[SIGCIS-Members] ACM History Fellowships (announcement)

[Thomas Misa]

Hi all, ACM History Committee announcement as promised.  ---Tom Misa

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ACM History Committee
Fellowships in ACM History

The Association for Computing Machinery, founded in 1947, is the  
oldest and largest educational and scientific society dedicated to the  
computing profession, and today has members in more than 100  
countries.  To encourage historical research, the ACM History  
Committee plans to make two awards. One, a travel grant of $2,500 to  
support historical research on the wide variety of ACM-related  
_activities_, including ACM members, officers, and prize winners.   
Second, a fellowship grant of $5,000 focusing on ACM’s rich  
_institutional_ history, including consideration of its organization,  
publications, SIG activities, and sponsored conferences.  Successful  
candidates for either award may be of any rank, from graduate students  
through senior researchers.

To Apply:

Applicants for either award should send a 2-page CV as well as a 750- 
word project description that [a] describes the proposed research  
project; [b] identifies the importance of specific ACM historical  
materials, whether traditional archival collections or online  
historical materials (oral histories, digitized conference papers, ACM  
organizational records, et al.); [c] discusses the project’s planned  
outcome (e.g. conference paper, journal article, book or dissertation  
chapter, teaching resource, museum exhibit, etc.); and [d] outlines a  
timeline for completing the project, generally within one calendar  
year of the award, including a final project report.

In preparing a proposal, applicants should examine the extensive list  
of “ACM Research Materials” posted at <history.acm.org/content.php?do=links 
 > as well as “Sources for ACM History,” CACM 50 #5  (May 2007): 36-41  
<doi.acm.org/10.1145/1230819.1230836>.
Other research materials relating to ACM’s rich history may also be  
used.  Applicants should include a letter of endorsement from their  
home institution or an external scholarly reference.

Proposals are due by **30 April 2010**.  Proposals should be submitted  
as .pdf documents to <history-webmaster at acm.org>. Notification of  
awards will be made within six weeks.