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2009-2010 Fellowships at The Huntington The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include a half-million rare books, nearly six million manuscripts, 800,000 photographs, and a large ephemera collection, supported by a half-million reference works.  The Burndy Library consists of some 67,000 rare books and reference volumes in the history of science and technology, as well as an important collection of scientific instruments. Within the general fields listed above there are many areas of special strength, including: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature, British Drama, Colonial America, American Civil War, Western America, and California. The Huntington will award to scholars over one hundred fellowships for the academic year 2009-2010. These fellowships derive from a variety of funding sources and have different terms. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to be in continuous residence at The Huntington and to participate in and make a contribution to its intellectual life. Short-Term Awards Long-Term Awards Dibner History of Science Program Application Procedure Application deadline for all fellowships:  December 15, 2008 Applications postmarked after the deadline will not be considered. ________________________________________________________ Short-Term Awards Huntington Fellowships Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage Tenure of fellowship: One to five months Amount of award: $2,500 per month Within this category, The Huntington awards a number of specialized fellowships, including: Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowships in Renaissance England Haynes Foundation Fellowships in Los Angeles History Reese Fellowship in American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas Trent R. Dames Civil Engineering History Fellowship Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowships Huntington-British Academy Fellowships for Study in Great Britain Eligibility:  PhD or equivalent Tenure of fellowship:  One month In cooperation with the British Academy, The Huntington offers a limited number of exchange fellowships in any of the fields in which the Huntington collections are strong. ________________________________________________________ Long-Term Awards (Applicants may apply for only one long-term fellowship.) Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowships Eligibility: Non-tenured faculty Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months Amount of award:  $45,000 Fellowship is designed to support non-tenured faculty members who are revising a manuscript for publication. Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington's collections and must have received the PhD between 2004 and 2006. Mellon Fellowships Eligibility: PhD or equivalent  (Applicant must have received the PhD by June 2008.) Tenure of fellowship: Nine to twelve months Amount of award:  $45,000 Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington's collections. National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Eligibility: PhD or equivalent  (Applicant must have received the PhD by June 2008.  NOTE:  This is a requirement of The Huntington, not the NEH.)  Applicant must be a United States citizen or foreign national with a minimum of three years U.S. residence. Tenure of fellowship: Four to twelve months Amount of award:  Up to $50,000 Applicants must be pursuing scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington's collections. ________________________________________________________ Dibner History of Science Program We are pleased to announce the Dibner History of Science Program at The Huntington. The Dibner program offers long- and short-term fellowships which are designed to further study in the Burndy Library and the other history of science and technology resources at The Huntington. Short-Term Awards Eligibility: PhD or equivalent; or doctoral candidate at the dissertation stage Tenure of fellowship:  One to five months Amount of award:  $2,500 per month T Long-Term Awards Eligibility: PhD or equivalent  (Applicant must have received the PhD by June 2008.) Tenure of fellowship:  Nine to twelve months Amount of award:  $45,000 Please refer to "Application Procedures" for instructions on how to apply.  Please indicate "Dibner Fellowship" on your cover sheet. ________________________________________________________ Application Procedure (for both short and long-term awards) Complete items 1 through 4 below and mail to:  Committee on Fellowships The Huntington 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, CA  91108 Cover sheet with the following information: Name; mailing address to be used for future correspondence; telephone and fax numbers; email address; present rank and institution name; date PhD received or expected; citizenship status; name of fellowship you are applying for and number of months of support you are requesting; title of project; history of fellowships and grants received during the past five years. If you are applying for either a short-term or long-term award, please send a two to three-page (single-spaced) description of your project, specifying the materials you plan to consult at The Huntington and indicating your progress to date. The description will be considered by a panel of scholars from a variety of humanities disciplines, so should be written for non-specialists. Curriculum vitae of no more than three pages. Three letters of recommendation sent directly to the Committee on Fellowships.  It is the applicant's responsibility to contact referees and supply them with a description of the project. Letters postmarked after the deadline of December 15, 2008 will not be considered.  Please do not send letters from your job dossier. For additional information, please contact: Robert C. Ritchie, W.M. Keck Foundation Director of Research Phone: 626-405-2194 Fax: 626-449-5703 Email:  cpowell@huntington.org

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