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The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies offers fellowships to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust and related topics for projects that will benefit from a period of residence at the Museum and access to its resources. Fellowships are designed for scholars at all levels of career, starting with PhD candidates (ABD), with a principal focus on ensuring the development of a new generation of scholars. Those early in their careers are especially encouraged to apply. Faculty between appointments and scholars currently not affiliated with a university will also be considered. A fellowship at the Mandel Center provides scholars time to conduct research in the Museum's world-renowned archives, to write, and to participate in programs, all while working in an intimate scholarly environment. Fellows enjoy tailored onboarding meetings and consultations with Mandel Center staff, personal guidance through the Emerging Scholars Publications Program, and regular scholarly presentations and lectures. Fellows have access to approximately 120 million pages of Holocaust-related archival documents, library resources in more than 60 languages, hundreds of thousands of oral history, film, photo, art, artifacts, and memoir collections, and more than 200 million images from the ITS Digital Archive.

Interdisciplinary Research Week is a unique research opportunity offered by the Center for Advanced Genocide Research to collaborative teams of scholars from different universities, different disciplines, and different countries to meet in person at the Center and work together to address a particular challenge within the field of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The time together enables teams to intensively discuss their ideas, conduct research with the unique resources at USC, refine their research questions, conceptualize grant proposals, and determine next steps for the future of their project. Teams spend a dedicated week at USC working collaboratively with access to specialized resources including the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive and other research facilities. The program has supported multiple international research teams since 2014, facilitating groundbreaking interdisciplinary collaborations in genocide studies.

The Center Research Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Genocide Research at USC enables the recipient to spend one semester in residence at the Center. It goes to an outstanding senior international scholar from any discipline who will advance genocide research through use of the Visual History Archive and other USC resources. The fellowship supports advanced research in genocide studies, with a particular emphasis on utilizing USC's unique resources including the Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive. Past fellows have conducted research on topics ranging from corpses of the Holocaust, to indigenous territory and displacement in Guatemalan genocide, to ritualcide under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The fellowship provides scholars with access to USC's extensive research facilities and the opportunity to engage with the Center's community of genocide researchers and affiliated scholars.

The Sara and Asa Shapiro Scholar in Residence fellowship is the Center's most prestigious invitation-only fellowship offered by the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research. It enables one esteemed senior international scholar per year to spend a two-week residency at USC to engage in consultation, conversation, and research with Holocaust and genocide research resources available at the university. Fellows have access to the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive and other specialized research materials. The fellowship brings distinguished scholars to USC to advance their research projects while contributing to the intellectual community of the Center for Advanced Genocide Research. Each Shapiro Scholar delivers a public lecture and engages with faculty, students, and the broader scholarly community during their residency.