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The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University announces the establishment of the Annaley Naegle Redd Student Award in Women's History. The award will be given each year to an undergraduate or graduate student doing research on women in the American West (west of the Mississippi River).
Awards may be used for any worthy project including preparing of seminar papers, theses, and dissertations. The award is a $1,500 grant to be used for research support (supplies, travel, etc.). The funds cannot be used for salary or capital equipment.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.
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The Annaley Naegle Redd Award is named after Annaley Naegle Redd, a prominent southeastern Utah rancher and philanthropist and the wife of Charles Redd.
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.)