Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research application deadline: February 1, 2012
Grants will be available to doctoral students who wish to participate in field studies for their dissertations or for other purposes. Grants will depend on travel costs but will ordinarily be in the range of several hundred dollars to about $5,000.
Date:
01/13/2012
End Date:
01/31/2012
Must I wait until the letters have been received before submitting my application?
No, you may submit the application as soon as you are finished with it. Check the status of your letters by logging in to your account and using the “track references” link.
May my project involve archival work?
The committee will consider proposals that involve a small amount of archival work. Projects heavily archival in nature or museum based will normally not be considered for an award.
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research update
Applications and letters of support for the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research program will be accepted through February 15.
Date:
01/20/2011
End Date:
02/15/2011
Will my letter writers see my proposal when they log into the portal?
No, the proposal will not be available to the letter writers at that time. The best approach is to send them a copy of your statement or otherwise discuss the project with them ahead of the deadline.
Are the letters of support due after the application deadline?
No, letters of support are due before the application deadline (see the program page for the exact date). As soon as you fill in the contact information for your letter writers, the system will send a message to them containing complete instructions on how to submit a letter on your behalf. You may want to fill in this section before completing the rest of the application in order to give your letter writers ample time to compose and submit their letters.
Hadas
Development Caption:
"The Lewis and Clark Grant for Exploration and Field Research provided funding at an early yet critical phase of my research. I was not only able to collect much-needed data but also to lay the foundation for future field research for my project." Hadas Kushnir's Lewis & Clark Grant enabled her to travel to Tanzania for field work on a project titled Human-lion conflict in southeastern Tanzania: An analysis of causes to develop solutions. "Preventing and mitigating lion attacks will not only save human lives, but will also save lions," writes Hadas, a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota. Above, Hadas stands at the location of a lion attack taking a GPS point and recording context information with help from the village chairman.
