You can download from this website a letter from the project director that contains detailed information about the topic under study; project requirements and expectations of the participants; the academic and institutional setting; and specific provisions for lodging, subsistence, and extracurricular activities. All application materials should be sent to the project director. Application materials sent to the Endowment will not be reviewed.
Completed applications should be submitted to the project director and postmarked no later than March 2, 2009 and mailed to:
NEH Summer Seminar,
Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies,
University of California, Los Angeles,
310 Royce Hall,
UCLA
Los Angeles, California
90095-1404
phone: 310-206-8552
fax: 310-206-8577.
Applications will be reviewed by the seminar director and a committee appointed by the Center. Perhaps the most important part of the application is the four-page essay. In the essay applicants should do the following things: (1) provide personal and academic information that is relevant to the seminar; (2) state reasons for applying to this particular project; (3) explain interest, both intellectual and personal, in the literature associated with the decadent 1890s; (4) comment on qualifications to contribute to the seminar; (5) identify what one hopes to accomplish through participation in this event (including individual research or writing projects); and (6) show how involvement in “The Decadent 1890s” connects with one’s classroom practice.
A completed application consists of three copies of the following collated items:
In addition, it must include two letters of recommendation as described below.
The application cover sheet must be filled out online at this address: http://www.neh.gov/online/education/participants/ Please fill it out online as directed by the prompts. When you are finished, be sure to click on the “submit” button. Print out the cover sheet and add it to your application package. At this point you will be asked if you want to apply to another project. If you do, follow the prompts and select another project and then print out the cover sheet for that project. Note that filling out a cover sheet is not the same as applying, so there is no penalty for changing your mind and filling out cover sheets for several projects. A full application consists of the items listed above, as sent to a project director.
Please include a detailed résumé (not to exceed five pages).
The application essay should be no more than four double-spaced pages. This essay should include any relevant personal and academic information. It should address reasons for applying; the applicant's interest, both academic and personal, in the subject to be studied; qualifications and experiences that equip the applicant to do the work of the seminar or institute and to make a contribution to a learning community; a statement of what the applicant wants to accomplish by participating; and the relation of the project to the applicant's professional responsibilities. Applicants to seminars should be sure to discuss any independent study project that is proposed beyond the common work of the seminar.
The two referees should be chosen carefully. They should be familiar with the applicant's professional accomplishments or promise, interests, and ability to contribute to and benefit from participation in the seminar. They should specifically address these issues in their recommendations. Letters from colleagues who know the applicant's teaching and from those outside the applicant's institution who know his or her scholarship can be particularly useful. Referees should be provided with the director's description of the seminar and the applicant's essay. If an applicant has previously participated in an NEH summer seminar or institute, a recommendation from the director or lead scholar of that program would be useful. Please ask each of your referees to sign their name across the seal on the back of the envelope containing their letter, and enclose the letters with your application.
Completed applications should be submitted to:
NEH Summer Seminar,
Professor Joseph Bristow, Project Director,
Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies,
University of California, Los Angeles,
310 Royce Hall,
UCLA
Los Angeles, California
90095-1404
phone: 310-206-8552
fax: 310-206-8577.
The application should be postmarked no later than March 2, 2009.
Successful applicants will be notified of their selection on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, and they will have until Wednesday, April 15 to accept or decline the offer. Applicants who will not be home during the notification period are advised to provide an address and phone number where they can be reached. No information on the status of applications will be available prior to the official notification period.