The Environmental Design Archives (EDA) is pleased to offer two
short-term research fellowships to support scholars conducting
interdisciplinary and innovative research on-site at the EDA, located
within the College of Environmental Design in Berkeley, California.
Applications for these fellowships are due March 1, 2024.
Committed to raising awareness of the significant architectural and
landscape heritage of Northern California and beyond, the Environmental
Design Archives collects, preserves, and provides access to primary
records of its built environment. Its collections represent more than
200 of the San Francisco Bay Region’s most historically significant
architects, landscape architects, urban planners, photographers, and
designers.
The two fellowships, the Waverly B. Lowell Fellowship and the Alice Ross
Carey Fellowship, will each provide funding of up to $4,000 to support
travel to Berkeley to conduct research using the collections of the
Environmental Design Archives. Fellowship recipients are expected to
spend significant time researching within the collections. For the EDA’s
complete holdings see:
https://ced.berkeley.edu/research_design/environmental-design-archives/collections
In general fellowship funds will be awarded based on scope of project
and length of research visit. Extenuating circumstances will be
considered, particularly for international travel, but applicants can
assume an award equivalent of $1000 per full week of research time.
Fellowship applicants are welcome to discuss research intent with the
EDA curator, Betsy Frederick-Rothwell, prior to submission to determine
how EDA collections can support research needs. Send a brief project
description to betsyfr@berkeley.edu for a consultation.
Eligibility
• The Alice Ross Carey Fellowship is open to doctoral students and
emerging scholars in any related discipline. Students must be registered
in an accredited graduate program and currently engaged in dissertation
research. Other applicants may be academic or independent scholars.
• The Waverly B. Lowell Fellowship is open to mid-career and senior
scholars in any related discipline. Applicants may be academic or
independent scholars.
Application Requirements
The following materials must be received by the deadline (March 1, 2024).
1. An abstract limited to 150 words with project title
2. A proposed list of materials to be examined during your fellowship including collection names
3. A proposed duration for your research (14 weeks). Longer projects will be also be considered.
4. A curriculum vitae (3 pages max)
5. A project description (1,200 words max, not including citations) that outlines:
• How your project will advance scholarship in your field and how it is positioned with respect to existing literature
• In what ways the EDA’s collection will support and advance your research project
• A description of your anticipated outcome (e.g. dissertation or book chapter, article, exhibit, performance, etc.).
All materials should be submitted via
the application form by 11:59pm PST, March 1, 2024.
Applications will be reviewed by a committee of faculty and archivists.
Awards will be based on the potential for the proposed research to make
significant contributions to scholarship. Successful applications will
demonstrate strong familiarity with EDA collections and make a
compelling argument for the importance of those collections to the
proposed project.
Applicants will be notified of all decisions by April 20, 2024. Research
is expected to be completed no later than August 20, 2025.
For further information and questions, please contact edafellowships@berkeley.edu or visit
https://ced.berkeley.edu/archives/research-fellowships