[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Applicants are invited to apply for one of several awards to help support scholars wishing to visit London to use the British Library’s collections relating to North America (Canada, the United States and the Caribbean).
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Eccles Centre Visiting US Fellow in North American Studies
This award is for post-doctoral scholars resident in the USA whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in research residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.
The Eccles Centre Visiting US Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,500 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The award holder will have privileged access to the collections and the curatorial expertise of the British Library.
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Eccles Centre Visiting Canadian Fellow in North American Studies
This award is for post-doctoral scholars resident in the Canada whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in research residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.
The Eccles Centre Visiting US Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,500 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The award holder will have privileged access to the collections and the curatorial expertise of the British Library.
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Eccles Centre Visiting Fellows in North American Studies
This award is for post-doctoral scholars normally resident in the UK, outside the M25, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in research residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.
Each Eccles Centre Visiting Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,250 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The award holder will have privileged access to the collections and the curatorial expertise of the British Library.
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Eccles Centre Postgraduate Awards in North American Studies
This award is for doctoral students normally resident in the UK, outside the M25, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The Eccles Centre Postgraduate Fellows will be entitled to an award of £600 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London.
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Eccles Centre Visiting European Fellow in North American Studies
This award is for post-doctoral scholars normally resident outside the UK, in a European country that has membership in the European Association for American Studies, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in research residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.
The Eccles Centre Visiting European Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,500 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The award holder will have privileged access to the collections and the curatorial expertise of the British Library.
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Eccles Centre European Postgraduate Awards in North American Studies
This award is for doctoral students normally resident outside the UK, in a European country that has membership in the European Association for American Studies, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection.
The Eccles Centre European Postgraduate Fellow will be entitled to an award of £800 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London.
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Further information
The British Library website, including public access to the catalogues, can be found at http://www.bl.uk. The Eccles Centre does not house a collection separate to that of the British Library, and the bibliographies on the Eccles Centre webpages give only a snapshot of some of the items in the British Library collection. For details of Eccles Centre activities see http://www.bl.uk/ecclescentre.
Enquiries regarding the British Library’s North American holdings can be directed in the first instance to the Eccles Centre.
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