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Nationally Competitive Fellowship - Mellon Fellowship for Dissertation Research (Scholarship Program)

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Program Description:
This scholarship program is not run through the International Academic Programs office at UMKC. Therefore the APPLY NOW button has been removed. If you wish to apply to this scholarship program, please see information below.  If you would like to consult with a Fellowships Advisor, please click request info above.

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to offer fellowships generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities or related social sciences in original sources. The purposes of this fellowship program are to:
  • Help junior scholars in the humanities and related social science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources
  • Enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant sources may be, rather than just where financial support is available
  • Encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories in the U.S. and abroad, and
  • Provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the future.
The program offers about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships a year. Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for periods ranging from 9-12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting a report acceptable to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $25,000.

Eligibility:
  • Be currently enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the United States (master's thesis research is not eligible) and remain enrolled at the institution throughout the duration of the fellowship;
  • Complete all doctoral requirements except the dissertation and be ready to start research for it as early as June 1 and no later than September 1, 2014, with approval of the dissertation proposal no later than April 1, 2014;
  • Plan to do dissertation research primarily in original source material in the holdings of archives, libraries, historical societies, museums, related repositories, or a combination; and write the dissertation and receive the Ph.D. degree in a field of the humanities or in a related element of the social sciences (candidates for the Ed.D, J.D., or D.D. degrees are not eligible).
For more information, deadlines and application, please visit http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon

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