Lenart Graduate Travel Fellowships - Call for Nominations

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to announce the twentieth year of the Harry and Yvonne
Lenart Graduate Travel Fellowships. These fellowships provide funds for
travel and living expenses for UCLA graduate students in the Humanities
to conduct research in foreign countries. Generally, four to five awards
are given out each year. Awards typically range from $2,000 to $8,000
each, depending on the extent of the research proposed. Awards can cover
a period ranging from about three months to one year. These fellowships
are meant for research only and are not to be used for activities such
as enrolling in foreign institutions or working with foreign scholars.
It is also mandatory that fellowship recipients return to UCLA for a
minimum of one year upon the expiration of the fellowship period. Awards
must be used by the end of the 2010-11 academic year and may be
supplemented by appropriate departmental funds.

Each department may nominate one student. Applications should include:

1. A Curriculum Vitae

2. A two-page (maximum) description of the student's proposed project
including the following details:

            * Explanation of the need to travel abroad

            * Information about the archival holdings and locations the
student needs to visit

            * Evidence substantiating that the project can be carried
out, such as supporting letters from archives abroad  

3. A budget breakdown that also specifies length of time to be spent
abroad

4. A letter of recommendation from the student's dissertation director
or other suitable faculty member.

The deadline for submission of nominations is March 12, 2010. Please
submit your nomination to the attention of James Stinebaugh in my office
(2300 Murphy Hall, Campus Mail Code 143801).

Applications will be reviewed by a faculty committee and I will make
selections accordingly. Award notifications will be sent to departments
and candidates by April 1, 2010.

 

Best,


Tim Stowell

Dean of Humanities