2024-25 Current Opportunities
Open to Qualified Applicants
DocX Residency–Another World is Possible
The DocX Residency–Another World is Possible is an opportunity for documentary artists, independent scholars and knowledge-keepers whose work and practice centers counter knowledges, counter imagination and otherwise possibilities to be supported in their imagining. Three to five fellows will be selected for this DocX residency program and awarded $20,000 each to support projects (installation, film, photography exhibit, XR project, audio work, etc.) in a pivotal stage of late development or production. Fellows will be asked to reside in Durham, North Carolina, for a month, be offered a workspace at Duke University, and have access to campus resources to further their projects. Apply by October 14, 2024.
Development Manager, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Reporting to the festival co-director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the development manager is a member of the Full Frame Development Team and will be responsible for the planning, coordination and implementation of a comprehensive fundraising program that supports the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and its year-round programming. In collaboration with the festival co-director, the development manager will identify, cultivate and solicit individuals, foundations, corporations and government funders to secure both cash and in-kind support, with an expected cash revenue that exceeds $1 million annually. This position will be responsible for the management and administration of the various festival related giving programs, including the launch of a membership program. The development manager will be an essential member of the Full Frame team, participating in all aspects of the planning and implementation of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Learn more and apply.
The Bill and Lorna Chafe Postdoctoral Fellowship in Oral History and Social Justice
Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) and History Department invited applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship from scholars no more than two years out from the receipt of the Ph.D. whose research is rooted in historical analysis, who engage with questions about social equity in both research and teaching, and who have strong grounding in the methods and practice of oral history. The deadline was April 1, 2024. See recipient.
John Hope Franklin Student Documentary Awards
The Center for Documentary Studies offered a Summer 2024 funding opportunity for documentary fieldwork and research. CDS makes awards of up to $2,000 available to undergraduates attending Triangle-area universities to help them conduct sustained work on summer-long documentary fieldwork projects. The deadline was April 1, 2024. See recipients.
Lehman Brady Visiting Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies
The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and the Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill invited applications for the 2024-2026 Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professorship. The professorship, open as to rank, provides an innovative artist, writer, documentarian or scholar a two-year position. The deadline was March 27, 2024. See recipient.
Full Frame Fellows 2024
All Duke undergraduates were eligible to apply. The Full Frame Fellows Program is aimed at educating, motivating and nurturing students. Along with screening films, fellows have the opportunity to network with documentary filmmakers and seek advice that can apply to their own careers. The deadline was March 8, 2024. See recipients.
Course Development Grants
The Center for Documentary Studies invited grant applications from Duke regular-rank faculty members to support the development or redesign of undergraduate courses, or the redesign of existing undergraduate courses, framed around documentary studies, broadly conceived. Areas of focus might include videography and documentary film, photography, podcasting and other modes of audio documentary, oral history, more experimental media and other digital practices. The deadline was December 11, 2023. See recipients.
Research Seed Grants
CDS invited grant applications from Duke regular-rank faculty members to seed new research undertakings related to documentary studies, broadly conceived. Areas of focus might include videography and documentary film, photography, podcasting and other modes of audio documentary, oral history, more experimental media and other digital practices. The deadline was December 11, 2023. See recipients.
DocX Development Lab–Otherwise Histories, Otherwise Futures
CDS’s DocX initiative is launching a new lab to support artists and researchers whose archival practices, documentary art practices and scholarship seek to explore the history and possibility of living, thinking, being and sensing otherwise. The deadline was November 27, 2023. See recipients.
Documentary Studies Ph.D. Fellowships
The Center for Documentary Studies has funds to support a small number of Ph.D. student fellows for the fall and spring of 2023-2024 to pursue research related to documentary studies. Duke Ph.D. students in any humanities or social science program, whose research engages with documentary studies, broadly conceived, were eligible to apply. The deadline was August 8, 2023. See recipients.