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The Thomas K. Mccraw Fellowship in U.S. Business History
Harvard Business School announces a new fellowship opportunity.
The award honors the work and contributions of Thomas K. McCraw,
the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus, at
Harvard Business School. This new fellowship will enable established
scholars from around the world whose primary interest is the
business and economic history of the United States to spend time
in residence at Harvard Business School. The main activities
of the Thomas K. McCraw Fellow will be to conduct research in
the archives of Baker Library or in other Boston-area libraries,
present his or her work at a seminar, and interact with HBS faculty.
The Thomas K. McCraw Fellow will receive a stipend of $7,000
to cover travel and living expenses. Fellows are expected to
be in residence for a minimum of two months. Recipients of the
fellowship will receive work space, an e-mail account, a phone,
a computer, an ID card, and access to the Universitys libraries
and to the HBS Intranet for the duration of the appointment.
Applicants should send a cover letter, a CV, and a two- to three-page
research proposal to Walter A. Friedman, Rock Center 104, Harvard
Business School, Boston, MA 02163, U.S.A. This material can also
be sent via e-mail to wfriedman@hbs.edu.
Applications for the fellowship should arrive no later than December
15, 2008. The applicant should also arrange for two letters of
reference, sent directly by the recommender, to arrive at the
above address by December 15, 2008.
Harvard University is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity
employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
The Adelle and Erwin Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information
Processing
The Charles Babbage Institute is accepting applications for
the 2009-2010 Adelle and Erwin Tomash Graduate Fellowship. The
fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student for research
in the history of computing.
The fellowship may be held at the recipient's home academic
institution, the Charles Babbage Institute, or any other location
with appropriate research facilities. The stipend is $14,000.
It is intended for students who have completed all requirements
for the doctoral degree except the research and writing of the
dissertation.
The application deadline is January 15, 2009
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IEEE History Center: IEEE Fellowship in Electrical History
The IEEE Fellowship in Electrical History supports either one
year of full-time graduate work in the history of electrical
science and technology at a college or university of recognized
standing, or up to one year of post-doctoral research for a scholar
in this field who has received their Ph.D. within the past three
years. The stipend is $17,000, and a research budget of $3,000
is available.
Candidates with undergraduate degrees in engineering, the sciences,
or the humanities are eligible for the Fellowship. For pre-doctoral
applicants, however, the award is conditional upon acceptance
of the candidate into an appropriate graduate program in history
at a school of recognized standing. In addition, pre-doctoral
recipients may not hold or subsequently receive other fellowships,
but they may earn up to $5,000 for work that is directly related
to their graduate studies. Pre-doctoral Fellows must pursue full-time
graduate work and evidence of satisfactory academic performance
is required. These restrictions do not apply to post-doctoral
applicants.
The Fellow is selected on the basis of the candidate's potential
for pursuing research in and contributing to electrical history.
This completed application packet should be sent to the Chairman,
IEEE Fellowship in Electrical History Committee, IEEE History
Center, Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey, 39 Union
Street, New Brunswick, NJ USA 08901-8538. The deadline for receipt
of applications is 15 February. Applicants will be notified of
the results by 1 June.
The IEEE Fellowship in Electrical History is administered by
the IEEE History Committee and sponsored by the IEEE
Life Members Committee.
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IEEE History Center: Summer Internship
Scholars at the beginning of their career studying the history
of electrical technology and computing are invited to contact
the Center to be considered for a paid internship at the Center's
offices on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick, New
Jersey.
The intern program seeks to provide research experience for
graduate students in the history of electrical and computer technologies,
while enlisting the help of promising young scholars for the
Center's projects. The intern generally works full-time for two
months at the History Center on a Center project that is connected
to his or her own area of interest. This time is usually during
the summer, but other arrangements will be considered. Interns
are also encouraged to consult with the Center's staff and its
associates, and guided to research resources in the area.
The internship is designed for those near the beginning or middle
of their graduate careers, but advanced undergraduates and advanced
graduates will also be considered. Special consideration is often
given to scholars from outside the United States who might not
otherwise have an opportunity to visit historical resources in
this country.
The stipend paid to the intern is US$3,500, but additional funds
may be available to defray travel costs. The deadline is March
1 each year.
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Fellowships to Use the Collections at the Hagley Museum and
Library
The Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society
at the Hagley Museum and Library offer competitive fellowships
to use their collections.
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Rockefeller Archive Grant-in-Aid Program
Rockefeller Archive Center’s competitive grant-in-aid
program provides awards for reimbursement of up to $5000 for
certain receipted expenses related to research conducted at the
RAC. The research grants are designed to foster, promote, and
support research by serious scholars in the collections located
at the Rockefeller Archive Center, which include the records
of the Rockefeller Family, The Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller
Foundation, and other philanthropies and associated individuals.
The deadline for application each year is November 15 each year.
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National Science Foundation Science and Society Program
S&S considers proposals that examine questions that arise
in the interactions of engineering, science, technology, and
society. There are four components: Ethics and Values in Science,
Engineering and Technology (EVS); History and Philosophy of Science,
Engineering and Technology (HPS); Social Studies of Science,
Engineering and Technology (SSS); and Studies of Policy, Science,
Engineering and Technology (SPS). The components overlap, but
are distinguished by the different scientific and scholarly orientations
they take to the subject matter, as well as by different focuses
within the subject area.
This program solicitation covers the following modes of support:
1. S&S Scholars Awards
2. Standard Research Grants and Grants for Collaborative Research
3. S&S Postdoctoral Fellowships
4. S&S Professional Development Fellowships
5. Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
6. Small Grants for Training and Research
7. Conference and Workshop Awards
8. Other Funding Opportunities
The application deadlines are February 1 and August 1, 2009.
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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality
of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity
by offering approximately 1,100 graduate fellowships in this
competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three
years of support for graduate study leading to research-based
master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students
who are in the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate
Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education
for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential
to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines
relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.
The deadline is in early November (varies by field).
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National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships and Faculty
Research Awards
Application deadlines for this year have passed. Guidelines
for the next competition will be available in winter 2009.
Fellowships and Faculty Research Awards support individuals
pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes
to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding
of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles,
monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological
site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools.
Fellowships support full-time work on a humanities project for
a period of six to twelve months. Applicants may be faculty or
staff members of colleges, universities, or primary or secondary
schools, or they may be independent scholars or writers.
Faculty Research Awards support research in the humanities by
faculty members at Historically Black and Tribal Colleges and
Universities and Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment.
The awards support the equivalent of six to twelve months of
full-time work.
NEH Partners and Initiatives
NEH collaborates with two organizations to offer support
for scholarly research projects:
• Library of Congress
Research projects in the humanities or social sciences
that draw on the collections of the Library of Congress (LOC)
are eligible for support by LOC. Only applicants who qualify
as junior scholars are eligible for support. A junior scholar
is one who has received a terminal advanced degree in the humanities,
social sciences, or a professional field (such as architecture
or law) within the past seven years. Exceptions may be made for
individuals without continuous academic careers. Interested applicants
planning to work with LOC's holdings should apply directly to
LOC's Kluge Fellowships Program (www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/).
• Japan-United States Friendship Commission
Research projects in the social sciences on subjects such
as the modern Japanese political economy, international relations
and society, and United States-Japan relations are eligible for
joint support from NEH and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
(JUSFC) through the NEH Fellowships Program. Applicants are also
eligible to apply to the Advanced
Social Science Research on Japan Fellowships Program, which
is supported by JUSFC and administered by NEH. Applicants may
also wish to consult the JUSFC
Web site.
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