Application Deadline: August 12, 2020
Oak Spring Garden Foundation will award their annual Stacy Lloyd III Fellowship for Bibliographic Study to one outstanding early-career scholar, working in some area related to the history, art, and culture of plants, gardens and landscapes.
This is their most prestigious award for researchers and scholars in the humanities. This fellowship will be granted to an exceptional researcher who is developing a new body of research that would especially benefit from access to Oak Spring’s library.
The individual selected for this award will be asked to spend 2 – 4 weeks at Oak Spring where they will be able to meet with staff, explore the 700-acre landscape and the Foundation’s efforts in sustainable land management, and visit their rare book library that holds over 19,000 objects, including many examples of botanical art. The Fellow will have ample time and space to work independently on their own projects during their stay. The only requirement during their time at Oak Spring will be to give one 45-minute presentation with time for questions, to Oak Spring staff and any other fellows or residents who might be on site.
Fellowship
- The award includes a $10,000 individual grant and requires a two-to-four-week stay at Oak Spring.
Eligibility
- Eligible applicants must be early-career researchers completing a terminal degree, or who have completed a terminal degree within the past five years.
- The selected early-career researcher must be self-directed and able to work independently while on site.
- Applicants are expected to show exceptional promise with an ability to state how use of Oak Spring’s library will contribute to their research objectives, exceptional promise, good communication skills and excellence in what they have accomplished or plan to accomplish.
Application
You will be asked to submit:
- A resume/curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages),
- A 200–300-word statement on your current research or scholarship,
- A 200 – 300 word statement on how your work relates to Oak Spring Garden Foundation’s mission to “perpetuate and share the gifts of Rachel (“Bunny”) Lambert Mellon, including her residence, garden, estate and the Oak Spring Garden Library, to serve the public interest. OSGF is dedicated to inspiring and facilitating scholarship and public dialogue on the history and future of plants, including the culture of gardens and landscapes and the importance of plants for human well-being,”
- Any and all relevant links/up to 10 pages of writing that demonstrates your research outputs and current scholarly interests.
For more information, visit Stacy Lloyd III Fellowship.
