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Peter and Ana Lowens Student Fellowship

We award four $1000 fellowships to undergraduate and graduate students every year. The student fellows complete a research project using unique materials from Special Collections & University Archives. Library staff provide training and mentorship to help student fellows with their projects.

Timeline

Typically, applications open in November and the fellowships are awarded in December each year. The deadline for applications is usually in November, after reading week.

Fellows work on their projects during the winter term (January to April). We hold an official event showcasing completed projects in May. 

How to apply

Please submit a 500-word proposal to speccoll@uvic.ca. Describe a project that will use materials from Special Collections & University Archives. This could be a research project or a creative project. Let us know how you would benefit from the program. Four students are selected each year.  

Read successful project proposals for inspiration. 

About the donors

Peter and Ana Lowens have been avid readers their whole lives. They also support the English Department at UVic through a scholarship in Victorian Literature. This fellowship allows more students to discover the valuable resources in UVic's Special Collections.

Student fellows

Meet our current fellows:

  • Châu Ngọc Trâm Anh
  • Irena Datcu-Romano
  • Liv Dunsdon
  • Sarah Evans

Read successful project proposals from current and past fellows

Learn more about Lowens fellows and their projects

Contact us

 If you have any questions, contact Special Collections: speccoll@uvic.ca

Lowens news & stories

Points of View: Speculating a Chinese Canadian Archive

June 21, 2024

Fall of 2021. I’m in my second year of an English major and first year of in-person university, eager to jump on any opportunity that comes my way but clueless as to what I’d do...

TRANS-versing Boundaries Between Archival Materials and Digital Humanities as a Lowens Fellow

June 21, 2024

 This past Spring semester, I took part in the Peter and Ana Lowens University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections Fellowship Program. This research fellowship is based in Special...

A painted fan and an embroidered flower from Kaela's exhibit.

Crafting Civilizations: Egyptomania in Nineteenth-Century Girls’ Crafts

July 5, 2023

I joined the Peter and Ana Lowens University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections Student Fellowship in the final semester of my English honours undergraduate degree, and this experience was...