Sample RFP Comparison
Huntington Library Fellowship
http://www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/
Fellowships.html
Robert C. Ritchie, W. M. Keck
Foundation Director of Research
626-405-2194
626-449-5703 (fax)
cpowell@huntungton.org
The Huntington
1151 Oxford Toad
San Marino, CA 91108
Organization Huntington Library, Art Collections,
and Botanical Gardens
One of the largest and most complete
research libraries in US in AngloAmerican civilizations. One of the
finest collections of rare books in the
world
Founded in 1919 by Henry Edwards
Huntington; made public in 1928
Serene park-like setting of the estate 10
miles from downtown LA
Purpose
Academic fellowship intended to provide
access to collections to scholars at the
forefront of scholarship in areas of
library collections.
Primarily aimed at scholars without
recent support., both doctoral
candidates, scholars with non-tenure
appointments, and junior scholars
Areas include: American history, British
history, literary research, art history,
science and technology, women’s
studies
Award
Expect to award 100 fellowship in 00-01
History
Info on collections can be found at
http://www.huntington.org/LibraryDiv/
LibraryHome.html
Guides to the collections can be ordered
from Huntington Library Press at
http://www.huntington.org/HLPress/cat
alog/reference.html
Sample lectures to be given by Fellows
now in residence can be found at
http://huntington.org/eventsCal.html#Pr
Contact Info
ACLS Fellowship
http://www.acls.org/fellows.htm
brochure can be requested at
http://www.acls.org/fel-bro.htm
ACLS
228 East 45th Street
New York, NY 10017-3398
No program officer listed
American Council of Learned Societies
Mission is to advance humanistic studies
in all fields of learning in the
humanities and related social sciences.
Established in 1919 to represent the US
in the International Union of
Academies
Works to establish consensus in the
humanistic fields
Intended to allow scholars after years of
teaching and service to devote a year
to research and writing.
Younger scholars are also encouraged.
Areas include Lit and Lang, history,
anthr, pol theory, phil, classsics,
religion, art history, linguistics,
musicology, world civ and culture;
social sciences with humanistic
methods
Expect to award 60 fellowships in 00-01
66 Fellowships awarded in 98-99; 769
applicants
Recipients can be found at
http://www.acls.org/fel-awar.htm
Sample RFP Comparison
Award
ograms
Requires continuous residence
Short term (ST): 1-5 mo; PhD-PhD
candidate, non tenured faculty, $2,000$2,300 per mo
Long Term (LT): recent PhD; $30K with
project for collections
Require PhD before Oct 1, 1997, US
citizen, 3 years w/o support
Salary replacement
$40,000 for Senior Fellowship
$25,000 Junior Fellowship
6-12 consecutive mo full time research
to be initiated between July 1 and Feb 1
Request application through mail by Sept
28
Mail application Oct 1
Work
Deadline: Dec 15 postmark
no form
1. Cover sheet: name, mailing address,
telephone & fax, email, present rank
& institution; name of fellowship
area, number of months support
requested, title of project, history of
aid received in last five years.
2. ST: 1-3 single space description of
project and collections to consult;
progress to date.
LT: 3-5 project description for nonspecialists
3. 3 page CV
4. 3 letters of recommendation
5. To apply for both ST and LT: 2
copies with separate cover letters; 2
sets of recommendation letters
Processing
No info on decision process; appears to
be in house.
Intensive peer review with external
reviewers
Decisions announced in April
Deliverables
A scholarly work making use of the
Huntington collections while in
residence.
A scholarly work using humanistic
methods and advancing humanistic
scholarship in its respective field
Overall
Both fellowships are aimed at PhD in the humanities without recent support. The
Huntington supports dissertation candidates as well.
Projects for the Huntington must be related to their collections; projects for ACLS
must be well-centered in a humanistic field.
The Huntington supports 1-12 mo of residential work; the ACLS supports 6-12 mo
work wherever.
Both provide support for projects already underway, not for initial development.
ACLS may be more rigid and less experimental work; Huntington seems to like
things a bit more on the edge.