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From: Julia Gardner <juliag(a)uchicago.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 5:38 PM
Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Platzman Fellowship
program.
The University of Chicago Library invites applications for short-term
research fellowships for the summer of 2016. Any visiting researcher,
writer, or artist residing more than 100 miles from Chicago, and whose
project requires on-site consultation of University of Chicago Library
collections, primarily archives, manuscripts, rare books, or other
materials in the Special Collections Research Center, is eligible. Support
for beginning scholars is a priority of the program. Applications in the
fields of late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century physics or physical
chemistry, or nineteenth-century classical opera, will receive special
consideration.
Awards will be made based on the applicant's ability to complete the
proposed on-site research successfully within the timeframe of the
fellowship. Applicants should explain why the project cannot be conducted
without on-site access to the original materials and the extent to which
University of Chicago Library collections are central to the research. Up
to $3,000 of support will be awarded to help cover estimated travel,
living, and research expenses. Applications from women, minorities, and
persons with disabilities are encouraged.
*The deadline for applications is February 15, 2016. Notice of awards will
be made by March 18, 2016, for use between June 1, 2016, and October 1,
2016.*
*Applicants must provide the following information:*
- A cover letter (not to exceed one page) including the project title; a
brief summary; estimated dates of on-site research; and a budget for
travel, living, and research expenses during the period of on-site research
- A research proposal not to exceed three double-spaced pages.
Applicants should include references to specific archival finding aids and
catalog records of particular relevance to their proposed project whenever
possible.
- A curriculum vitae of no longer than two pages
- Two letters of support from academic or other scholars. References may
be sent with the application or separately.
Submit application *in one electronic file* to:
scrcfellowship(a)lib.uchicago.edu
*Letters of reference in electronic form are preferred; print letters of
reference can be sent to:*
Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowships
Special Collections Research Center
The University of Chicago Library
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
For additional information contact:
Daniel Meyer, Director, Special Collections Research Center
<arch(a)uchicago.edu>du>.
A list of last year’s Fellows may be viewed here:
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/about/platzmanfellowships.html
Julia Gardner
Head of Reader Services
Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 E. 57th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
773-834-0627
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl
http://news.lib.uchicago.edu/special-collections/