The Board of Trustees of the Journal of Women’s History proudly announces that applications are now open for the JWH Scholars Research Grant for scholars in transnational women’s and gender history. The prize will be awarded at the AHA Conference, January 3 – 6, 2025, New York City, United States. The ASA-USA WC’s very own Tshepo Masango Chéry was the inaugural winner of the grant last year (“Melodies of Change: The Politics and Embodiment of Miriam Makeba”).
Applications should be submitted electronically by Friday, April 19, 2024, to each member of the committee:
Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué, chair, jmougoue@wisc.edu, Katherine Marino, kmarino@history.ucla.edu, and Danielle Terrazas Williams, d.terrazaswilliams@leeds.ac.uk
Purpose: Funds will be used to support travel, research, or writing of a significant scholarly contribution in the fields of women’s and gender history, with a preference for transnational topics. Individual grants will not exceed $4000. Recipients are asked to acknowledge the JWH Board in publications that result from research conducted during this award.
Who is Eligible: All historians of women and gender are eligible, including those employed at universities, secondary schools, archives, libraries, museums, and parks. Priority will go to those scholars who are unaffiliated, adjunct, early career, or who lack access to research funding through their own institutions.
Application Process: The application should include contact information, a title, a specific budget, and previous and current grants. CV (limit 5 pages), Research Statement (1000 words) summarizing the project and specific uses for funds, Bibliography (1 page) identifying the most recent and relevant secondary sources. Please include all components of the application in one PDF or Word document.
