RSA Research Grants
Announcing Research Grants for the 2011 for
Members of the Renaissance Society of America
*This is a grant announcement only. The grant application module will be open later in the fall of 2010.*
The Renaissance Society of America will award seventeen grants for a total amount of $42,000 in the year 2011.
The grants are:
- RSA Research Grants (9 grants)
- Rensselaer W. Lee Memorial Grant in Art History (1 grant)
- Paul Oskar Kristeller Memorial Grant (1 grant)
- Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowship in Renaissance Art History (5 grants)
- Bodleian Library Research Grant (1 grant)
The Renaissance Society of America will award up to nine RSA Research Grants in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, with the average amount expected to be about $2,000, for a total amount of $18,000. Three grants will be awarded in each of the three rank categories of Nondoctoral Scholar, Younger Scholar, and Senior Scholar (see below for category descriptions). RSA Research Grants are available to applicants in all disciplines and topics dealing with the Renaissance.
The Ambrosiana Foundation has given the RSA funding for two grants of $3,000 each. One is the Rensselaer W. Lee Fellowship in Art History, open to all three rank categories in the discipline of art history. The other is the Paul Oskar Kristeller Fellowship, open to all disciplines in all three rank categories.
There are five Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowships in Renaissance Art History of $3,000 each, open to art historians in midcareer (not open to nondoctoral or younger scholars).
The Bodleian Library Research Grant supports a one-month residence in Oxford by a member of the RSA for the purposes of research in the Special Collections of the Bodleian Library, with an additional stipend of $3,000.
There will be a single competition for all seventeen awards. Please note that all applicants must be members of The Renaissance Society of America for the required number of years (see below for the minimum requirement in each category). Research Grants will be awarded in three categories according to the career stage and employment circumstances of applicants. Applicants will compete for grants within ONE category only:
Nondoctoral:
These awards will support doctoral candidates, pre-university teachers, and other applicants lacking doctorates.
Younger Scholar:
These awards will support assistant professors; associate professors in the first two years of appointment at that rank; temporary, adjunct, and/or part-time professors; and younger independent scholars holding the PhD.
Senior Scholar:
These awards will support associate professors with more than two years at that rank, full professors, retired professors, and senior independent scholars.
Research projects in all subjects and language areas within Renaissance studies are eligible for support. Doctoral candidates must be members of RSA for at least one year at the time of application, i.e., since the year preceding the application. All other applicants must be members of RSA for at least three years at the time of application, i.e., at the time of application they must be at least in their fourth year as members of the RSA.
The Executive Board will appoint a jury drawn from different disciplines within Renaissance studies. The criteria for judgment will be the scholarly excellence of the project and applicant, and the demonstrated need for access to research materials. The jury reserves the right to award fewer or more grants in one category, but only if there are insufficient applications of merit in one category. The deadline for applications will be 31 December 2010. Awards will be announced at the RSA annual meeting in Montreal, 24–26 March 2011.
- This Year's Grant Winners (PDF)
- All Grant Winners (1998-Present)
- Apply for a grant (you need to be an RSA member to apply)