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From: "Johnson, Russell" <rjohnson(a)library.ucla.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:56:49 +0000
Subject: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] Call for applications (deadline extended):
2013 James and Sylvia Thayer Short-term Research Fellowships (UCLA
Library Special Collections)
To: "EXLIBRIS-L(a)LIST.INDIANA.EDU" <EXLIBRIS-L(a)list.indiana.edu>
Please forward to interested faculty, students, staff, scholars,
listservs, etc. - thank you!
Russell A. Johnson
Thayer Committee chair
rjohnson@library.ucla.edu<mailto:rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
2013 James and Sylvia Thayer
Short-term Research Fellowships (UCLA Library Special Collections)
(Deadline extended)
James and Sylvia Thayer Short-term Research Fellowships support the
use of special collections materials by visiting scholars and UCLA
graduate students. Collections that are administered by UCLA Library
Special Collections
(
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special-collections) and
available for fellowship-supported research include materials in the
humanities and social sciences, medicine, life and physical sciences,
visual and performing arts, and UCLA history.
Research residencies may last up to three months between January 7 and
December 13, 2013. Recipients receive stipends ranging from $500 to
$2,500. (Awards vary yearly. Grants in 2011 averaged $1,167; in 2012,
$998.)
United States citizens and permanent residents with legal right to
work in the U.S. who are engaged in graduate-level, post-doctoral, or
independent research are invited to apply.
Application Contents: Applications must be received on or before
November 30, 2012 and should include:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Outline of research and special collections to be used (two
pages maximum)
- Brief budget for travel, living, and research expenses
- Dates to be spent in residence
- Two letters of recommendation from faculty or other
scholars familiar with the research project. Please note that the
committee cannot consider letters of recommendation from librarians or
staff of the UCLA Library.
Application Instructions: Application materials may be submitted in
PDF format by email to
lib_thayer@library.ucla.edu<mailto:lib_thayer@library.ucla.edu>, which
is the preferred submission method. Letters of recommendation in PDF
format may also be sent by email, either by the people writing them or
by the applicant.
Applications also may be submitted in print format, mailed to:
James and Sylvia Thayer Fellowship Program
UCLA Library Special Collections
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Questions about the fellowships may be mailed to the address above or
emailed to: lib_thayer@library.ucla.edu<mailto:lib_thayer@library.ucla.edu>
PDF version of announcement :
http://www.library.ucla.edu/pdf/UCLA_Library_Thayer_Fellowships_2013.pdf
Thayer Fellowships homepage :
http://www.library.ucla.edu/special/james-sylvia-thayer-research-fellowships
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