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New Archival Research Fellowship Program Funded
June 13, 2001
The Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Northeastern University, Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute,
and WGBH Educational Foundation were awarded $143,000 over three years
by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC),
the funding arm of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration,
to manage a new, non-residential archival research fellowship program.
Up to five
projects of $10,000 each in June 2002 and June 2003 will be awarded (pending
final funding from the NHPRC) to enable fellows to conduct research and
write about a topic of importance to the archival profession. Proposals
concerning electronic records will be considered a higher priority than
others. In June 2003 and June 2004, fellows will present their findings
in Boston at a symposium which will be open to all who are interested
in attending and will engage a broad spectrum of individuals from related
disciplines in lively discussion
The project
was conceived to advance both basic and applied research and to encourage
broad participation in the research process, enabling archivists, curators,
and information specialists who work full-time under a 12-month contract
the flexibility to conduct research. As complex issues may benefit from
teamwork, collaborative research projects will also be considered for
funding. Candidates for the fellowships will be drawn from practitioners
in the archival, manuscript, historical, library, records management,
information science, and other information communities as well as from
professions in related disciplines.
Project
funding is to be administered by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Application materials are available via SAA Web site (see below) or by
contacting:
Brenda
Lawson
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA, 02215
phone: 617/646-0502
e-mail: blawson@masshist.org
The project
Executive Board consists of Brenda Lawson (Massachusetts Historical Society),
Megan Sniffin-Marinoff (MIT), Joan Krizack (Northeastern University),
Kathryn Jacob (Schlesinger Library/Radcliffe Institute), and Mary Ide
(WGBH).
NHPRC Archival Research Fellowship:
Application
Instructions
Applicant Information
Research Fellowship Contract
Application
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