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2009 NEH Summer Stipends
Internal Deadline: Monday, June 30, 2008
The National Endowment for the Humanities' Summer Stipends
program provides support for individuals to pursue two consecutive
months of full-time research and writing, supported by a stipend
of $6,000. In addition, a supplement of $6,000 will be provided
by the Graduate School to each nominee successful in obtaining
the NEH Summer Stipend for 2009. Two nominees
from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus are allowed.*
Eligibility: An applicant
should be a U.S. citizen, or a foreign national who has been residing
in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three
years immediately preceding the application deadline. Persons
who have held a major fellowship or research grant or its equivalent
during the last three academic years are not eligible.
A
"major fellowship or research grant" is a postdoctoral research
award that provides a stipend of at least $10,000. Sabbaticals
or grants from an individual's own institution are not considered
major fellowships, nor are stipends and grants from other sources
supporting study and research during the summer. Summer Stipend
recipients must wait five years before they are eligible to apply
again to the program. Therefore, persons who have held NEH Summer
Stipends in 2004 or later are not eligible to apply for
the 2009 awards.
Faculty members teaching full-time at the U of MN must
be nominated to apply for a Summer Stipend.
Nomination: If you wish to be considered for nomination,
please compile the following:
- a resume, not to exceed two pages;
- a detailed description of the proposed study, not to exceed
three pages; i.e., a draft of your NEH proposal; and
- a bibliography for the project, not to exceed one page.
Preproposal materials must be submitted to Research
Support Services at facgrant@umn.edu
no later than Monday,
June 30, 2008. Selection of the two
nominees will be made by late July by a committee of faculty
members. If nominated, your final online proposal to NEH must
be completed by Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Full program information
is also available from NEH at (http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html
 ).
Please contact Research Support Services at facgrant@umn.edu or by phone at 612.625.2356 or 612.625.7585 with questions.
*Please note: Each University of Minnesota
campus is eligible to submit two nominations for the NEH Summer
Stipend and hold their own internal competitions. Nominated
candidates who receive the NEH Stipend will also receive the
$6,000 U of MN/Graduate School supplement.
UM-Duluth contact: Stephen Hedman, Associate Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs -218-726-8839 or shedman@d.umn.edu
.
UM-Morris contact: Chris Wing, Associate Director, UMM Grants
Development - 320-589-6458 or cwing@morris.umn.edu
UM-Crookston contact: Jack Geller, Head, Arts,
Humanities
& Social Science - 218-281-8248 or gelle045@umn.edu
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