BIO’s annual fellowships and prizes are open for applications. Please click on the links below to learn more about the prizes and how to apply. 

• Clio Fellowship for Archival Research: $5,000 to one or more biographers to travel to archival collections related to their project. Deadline: January 15, 2027. 
• Frances “Frank” Rollin Fellowship: $5,000 each to two authors working on a biography about an African American figure or figures whose story provides a significant contribution to the collective understanding of the Black experience. Deadline: February 1, 2027. 
• Robert and Ina Caro Travel/Research Fellowship: funds research travel for BIO members with a work in progress. Deadline: February 1, 2027. 
• Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship in Biography: $25,000 for a doctoral student writing a biographical dissertation. Deadline: February 15, 2027. 
• Hazel Rowley Prize: honors the best book proposal by a first-time biographer; includes a cash prize and an agent critique. Deadline: March 1, 2027. 
• Chip Bishop Fellowship: waives annual conference fees and provides up to $2,000 in travel support for biographers in financial need; open to members and nonmembers. Deadline: April 1, 2027.