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The Gilder Institute is currently accepting applications for the following fellowship programs:
- Short-term Scholarly Fellowships: Offered in two categories -- Research Fellowships for post-doctoral scholars at every faculty rank, and Dissertation Fellowships for doctoral candidates who have completed exams and begun dissertation reading and writing. The Gilder Lehrman Fellowships support work in one of five archives; see web site for a complete listing. Deadline: application must be postmarked by either May 1 or December 1, annually.
Additionally, the Instiute also is offering the following National Book Prizes:
- 2007 The Lincoln Prize: Under the auspices of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, the Institute co-sponsors an annual $50,000 prize for the best book on Lincoln or the Civil War era. The prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English on the era of the American Civil War. When submissions carry similar merit, preference is shown for work on Abraham Lincoln or the common soldier, or work that reaches a broad literate public. Deadline: November 1, 2007
- The Frederick Douglass Prize: In partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, the Institute awards an annual $25,000 prize to the outstanding book published on the subject of slavery or abolition. The prize was first awarded in 1999. For information on submitting books, please contact the Gilder Lehrman Center, Yale Center for International and Area Studies, at 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511-8936. Deadline: send fax (203) 432-6943 or e-mail to gilder.lehrman.center@yale.edu
- The George Washington Book Prize: In partnership with C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and Washington College, the Institute awards an annual $50,000 prize for outstanding published works that contribute to a greater understanding of the life and career of George Washington and/or the founding era. Submissions should be sent to: C.V. Starr Center, C/O Washington Prize Coordinator, 101 South Water Street, Chestertown MD 21620. Deadline: submissions for the 2008 George Washington Book Prize must have a date of first publication between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007. (Five copies are required.)
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