Submitted by Sarita Adve
http://history.acm.org/public/public_documents/acm_history_fellowship_announce_2016.php
2016 Fellowships in ACM History
Proposals due: February 1, 2016
ACM will support up to four research projects with awards of up to $4,000
each. Successful candidates may be of any rank, from graduate students
through senior researchers. See the list of past supported projects at
http://history.acm.org/public/public_documents/acm_history_fellows.php
APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
Applicants should send a 2-page CV as well as a 750-word project description
that
- describes the proposed research;
- identifies specific ACM historical materials, whether traditional archival
collections or online historical materials (oral histories, digitized
conference papers, ACM organizational records, etc.);
- discusses project outcomes (e.g. journal article, book or dissertation
chapter, teaching resource, museum exhibit, website); and
- outlines a timeline for completing the project—generally within 12 months.
In preparing a proposal, applicants should examine the document “ACM Research
Materials” posted at http://history.acm.org/content.php?do=links as well as
“Sources for ACM History,” CACM 50 #5 (May 2007): 36-41
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1230819.1230836. Other research materials relating
to ACM may also be used. Applicants should include a letter of endorsement
from their home institution or an external scholarly reference.
Proposals are due by 1 February 2016. Proposals should be submitted as a
single pdf-format document to history-webmaster@acm.org. Notification of
awards will be made within 8 weeks.
The current and past winners of the fellowship can be found at
http://history.acm.org/public/public_documents/acm_history_fellows.php.