[SIGCIS-Members] Arthur L. Norberg Travel Fund grants

[Jeffrey Yost]

Dear SIGCIS members,
Please find below the announcement for the Arthur L. Norberg Travel Fund
grants--application deadline January 15, 2011.
Best,  Jeff

The Arthur L. Norberg Travel Fund provides short-term grants-in-aid to help
scholars with travel expenses to use archival collections at the Charles
Babbage Institute.  Each year we plan to award two $750 grants.

The Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) is an internationally recognized
research center and archives focused on the history of information
technology.  CBI conducts major research projects; publishes books and
articles; and collects, processes, and provides open public access to the
most diverse and extensive collection of archival materials on computing,
software, and networking in the world.  CBI collections include the records
of corporations, technical and trade associations, personal papers, industry
publications, oral histories, photographs, film/video, and an extensive
reference library.  The Norberg Travel Fund is named for CBI’s founding
director, Arthur L. Norberg, and is funded by generous gifts from his friends
and colleagues<http://www.cbi.umn.edu/research/ntravelfundcontributors.html>
.

List of past recipients <http://www.cbi.umn.edu/research/ntfrecipients.html>

To Apply:

Applicants should send a 2-page CV as well as a 500-word project description
that describes the overall research project, identifies the importance of
specific CBI collections, and discusses the projected outcome (journal
article, book chapter, museum exhibit, etc.).  Applicants are strongly
encouraged to examine the extensive on-line finding guides to CBI’s 200-plus
archival collections at www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/archmss.html.
Applicants should estimate how many days they plan to use CBI collections
during their visit (travel should generally be in the calendar year of the
award).  To be eligible, scholars will reside outside the Twin Cities
metropolitan region.

Notification of awards will be made within four weeks, and travel can
commence directly thereafter.  Questions pertaining to collection content
and access can be directed to Stephanie Crowe, CBI Archivist, at
horow021 at umn.edu.  Please direct questions about the Arthur Norberg Travel
Fund to Jeffrey Yost, CBI Associate Director, yostx003 at umn.edu,
612.624.5050. For additional information, see www.cbi.umn.edu.

*Materials must be submitted by email to cbi at umn.edu or postmarked no later
than January 15, 2011.*

Charles Babbage Institute: Norberg Travel Fund
211 Andersen Library
University of Minnesota
222 - 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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