Getty Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships are intended for emerging scholars to complete work on projects related to the Getty Research Institute's annual research theme. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue research projects, complete their dissertations, or expand dissertation for publication. Fellows make use of the Getty collections, join in a weekly meeting devoted to the annual theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.

Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellows are in residence for nine months from late-September to late-June.

Applications for Getty Pre- and Postdoctoral fellowships are welcome from scholars of all nationalities.

Getty Predoctoral Fellowship applicants must have advanced to candidacy by the time of the fellowship start date and should expect to complete their dissertations during the fellowship period.

2017-2018 Theme, Research Institute: Iconoclasm and Vandalism
2017-2018 Theme, Villa: The Classical World in Context: Persia