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Eccles Centre Visiting Professorship, Fellowships And Postgraduate Awards 2012

Applicants are invited to apply for one of several awards being offered in 2012 to help support scholars who need to visit London to use the British Library's collections relating to North America.

Research visits should take place in the period April 2012 - September 2013. Applications had to be submitted by 17.00 on 31 January 2012. The application window for the 2012 awards is now closed. Details

Eccles Centre Garrison Keillor Fellowship

The Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library invites applications for the Garrison Keillor Fellowship.

This is a one-off award of £2,250 for travel and other expenses connected with the award-holder’s research visit to work at the British Library in London. The Garrison Keillor Fellowship is open to both post-graduates and post-doctoral scholars normally resident in the UK.

Projects proposed by applicants can be in any discpline but should relate in some way to the American Mid-West. The projects must entail the use of the British Library collections, and the award holder would be expected to be in research residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month. The project must be completed before September 30th 2013.

The Eccles Centre is pleased to acknowledge the support of the US Embassy for this award.

Applications

  • Applications should be in the form of a brief CV (no more than two pages), and a document explaining the nature of the research project and outlining the budget (no more than two pages).
  • Applications should be submitted by email to eccles-centre@bl.uk
  • Applications must be submitted by 5pm on Thursday 15 March 2012.

General Terms and Conditions

  • The successful applicant will agree to acknowledge the support provided by the Eccles Centre in any publication resulting from this Fellowship.
  • If the opportunity arises, it is expected that the successful applicant will present their work at an appropriate Eccles Centre seminar or conference.
  • The Eccles Centre is not in a position to arrange travel or organise accommodation for the successful applicant.
  • Any further enquiries about the Fellowship should be sent to eccles-centre@bl.uk

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