2023-24 Tomash Fellowship and Norberg Travel Fund Grants
Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Technology
Each year the Adelle and Erwin Tomash Graduate Fellowship is awarded to and provides a $14,000 stipend to a standout graduate student for doctoral dissertation research in the History of Computing, Information, and Culture.
The Fellowship is available to students who have completed all requirements for their doctoral degree except the research and writing of the dissertation.
TO APPLY:
Materials must be received by CBI no later than January 16, 2023.
Prerequisites
The Fellowship is available to 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.
Application Requirements
Please provide 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 and certified copies of graduate school transcripts to be sent directly to CBI.
Process
Application materials should be sent to cbi@umn.edu. A confirmation email will be sent once your application has been received.
Norberg Travel Fund
The Arthur L. Norberg Travel Fund provides short-term grants-in-aid to help graduate students, academics, and other researchers (preference to graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty) with travel expenses to use archival collections at the Charles Babbage Institute (CBI). In January of each year we plan to award up to three $1,000 travel grants. 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.
TO APPLY:
Materials must be received by CBI no later than January 16, 2023.
Due to the on-going pandemic, we are offering the option of applying for either the $1,000 travel stipend or a $400 remote use grant for scans. Please indicate which in your application.
Prerequisites
To be eligible, scholars will reside outside the Twin Cities metropolitan region. 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).
Application Requirements
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.
Process
- All application requirements are due by January 16, 2023.
- You will receive a confirmation email when your completed application is received.
- Notification of awards will be made by mid-February, and travel can commence directly thereafter.
- Upon receiving an award, recipients will be asked to do a short write-up about their research visit for the CBI Newsletter.
Questions regarding either award may be sent to Jeffrey Yost, CBI Director.