An opportunity for early-career researchers in history, art, and culture of plants to continue their research at the Oak Spring Foundation in the USA

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Description

Stacy Lloyd III Fellowship for Bibliographic Study at Oak Spring Garden Foundation at Virginia.

Oak Spring Garden Foundation offers a great opportunity for early-career researchers in the humanities in areas related to the history, art, and culture of plants, gardens, and landscapes. This opportunity is given to the early-career researchers who are working independently developing a new body of research that would especially benefit from access to Oak Spring’s library. The selected researchers will be given award includes a $10,000 individual grant, and 2 to 4 weeks in the Oak spring where they will be able to meet with staff, explore our 700-acre landscape and our efforts in sustainable land management, and visit our rare book library that holds over 19,000 objects, including many examples of botanical art.
The Fellow will have ample time and space to work independently on their own projects during their stay. The only requirement during their time at Oak Spring will be to give one 45-minute presentation with time for questions, to Oak Spring staff and any other fellows or residents who might be on site.

Opportunity focus area:
Humanities
botanical art
history and culture of plants, gardens and landscapes
Bibliography

Specialties

Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture., Art, Creative Arts and Design, History, Humanities, Plant and Crop Sciences

Eligibilities

Not Specified

Gender

Nationality

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Yemen

Specific Requirements

Other Requirements

The researcher must be developing a new body of research that would especially benefit from access to Oak Spring’s library.

Ability to be independent

The selected early-career researcher must be self-directed and able to work independently while on site.

Applicants must show their exceptional promises by showing their plans and how being in the Oak Spring's library will help them in obtaining their research objectives, exceptional promise, good communication skills, and excellence in what they have accomplished or plan to accomplish.

Benefits

Costs

Required Documents

CV / Resume

not to exceed two pages

Essay

A 200–300-word statement on your current research

Essay

You will have to describe why you chose to continue your researches in Oak Spring Foundation, and why now, considering how your research aligns with Oak Spring's mission which is to “perpetuate and share the gifts of Rachel (“Bunny”) Lambert Mellon who donated with her residence, garden, estate, and the Oak Spring Garden Library, to serve the public interest.

Other

You will have to submit 7 - 10 pages total that demonstrate your research outputs and current scholarly interests.

How To Apply

First:You have to create an account on Submittable, or if you already have an account, you just have to log in. You can sign up or log in from here.

Second:After Logging in, start your application filling your application, and uploading the required documents.

Third:Submit your application by clicking Apply Now.

Notes:
1- You can save your application as a draft and continue editing later by clicking on Save As Draft found at the end of the application form.
2- The essays must be written with a maximum of 300 words each.
3- CV/resume shouldn’t exceed 2 pages.
4- The document which contains your research outputs and current scholarly interests mustn’t include photocopies of published work, title pages, tables of contents, or HYPERLINKS.
5- While filling your application you will be asked if you are interested in applying for the 5-week Residency Program if you didn’t accept in this program, The 5-week Residency Program is offered by the Oak Spring Foundation for 5-week in various periods, so if you are interested, you will have to choose the period which is suitable for you. To know about this program here.