Dear Colleagues,

FYI--Tomash Fellowship and Norberg Travel Grant announcements are below.

Best, Jeff

The Adelle and Erwin Tomash Fellowship in the History of IT, Charles Babbage Institute

The Charles Babbage Institute is accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Adelle and Erwin Tomash Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student for doctoral dissertation research in the history of computing.

The fellowship may be held at the recipient's home academic institution, the Charles Babbage Institute, or any other location with appropriate research facilities. The stipend is $14,000. It is for students who have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except the research and writing of the dissertation. Tomash Fellowship recipients must remain students in good standing throughout the term of their fellowship, but there is no restriction on holding other fellowships, scholarships, or awards concurrent to the Tomash Fellowship.

Preference will be given to applicants indicating a need to use CBI materials, planning research in residence at CBI, and willing to make a brief presentation of their research findings to CBI staff. Questions pertaining to collection content and access can be directed to Amanda Wick, CBI Interim Archivist, at abwick@umn.edu.

Applicants should send to CBI a curriculum vitae and a five-page (single-spaced) statement and justification of the research project including a discussion of methods, research materials, evidence of faculty support for the project, and bibliography (bibliography does not count toward page count). Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference (PDF attachment of signed letter on letterhead is fine) and certified copies of graduate school transcripts to be sent directly to CBI.

All materials must be received by CBI no later than January 15, 2019

Application materials should be sent to cbi@umn.edu. A confirmation email will be sent once your application has been received. [For questions on this fellowship program, please email Outreach Historian and Admin. Dr. Juliet Burba at cbi@umn.edu or call 612 624-5050]

Alternatively, applications/supporting material may be mailed to:
Charles Babbage Institute: Tomash Fellowship
211 Andersen Library
University of Minnesota
222 - 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Arthur L. Norberg Travel Grant Program, Charles Babbage Institute

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.  In January of each year we plan to award up to three $1,000 travel 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.

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 250-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 must be in the calendar year of the award).  To be eligible, scholars will reside outside the Twin Cities metropolitan region. Recipients will be asked to do a short write-up about their research visit for the CBI Newsletter.

Notification of awards will be made in late January or early February, and travel can commence directly thereafter.  Questions pertaining to collection content and access can be directed to Amanda Wick, CBI Interim Archivist, at abwick@umn.edu.  Please direct questions about the Arthur Norberg Travel Fund to Outreach Historian and Admin. Dr. Juliet Burba, cbi@umn.edu, 612 624-5050. For additional information, see www.cbi.umn.edu.

Materials must be received by CBI no later than January 15, 2019.

Application materials should be sent to cbi@umn.edu. A confirmation email will be sent once your application has been received.

Alternatively, applications may be mailed to CBI (see address listed with the Tomash Fellowship announcement).