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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 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:
email: scholarly@loc.gov or
tel: 202-707-3302
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