Economic History Association

Dissertation Fellowships are intended for students whose thesis topic has been approved and who have made some progress towards writing their dissertation. Applicants must be members of the Association. Thanks to a generous gift from Ken Sokoloff's estate and other individual contributions, this year the Association will award one Sokoloff Fellowship at the $15,000 level,  and addtional EHA graduate fellowships at the $10,000 level. Dissertation fellowships are non renewable.

Applications should be submitted by email to the chair of the CREH (see below). Required information includes the name of the student, home address, institutional affiliation, all contact information, and the name of the chair of the dissertation committee. Applicants should also arrange to have two letters of reference sent; one must be from the chair of the thesis committee, and both should be sent to the email address listed below.

The main body of the proposal should be no longer than five single-spaced pages, inclusive of any footnotes, tables, and bibliography. It should describe the dissertation topic, explain specifically how the fellowship will facilitate completion of the thesis (for example, travel to archives, purchase of research materials, release from teaching), describe the work to date, give a time-table for completion, and include a brief bibliography. A one-page copy of the student's current CV should also be included. Although it is not required, applicants for dissertation awards are strongly encouraged to upload a draft of a completed thesis chapter. Please direct any questions about these fellowships to Professor Anne McCants, chair, Committee on Research in Economic History, at amccants@mit.edu. Applicants must be current members of the Association.

Deadline for Applications:  January 15, 2009. Awards announced by February 15, 2009.