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Fellowship Details
These fellowship application requirements are from past years, and are intended only to give prospective applicants an idea of the upcoming application procedures. Requirements for upcoming fellowship competitions may change at any time; contact Eva Wilhelm at ewilhelm@uchicago.edu or 773-834-3403 for information about the current requirements.
Nicholson Graduate Initiative Project
Nicholson Graduate Fellowships
Nicholson Undergraduate Travel Grants
Senior Essay Prize
Nicholson Graduate Initiative Project
The Nicholson Center for British Studies invites applications from interested graduate students for its 2008-2009 Graduate Initiative Project. Projects should be related to British Studies broadly conceived (including topics related to the former colonies), and should be targeted toward graduate students: possibilities include, but are not limited to, conferences, colloquia, bag lunches, and lectures by external visitors. The Nicholson Center is especially interested in funding events that, across departmental and divisional boundaries, bring at least two workshops into conversation with one another, through an event or conversation or series of conversations that promise to be of interest to more than one disciplinary constituency at the University. All graduate initiative events funded by the Center are to be planned and organized by the students. Submit a one-page letter of intent via e-mail attachment to Eva Wilhelm at ewilhelm@uchicago.edu. Contact Eva via e-mail or phone (773-834-3403) for more information.
Nicholson Graduate Fellowships
This competition is being held now; the application deadline is November 7, 2008. Please click here for more details on the application process.
Nicholson
Undergraduate Travel Grants
The Nicholson Center for British Studies at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce its fifth competition for Nicholson fellowships for undergraduate BA thesis research in the British Isles. This year we will award one 1-month fellowship funded at $2,500.
Eligibility
University of Chicago undergraduate students from the Humanities and Social Sciences Divisions and the New Collegiate Division are eligible. Students should be completing their degree between December 2008 and December 2009.
Scope
The Nicholson Center is happy to support a senior project proposed by any Humanities, Social Sciences, or New Collegiate Division undergraduate who is within a year of graduating, provided that the student requires research – whether in the form of archival, visual, or oral materials – in the British Isles to complete his/her senior thesis. Applicants need not have the British Isles themselves as the subject of their research. We will happily support work on Africa, South Asia, East Asia, North America, the Middle East, or the West Indies that requires substantial research in the British Isles. Research in and projects on Ireland also meet our requirements. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate their need to conduct research on their senior project in the British Isles.
Application
Applications must be submitted to no later than 5pm on Friday, May 2, 2008 to Eva Wilhelm, Classics Building, Room 114 (ewilhelm@uchicago.edu, 773-834-3403). Applicants should submit BOTH paper AND electronic copies of the application. Paper copies may be mailed or dropped off, electronic copies should be e-mailed as Word attachments to ewilhelm@uchicago.edu. The application materials include:
- Nicholson UNDERGRADUATE Cover Sheet (click here to download)
- Letter of recommendation from a University of Chicago faculty member or lecturer who is familiar with the student's project (hard copy only, unless electronic copy is available)
- CV or resume
- 4-page statement of purpose, which includes a description of the unique materials to be examined in the UK
- Transcript (hard copy only)
Award
Fellowship decisions will be made by May 23, 2008. Applicants will be expected to spend the grant money during Summer, 2008. Nicholson B.A. Thesis Prize
The Nicholson Center for British Studies is pleased to announce a $200 prize for the best senior B.A. thesis based on the use of primary materials in the area of British Studies in any concentration or discipline. For the purposes of this competition, British Studies is broadly defined to include the British Isles or any of its former colonies. In the latter case, topics should involve the former colonial relationship in some way. Applicants should submit BOTH paper AND electronic copies of their senior essays, and should include their name, department, expected graduation date, phone number, and e-mail address on the title page. Paper copies may be mailed or dropped off, electronic copies should be e-mailed as Word attachments to ewilhelm@uchicago.edu by Friday, May 2, 2008. The winner will receive a check for $200. University of Chicago seniors who will graduate between December 2007 and August 2008 are eligible. Please contact Eva Wilhelm at ewilhelm@uchicago.edu or 773-834-3403 with questions.
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