Library-Museum Funding-West, IPRH, U of I

California:

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies/Clark One-Month Fellowship (Library Related)
UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th- Century Studies

Fellowships jointly sponsored by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Clark Library are available to postdoctoral scholars and to ABD graduate students with projects in the Restoration or the eighteenth century. Fellowship holders must be members in good standing of ASECS. Awards are for one month of residency, granted to scholars interested in doing research at the Clark library.
Stipend: $2,500 for the month of residency.
Deadline: February 1 of each year.

For more information, contact:
UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th- Century Studies
405 Hilgard Avenue, 310 Royce Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1404
Tel: (310) 206-8552
Fax: (310) 206-8577
Email: c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu
Websites:
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/applic3.htm

Kanner Fellowship in British Studies
UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th- Century Studies (Library Related)

This three-month fellowship supports research at the Clark Library in any area pertaining to British history and culture. The fellowship is open to both postdoctoral and predoctoral scholars.
Stipend: $7,500 for the three-month tenure.
Deadline: February 1 of each year.

Clark Short-Term Fellowships
UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th- Century Studies

Fellowship support is available to scholars with research projects that require work in any area of the Clark's collections. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree or have equivalent academic experience. Awards are for periods of one to three months in residence.
Stipend: $2,500 per month.
All application materials are due at the Center on 1 February of each year.

For more information contact:
UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th- Century Studies
405 Hilgard Avenue, 310 Royce Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1404
Tel: (310) 206-8552
Fax: (310) 206-8577
Email: c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu
Websites:
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/applic2.htm

Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowship
UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th- Century Studies

Sponsored jointly by the Clark and the Huntington Libraries, this two-month fellowship provides support for bibliographical research in early modern British literature and history as well as other areas where the two libraries have common strengths. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree or have appropriate research experience.
Stipend: $5,000 for two months in residence.
All application materials are due at the Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies on 1 February of each year.

Library Research Grants
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA

Library Research Grants provide partial, short-term support for costs relating to travel and living expenses to scholars whose research requires use of specific collections housed in the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.
Library Research Grants are intended for scholars of all nationalities and at any level who demonstrate a compelling need to use materials housed in the Research Library, and whose place of residence is more than eighty miles from the Getty Center. Projects must relate to specific items in the library collection.
Library Research Grants are intended to provide partial support for costs relating to travel and living expenses. Library Research Grants range from $500 to $2,500, depending on distance traveled and duration of stay.
Deadline: early November

For more information, contact:
Attn: Library Research Grants
The Getty Foundation
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1685
U.S.A.
Tel: (310) 440-7374
Fax: (310) 440-7703 (inquiries only)
Email: researchgrants@getty.edu
Website: http://getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/research_libraryfellow.html

Dibner History of Science Program
Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

We are pleased to announce the Dibner History of Science Program at The Huntington. The Dibner program offers long- and short-term fellowships which are designed to further study in the Burndy Library and the other history of science and technology resources at The Huntington.
Short-Term Awards are available for those holding a PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage.
Long-Term Awards are available for those holding a PhD or equivalent. Applicants must have received the PhD by June 2007.
Deadline: December

For more information, contact:
Robert C. Ritchie, W.M. Keck Foundation Director of Research
The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Email: cpowell@huntington.org
Tel: (626) 405-2194
Fax: (626) 449-5703
Website:
http://www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html#short

Short-Term Research Fellowships at the Huntington
Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include a half-million rare books, nearly six million manuscripts, 600,000 photographs, and a large ephemera collection, supported by a half-million reference works.

For short-term research within the Huntington's collection, they offer:
Huntington Fellowships:
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage.
Tenure of fellowship: One to five months.
Amount of award: $2,500 per month.
Within this category, The Huntington awards a number of specialized fellowships, including:
Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowships in Renaissance England
Haynes Foundation Fellowships in Los Angeles History
Reese Fellowship in American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas
Trent R. Dames Civil Engineering History Fellowship
Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship
Huntington-British Academy Fellowships for Study in Great Britain
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent
Tenure of fellowship: One month
In cooperation with the British Academy, The Huntington offers a limited number of exchange fellowships in any of the fields in which the Huntington collections are strong.
Deadline: December

Long-Term Research Fellowships at the Huntington
Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include a half-million rare books, nearly six million manuscripts, 600,000 photographs, and a large ephemera collection, supported by a half-million reference works.

For long-term research within the Huntington collections, they offer:
Babara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowships
Eligibility: Non-tenured faculty
Tenure of fellowship: 9-12 months
Amount of award: $40,000
Fellowship is designed to support non-tenured faculty members who are revising a manuscript for publication. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington's collections and must have received the PhD between 2003 and 2005.
Mellon Fellowships
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. (Must have received PhD by June 2007)
Tenure of fellowship: 9-12 months
Amount of award: $40,000
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington's collections.
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent. (Must have received PhD by June 2007 - This is a requirement of The Huntington, not the NEH)
Tenure of fellowship: 4-12 months
Amount of award: Up to $40,000
Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington's collections.
Deadline: December

For more information, contact:
Robert C. Ritchie, W.M. Keck Foundation Director of Research
The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Tel: (626) 405-2100
Email: cpowell@huntington.org
Website:
http://www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html#short