Event Details

End: June 10, 2024
Contact: andrew.klumpp@iowa.gov
More Info: https://history.iowa.gov/history/grants/iowa-history-dissertation-fellowship-guidelines

The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) announces a dissertation fellows program for 2024/2025. SHSI will award up to two dissertation fellowships of up to $1,500 each to support the writing of a dissertation related to the history of Iowa or Iowa and the Midwest. Preference will be given to applicants pursuing previously neglected topics or new approaches to or interpretations of previously treated topics.

Fellowships are available to advanced graduate students working on any aspect of Iowa history and from any time period, including pre-statehood up through the recent past. Dissertation projects need not be exclusively focused on Iowa or the Midwest, but should engage substantially with Iowa-related topics.

Fellows meet virtually each month (with the Editor of the Annals and the other fellow) to workshop their work. At each meeting, one fellow will share a chapter (or portion of a chapter) of their work, and the other fellow and the Editor will provide comments, critiques, and suggestions. At the conclusion of the fellowship (May 2025), fellows will meet in Des Moines and present their work in a workshop that will include fellows, SHSI staff, and invited commenters.

Please visit our website for more information on the application process: https://history.iowa.gov/history/grants/iowa-history-dissertation-fellowship-guidelines.