Fellowship Award in Western American History
The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies and the L. Tom Perry Special Collections are pleased to announce the creation of the Charles Redd Fellowship Award in Western American History. Fellowship awards of $1,000 - $3,500 will be made on an annual basis to students and scholars interested in pursuing research on the Mountain West in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Each award will fund up to one-month's research in Special Collections. Award funds are to be used for research support, including travel and lodging expenses, but not as salary. The amount of the fellowship award will be determined by the research needs of the applicant. Awards are to be used for scholarly projects including preparation of seminar papers, theses, dissertations, monographs, and book length projects. Established in 1956, Special Collections has 14 full-time curators. Manuscript collections number more than 9,000; almost 1 million photographic images are held by the L. Tom Perry Collections; and more than 300,000 rare books are available for use.
Applicants with a general scholarly interest in Mountain West history are encouraged to apply. Special Collections holds extensive manuscript materials documenting 19 th and 20 th century western American history.
Applicants should sign in as a registered site user, or create a new user login and follow the instructions on the To Do List.
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If you are unable to submit the application electronically, please contact Jason Thompson with the Redd Center at 801/422.4048 or
jasonedwardthompson@byu.edu for assistance by the postmark deadline of
March 15. Electronic applications are encouraged. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Announcement of the awards will be made by April 15. All funds must be used before September 1. Award recipients will be required to submit a report of work completed by October 1.
The Redd Center will evaluate proposals using the following criteria:
1. How clearly and persuasively does the applicant explain and justify the research question?
2. Does the applicant demonstrate a clear knowledge of what and where the research materials are?
3. Is the Intermountain West the focus of the study and not an interesting sidelight?
4. Does the applicant clearly descirbe what else has been written on the subject?
5. What will be the final product? How will the research be used?
6. Is the budget realistic, conservative, and specific?
7. How did the applicant estimate the costs? (internet, calls to airlines, hotels, etc.)
