2026–2027 Museum Teacher Fellowship Program Application

Application Details

Program Dates

Onsite Summer Training Institute in Washington, DC: July 12–17, 2026
*Date subject to change

Please only apply if you can travel to Washington, DC, and attend the full session from July 12 to 17, 2026.

Application Opens

September 1, 2025

Application Deadline

December 1, 2025

Decision notifications by January 30, 2026

The Museum Teacher Fellowship (MTF) program at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum develops a national corps of skilled teachers who provide ongoing professional development to share Museum resources in their schools, communities, and professional organizations. 

During the fellowship year, MTFs organize and facilitate a professional development presentation in their community to share the Museum’s educational resources. This is the primary purpose of the Museum Teacher Fellowship program.

To prepare to become a professional development resource for their community, teachers selected to be MTFs first attend the virtual Belfer National Conference for Holocaust Education before attending the Pines, Sarna, and Statfeld Summer Institute in July 2026 at the Museum in Washington, DC. At the Institute, new MTFs are immersed in Holocaust remembrance, history, and education, and receive professional development presentation training.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Applicants must be full-time secondary (middle school and high school) classroom teachers of history, social studies, foreign languages, English, journalism, or other related disciplines, or full-time secondary school librarians.
  • Applicants must live and teach in the United States.
  • Applicants must have attended the 2025 virtual Belfer National Conference for Holocaust Education. 
  • Teachers selected must prioritize their commitment to the Fellowship program over other professional development opportunities during the 2026–27 Fellowship year, which runs from June 2026 through June 2027.
  • Applicants must facilitate a professional development presentation during the Fellowship year that shares Museum educational resources in their communities and reaches a minimum number of teachers.

Program Benefits

  • Receive a $1,600 stipend to offset travel expenses for the trip to Washington, DC. Additionally, hotel, daily transportation, and most meals are provided.  

  • Receive an honorarium for your work during the Fellowship year, payable after completing all requirements. 

  • You become a Museum Teacher Fellow after you complete the full Fellowship year and meet all program requirements.

Tip: Compose your answers in a Google or Word document, then copy and paste them into the application. This will ensure that you can revise and edit your responses before submission, retain a copy for your records, and avoid the system timing out before you finish your application.

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To apply for the 2026–2027 Museum Teacher Fellowship, please click the “Apply" button below. 

Your application remains "Incomplete" until all steps are finished and the "Confirmation" page is displayed. By clicking the “Continue” button on a page, your information up to that point is saved. If you get partway through a page and leave before clicking “Continue,” the information on that page will not be saved.  

Please upload one letter of recommendation before submitting your final application. Additional information about the required letter of recommendation can be found at the end of the application.

Questions

For more information, please contact museumteacherfellows@ushmm.org.

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