[Grad_history_students] fellowship and grant opportunities for 2006-07

Mon Apr 10 16:41:55 CDT 2006

Comrades,

This message contains information on two DePaul fellowships for History M.A. students (Deadline: May 1st) as well as a call for proposals for the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Martin Research Grant (deadline: May 15th). If you have any questions about the DePaul fellowships, please let me know. Contact information for the Martin grant is included below.

Best,
Dr. S

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The Department of History invites students to apply for one or both of the following graduate fellowships: 

Graduate Departmental Assistant (with stipend) : Provides tuition waivers for six courses over one academic year plus a stipend of $7000 (contingent on funding) in compensation for hours spent on departmental support activities such as 

Assisting the department in matters of faculty evaluation, promotion, and hiring; 
Providing research assistance for individual faculty members; 
Providing instructional support for individual faculty members (proctoring exams, finding and compiling classroom materials, tutoring, facilitating study and/or review sessions, and so on); 
Maintaining departmental resources such as student Blackboard sites, the departmental library, and so on; 
Assisting the graduate and undergraduate program committees with outreach activities, the student history conference, and so on. 
Continuing students are given priority consideration for the Graduate Departmental Assistant fellowship. 

Egan-Martinez Scholarship: Provides tuition waivers for six courses over one year. May be divided among several students. 

Continuing Students who wish to apply should send the following materials to the Graduate Program Director by May 1 st: 

1. Letter of application indicating which fellowship(s) you are applying for, summarizing your qualifications, and indicating how a fellowship will help you meet your academic goals. 

2. Two letters of recommendation from DePaul professors with whom you have taken a course. 

3. A current Course History report (available through Campus Connection) 

Awards will be announced by the end of the Spring quarter. 

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THE UNION LEAGUE CIVIC AND ARTS FOUNDATION MARTIN RESEARCH GRANT FOR THE 2006-2007 ACADEMIC YEAR

The Union League Civic & Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of a research grant to be awarded to an individual interested in doing scholarly research using manuscripts as primary source material. The grant is named in memory of scholar and Foundation founder Dr. Edward Moss Martin. Applicants must be pursuing a graduate degree at an accredited College or University that is located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area or be a permanent resident of the Chicago Metropolitan Area.  The applicant must be formally sponsored by the institution they are attending. The Grant is to be used for expenses related directly to research using original manuscripts. 

Purpose: The Union League Civic & Arts Foundation was founded in 1948 to develop and promote programs that support education, civic responsibility and the arts for children and young adults in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. This grant program was established to broaden the Foundation's efforts in education by encouraging research using original manuscripts. This grant is open to any individual pursuing graduate studies who will need to use original manuscripts extensively in his/her research.   

Requirements: Applicants must hold a bachelor degree and be formally enrolled in an accredited College or University in an advanced degree program. The College or University they are attending must be located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area or they must supply proof they are a permanent resident of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Applicants must demonstrate that their research involves considerable work with original manuscript material. The Grant is to be used solely for research purposes (e.g., travel to manuscript repositories, photocopy expenses and user fees) and may not be used for tuition expenses.

Application Procedures: Applicants must submit a letter of application, a résumé, and a précis of their research proposal with a proposed budget. These should be mailed to the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Martin Research Grant Committee, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 or sent electronically to CivicandArts at aol.com <http://by109fd.bay109.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&msg=5BF8D2CF-E788-4F3B-A0FC-BEC42962BCE1&start=0&len=13524&src=&type=x&to=CivicandArts@aol.com&cc=&bcc=&subject=&body=&curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003&a=6b6f28b5b3cd621d89901c2037347403e4fbaeb825c38c09b36b20194618af92> . The précis should not exceed three typed pages double-spaced.  In addition, applicants should arrange to have at least two but not more than three letters of recommendation sent to the Foundation in support of the applicant. One of these letters of recommendation should be from the applicant's thesis or dissertation advisor. Applications received after May 15, 2006 cannot be assured of consideration. All applicants who provide an email address will be notified of the Committee's decision shortly after June 1, 2006.

The Grant: The Grant is $5,000 for the academic year 2006-2007. It is not renewable. The Grant is made to the recipient's sponsoring institution to be disbursed by that institution to the recipient on the condition that the full Grant is made available to the recipient for the purpose stated. At the conclusion of the research project the recipient of the Grant agrees to submit a detailed report to the Research Grant Committee on the research undertaken with the assistance of the grant and to recognize the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation's support in any publication that results from this research. 

Judges: Dr. Charles Cullen, former President of the Newberry Library; Dr. Alice Schreyer, Director of the University of Chicago's Special Collections Research Center; and Dr. Douglas L. Wilson, Co-Director of Knox College's Lincoln Studies Center.

www.CivicandArts.org <javascript:ol('http://www.civicandarts.org/');>  

If you have any questions regarding the grant please feel free to contact me at Mourek_Manuscript at msn.com <mailto:Mourek_Manuscript at msn.com>  or the Foundation at CivicandArts at aol.com <mailto:CivicandArts at aol.com> .

Anthony J. Mourek

Union League Civic and Arts Foundation

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Roshanna P. Sylvester, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and 
 Graduate Program Director
DePaul University
2320 N. Kenmore Ave.
Chicago, IL  60614-3250
773-325-7825 (phone)
773-325-4764 (fax)
rsylvest at depaul.edu

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