Print off this application form and send to:
Harry S. Truman Library
Institute
Grants Administrator
500 West U.S. Highway 24
Independence, Missouri 64050-1798
816/268-8248
FAX 816/268-8299
Name: _________________________________________________
(Please Type or Print; Last Name First)
SSN: ___________________________ Date of Birth: _____________
Applicant's Citizenship:
___ United States --or-- _______________ (Country)
Mailing Address: _______________________________________________
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Permanent Address (if different from above): _________________________
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Home Phone: _____________________ E-Mail: ______________________
Work Phone: _____________________ Fax: ________________________
Highest degree held: Institution/Degree/Date Awarded
______________________ ______________________________ ________
Employment:
Current Position or Occupation: ______________________________________
Institutional Affiliation, If Any: _______________________________________
Title of Project: __________________________________________________
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Attach: (1) a copy of your vita; (2) project description not to exceed six pages in length, which explains the significance of your project and sets it within the context of work already done; (3) a one page bibliography. In addition, have two letters of reference from persons familiar with your scholarly work mailed directly to the Harry S. Truman Library Institute. Reference letters must be received before the announced deadline.
The amount of the award will be negotiated between the Institute and the recipient after the selection process has been completed.
Acceptance of the award constitutes a commitment to (1) submit a brief report to the Institute on the work done under the grant, to be submitted no later than six months after the completion of the grant period, and (2) present to the Harry S. Truman Library one copy of any resulting publication.
Applicant's Signature: __________________________ Date: _______________
SCHOLAR'S AWARD INFORMATION
Every other year, in even-numbered years, the Institute will make one award of up to $30,000 to a scholar who is engaged in a study of the public career of Harry S. Truman or some aspect of the history of the Truman administration or of the United States during that administration. The scholar's work must be based on extensive research at the Truman Library and must be designed to result in the publication of a book-length manuscript. One copy of such book (and/or any other publication resulting from work done under this award) shall be deposited by the author with the Harry S. Truman Library.
The award is intended to free the applicant from teaching or other employment, but will not exceed $30,000. If, in the opinion of the Institute's Committee on Research and Education, the quality of available applications does not justify the making of an award in any given year, none will be made. No person who has previously received this award will be considered a second time.
The application process is in two stages. Persons desiring to be considered should complete an application and submit a proposal no later than December 15 of the year preceding the one in which the award is available. This proposal should indicate what work the applicant has already done toward the completion of the project, what remains to be done, and a bibliography. The Committee will advise the applicants of the outcome of the preliminary screening no later than February 1.
Applicants selected to continue in the second phase of the process will be notified by February 15 and asked to submit the following information:
Applicants in this second stage will be notified of the Committee's decision no later than April 15.
Mail or fax application to:
Harry S. Truman Library
Institute
Grants Administrator
500 West U.S. Highway 24
Independence, Missouri 64050-1798
Phone: 816/268-8248
Fax: 816/268-8299
E-mail: truman.library@nara.gov
Updated: 8/04