American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 2019-2020 Travel Grants

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is the foremost learned society in the United States for the study of all aspects of the period from the later seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. Its members are literary scholars and writers, historians, theorists of gender, race, sexuality, disability, nation and empire; philosophers and political theorists; art historians and artists; musicologists and musicians; theater historians and practitioners; biographers and bibliographers; and specialists in other humanistic, artistic, and social scientific fields with a range of broad and more particular interests. It is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment in which all members participate fully in the exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Eligibility

• Only members of ASECS in good standing are eligible to apply

Benefits

• Varies according to various grants listed below:

Gwin J. and Ruth Kolb Research Travel Fellowship – $500

• Eligibility: All members of ASECS who are faculty or independent scholars within the first five years of receipt of their Ph.D. Advanced doctoral candidates with a demonstrable need for specific collections necessary for their dissertation also are encouraged to apply
• Purpose:  To supplement costs for younger eighteenth-century scholars to travel to distant collections in North America and abroad

Robert R. Palmer Research Travel Fellowship – $500 

• Eligibility: All members of ASECS
• Purpose:  To support documentary research related primarily to the history and culture of France

Aubrey L. Williams Research Travel Fellowship – $1500

• Eligibility: ASECS members resident in North America
• Purpose: To support documentary research in eighteenth-century English literature, by scholars based in North America
• Restrictions: The fellowship is restricted to doctoral students at work on a dissertation in the field of eighteenth-century English literature

Richard H. Popkin Research Travel Fellowship – $250

• Eligibility: All members of ASECS
• Purpose: To supplement costs for scholars to travel to collections in North America and abroad

Theodore E.D. Braun Research Travel Fellowship – $1250

• Eligibility:  All members of ASECS
• Purpose:  To support researchers, regardless of rank, who are working in French literary studies

Paula Backscheider Archival Fellowship – $1000

• Eligibility: All members of ASECS
• Purpose: To support those researchers whose projects necessitate work in archives, repositories, and special collections (public and private) in foreign countries and/or in the United States

Application Process

• Applicants should submit only one application and will be considered for every grant for which they are eligible.   All application materials and letters of recommendation must be received by 1 January 2020
• All completed applications must include:
  • Application form:  https://goo.gl/forms/xThkn3UmC15ZF6c42
  •  Curriculum vitae
  • Narrative description of the project, its contribution to the field, how much you will have completed by the time of the proposed fellowship, and your plan for using the time of the fellowship
  • A one-page bibliography
  • A budget
• Combine the four supporting documents into a single file (Word or .pdf) and send them to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com
• Two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the recommenders directly to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com

​Note: No applicant may accept more than one ASECS travel grant or fellowship in any given academic year.