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Requirements: Please note that applications to American Material Culture: Nineteenth-Century New York must fufill the requirements of both the National Endowment for the Humanities and Bard Graduate Center.
Deadline: Completed applications must be submitted no later than March 1, 2017.
National Endowment for the Humanities: Application Information and Instructions
Please see NEH Application Information and Instructions.Please also see NEH Eligibility Criteria regarding participation in Summer Seminars and Institutes. For additional information, see the Eligibility page.
Please note that the NEH Cover Sheet must be filled out online at this address: https://securegrants.neh.gov/education/participants/.
All other application materials must be submitted directly to Bard Graduate Center.
Bard Graduate Center: Additional Application Requirements and Instructions
Application Materials: In addition to filling out the NEH Cover Sheet online, applications must also include a copy of the NEH Cover Sheet in their Bard Graduate Center applications. We ask that participants prepare a Résumé and Application Essay, which are to be submitted directly to Bard Graduate Center. Bard Graduate Center also requires Two Letters of Reference, sent directly to us (see instructions below). In your application materials, please include the contact information for your two referees.How to Submit an Application: The preferred method for application submission to Bard Graduate Center is via email. Please combine your application materials into a single PDF file (this includes the completed NEH Cover Sheet, Résumé, Application Essay, and the contact information for your two referees) and email to: [email protected]. However, applications can be mailed to:
Zahava Friedman-Stadler
NEH Summer Institute
Bard Graduate Center
38 West 86th Street
New York, NY 10024
Reference Letters: The two referees may be from inside or outside the applicant’s home institution. They should be familiar with the applicant’s professional accomplishments and promise, teaching and/or research interests, and ability to contribute to and benefit from participation in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute 2017, American Material Culture: Nineteenth-Century New York. Referees should be provided with the Project Directors’ description of the Institute and the applicant’s essay.
How to Submit Reference Letters: The preferred method for submission of Reference Letters is for your referees to email them directly to Bard Graduate Center. Please ask your referees to convert their letters to PDF format, and email them to: [email protected]. Letters can also be mailed to the address listed above. If mailed, please ask your referees to sign across the seal on the back of the envelope containing the letter.
Admissions: A local committee of scholars will review your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. We will inform you of their decision on Friday, March 31, 2017. Those selected to be NEH Summer Scholars will have until April 7, 2016 to accept or decline an offer.
Essay: Please note that the admissions committee will pay special attention to your Application Essay. This essay should include any personal, academic, and professional information that is relevant; reasons for applying to American Material Culture: Nineteenth-Century New York; your intellectual, professional, and personal interest in the topic; qualifications to do the work of the Institute and to make a contribution to it; what you hope to accomplish by participation, including a brief description of a potential Institute project; and the relation of the project to your research and/or teaching.
We look forward to hearing more about your interest in American Material Culture: Nineteenth-Century New York.
Please direct all application inquiries to:
Zahava Friedman-StadlerGrant Administrator and Program Assistant
[email protected]
212.501.3026
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
