The Linda H. Peterson Fellowship was named after the widely influential Yale professor and longtime RSVP Board member and Vice President, and created with funds from a generous bequest to RSVP by the late Eileen Curran, pioneering researcher and Emerita Professor of English at Colby College. The purpose of the Peterson Fellowship is to support one scholar for four full-time months to enable them to conduct a research project on the British periodical and newspaper press during the long nineteenth-century.
At the conclusion of the grant period, awardees must submit a narrative report describing the work completed during the fellowship period and outcomes achieved or expected as a result. Reports are a crucial part of our accountability structure, as well as a tool to build community and facilitate a pipeline; they will be posted on our website and used to publicize our funding streams and work of fellows. All publications or other research outputs resulting from fellowship support must include the following acknowledgement: “This publication received support of a Peterson Fellowship awarded by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals and funded from the bequest of the Eileen Curran estate."
See https://rs4vp.org/awards/peterson-fellowship/ for more details.
Web Portal Submission Information
Please complete an online application form; upload a C.V., narrative proposal, and description of primary sources; and complete two requests for recommendation letters. The deadline for your application is November 15; the deadline for recommendation letters is November 22.
Once you've started an application, you can view the instructions at any time by clicking on the grey "i" instructions button on the right side of your application view.
Questions about the application process can be directed to the awards administrator at applications@rs4vp.org.
Peterson Fellowship
The Linda H. Peterson Fellowship was named after the widely influential Yale professor and longtime RSVP Board member and Vice President, and created with funds from a generous bequest to RSVP by the late Eileen Curran, pioneering researcher and Emerita Professor of English at Colby College. The purpose of the Peterson Fellowship is to support one scholar for four full-time months to enable them to conduct a research project on the British periodical and newspaper press during the long nineteenth-century.
At the conclusion of the grant period, awardees must submit a narrative report describing the work completed during the fellowship period and outcomes achieved or expected as a result. Reports are a crucial part of our accountability structure, as well as a tool to build community and facilitate a pipeline; they will be posted on our website and used to publicize our funding streams and work of fellows. All publications or other research outputs resulting from fellowship support must include the following acknowledgement: “This publication received support of a Peterson Fellowship awarded by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals and funded from the bequest of the Eileen Curran estate."
See https://rs4vp.org/awards/peterson-fellowship/ for more details.
Web Portal Submission Information
Please complete an online application form; upload a C.V., narrative proposal, and description of primary sources; and complete two requests for recommendation letters. The deadline for your application is November 15; the deadline for recommendation letters is November 22.
Once you've started an application, you can view the instructions at any time by clicking on the grey "i" instructions button on the right side of your application view.
Questions about the application process can be directed to the awards administrator at applications@rs4vp.org.