Call for Applications: Oregon State University Libraries Resident Scholar Program
The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections
& Archives Research Center (SCARC) invites applications for its Resident
Scholar Program<http://paulingblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/now-accepting-applications-for-2014-resident-scholars/>.
Now in its seventh year, the Resident Scholar Program
provides research grants to scholars interested in conducting work in the
Special Collections & Archives Research Center. Stipends of $2,500 per
month renewable for up to three months (for a total maximum grant award of
$7,500) will be awarded to researchers whose proposals
detail a compelling potential use of the materials held in the Center. Grant
monies can be used for any purpose.
Researchers will be expected to conduct their scholarly
activities while in residence at Oregon State University. Historians,
librarians, graduate, doctoral or post-doctoral students and independent
scholars are welcome to apply. The deadline for submitting proposals is April
30, 2014.
It is anticipated that applicants would focus their work
on one of the four primary collecting areas of the Special Collections &
Archives Research Center: the history of Oregon State University<http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/university-history.html>,
natural resources in the Pacific
multiculturalism in
Oregon<http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/oma/index.html>
and/or the history of science and technology in the twentieth century<http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/history-of-science.html>.
For 2014, proposals that focus on using the history of science and technology
collections will receive highest consideration, though proposals can address
use of any of the SCARC collections. Besides the renowned Ava Helen and Linus
Pauling Papers, the history of science collections have a particular focus on
nuclear history<http://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/atomic?hs=a>.
Detailed information outlining the qualifications
necessary for application, as well as the selection process and the conditions
under which awards will be made, is available at the following location (PDF
Additional information on the program is available at the
Resident Scholar<http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/residentscholar.html>
homepage and profiles of past award recipients are
available here<http://paulingblog.wordpress.com/tag/resident-scholar-program/>.
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Anne Bahde
Assistant Professor
History of Science / Rare Books Librarian Special
Collections and Archives Research Center Oregon State University Libraries and
Press
121 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331
541.737.2083
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