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The Marilyn Yalom Research Fund Award Call for Applications


The Marilyn Yalom Research Fund supports enrolled Stanford Ph.D. candidates working in the humanities on issues concerning women and gender in the humanities. Funds are available to support research or conference costs. Dr. Yalom has been part of the Clayman Institute since 1978, having served as both Associate Director and Acting Director. She is currently a Senior Scholar, and is well known as an internationally acclaimed historian of women's and gender issues.

Purpose: To support graduate students working on gender or women's issues in the humanities (broadly defined) with research or conference costs.

Eligibility:

Enrolled Stanford Ph.D. candidates in humanities disciplines. Open to men and women. Applicants are expected to be Clayman Institute Graduate Affiliates.

Awards: One award of up to $1000 is granted. Actual costs will be reimbursed by the Clayman Institute. Award is available for travel, lodging, or conference fees; or other expenses directly relating to research.

Exclusions: Costs not directly related to the research effort are excluded. Administrative costs are not covered.

Applications: Applicants are required to submit two complete application packets for review by the selection committee, including:

  1. Curriculum vitae of no more than 2 pages

  2. A proposal of no more than 2 pages, single-spaced, including all notes and references, a time-line for completion, and a detailed budget

Only complete applications will be considered; other supporting papers will not be reviewed. Applications may be submitted by mail or by hand to the Institute.

Yalom Research Fund
c/o Lori Mackenzie
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Serra House
589 Capistrano Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8640.

Campus mail code: 8640

Deadline: March 11, 2009

Notification: April 15, 2009

Questions: For additional information, please contact Lori Mackenzie at
lorim @ stanford.edu

Any research supported by the Marilyn Yalom Research Fund of Stanford University's Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research shall acknowledge that fact in its published version.