MICHIGAN RESOURCES
MEMS Summer Travel/Research Awards
Eligibility: Promising graduate students whose work would benefit from the opportunity for research-related travel during the summer months. We invite applications from students in any area of medieval and early modern studies who are doctoral candidates writing their dissertations, or who will be candidates ready to embark on dissertation-related research by the summer. You do not need to be officially admitted to the Graduate Certificate Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies to apply.
Amounts: The Rackham School of Graduate Studies has given MEMS $5,000 to award for each summer, 2007-2009. Other funds come from gifts made by private donors to the program.
Schedule: The competition for these awards is announced early in the Winter term.
Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Support for Scholarly Activities on Women or Gender
Eligibility: Tenure-track, nontenure-track, or emeritus faculty, clinical faculty, research scientists, and librarians are eligible to submit applications Applicants are encouraged to include students in project plans, but the principal investigator must not be a student. Normally applications will not be accepted from individuals who received awards last year.
Awards: Funds may be requested from $500 to $10,000, depending on the scope of the project. Successful applicants will be expected to provide brief written reports on their projects in the October following the award year.
Deadline: 2007 TBA
EXTRA-UNIVERSITY RESOURCES
Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships 2006-2008
Dumbarton Oaks offers residential fellowships in its three areas of
study: Byzantine Studies (including related aspects of late Roman, early Christian, western medieval, Slavic, and Near Eastern Studies), Pre-Columbian Studies (of Mexico, Central America, and Andean South America), and Studies in Landscape Architecture.
Types of Fellowships:
Junior Fellowships: for students who at the time of application have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a Ph.D. (or appropriate final degree) and will be working on a dissertation or final project at Dumbarton Oaks under the direction of a faculty member at their own university. In exceptional cases, applications may be accepted from students before they have fulfilled their preliminary requirements for graduation.
Fellowships: for scholars who hold a doctorate (or appropriate final degree) or have established themselves in their field and wish to pursue their own research.
Summer Fellowships: for scholars in the three areas of study at any level of advancement
For additional information and application procedures please visit the following website:
http://www.doaks.org/fellowships.html
or write to:
Office of the Director
Dumbarton Oaks
1703 32nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Fax: 202-339-6419
Heckman Research Stipends
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
Collegeville, Minnesota
Eligibility: Graduate students (those within three years of completing a terminal masters or doctoral degree) or post-doctoral scholars
Duration: Two weeks to six months
Amounts: Variable up to $2,000
Deadlines: Twice a year: April 15 for research conducted from July 1 -Dec 31; November 15 for research conducted from Jan 1-June 30.
Submit a letter of application, c.v., a one-page description of the research projected includeing proposed length of stay, an explanation of thow the Library's resources will enable you to advance your project, a confidential letter of recommendation from your advisor, thesis chair, mentor or, for post-doctoral candidates, a colleague who is a good judge of your work.
Send to: The Committee on Research, Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Box 7300, Saint John's University, Collegevill, MN 56321-7300 or to hmml@csbsju.edu or fax 320.363.3222. Also visit the website http://www.hmml.org.
