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Fellowships & Grants
RESEARCH GRANTS AVAILABLE
The Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives offers grants through its Lynn E. May Jr. Study Grant Endowment Fund. The grants provide a maximum of $500 and are used to cover expenses related to research in the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. The grant program is open to students, historians, and other scholars researching Baptist history and life. The application deadline is April 1 of each year. Applications are reviewed in April and grants awarded by May 1. For more information contact: Bill Sumners, Director of the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, 901 Commerce Street, Suite 400, Nashville, Tennessee 37203-3630. Applications and guidelines are available on the website at http://www.sbhla.org/sg_info.htm.CALIHAN FELLOWSHIPS
The Calihan Fellowships Program, administered by the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, presents awards of up to $5,000 to qualified seminarians and graduate students in theology, philosophy, or related fields. There are three fellowship programs:
Religion and Liberty Fellowship Program--offering academica fellowships of up to $5,000
Research Assistance Program--offering research grants of up to $3,000
Travel Grant Program--offering travel grants of up to $1,000
For more information contact the Acton Institute, 161 Ottawa NW Suite 301, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503; call (616) 454-3080; or visit their website at www.acton.org.
NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, a collaboration of sixteen major cultural agencies, will offer at least eight awards in 2005-2006. Participating Institutions include: Boston Athenaeum, Baker Library-Harvard Business School, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Connecticut Historical Society, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Law School-Special Collections, Historic Deerfield, Maine Historical Society, Massachusetts Historical Society, Mystic Seaport Museum, New England Historic Genealogical Society, New Hampshire Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Schlesinger Library, and Vermont Historical Society. Each grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for eight weeks of research and each award will be for research at a minimum of three different institutions. Fellows must stay at each of these organizations for at least two weeks. Applications are welcome from U.S. citizens or foreign nationals with permission from the U.S. government to hold such awards. The application deadline is February 1, 2005 . For more information about the New England Regional Research Fellowships and about the Massachusetts Historical Society's other awards, including short-term grants and MHS-NEH long-term fellowships, please check the Society's web site, http://www.masshist.org , or contact Cherylinne Pina, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215; e-mail cpina@masshist.org.
