Call for Application: Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation Fellowship
The Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation is pleased
to provide one $5,000 fellowship grant to support a research project
based at the Harvard Medical School Center for the History of Medicine,
located in Boston, MA. The fellowship grant
can be used for travel, lodging, and incidental expenses for a flexible
research period between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019.
Foundation Fellowships are offered for research at
the Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of
Medicine which serves the Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of
Dental Medicine, and Harvard T.H. Chan School
of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Preference will be given to:
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Projects engaging specifically with the history of
women physicians, health workers or medical scientists; Proposals on the
history of women’s health will also be considered.
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Projects using collections from the Center’s Archives for Women in Medicine (a full list is available at https://www.countway.harvard.
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Applicants who live beyond commuting distance of
the Countway Library; however, all are encouraged to apply, including
graduate students.
As a condition for the fellowship, the Foundation
requests: A one page report on the Fellow’s research experience; a copy
of the final product (with the ability to post excerpts from the
paper/project); and a photo and bio of the Fellow
for web and newsletter announcements. The Fellow will also be asked to
present a lecture at the Countway Library.
For application requirements, please visit:
https://cms.www.countway.