Research Activities

Spring 2023 applications deadline is Friday, April 21, 2023

Email applications to Office of Interdisciplinary Programs: incasip@lehigh.edu
Learn more by clicking onto any research opportunity.

Research Grants - The Council of the Institute reviews proposals for research grants from Lehigh faculty and students in October and March of each year. Grants are for a maximum of $2,500. Funds may be used to defray travel cost to libraries and manuscript depositories, copying, and other expenses directly related to research.

Faculty and Graduate Students Travel or Paper Presentations at Conferences Research Grants - Small grants (a maximum of $250) are available to assist Lehigh graduate students to attend a professional conference. Grants (a maximum of $500) are available to assist Lehigh graduate students who present a paper at a professional conference. The graduate student’s studies should focus on the eighteenth century, in any discipline. Small grants are also available for faculty presenting a paper in a relevant topic; these faculty grants are only available after department funds have been exhausted. No deadlines.
 
Undergraduate or Graduate Student Research Grants - Up to $200 for travel, copying, admission fees, etc. The faculty member supervising the research must approve the application. No deadlines.
 
Curriculum Support -  For activities related to the eighteenth century in undergraduate classes. Maximum grant: $200. Grants will be approved for field trips, speakers, admissions to museums, etc., and curricular materials. No deadlines.

Contact Professor Michelle LeMaster at mil206@lehigh.edu for more information.

Spring 2023 - Deadline to Apply - Friday, April 21, 2023

Graduate Students Dissertation Fellowship (Spring)- The Gipson Institute expects to award one fellowship annually to a PhD candidate enrolled at Lehigh University for dissertation research and writing in any field of eighteenth-century studies. The fellowship is for one academic year and includes a stipend of approximately $25,500. 

Contact Professor Michelle LeMaster at mil206@lehigh.edu for more information.

Summer 2023 - TBD
Email applications to Office of Interdisciplinary Programs: incasip@lehigh.edu

Graduate Students Summer Writing Fellowship

Contact Professor Michelle LeMaster at mil206@lehigh.edu 

 

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