Fellowships

 

Announcements are posted here when sent to the webmaster so it is by no means a complete list of the opportunities available in this field.

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis invites applications from all disciplines for post-doctoral resident fellowships to be held during the academic year of 2012-2013 from individuals working on topics related to Networks of Exchange: Mobilities of Knowledge in a Globalized World.

How have science, technology and medicine been shaped by global movement, and how has global movement been shaped by science, technology and medicine? This two-year seminar program explores the relationship between varieties of knowledge and practice centering on the natural world and the formation of networks that transcend single cultures, nations or regions. If we include Western Europe and North America but deny them the status of “centers,” and suspend judgment about what forms of knowledge should count as modern, western or scientific, what other stories emerge from world histories in which the production of knowledge points us to its multiple consequences? The concept of the network helps ground global histories as a series of connected, local interactions across distance, while exchange helps us understand such interactions through attention to differential power relations, unpredictable reciprocities, and multi-directional outcomes that are also political, economic and cultural in character. Specific attention will be paid to cross-cultural intermediaries; non-human environmental actors (plants, animals, objects, substances, technologies); long-distance and short-range relationships between political, commercial and other institutional entities; and the production and projection of images of global order. Applications are warmly invited from scholars across all disciplines, whose research actively engages with these questions.

Rutgers is an AA/EOE institution. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Not limited to recent Ph.D.s. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2012. Applicants and those interested in presenting a paper related to this project during 2012/2013 should contact the project directors: Profs. James Delbourgo and Toby Jones, Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, 88 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8542 USA. Email rcha@rci.rutgers.edu, or visit http://rcha.rutgers.edu

 

Applications are being sought for a five-week Seminar for College and University Teachers—"Health and Disease in the Middle Ages"—which is being held June 24 through July 28, 2012, in London, England. Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminars and Institutes program, the Seminar is sponsored by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) and will convene at the Wellcome Library, the world’s premier research center for medical history. This Seminar will gather together sixteen scholars (including up to two advanced graduate students) from across the disciplines interested in questions of health, disease, and disability in medieval Europe and the Mediterranean.

Applications are due 1 March 2012. For further information (including a detailed description of the program and the syllabus), please go to the Seminar website: http://acmrs.org/healthanddisease2012.

Or write to us or call at:
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
4th Floor, Lattie F. Coor Hall
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 874402 Tempe, AZ 85287-4402
e-mail: healthanddisease2012@acmrs.org
Phone: 480.965.4661

 

The University at Buffalo Humanities Institute, in collaboration with the University at Buffalo Libraries, is offering The Charles D. Abbott Library Fellowship for visiting scholars and graduate students working on their dissertations whose research would be enhanced by any of the books, manuscripts or unique documents in the UB Libraries special collections. This includes materials from the Robert L. Brown History of History of Medicine Collection.

The fellowship provides stipends of up to $4,000 to cover the cost of fellows' travel to Buffalo and accommodation and expenses during the time of their stay. In addition to the stipend, Fellows will receive library and parking privileges at UB and are invited to participate in any Humanities Institute events that occur during the time of their visit. If feasible, Fellows are invited to give one public lecture on their research. Fellows are also asked to submit a one page, single-spaced report on the value of having used the collection at UB that will be posted on the Humanities Institute website.

The timing and duration of the Fellows' residence in Buffalo are flexible, though we would anticipate a minimum stay of two weeks. Both graduate students at an advanced stage of dissertation research and more senior scholars are invited to apply. Please note that applicants may apply for only one fellowship per academic year. For complete information about this fellowship please go to: http://www.humanitiesinstitute.buffalo.edu/fellowshipsresearch/index.shtml#LibraryFellows

 

The Center for the History of Family Medicine presently sponsors one $1,500 Fellowship in the History of Family Medicine each year. Interested family physicians, other health professionals, historians, scholars, educators, scientists and others are invited to apply for the 2012 Fellowship.

The successful applicant will be awarded a fellowship grant in an amount of up to $1,500 to support travel, lodging and incidental expenses relating to conducting research on a project of their choosing dealing with any aspect of the history of General Practice, Family Practice or Family Medicine in the United States.

The deadline to apply is Friday, March 30, 2012. All applications will be reviewed in April, with the Fellowship award announced by May 31, 2012. For complete fellowship rules, application forms and instructions, please visit: www.aafpfoundation.org/chfmfellowship

 

" TARGET="">The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine will provide one $5000 grant to support travel, lodging, and incidental expenses for a flexible research period between July 1st 2012 - June 31st 2013. Foundation Fellowships are offered for research related to the history of women to be conducted at the Center for the History of Medicine<" TARGET="">https://www.countway.harvard.edu/menuNavigation/chom.html> at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Preference will be given to projects that deal specifically with women physicians or other health workers or medical scientists, but proposals dealing with the history of women's health issues may also be considered.

Manuscript collections which may be of special interest include the recently-opened " TARGET="">Mary Ellen Avery Papers, the " TARGET="">Leona Baumgartner Papers, and the " TARGET="">Grete Bibring Papers (find out more about our collections at www.countway.harvard.edu/awm). Preference will be given to those who are using collections from the Center's Archives for Women in Medicine, but research on the topic of women in medicine using other material from the Countway Library will be considered. Preference will also be given to applicants who live beyond commuting distance of the Countway, but all are encouraged to apply, including graduate students.

In return, the Foundation requests a one page report on the Fellow's research experience, a copy of the final product (with the ability to post excerpts from the paper/project), and a photo and bio of the Fellow for web and newsletter announcements.

Application requirements: Applicants should submit a proposal (no more than two pages) outlining the subject and objectives of the research project, length of residence, historical materials to be used, and a project budget (including travel, lodging, and research expenses), along with a curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation by April 1st, 2012. The fellowship proposal should demonstrate that the Countway Library has resources central to the research topic. The appointment will be announced by May 1st, 2012.Applications should be submitted to: Foundation Research Fellowships, Archives for Women in Medicine, Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115. For more information, visit: https://www.countway.harvard.edu/menuNavigation/chom/fellowships/about.html#3

 

Massachusetts Historical Society Fellowships The Massachusetts Historical Society will offer short-term and long-term research fellowships for the academic year 2012-2013, including at least two MHS-NEH Long-term Fellowships made possible by an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Society also offers Short-term Fellowships and participates in the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium. For more information about the Society's research fellowships, please visit our web site, www.masshist.org/fellowships, or contact Kate Viens (fellowships@masshist.org), 617-646-0568. Application deadlines: MHS-NEH fellowships, January 15, 2012; New England Regional Fellowships, February 1, 2012; Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship, February 15, 2012; MHS Short-term fellowships, March 1, 2012.

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellowss (2 positions) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Medicine School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine Reference No. 1836/1011

 

The Francis A. Countway Library Fellowships in the History of Medicine 2012-2013

The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine will offer two annual fellowships to support research in the history of medicine. The Countway Library is the largest academic medical library in the United States, and its Center for the History of Medicine holds 250,000 books and journals published before 1920, and is strong in virtually every medical discipline. The Countway's archives and manuscripts include the personal and professional papers of prominent American physicians, many of whom were associated with Harvard Medical School. The printed, manuscript, and archival holdings are complemented by prints, photographs, and the collections of the Warren Anatomical Museum.

The Francis A. Countway Library Fellowships in the History of Medicine provide stipends of up to $5,000 to support travel, lodging, and incidental expenses for a flexible period between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013. Besides conducting research, the fellow will submit a report on the results of his/her residency and may be asked to present a seminar or lecture at the Countway Library. The fellowship proposal should demonstrate that the Countway Library has resources central to the research topic. Preference will be given to applicants who live beyond commuting distance of the Countway. The application, outlining the proposed project (proposal should not exceed five pages), length of residence, materials to be consulted, and a budget with specific information on travel, lodging, and research expenses, should be submitted, along with a curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation, by February 1, 2012. Applications should be sent to: Countway Fellowships, Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115. The appointment will be announced by March 15, 2012.

The Boston Medical Library’s Abel Lawrence Peirson Fund provides support for the fellowship program.

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Notre Dame

The History and Philosophy of Science Graduate Program at the University of Notre Dame seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow, beginning August 2012. The fellowship is for one year initially and is renewable for a second year.

Applications are welcome from scholars working in any area of history and philosophy of science. We are interested especially, but not exclusively, in candidates able to teach one of our graduate history of science survey courses. We encourage you to explain why your research and teaching is well suited to a home in our inter-disciplinary program.

The fellowship package includes a stipend of $48,000, health insurance and $3000 per year towards research expenses and conference travel.

For more information see the website of the Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values (http://reilly.nd.edu), and for a PDF version: http://reilly.nd.edu/hps

The deadline for receipt of application materials is November 28, 2011

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Tobacco Control Research

The University of California, San Francisco announces its Postdoctoral fellowships in Tobacco Control Research.

Applications are due January 25, 2012 for fellowships beginning July 2, 2012.

To apply, please visit: http://tobacco.ucsf.edu

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships, Science in Human Culture Program Northwestern University

The Science in Human Culture Program (SHC) at Northwestern University invites applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships in the contextual study of science, technology, or medicine, to run September 2012 - August 2014. Two Fellows will be selected. Applications are welcome from scholars who study science, technology, or medicine from a variety of historical, philosophical, sociological, anthropological, or literary perspectives. Each Fellow will be affiliated with both the SHC program and an appropriate disciplinary department (History, Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology, etc.). Fellows will pursue a program of independent scholarship and teach two one-quarter undergraduate courses each year: a seminar and a lecture course. They will also help organize and run the SHC visiting lecturer series. Applicants must complete all the requirements for the Ph.D. before September 1, 2012 or have received their degree within the last five years.

The annual stipend is $46,000, plus $3,100 per year to fund research and conference travel. In order to ensure full consideration, all application materials must be received by January 15, 2012.

Applicants should send the following materials in electronic form only, in PDF format by email attachment to shc-program@northwestern.edu, with the subject heading of "Postdoc Application":

  1. a cover letter that briefly situates your work in relation to the field and identifies the proposed departmental affiliation (please provide complete contact information);
  2. a full curriculum vitae;
  3. a two-page summary of your dissertation;
  4. a two-page research plan for the fellowship period (this may include, but should extend beyond, revisions to the dissertation);
  5. titles and short descriptions of at least two undergraduate courses that you could teach;
  6. a writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or article (in English, maximum 50 pages); and
  7. a graduate school transcript from your doctoral-degree-granting institution.

In addition, please arrange for three letters of recommendation, on institutional letterhead, to be sent either as email attachments (subject heading: "Postdoc application letter of reference"), or by mail to Science in Human Culture Program, 20 University Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-2245. One letter should be from the dissertation Chair, and at least one should comment on teaching qualifications. If the Ph.D. has not yet been obtained, the letter from the Chair should indicate what remains to be completed and should discuss the completion schedule.

Applicants will be informed by email when their applications are complete.

Administrative questions should be addressed to Natasha Dennison at shc-program@northwestern.edu. Substantive questions may be addressed to Steven Epstein, program director, at s-epstein@northwestern.edu.

AA/EOE: Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged.

Visit our website: http://www.shc.northwestern.edu

 

 

Reynolds Associates Research Fellowships
Lister Hill Library of the Health Sceinces

The Historical Collections (HC) unit of Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, announces Reynolds Associates Research Fellowships in the History of the Health Sciences for 2012. In conjunction with the unit's friends group, the Reynolds Associates, HC is pleased to announce the availability of short-term awards of up to $1,000 to individual researchers studying one or more aspects of the history of the health sciences during the 2012 calendar year. Intended to support research using the HC unit as a historical resource, the fellowship requires the on-site use of at least one of the unit's three components, which are the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, Reynolds Historical Library and UAB Archives. Anyone who wishes to use HC for historical research may apply, regardless of his or her academic status. Fellowships are awarded to individual applicants, not to institutions, as awarded funds are meant to help offset the costs associated with visiting and utilizing HC and not for institutional overhead. Information about the fellowship application process can be found on the web at http://www.uab.edu/reynolds/fellow.

The application deadline is December 31, 2011, and awards will be announced by February 28, 2012. Successful applicants will be expected to exhibit work or deposit a copy of the finished manuscript, thesis, dissertation or publication with Historical Collections. For further information on the Historical Collections unit and its three components, please visit the web at http://www.uab.edu/lister/deptsunits/historical.

2012-2013 Dissertation Fellowships Available
Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science

The Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science invites applications for nine-month Dissertation Writing Fellowships and one- or two-month Dissertation Research Fellowships for doctoral students in the history of science, technology and medicine, broadly construed. Our fellows are part of a challenging and collegial community and can participate in many public and scholarly events as well as informal reading and writing groups held at the Center and throughout the region.

Look on our website at www.pachs.net for further information, an online application form and a list of current and past fellows. The website also features: information about the fellowship programs of member institutions; descriptions of the distinctive collections in the museums, archives, and libraries of the consortium; and a consortium-wide special collections catalogs search hub.

 

Princeton University Two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate in East Asian Studies
A postdoctoral research position, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is available in the Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. The successful candidate will collaborate to team teach in an interdisciplinary seminar course aimed at rethinking the intellectual and cultural history of early modern East Asia, 1500-1800. The candidate is also expected to pursue research that will make a significant contribution to the field of East Asian Studies in one or more selected disciplines in the humanities, with special attention to the history of science or medicine. The initial appointment is for one year, with the expectation of renewal for a second year pending satisfactory performance. Applicants must have received the PhD degree no later than July 1, 2011. Preference will be given to applicants who have held the Ph.D. degree for less than five years. To apply, please visit http://jobs.princeton.edu (req. #0110166). Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations.
Posted: April 18, 2011

Deadline: Open until filled

 

 

F. C. Wood Institute Short-Term Fellowships
Through its Center for Medical History (the combined Historical Library and the Mutter Museum), now led by Robert Hicks, PhD, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the re-launch of the F. C. Wood Institute Short-Term Fellowships. These Fellowships are in the form of short-term travel grants to bona fide researchers who wish to study any component of The College's collections. Note that these grants are not limited to library work: grantees may work with texts, specimens, images, or artifacts. Researchers will likely include scholars, artists, journalists, authors of popular works on medical history, and others. Please alert your colleagues and disseminate to any appropriate audience. Web link: http://www.collphyphil.org/erics/Resfels.htm

 

 

Fulbright Scholar Program
Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals for 2010-2011 is open
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers grants in more than 125 countries around the world. For the Academic Year 2010-2011, Fulbright lists 42 lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research awards in history (non-U.S.), including 4 Distinguished Chairs and the African Regional Research Program. Even better, faculty and professionals in American history also can apply for one of the 144 “All Discipline” awards open to all fields.

 

 

Fulbright
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture or do research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars. For information on Fulbright Scholar Awards, consult our website at www.cies.org for descriptions of awards and new eligibility requirements. If you are interested in requesting materials, please write to apprequest@cies.iie.org
please feel free to contact us at anytime.
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Grants

 

Society for the History of Navy Medicine Graduate Student Travel Grant Program

In 2010, the Society introduced its Graduate Student Travel Grant Program in order to induce and encourage graduate students of history and the health sciences to explore work in our area of particular interest – the history of navy or maritime medicine. Funded by the tax-deductible dues-donations of Society members (and in 2010 by an especially generous gift from Rear Admiral Fred Sanford, Medical Corps, U S Navy, Retired), Grants of $750 are given to students whose papers are selected for presentation at the Society’s Meetings and Papers Sessions. The Society presently rotates the panels between the American Association for the History of Medicine (of which the Society is a Constituent Society), the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS), and either the Society for Military History or the U S Naval Academy biennial History Symposium.

Interested graduate students or students of medicine, nursing or allied health sciences should contact the Society Executive Director, Tom Snyder, at tlsnyder@history-navy-med.org.

 

Ferenc Gyorgyey Research Travel Award, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University

The Historical Library of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University is pleased to announce its fifth annual Ferenc Gyorgyey Research Travel Award for use of the Historical Library. The Medical Historical Library, located in New Haven, Connecticut, holds one of the country’s largest collections of rare medical books, journals, prints, photographs, and pamphlets. Special strengths are the works of Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius, Boyle, Harvey, Culpeper, Haller, Priestley, and S. Weir Mitchell, and works on anesthesia, and smallpox inoculation and vaccination. The Library owns over fifty medieval and renaissance manuscripts, Arabic and Persian manuscripts, and over 300 medical incunabula. The notable Clements C. Fry Collection of Prints and Drawings has over 2,500 fine prints, drawings, and posters from the 15th century to the present on medical subjects.

The 2012-2013 travel grant is available to historians, medical practitioners, and other researchers who wish to use the collections of the Medical Historical Library: http://historical.medicine.yale.edu/. There is a single award of up to $1,500 for one week of research during the academic fiscal year July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013. Funds may be used for transportation, housing, food, and photographic reproductions. The award is limited to residents of the United States and Canada. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and a description of the project including the relevance of the collections of the Historical Library to the project, and two references attesting to the particular project. Preference will be given to applicants beyond commuting distance to the Historical Library. This award is for use of Medical Historical special collections and is not intended for primary use of special collections in other libraries at Yale. Applications are due by March 18, 2012. They will be considered by a committee and the candidates will be informed by May 14, 2012.

An application form can be found on our website: http://historical.medicine.yale.edu/us/grant Applications and requests for further information should be sent to: Melissa Grafe, Ph.D, John R. Bumstead Librarian for Medical History, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, P.O. Box 208014, New Haven, CT 06520-8014; Telephone: 203-785-4354; Fax: 203-785-5636; E-mail: melissa.grafe@yale.edu

 

Research Grant on Topics Related to the Civil War and the History of Medicine During the 19th Century
One of the most overlooked aspects of the Civil War in Arkansas includes the history of medicine during the 19th century. This would be the perfect opportunity for an Arkansas historian to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

The grant is not limited to those living in Arkansas.

The Society for the History of Medicine and the Health Professions, UAMS Library, Announces $1,500 Research Grant. Deadline for proposals is January 15, 2012. The award will be announced in April of 2012.

Purpose of Grant: To support research using the collection of the Historical Research Center of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library. The Research Award was established in 1985 by the History of Medicine Associates to encourage research in the history of the health sciences in Arkansas. The Medical Education Foundation for Arkansas of the Arkansas Medical Society has generously provided partial funding for the Research Awards in past years.

Application process: The proposal can be submitted via e mail, fax, or snail mail to Amanda Saar, Head, Historical Research Center via the following ways: Email: SaarAmandaE@uams.edu; Fax: 501-686-6745; Snail mail: HRC, UAMS Library, # 586, 4301 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 72206 For further information see http://arkansastoothpick.com/2011/11/research-grant/

 

2012-2013 Lemelson Center Fellowships, Travel to Collections Awards
The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program and Travel to Collections Award Program support projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. These include, but are not limited to, historical research and documentation projects resulting in publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, and multimedia products.

The programs provide access to the expertise of the Institution's research staff and the vast invention and technology collections of the National Museum of American History (NMAH). The NMAH Archives Center documents both individuals and firms across a range of time periods and subject areas including railroads, musical instruments, television, radio, plastics, and sports equipment. Representative collections include the Western Union Telegraph Company Records, ca. 1840-1994; the Earl S. Tupper Papers, documenting Tupper, and his invention, Tupperware; and the Howard Head Papers, documenting the inventor of Head-brand fiberglass skis and Prince tennis rackets.

The Lemelson Center invites applications covering a broad spectrum of research topics that resonate with its mission to foster a greater understanding of invention and innovation, broadly defined. However, the Center especially encourages project proposals that will illuminate the role of women inventors; inventors with disabilities; inventors from diverse backgrounds; or any inventions and technologies associated with groups that are traditionally under-represented in the historical record. Pertinent NMAH collections include the papers of Victor L. Ochoa, a Mexican-American aeronautical inventor; the papers of Dr. Patricia Bath, an African-American inventor of a patented cataracts treatment; and the HIV/AIDS and LGBT Reference Collections, which document innovative public health programs and associated technologies. For a comprehensive list of Archives Center collections, see http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d-10.htm.

The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program annually awards 2 to 3 fellowships to pre-doctoral graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and other professionals who have completed advanced training. Fellows are expected to reside in the Washington, D.C. area, to participate in the Center's activities, and to make a presentation of their work to colleagues at the museum. Fellowship tenure is based upon the applicants’ stated needs (and available funding) up to a maximum of ten weeks. Stipends for 2012-2013 will be $575/week for pre-doctoral fellows and $870/week for post-doctoral and professional fellows. Applications are due 15 January 2012; notifications will be made by 15 April 2012. For application procedures and additional information, please see http://invention.smithsonian.org/ resources/research_fellowships.aspx. Researchers should consult with the fellowship coordinator prior to submitting a proposal – please contact historian Eric S. Hintz, Ph.D. at +1 202-633-3734 or hintze@si.edu. Deadline January 15, 2012.

 

Bakken Travel Grants 2012
Scholars and artists are invited to apply for travel fellowships and grants, which the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis offers to encourage research in its collection of books, journals, manuscripts, prints, and instruments. The awards are to be used to help defray the expenses of travel, subsistence, and other direct costs of conducting research at the Bakken for researchers who must travel to the Twin Cities and pay for temporary housing in order to conduct research at the Bakken.

1. Visiting Research Fellowships are awarded up to a maximum of $1,500; the minimum period of residence is two weeks, and preference is given to researchers who are interested in collaborating informally for a day or two with Bakken staff during their research visit.

2. Research Travel Grants are awarded up to a maximum of $500 (domestic) and $750 (foreign); the minimum period of residence is one week.

The next application deadline for either type of research assistance is February 17, 2012. For more details and application guidelines, please contact: Elizabeth Ihrig, Librarian, The Bakken Library and Museum, 3537 Zenith Avenue So., Minneapolis, MN., 55416; 612-926-3878 ext. 227; fax 612-927-7265; Ihrig@thebakken.org www.thebakken.org

 

Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison -Madison Libraries
The Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries is pleased to offer a minimum of four grants-in-aid annually, each one month in duration, for research in the humanities in any field appropriate to the library’s collections. The purpose is to foster the high-level use of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries’ rich holdings, and to make them better known and more accessible to a wider circle of scholars. Awards are $2,000 each, or $3,000 for those traveling from outside North America.

Memorial Library, the university’s principal research library is distinguished in almost every area of scholarship. It boasts world-renowned collections of:

• history of science from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment
• pseudo science and medical and scientific quackery
• the largest American collection of avant-garde “Little Magazines”
• a rapidly growing collection of American women writers to 1920
• Scandinavian and Germanic history and literature
• Dutch post-Reformation theology and church history
• French political pamphlets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
• many other fields

Generally, applicants must have a Ph.D. or be able to demonstrate a record of solid intellectual accomplishment. Scholars and graduate students who have completed all requirements except the dissertation are also eligible.

The grants-in-aid are designed primarily to help provide access to UW—Madison library resources for people who live beyond commuting distance. Preference will be given to scholars who reside outside a 75-mile radius of Madison. The grantee is expected to be in residence during the term of the award, which may be taken up at any time during the year.

Applications are due 1 February of any year. For application forms or more information, see http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml, or write to Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries
University of Wisconsin—Madison
990 Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706
or contact the Friends at 608-265-2505; fax: 608-265-2754
E-mail: friends@library.wisc.edu

 

Barbara Brodie Nursing History Research Fellowship
The University of Virginia School of Nursing Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry’s Barbara Brodie Nursing History Fellowship, a post-doctoral award, is open to doctorally prepared scholars engaged in historical research. Applications for the $3000 award are due October 15th each year, and the recipient will be announced each December. The selected Barbara Brodie Nursing History Fellow is expected to present a paper from the funded project in the Center's History Forum series within two years of receiving the award. Selection of the fellow will be based on the scholarly quality of the investigator's project including: the clarity of the project's purpose, its rationale and significance, and the ability of the researcher to complete the work.
For more details: http://w3.nursing.virginia.edu/research/cnhi/fellowship/