The Whiteley Center offers a serene and comfortable environment for scholarly work and creative activity.  Visitors can work in solitude, meet with small groups of collaborators, and mingle with other HRWC visitors or scientists from FHL.  The Center welcomes applications from scholars or artists of any discipline, whether independent or associated with a university or scholarly institute, locally or abroad.

The primary mission of the Center is to support the completion or significant advancement of focused and well-defined projects.  Thus, applicants are expected to outline specific scholarly or artistic goals to be accomplished during their visits, and time allocated for visits is apportioned relative to those goals.  The Center is not intended to be a place for the accumulation of new data, for committee or administrative work, or for loosely-defined departmental or sabbatical retreats.  It is a phrontistery -- a space for focused study, thought, creativity, and productivity.

Thanks to a generous gift from a friend of FHL, a small, fair-weather artists’ studio is available for use.  The studio is 14' X 20', with natural and electric lighting, water, sink, and a cement floor. Applicants should check on the suitability of this studio for their use before requesting to reserve it in their application.

The facilities of the Whiteley Center are for adults, although scholars with families can typically be housed elsewhere on the FHL campus.  Children accompanied by adults are welcome to visit the cottages, but the cottages are not intended for overnight stays by children or for babysitting.  Pets are not allowed on the campus, and smoking is not permitted in buildings.

Click here to view a powerpoint presentation about the Center.

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