preference will be given to applicants who have not received an ICMA-Kress grant in the past. Please submit these documents for your application: 1) A detailed overview of the project (no more than three pages, single spaced). Please also confirm that your ICMA membership is active and specify whether or not you have been awarded an ICMA-Kress grant previously.

4) Supporting materials – an itinerary (for applications involving travel), a contract and schedule of costs (if a press requires a subvention), or table of anticipated fees for image permissions (if applicable). Please note: If you are applying for funds to support the production of a book, please do not upload the entire typescript or portions of the text. The application should be submitted electronically HERE .

Recipients will be notified in October 2026. Questions can be addressed to Ryan Frisinger, Executive Director, at awards@medievalart. org .

Failure to include all required materials adversely affects the review process. Silvia Armando (VIVE Institute at Vittoriano e Palazzo Venezia), ITALY Yong Cho (University of California, Riverside), USA Julie Harris (Independent Scholar), USA Sara N.

James (Mary Baldwin University), USA Robert Maxwell (Institute of Fine Arts, NYU), USA Sonja Drimmer (University of Massachusetts Amherst), USA Cailah Jackson (University of Oxford), UNITED KINGDOM Asa Simon Mittman (California State University, Chico), USA Anna Russakoff (American University of Paris), FRANCE Camille Serchuk (Southern Connecticut State University), USA Olga Bush (independent scholar), USA Annemarie Carr (Southern Methodist University), USA Denva Gallant (University of Delaware), USA Heather Pulliam (University of Edinburgh), UNITED KINGDOM Abbey Stockstill (Southern Methodist University), USA Greg Bryda (Barnard College), USA Ruth Ezra (University of Southern California), USA Jennifer Feltman (University of Alabama), USA Vicky Manolopoulou (Newcastle University), UNITED KINGDOM Mariam Rosser-Owen (Victoria and Albert Museum), UNITED KINGDOM Jennifer Solivan Robles (University of Puerto Rico), PUERTO RICO Kyle Sweeney (Winthrop University) and Alice Sullivan (Tufts University), USA Jennifer Borland (Oklahoma State University), USA Lucy Donkin (University of Bristol), UNITED KINGDOM Sarah Guérin (University of Pennsylvania), USA Maria Alessia Rossi (Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University) and Alice Sullivan (University of Michigan), USA Matthew Saba (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), USA Licia Buttà, Rovira I Virgili University, SPAIN Leonela Fundic, Australian Catholic University, AUSTRALIA Sarah Kyle, University of Central Oklahoma, USA Taylor McCall, Speculum/The Medieval Academy of America, USA Benjamin C.

Tilghman, Washington College, USA Karl Whittington, Ohio State University, USA Joseph Ackley, University of Arkansas Kristen Streahle, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut Alice Isabella Sullivan, University of Michigan Sabina Zonno, Early Modern Studies Institute, University of Southern California Roland Betancourt, University of California, Irvine Sonja Drimmer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Maile Hutterer, University of Oregon Anna Russakoff, American University of Paris Justin Sturgeon, University of West Florida Katherine Boivin, Bard College Christopher Lakey, Johns Hopkins University Amy Neff, University of Tennessee Anneliese Renck, Bucknell University Anne Williams, University of Victoria Benjamin Anderson, Cornell University Ivan Drpić, University of Washington Heidi Gearhart, Assumption College Melanie Hanan, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Marguerite Keane, Drew Univeristy Betsy L.

Chunko, Muhlenberg College Kathryn B. Gerry, Memphis College of Art Tracy Chapman Hamilton, Sweet Briar College Nicholas A.

Herman, Université de Montréal Christina Stancioiu, College of William & Mary Patricia Blessing, Stanford University Péter Bokody, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest Elizabeth Moore Hunt, University of Wyoming Asa Simon Mittman, California State University, Chico Eric Ramírez-Weaver, University of Virginia Elina Gertsman, Case Western Reserve University Heather Grossman, University of Illinois at Chicago Jennifer P.

Kingsley, Johns Hopkins University Domenic Leo, Youngstown State University Karl Whittington, Ohio State University Mickey Abel, University of North Texas Jacqueline Elaine Jung, Yale University Richard Andrew Leson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Benjamin C.

Tilghman, Lawrence University Warren Theriot Woodfin, Queens College, CUNY Kirsten Ataoguz, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Mark Cruse, Arizona State University Gillian Elliott, Corcoran College of Art and Design Eliza Garrison, Middlebury College Catherine McCurragh, University of Michigan Mariah Procter-Tiffany, California State University Long Beach Ittai Weinryb, Bard Graduate Center Holly Flora, Tulane University Elina Gertsman, Case Western Reserve