Library of Congress Kluge Fellowship

Library of Congress Kluge Fellowship Competition

Deadline for receipt of applications at the Library: September 30, 2001

Kluge Fellowships are for residential research in the collections of the Library of Congress. Fellowships are for period of from six to twelve months with a stipend of $3,500 per month.

Eligibility: Scholars who have received a terminal advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities, the social sciences, or in a professional field such as architecture or law are eligible. Exceptions may be made for individuals without continuous academic careers. Applicants may be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals.

Applications: the application form and reference form may be printed from the website http://www.loc.gov/kluge. Applications must include a three-page single-spaced research proposal, a two-page curriculum vitae indicating major prior scholarship, an indication of the collections at the Library of Congress that will be used for research, and two letters of reference from individuals who know the quality of the applicant's scholarship. All application materials must be written in English.

Language certification: For applicants whose native language is not English, there must be evidence that the applicant is fluent in English so as easily to conduct research, discuss work with colleagues and make a public presentation, although the ultimate product of the research may be written in the applicant's native language. For English speakers who seek to do research in the Library's foreign language collections, there must be evidence that they have a command of the relevant language or languages at the level requisite for serious research.

Awards: Up to 12 Kluge Fellowships will be awarded annually. Awards are announced no later than March 15 of the year following that in which the application was submitted.

For further information, contact the Office of Scholarly Programs, Library of Congress at: scholarly@loc.gov or 202-707-3302