(Individuals interested in the fellowships program for 2004 should write to the Center Director for an update on this program.)

This year, the Center for Great Lakes Culture will award two fellowships in support of research pursuant to its primary objectives: to identify, collect, study, interpret and disseminate the cultural history and expressions of the diverse peoples, traditions and customs of the Great Lakes region and the region’s interactions with the world. The Center seeks to enhance public understanding of the relevance and relationship of such humanistic study to the examination and understanding of public issues. These goals will be achieved through the development, linkage, and dissemination of specific disciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and interdisciplinary research, teaching and public engagement activities. These activities include research, teaching (university, K-12 curricular development, and informal education), conferences, symposia, multimedia, real and virtual exhibitions, festivals, and collection development. The Center will also build on the complementary expertise and strengths of regionally focused humanities and arts concentrations at other cultural institutions by applying them as appropriate to the Center’s work and public programs.

Focus areas in research, events, or creative activities may be identified for a given year from which applications will be especially solicited. Projects with an innovative or significant public dimension are especially welcome. Please check this website for on-going programs and resources. Collections accessible at Michigan State University can be perused at the web site of the MSU Collections Council. Applicants with inquiries about the contents of specific collections at MSU, please contact the CGLC Steering Committee.

Michigan State University Faculty Fellows: 

• Purpose: To support Michigan State University faculty seeking affiliation with the Center to conduct research, develop events, or engage in creative activities consistent with the mission of the Center. Projects should lead to a tangible outcome, preferably those with a significant public dimension. 
• Timeframe: Fall Semester 2004. 
• Award: $2,000 plus support for release time from one semester course. 
• Eligibility: Full-time appointment at Michigan State University in the tenure or continuing appointment system or with long-term, fixed-term appointments. 
• Expectations: Fellows are expected to participate in Center activities and offer a public seminar on their project toward the end of the fellowship period. 
• Submission: Applications consist of 
• your name, address, email address, and phone number where you prefer to be reached 
• a proposal abstract, 
• a narrative of no more than five pages describing the project and its relationship to Center objectives, 
• the expected outcome (e.g. article, book, lecture series, web site, event, artistic creation, grant proposal, catalog, outreach project, course revisions, etc.), 
• and a two-page vita, relevant to project. 
• Deadline : March 15, 2004 
• Notification: March 31, 2004 

• Significance and relevance of project to the mission of the Center. Projects with an innovative or significant public dimension will receive special consideration. 
• Appropriateness of Center collections and resources to advance the project 
• Background and accomplishments of the applicant in the proposed area of study 
• Likelihood that the project can be completed within the timeframe proposed 

Applications will be accepted by regular mail, fax, or email. They must be received in our office by the deadline. 

• Mail applications to: 

CGLC Fellowships 
c/o Patrick M. McConeghy
320 Linton Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1044

• email applications with attachments to: 

pmc@cal.msu.edu

• fax applications to: 

517-355-0159

One one-month residential fellowship is available for a project using the Newberry Library collections to understand and interpret the cultural history and expressions of the diverse peoples of the Great Lakes region (Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, and Ontario). This fellowship is open to scholars with the Ph.D. or equivalent or an established record of scholarly research. Candidates for degrees are not eligible. The fellowship has a stipend of $1,200. Applications are available through the Newberry Library, Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton St., Chicago, Illinois 60610-3380 and on its web site: http://www.newberry.org/.