Applications for James W. Scott fellowship due Oct. 31

Western Today staff

September 8, 2015

Western Washington University’s Center for Pacific Northwest Studies welcomes applications for the James W. Scott Regional Research Fellowships, established to promote awareness and use of archival collections at Western and to forward scholarly understandings of the Pacific Northwest. The fellowships are awarded in honor of the late James W. (Jim) Scott, a founder and first director of the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, and a noted scholar of the Pacific Northwest region. The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies is a division of Western Libraries Heritage Resources, located in the Goltz-Murray Archives Building.

Up to $1000 funding is available in 2016 to scholars who propose to undertake significant research using archival holdings at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies (CPNWS). The number and size of awards granted annually will be determined by the application review committee. The review committee will accept applications from graduate students (who may be new to the field of historical research and writing) as well as those pursuing or who have completed the Ph.D (who may be published authors).

Fellows are expected to be in residence prior to Oct. 31, 2016, and to spend at least one week examining CPNWS holdings in support of their research. Additional information about CPNWS collections is available at http://library.wwu.edu/cpnws.
Fellows will be asked to give a presentation about some aspect of their research during the course of their scheduled visit. The audience will vary depending on the time of the year, but may include Western students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the general public.
After completing their residency, Fellows will be asked to provide a brief (300-500 word) written statement describing their research and use of CPNWS holdings to support scholarly understandings of the Pacific Northwest. This statement may be quoted or otherwise published by Western Washington University.

Applicants must submit the following information via email or postal mail by Oct. 31, 2015:

  • Cover letter
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Research plan outlining on-site use of CPNWS holdings and proposed presentation topic
  • Two letters of recommendation

To apply by email: please enter “Scott Research Fellowship Application” in the subject line of your email and send to Ruth.Steele@wwu.edu.

To apply via postal mail, send to:

Ruth Steele
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Western Washington University
516 High St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-9123.

Application submissions will be reviewed in November 2015 and awardees will be announced in December.  For more information about the James W. Scott Regional Research Fellowship, contact Heritage.Resources@wwu.edu or go to: http://library.wwu.edu/hr/fellowships#Fellowship.