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State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) announces a
grant program for the 2008/2009 academic year. SHSI
will award up to eight research stipends of $1,000 each
to support original research and interpretive writing
related to the history of Iowa or Iowa and the Midwest.
Preference will be given to applicants proposing to
pursue previously neglected topics or new approaches
to or interpretations of previously treated topics.
SHSI invites applicants from a variety of backgrounds,
including academic and public historians, graduate students,
and independent researchers and writers. Applications
will be judged on the basis of their potential for producing
publishable work. Grant recipients will be expected
to produce an annotated manuscript targeted for The
Annals of Iowa, SHSI’s scholarly journal.
Proposals
for the 2008/2009 awards must be postmarked by April
15, 2008.
APPLICATION
GUIDELINES
1. Please type a title
page containing the following information:
- Your first name, middle
initial (if used), and last name
- Address where you wish
to receive mail (please inform us of any anticipated address changes)
- Phone number and e-mail
address
- Brief descriptive title
of project
2. Attach a narrative description
of the project. This proposal of 1,000 to 1,500 words (3 to 5 pages) should address
these points:
- The subject to be investigated
- Aspects of the subject
that will be most closely examined, and questions you are especially interested
in exploring
- The thesis or argument
you expect to propose
- The sources you plan to
examine, and their availability and applicability to questions you are exploring
- What contribution this
project will make to the existing historical literature
3. On a separate page,
address the following issues:
- How well will the result
of your project be suited for publication in The Annals of Iowa? [Caution:
Do not underestimate the importance of this part of the application. Too often
otherwise good proposals have failed because they described dissertation or book-length
projects without clarifying how they would be adapted for publication in the Annals
of Iowa.]
- If this is part of a larger
project, how much work have you completed up to this point? What additional research
will the stipend support?
4. Include a resumé
or vita.
Proposals
must be postmarked by April 15, 2008. Notification of
awards will be made by June 1, 2008.
Send 5 copies of the application
and supplementary materials to:
Research Grants
State Historical Society of Iowa
402 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City, IA 52240-1806
For further information,
call (319) 335-3931 or send e-mail to marvin-bergman@uiowa.edu.
Please do not send applications via e-mail.
EVALUATION
OF PROPOSALS
- Proposals will be evaluated
according to the following criteria:
- Significance and originality
(or fresh treatment) of the topic and argument
- Awareness of appropriate
range of primary and secondary sources and their applicability to the proposed
argument
- Quality of writing and
organization
- Applicant’s potential
for producing work appropriate for publication in the Annals of Iowa
PAYMENT
In
July 2008, each awardee will receive an initial payment
of $500. A second payment of $200 will be made upon
receipt of an interim progress report in April 2009.
The final payment of $300 will be made upon receipt
of a manuscript submission in September 2009.
SUBMISSION
OF FINAL MANUSCRIPT
The editor of the Annals
of Iowa will evaluate the final manuscript for publication in the same manner
as any other submission, which includes double blind external reviews. The Annals
of Iowa retains the first option to publish but does not guarantee publication.
Copyright of published manuscripts will belong to SHSI.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The awardee will acknowledge
the State Historical Society of Iowa in any publication resulting in whole or
in part from the supported research.
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