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HIS 280B Research and Grant Writing

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Advice on writing CVs

Chronicle for Higher Education: The CV Doctor - [1] (BC 1/1/8)

Chronicle for Higher Education: The CV Doctor Returns - [2](BC 1/1/8)

The Owl at Purdue: Writing the Curriculum Vitae [3] (BC 1/1/8)

Career Services, University of Pennsylvania: Various Guides to CV and Resume Writing, Including Templates and Examples - [4] (CB 1/20/08)

Career Center at Duke University: Sample CVs and Writing Advice - http://career.studentaffairs.duke.edu/graduate/find_job/apply/cv.html (LM 1/24/08)

Writing a Research Prospectus

Writing Your Research Prospectus: University of Colorado [5] (BC 1/1/8)

Writer's Handbook: University of Wisconsin at Madison [6] (BC 1/1/8)

The Prospectus: from Central Oregon Community College [7](BC 1/1/8)

Online Resources for Research Grants

Guide to Grantmanship: GSAS Teaching Center, Columbia University [8] (CT 01/11/08)

"The Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions" [9] (JS 1/11/08)

Graduate Student Journals & Associations

Epoche: The University of California Journal for the Study of Religion [10] (JS 01/11/08) - This is a very new journal (launched in 2005), there are no submission guidelines posted online, many articles reflecting a cultural studies methodology in the study of religion, editorial board is primarily graduate students at UCSB. (EDM 01/24/08)

The Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas [11] (JS 01/11/08)

Agora: An Online Graduate Journal (University of Alberta) [12] (JS 01/11/08)

Phi Alpha Theta Honor Association & The Historian Journal [13] (ARS 01/17/2008)

Professional Associations

American Historical Association [14] (JS 01/19/08)

Labor and Working Class History Association [15] (JS 01/19/08)

Latin American Studies Association (LASA) [16] (JS 01/19/08)

Organization of American Historians (OAH) [17] (JS 01/19/08)

Economic History Association [18] (NS 03/14/08)

African Studies Association (ASA) [19] (NS 03/14/08)

Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) [20] (NS 03/14/08)

American Society for Ethnohistory (ASE)[21] (NS 03/14/08)

Travel Grants

"Hibernian Research Award" : Cushwa Center, Notre Dame [22] (EDM 01/24/08)

Harvard-Yenching Library Grant: Harvard-Yenching Library [23] (CT 01/11/08)

"Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant" [24] (EB 01/31/08)

"Travel Funding Progams in Multiple Disciplines" [25] (EB 01/31/08)

"Small Travel Grants from CIEE ($500-$1,000). Can be used for any study abroad programs through UC." [26] (NS 03/14/08)

"UCSC Institute for Humanities Research, $500 travel grants and Dissertation grants." [27] (NS 03/14/08)

UC Granting Agencies

Other Grants & Resources

AHA Grant Database (huge!): American Historical Association Grants and Fellowships Database[28](CB 1/15/08)

"Cornell Fellowship Database": Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Database [29] (ARS 1/17/08)

"Search Graduate Fellowship Database": Graduate Fellowship Database [30] (MG 3/7/08)

"UCSC Division of Graduate Studies": Fellowships and Grants [31] (MG 3/7/08)

"Huntington Library Fellowships": Short Term and Long Term [32] (MG 3/7/08)

"John Carter Brown Library": Twenty-five Fellowships Yearly From 2-10 Months [33] (MG 3/7/08)

"The Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Department": 2 Fellowships in Environmental History [34] (MG 3/7/08)

"H-Net Database": H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Funding Database [35] (ARS 1/17/08)

UCSC Institute for Humanities Research Dissertation and Travel Fellowships: UCSC Institute for Humanities Research[36](CB 1/15/08)

IGCC Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships: University of California, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation[37](CT 10/1/08)

SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships: Social Science Humanities Research Council of Canada [38] (CT 10/1/08)

"Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies": Academy Scholars Program [39] (JS 01/11/08)

"Social Science Research Coucil (SSRC): International Dissertation Research Fellowships" [40] (JS 01/11/08)

"Smithsonian Institution: Latino Studies Fellowship Program" [41] (JS 01/11/08)

"Ford Fundation Diversity Fellowships" [42] (EB 01/23/08)

"Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Program" [43] (EB 01/23/08)

Research Grants

"The Bancroft Library Study Award" [44](JS 01/11/08)

"Harry S. Truman Library Institute" [45] (ARS 01/17/08)

"American Antiquarian Society" [46] (HP 01/22/08)

"Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture" [47] (HP 01/23/08)

OAH List of Awards Granted http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/ (LM 1/24/08)

Summer Grants

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Summer Program [48](CT 10/1/08)

Language Learning Grants

"Japan Foundation Japanese Language Grants" [49] (CT 02/09/08)

Advice on Organizing and Running Conferences Chronicle for Higher Education Running a conference session, part 1 [50] (BC 3/14/08)