Grants
In keeping with our educational, not-for-profit mission, NAPEX, Inc. offers grants funded by the profits from our annual stamp show.National Postal Museum Scholarship
The Smithsonian National Postal Museum (NPM) and NAPEX are pleased to announce a joint scholarship for original research and analysis relating to the design and/or printing of a specific stamp issue(s) or relating to a concept, valuation, issuance, distribution, policy, and/or decision arising from the postal department/service arising in Washington, D.C. Postal history research will also be considered as long as the area of study is West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and/or the District of Columbia and the research findings are published.These scholarships are available to PhDs, doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research, advanced graduate students, and/or other scholars so that the awardee may spend an uninterrupted block of time doing research in the NPM library and other Washington D.C. libraries on their projects and discussing their work with others.
Interested persons, wherever resident, are invited to apply for these scholarships for scholarly research of postage stamps or postal history. The annual scholarship, for a sum up to $1,500, shall be a contribution toward expenses for a visit(s) to Washington D.C.
Applications are accepted year-round, with the deadline being September 1 of each year. Download an application form here. Do not send completed scholarship applications to NAPEX. All inquiries must be directed to:
National Postal Museum
Winton M. Blount Chair in Research
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE
MRC 570 PO Box 37012
Washington DC 20013-7012
npmresearchchair@si.edu
(202) 633-4740
