2024 MAC Travel Fellowships Applications – NOW OPEN!

Application deadline: August 31, 2024  Notification of award: September 15, 2024 

The Museums Association of the Caribbean (MAC) Travel Fellowship Program is a professional development opportunity that provides financial support for Caribbean museum professionals to attend the MAC Annual Conference. The goal of the fellowship is to develop a greater diversity of Caribbean museum professionals and help make the Caribbean museum field a viable option for more people. Priority consideration will be given to applicants from underrepresented groups, newcomers to the museum field (regardless of age), and/or need-based applicants. Nevertheless, the application is open to all. 

Thanks to generous funding from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Office of Strategic Partnerships and The Smithsonian’s Reckoning with Our Racial Past, MAC is able to offer up to 8 travel fellowships. The majority of the fellowships are designated for Caribbean-based applicants but this year MAC is also offering fellowships to applicants who reside in other parts of the world if they can demonstrate a connection to Caribbean museology. Non-Caribbean based applicants, must provide a short statement (150 words or less) about how your work, studies or interests intersect with Caribbean museums and/or Caribbean cultural heritage site work.

If selected, it is the responsibility of each fellow to ensure they have a valid passport, all required vaccinations, and all required visas for travel to Panama in November 2024. Please make sure this is possible before submitting your application. 

Awardees of the 2024 Museums Association of the Caribbean Travel Fellowship Program will receive:

• Roundtrip travel and accommodations at the conference hotel
• Complimentary conference registration
• Access to all conference events and tours
• Complimentary MAC membership at the individual level for one year

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be first-time MAC conference attendees or not have attended the MAC conference in five years or more. Past travel fellowship recipients are ineligible to apply. Application materials may be submitted in English, Spanish, or French. Preference will be given to first-time MAC conference attendees but all are welcome to apply. 

Please be sure to review the application and the required documents before you submit