Graduate AWARD for Research or Training Seminars

The Center for American Literary Studies will award up to $700 each for one to two students to attend Summer Seminars or Institutes related to the study or teaching of American literature, culture, and history, broadly defined.
The aim of this award is to encourage and facilitate Penn State graduate students' professional engagement with academic peers across rank and discipline. Summer seminars and institutes create long-term opportunities for intellectual exchange and development, and Penn State graduate students would benefit from, and strongly contribute to, such collaborative gatherings.
Many research institutions host such seminars; a few representative summer programs are listed below, although there are various other possibilities. Be sure to consult your advisors for more specific recommendations.

To apply for a stipend to support attendance at a summer seminar or institute, graduate students should submit a one-page statement that includes the following information:

1. Seminar or Institute to which you are applying
2. Relevance to current research or dissertation project
3. Estimated budget

Applications should be signed by the student's dissertation advisor or by another qualified faculty member. Awards will be made upon return from the seminar or institute; receipts are required.

 

Possibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Futures of American Studies Institute
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~futures/
(Note: Penn State is affiliated with the Futures of American Studies Institute; the Institute will reserve space for any Penn State graduate student receiving institutional support.)

American Antiquarian Society Summer Seminar
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/sumsem08.htm

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/seminars.html

The School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/sct/

Newberry Library Seminars
http://www.newberry.org/programs/seminars.html

Rare Book School, University of Virginia
http://www.rarebookschool.org/