Harry S. Truman Library Institute--Fellowships, Grants and Awards

To encourage study of the history of the Truman administration and 
the public career of Harry S. Truman and to promote the use of the
Truman Library as a national center for historical scholarship, the
Board of Directors of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, a
non-governmental organization dedicated to the promotion of the use
of the Library and its resources, offers grants-in-aid in following 
categories:

1. Dissertation Year Fellowships: Financial support will be given to
    graduate students who have substantially completed their research 
    and be prepared to devote full time to writing their dissertation.
    Dissertation topics must be on some aspect of the life and career
    of Harry S. Truman or the public and foreign policy issues which
    were prominent during the Truman years. The annual stipend to be
    awarded is $16,000, payable in two installments, in September and
    January. The application deadline is February 1 (annually).

2. Research Grants: This category of grants is intended to enable 
    graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars to come to the
    Library for one to three weeks to use its facilities. Awards 
    normally cover the cost of round-trip travel from a location 
    within the U.S. to Independence, Missouri, and a modest sum to
    cover expenses. No grants will be made in excess of $2,500.
    Application deadlines are April 1 and October 1. 

3. Scholar's Award: Every other year, in even-numbered years, the
    Institute will make an award, either to an established scholar
    or to a scholar about to embark on his or her career, who is
    engaged in a study of either the public career of Harry S.  
    Truman or some aspect of the history of the Truman administration
    or of the U.S. during that administration. The scholar's work   
    must be based on major utilization of the resources of the
    Library and must be designed to result in the publication of a
    book-length manuscript. The amount of the award will be based on
    a proposed budget submitted by the applicant, but will not exceed
    one-half of the applicant's academic year salary ( or a comparable
    figure in the case of persons not affiliated with an institution
    of higher learning. Grants range up to $30,000. Proposals must
    be submitted by December 15 of the year preceding the award year

    (odd numbered years). No person who has previously received this
    award will be considered a second time. 
 
Contact: Harry S. Truman Library Institute
	 Grants Administrator
	 500 West U.S. Highway 24
         Independence, MO  64050-1798
         Tel. (816) 833-0425                         
  	 Fax  (816) 833-2715
	 Email: lisa.sullivan@truman.nara.gov
	 URL: http://trumanlibrary.org/grants/index.html

                            
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