Please draw this announcement to the attention of eligible students
and
colleagues:
Research Grants for Scholars: Heckman Stipends
The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library is soliciting applications for
research stipends, made possible by the A. A. Heckman Fund. Up to five
stipends
in amounts up to $1,500 will be awarded for work in the Library between
July and December 1998. The stipends may be used to defray the cost of
travel, room and board, microfilm reproduction, photo-duplication and other
expenses associated with research at the Library. Length of residency may
range from two weeks to six months. Graduate or postdoctoral scholars
(those who are within three years of completing a doctoral degree) are
eligible. The program is specifically intended to help scholars who have
not yet established themselves professionally and whose research cannot
progress satisfactorily without consulting materials to be found in the
collections of the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library.
The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library is located on the campus of St.
John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. Its collections contain more than
90,000 microfilms of pre-1600 manuscripts, archival documents, and papyri from
Austria, Germany, Ethiopia, Malta, Spain, Portugal, and England. The Library
contains three research centers that focus on Austria and Germany,
Ethiopia, and Malta. The Library's collection of modern printed materials
is strong in the areas of manuscript catalogues, paleography, codicology,
calligraphy, and
manuscript illumination. Web users may browse an index of the Library's
holdings at its website: http://www/csbsju.edu/hmml/
Application Information:
Applicants should send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a
brief description of their research project and an explanation of how the
Library's resources will enable them to advance it. Applicants should also
provide a confidential letter of recommendation from their advisor, thesis
director, mentor, or, in the case of postdoctoral candidates, a colleague
who is a good judge of their work.
Please direct all inquiries and materials to
The Committee on Research
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
St John's University
Box 7300
Collegeville, MN 56321 U.S.A.
The deadline for materials is April 30, 1998, for all internships and
residencies that occur from July to December 1998.
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Ellen Joyce
Assistant Director
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
St John's University
Collegeville, Minnesota
(320) 363-2075
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