IHR Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities
I am sending you details of the IHR Mellon Fellowships for doctoral research in the humanities. These are administered by the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London and are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. If you are not the right person to contact with this information, I would be most grateful if you could forward it to the appropriate individual. In any event, it would be extremely helpful if you could make your students aware that this source of funding exists and circulate notice of it as widely as possible. The Fellowships are intended to help students registered as doctoral candidates at North American universities to:
· work in original source materials in the humanities in the United Kingdom.
· help doctoral candidates in the humanities to deepen their ability to develop knowledge from original sources.
· provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed most helpfully in the future.
There are two types of Fellowship: Pre-dissertation and Dissertation. The Pre-dissertation Fellowship (stipend value USD $5,000) is offered for a maximum of 2 months and is intended to help candidates draw up and revise a dissertation proposal. Candidates must have completed their coursework and examinations prior to the start of the Fellowship. The Dissertation Fellowship (stipend value USD $25,000) is offered to candidates already working on their dissertation and who need to spend time in the United Kingdom to carry out archival research. These Fellowships will run concurrently with the academic year (i.e. 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2014).
The closing date for the submission of applications is 21 January 2013, and letters of reference must be received by 1 February 2013. Applications will only be accepted through the IHR Fellowships online application system: http://www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/junior
I would be most grateful if could you inform your doctoral students about these Fellowships and encourage them to apply, where appropriate. This is a valuable opportunity for students who would benefit from carrying out work in original source materials held in the United Kingdom, but who otherwise might not be able to undertake such extensive research.
Yours faithfully,
Dr James Lees Fellowships Officer Room 322 Institute of Historical Research University of London Senate House (South Block) Malet Street LONDON WC1E 7HU
t: +44 (0)20 7862 8747
The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (reg. no. SC041194)
