Library of Congress Kluge Fellowship
Competition
Deadline for receipt of applications at the Library: September
30,
2001
Kluge Fellowships are for residential research in the
collections of
the Library of Congress. Fellowships are for period of from
six to
twelve months with a stipend of $3,500 per month.
Eligibility:
Scholars who have received a terminal advanced degree
within the past seven
years in the humanities, the social sciences, or
in a professional field such
as architecture or law are eligible.
Exceptions may be made for individuals
without continuous academic careers.
Applicants may be U.S. citizens or
foreign nationals.
Applications: the application form and reference form
may be printed
from the website www.loc.gov/kluge. Applications must include a
three-page single-spaced research
proposal, a two-page curriculum
vitae indicating major prior scholarship, an
indication of the collections
at the Library of Congress that will be used
for research, and two
letters of reference from individuals who know the
quality of the applicant's
scholarship. All application materials must be
written in English.
Language certification: For applicants whose native
language is not
English, there must be evidence that the applicant is fluent
in
English so as easily to conduct research, discuss work with colleagues and
make a
public presentation, although the ultimate product of the research
may
be written in the applicant's native language. For English speakers
who
seek to do research in the Library's foreign language collections,
there
must be evidence that they have a command of the relevant language
or
languages at the level requisite for serious research.
Awards: Up
to 12 Kluge Fellowships will be awarded annually. Awards
are announced no
later than March 15 of the year following that in
which the application was
submitted.
For further information, contact the Office of Scholarly
Programs,
Library of Congress at: [log in to unmask] or 202-707-3302