The Agricultural History Society (AHS) research grants are intended to encourage and promote scholarship in the history of agriculture and rural life. The AHS annually awards one grant of $1,000 USD per year in each of the following career categories:
- Graduate Student (at time of application)
- Early Career (examples, but not limited to Post-docs and Assistant Professors)
- Senior Career (examples, but not limited to Associate and Full Professors)
- Independent Scholars and Contingent Faculty
- Public History (examples, but not limited to librarians and public historians; an individual or team may present a proposal for the development of an online or physical exhibit, digitizing collections relevant to agricultural and rural history (published/unpublished), or other public-facing activity consistent with the promotion of “scholarship in the history of agriculture and rural life.”)
eligibility
- Applicants must be members of the AHS at the time of application.
- The applicant must identify which category they are applying for and must be eligible in that category at the time of application.
- Applicants may apply in only one career category per year.
- Agricultural History has the first right of refusal for all article-length manuscripts that result from the awards.
- Award recipients will write a brief online essay or for AHS as part of “The Short Rows” or a research update blog post for AHS’s blog within eighteen months of receiving the funds.
- The committee may choose to not make an award in one or more categories in a given year if there are not suitable applicants.
- Retired members are not eligible.
- Award recipients are eligible to reapply five years from the December award date.
Fellowship Website:
https://www.aghistorysociety.org/grant-program