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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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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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