The Patrick Leary Field Development Grant was 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 grant is intended to support a researcher or team of researchers in creating resources that will facilitate the work of other scholars in their studies of 19th-century British newspapers and periodicals.
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 Patrick Leary Field Development Grant awarded by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals and funded from the bequest of the Eileen Curran estate."
See https://rs4vp.org/awards/rsvp-field-development-grant for more details.
Web Portal Submission Information
Please complete an online application form; upload a C.V., narrative proposal, itemized budget, and budget justification statement; and complete two requests for recommendation letters. The deadline for your application is March 15; the deadline for recommendation letters is March 31.
For collaborative applications, one person can create an application in the web portal and add other participants as collaborators. Click on the "add collaborators button" on the left side of your application screen to invite others; be sure to grant them "view & edit" privileges so that they can upload their materials (abstracts and/or biographical notes) as part of your application. Please give your collaborators sufficient time to add materials before you submit the complete application.
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.
Patrick Leary Field Development Grant
The Patrick Leary Field Development Grant was 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 grant is intended to support a researcher or team of researchers in creating resources that will facilitate the work of other scholars in their studies of 19th-century British newspapers and periodicals.
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 Patrick Leary Field Development Grant awarded by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals and funded from the bequest of the Eileen Curran estate."
See https://rs4vp.org/awards/rsvp-field-development-grant for more details.
Web Portal Submission Information
Please complete an online application form; upload a C.V., narrative proposal, itemized budget, and budget justification statement; and complete two requests for recommendation letters. The deadline for your application is March 15; the deadline for recommendation letters is March 31.
For collaborative applications, one person can create an application in the web portal and add other participants as collaborators. Click on the "add collaborators button" on the left side of your application screen to invite others; be sure to grant them "view & edit" privileges so that they can upload their materials (abstracts and/or biographical notes) as part of your application. Please give your collaborators sufficient time to add materials before you submit the complete application.
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.