Posted on behalf of the Lewis Walpole Library at Yale:
Lewis Walpole Library Fellowships and Travel Grants for Eighteenth-Century Studies Applications Invited
The Lewis Walpole Library, a department of Yale University Library, invites applications to its 2012 – 2013 fellowship and travel grant program.
Located in Farmington, Connecticut, the Library offers short-term residential fellowships and travel grants to support research in the Library’s rich collections of eighteenth century—mainly British—materials, including important holdings of prints, drawings, manuscripts, rare books, and paintings, as well as a growing collection of sources for the study of New England Native Americans.
Scholars undertaking post-doctoral or equivalent research, and doctoral candidates at work on a dissertation, are encouraged to apply. Recipients are expected to be in residence at the Library, to be free of other significant professional obligations during their stay, and to focus their research on the Lewis Walpole Library’s collections. Fellows also have access to additional resources at Yale, including those in the Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Yale Center for British Art.
Lewis Walpole Library fellowships, usually for one month, include the cost of travel to and from Farmington, accommodation in an eighteenth-century house on the Library’s campus, and a $2,100 living allowance stipend. The Library’s travel grants typically cover transportation costs for research trips of shorter duration and also include on-site accommodation.
To apply for a fellowship or travel grant, candidates should send a curriculum vitae, including educational background, professional experience and publications, and a brief outline of the research proposal (not to exceed three pages) to:
Margaret K. Powell
W.S. Lewis Librarian and Executive Director
The Lewis Walpole Library
P.O. Box 1408
Farmington, CT 06034
USA
Fax: 860-677-6369
Application materials may also be submitted electronically to margaret.powell@yale.edu.
Two confidential letters of recommendation are also required by the application deadline. Letters should specifically address the merits of the candidate’s project and application for the Lewis Walpole Library fellowship or travel grant. General letters of recommendation or dossier letters are not appropriate.
The application deadline is January 23, 2012. Awards will be announced in March and are expected to be taken up between July 2012 and June 2013.
Additional information about the Library may be found at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole.
