Charles Babbage Institute

The Adelle and Erwin Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Processing
University of Minnesota
103 Walter Library
117 Pleasant Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

TELEPHONE: 612-624-5050      FAX: 612-625-8054      email: cbi@vx.cis.umn.edu

The fellowship is offered to a graduate student whose dissertation will address a topic in the history of computers and information processing. The fellowship may be held at the recipient's home academic institution, at the Babbage Institute, or any other location where there are appropriate research facilities. Priority is given to students who have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except the research and writing of the dissertation.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants should send biographical data and a research plan including a statement and justification for the research project, discussion of methods, research materials, and evidence of faculty support for the project.

DEADLINE: January 15

The Glider Lehrman Institute of American History
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206

The Gilder Lehrman Center, an initiative of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, is pleased to announce the Slavery, Abolition, and Resistance Fellowship Program for the academic year 2003-2004. The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition seeks to promote a better understanding of all aspects of the institution of slavery from the earliest times to the present. Our particular focus is on the Atlantic slave system and its destruction, including Africans' resistance to enslavement, black and white abolitionist movements, and the comparative study of the ways in which chattel slavery finally became outlawed around the world. The GLC coordinates annual international and interdisciplinary conferences, lectures, educational outreach, publications and other activities to bring together scholars and students from across the spectrum of slavery studies.

The Fellowship Program is designed to support established and younger scholars in researching projects that can be linked to the aims of the GLC. One three-month fellowship with a stipend of $10,000, and one one-month fellowship with a stipend of $3,000 each are available per semester. Scholars currently holding the Ph.D. are invited to apply for either term of fellowship. Fellows will be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the GLC and the larger Yale community, and to acknowledge the support of the GLC and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies in publications and lectures that stem from research conducted during the fellowship term. In addition, Fellows will be expected to offer one public lecture during their tenure at Yale. Additional lectures may be scheduled with mutual agreement and interest but would not be required.

These fellowships provide access to the research facilities of Yale University, to a broad range of related regional research collections, and to the Gilder Lehrman Collection in New York City. Collections accessible to the Slavery, Abolition, and Resistance Fellows of the Gilder Lehrman Center include:

The Sterling Memorial Library
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
The Seeley G. Mudd Library
The Divinity School Library (including the Day Missions Library)
The Lewis-Walpole Library and others
The New Haven Colony Historical Society
The Connecticut Historical Society
Mystic Seaport
The Gilder Lehrman Collection at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City The New-York Historical Society
The New York Public Library (including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture)
The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
The Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center

Applications for appointment as Slavery, Resistance and Abolition Fellows of the Gilder Lehrman Center, in either senior or associate categories, should include the following:

  • A curriculum vitae, including detailed contact information, date of birth, place of birth, and social security number
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • A three-to-four-page proposal of the research project, including proposed time of residence.

The application deadline is March 28 for the Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 semesters.

Hagley Museum and Library
Hagley Winterthur Fellowship and Grants-in-Aid
C/O Carol Ressler Lockman
P.O. Box 3630
Wilmington, DE 19807

TELEPHONE: 302-658-2400

Offers research fellowships for scholars interested in the historical and cultural relationship between economics and the arts; supports visits and travel to the library for scholarly research in the imprint, manuscript, pictorial, and artifact collections.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to degree candidates, senior scholars, and applicants working independently without an advanced degree.

DEADLINE: December 1

The Harry S. Truman Library Institute
Grants Program
Grants Administrator
U.S. Highway 24 and Delaware Street
Independence, Missouri 65050-1798

TELEPHONE: 816-833-0425      FAX: 816-833-2715      email: library@truman.nara.gov

Encourage the study of history and promotes the use of the Truman Library as a national center for historical scholarship; offers Advanced Scholars Awards for post-doctoral scholars studying the Truman Administration, Dissertation Year Fellowships, and Research Grants to finance research at the library.

ELIGIBILITY: Must be an undergraduate, master's, or doctoral candidate, depending on type of funds applied for.

DEADLINES: Early October; early February; and 90 days prior to the start of research, respectively.

The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Alice E. Smith Fellowship
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706-1488

TELEPHONE: 608-264-6464      FAX: 608-264-6486

Awarded to a woman doing research in American history; preference given to applicants who are doing graduate research in the history of Wisconsin or the Middle West. Grant is $2,000.

ELIGIBILITY: Must be a woman; selected on the quality of proposed research.

DEADLINE: Mid-July

Amy Louis Hunter Fellowship
see above address and phone numbers

The fellowship is offered on even-numbered years at the graduate level for research on topics relating to the history of women and public policy. Preference is given to Wisconsin topics and /or for research using the collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Award is $2,500.

ELIGIBILITY: See above

DEADLINE: May 1 of even-numbered years

John C. Geilfuss Fellowship
See above address and phone numbers

The fellowship will be awards to applicants conducting research at the graduate level and beyond in Wisconsin business and economic history or for research in business and economic history using the collections of the society. Award in $2,000.

ELIGIBILITY: Graduate study; must have a proposal for the research project.

DEADLINE: Early February

Munson Institute-Mystic Seaport Museum
Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellowship
Director, Munson Institute/Mystic Seaport Museum
P.O. Box 6000 75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, CT 06355-0990

TELEPHONE: 860-572-5359      FAX: 860-572-5329      email: munson@mystic.org

Fellowships are offered to encourage research that considers the participation of Native Americans and African Americans in the maritime activities of southeastern New England. Research is to be carried out at the Mystic Seaport Museum as well as neighboring institutions. Award is up to $2,4000 to support research and writing.

DEADLINE: June 15

Rockefeller Archive Center
Grant-in-Aid, Research Grants, and Scholar-in-Residence Programs
Attn: Darwin H. Stapleton, Director
Pocantico Hills
15 Dayton Avenue
North Tarrytown, NY 10591-1598

Offers grants to scholars in any discipline who are engage in projects that require substantial use of the collections at the Archive Center; also brings scholars to the Archive Center for a semester of research. The resident fellowships are available at 26 host institutions throughout the United States. Award is $1,500, and up to $2,000 for applicants from outside the United States.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must submit a full description of the proposed project, a preliminary bibliography, brief project budget, full resume, and references in order to be considered for the fellowship.

DEADLINE: November 30