Holm Visiting Scholar Award

Applications for the Karyn and Terry Holm Visiting Scholar Award are due May 1, 2020. The award is designed to create opportunities for researchers to utilize the Midwest Nursing History Research Center’s collections as well as other Chicago-area nursing and healthcare archives. The selected scholar will receive a travel and lodging stipend of up to $1,500.

The MNHRC archives hold multiple collections worthy of historical analysis. Additionally, the Chicago area is host to rich nursing and healthcare history collections—such as those at Rush University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and our own Special Collections at UIC—that deserve further analysis. Selection of the scholar will be based on the quality of the investigator’s project including: the clarity of the project’s purpose, its rationale and significance, and the ability of the researcher to complete the work. Preference will be given to pre- or post-doctoral work. he application should be no more than six pages, single spaced. The application must open with the purpose and aims of the research, followed by a section on the background and significance that includes a review of the published work on the topic. It should also include a section on methods in which the collections or archives that will be used to achieve the aims are identified. A timeline and an itemized budget and justification should also be included. Funds may be used for travel to archives, hotel expenses, duplication, purchase of photographs, and/or materials needed (e.g.: recording devices).  

Applications, a curriculum vita, and two letters of support should be emailed to MNHRC director Gwyneth Milbrath ([email protected]). 

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