HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE

APPLICATION FOR DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIP

Please print off the following form and send to:

Harry S. Truman Library Institute,
Grants Administrator
500 West U.S. Highway 24,
Independence, Missouri 64050-1798, U.S.A.

Name: __________________________________________________
(Please type or print; Last name first)

SSN: _________________________ Date of Birth: _____________

Applicant's Citizenship: ___ United States -or- _____________________

Mailing Address: __________________________________________

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Permanent Address (if different from above): ____________________

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Home Phone: _______________ E-mail): ___________________________

Work Phone: ________________ Fax: _____________________________

Present position (or occupation): _____________________________

Educational record (include year degree awarded and name of college or university):

Undergraduate degree: __________________________________

Masters degree: ________________________________________

Ph.D. program: University: _______________________________

Course work completed: ____ Yes ____ No
Comprehensive passed: ____ Yes ____ No
Date of expected degree completion: __________

Dissertation Advisor: _______________________________________

Please provide on separate sheets:

  1. copy of applicant's vita;
  2. the dissertation prospectus or introduction, which should explain the significance of the project and its relationship to the existing historiography (10 pages maximum);
  3. tentative time schedule for completion of project.

Two letters of reference from persons (including the dissertation advisor) familiar with the applicant's performance at the doctoral level should be sent directly to the Institute. Reference letters must be in before the announced deadline.

If awarded a Dissertation Year Fellowship by the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, I agree not to accept a competing fellowship from another institution and to submit a brief report on the work done under the Fellowship to the Grants Administrator, Harry S. Truman Library Institute, 500 West U.S. Highway 24, Independence, Missouri 64050-1798, U.S.A., no later than six months after expiration of the award and to present, when it is completed and accepted, a copy of the resulting dissertation to the Harry S. Truman Library.

Applicant's Signature: _________________________ Date: ____________________

DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIPS INFORMATION

To encourage historical scholarship of the public career of Harry S. Truman or the Truman era, the Truman Library Institute will annually give financial support to one graduate student who has completed the dissertation research and is in the writing stage. Preference will be given to projects based on extensive research at the truman Library, but since the research is presumed to be complete, there is no requirement of residence at the Library during the fellowship year. Successful applicants will be expected to deposit one copy of their completed dissertation (or any publication resulting therefrom) with the Truman Library.

The annual stipend to be awarded is $16,000, payable in two installments, in September and January. Completed applications should be submitted to the Committee no later than February 1; the Committee's decision will be announced in the first week of April. The Committee reserves the right to withhold the making of any award if the quality of the applications does not justify it.

Mail or fax application to:

Harry S. Truman Library Institute,
Grants Administrator
500 West U.S. Highway 24,
Independence, Missouri 64050-1798, U.S.A.

Phone: 816/268-8248
Fax: 816/268-8299
E-mail: truman.library@nara.gov

Updated: November 15, 2005