The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America invites scholars whose research requires use of the library's collections to apply for research support. Applications will be evaluated on the significance of the research and the project's potential contribution to the advancement of knowledge as well as its creativity in drawing on the library's holdings. Grants of up to $3,000 will be given on a competitive basis to cover travel expenses, living expenses, photocopying, and other incidental research expenses, but not the purchase of durable equipment).

Deadline: Applications must be received by Friday, April 2, 2010. Awards will be announced by the end of May 2010, to be used for research at the library from July 2010 through June 30, 2011.

Eligibility: Applicants must have a doctoral degree or equivalent research and writing experience. Priority will be given to those who have demonstrated research productivity and whose projects require use of materials available only at the Schlesinger Library. Non-US citizens are eligible but should contact the library regarding visas and other required paperwork prior to applying.

Each application must include:

1. The Schlesinger Library Grants and Fellowships cover page.
2. A project description (no longer than four double-spaced pages in twelve-point font) indicating the purpose of the research, the Schlesinger Library holdings to be consulted, and the significance of these holdings to the project overall.
3. A curriculum vitae of no more than two pages.
4. The name of one reference who has agreed to send a supporting letter directly to the library by the deadline of April 2, 2010.
5. A proposed budget indicating how the funds requested will be spent.

Preferred mode of application is via e-mail attachment to slgrants@radcliffe.edu. If possible, please combine application pieces into a single document.

Recommenders should observe the same deadline as applicants. They may send their letters by attachment to the same e-mail address or send a paper copy to Grants Administrator, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.

The Schlesinger Library is a noncirculating research library that documents the history of American women in the United States and abroad in the nineteeth and twentieth centuries. It is open to the public and part of the Harvard University Library system. The Library's holdings are cataloged in HOLLIS, Harvard University 's online catalog; the finding aids to its manuscript collections are available in OASIS (Harvard's Online Archival Search Information System). Both are accessible through http://lib.harvard.edu/.

Applicants for Schlesinger Library grants may be interested in applying for a research stipend from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium of which the Schlesinger Library is a member.

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study does not discriminate in admissions, in the administration of its educational policies and programs, or in the selection of faculty, staff, vendors, or contractors, on the basis of any classification prohibited by law or on any basis unrelated to job requirements or the educational purposes of Radcliffe.