The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting applications for the 2011 Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources. About 15 fellowships of a maximum of $25,000 will be awarded. Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral program in the U.S. but do not have to be U.S. citizens. Application deadline: November 15, 2010.
Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources.
Application deadline: November 15, 2010.
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now
accepting applications for the 2011 Mellon Fellowships for
Dissertation Research in Original Sources.
The purposes of this fellowship program are to:
* help junior scholars in the humanities and related
social-science fields gain skill and creativity in developing
knowledge from original sources;
* enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant
sources may be, rather than just where financial support is available;
* encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources
in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related
repositories in the U.S. and abroad; and
* provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into
how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in
the future.
The program will be offering about fifteen competitively awarded
fellowships for 2011. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for
9-12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon
participating in a symposium on research in original sources and
submitting an acceptable report to CLIR on the research experience.
Thus the maximum award will be $25,000.
Fellowship stipends will support research beginning between June 1 and
September 1, 2011, and ending within 12 months of commencing.
Fellowships will not be renewed or extended. Fellows are expected to
devote full time to their dissertation research without holding
teaching or research assistantships or undertaking other paid work.
Applicants may apply simultaneously for other fellowships, including
Mellon awards, but fellows may not hold other fellowships
simultaneously with CLIR's. Fellows may use stipends to meet living
expenses, travel costs, and other expenses that enable dissertation
research to be carried out, but not to defray tuition.
Applicants do not have to be U.S. citizens, but must be enrolled in a
doctoral program in a graduate school in the United States.
For further information on eligibility, requirements, and deadlines,
please visit CLIR's website at
http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html.
