The Spelman Archives is pleased to announce the inaugural Audre Lorde Travel Grant Award. The Archives, a component of the renowned Women’s Research & Resource Center, will offer two travel awards of $2,500.00 each for two currently enrolled PhD students to research in the Audre Lorde Papers during Summer 2025. This award will support research and public engagement with Lorde’s papers and expand scholarship centering the lives and work of Black queer women. 

The deadline for applications is March 1, 2025. Please see the attached call for important dates and details on how to apply. Please contact Holly Smith, Spelman College Archivist, at hsmith12@spelman.edu if you have any additional questions.