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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)
Chronicle for Higher Education Running a conference session, part 2 [51] (BC 3/23/08)