The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals – The Curran Fellowships
The Curran Fellowships are a set of travel and research grants intended to aid scholars studying 19th-century British magazines and newspapers in making use of primary print and archival sources. Made possible through the generosity of the late Eileen Curran, Professor Emerita of English, Colby College, and inspired by her pioneering research on Victorian periodicals, the Fellowships are awarded annually.
The Curran Fellowships are open to researchers of any age from any of a wide range of disciplinary perspectives who are exploring the 19th-century British periodical press (including magazines, newspapers, and serial publications of all kinds) as an object of study in its own right, and not only as a source of material for other historical topics. Applicants’ projected research may involve study of any aspects of the periodical press in any of its manifold forms, and may range from within Britain itself to the many countries, within and outside of the Empire, where British magazines and newspapers were bought, sold, and read during “the long nineteenth century” (ca. 1780-1914).
1 year
Applicants may request any amount of support up to $5000; the Curran Fellowships Committee may choose partial funding of successful applications.
- The Curran Fellowships are intended to support primary research on the nineteenth-century periodical press: magazines, newspapers, and serial publications of all kinds. Therefore, eligible projects must engage with primary sources, whether those sources appear in print, manuscript, or digital facsimile. All else being equal, preference will be given to projects that use or bring to light new or little-known materials about the periodical press.
- Only one application may be submitted by an individual per deadline.
- Only one applicant is permitted per application. (Those seeking support for collaborative projects should consider the RSVP Field-Development Grants.)
- The fellowship research must begin during the 2019 calendar year.
- Those holding academic appointments as well as graduate students and independent or retired scholars are equally welcome to apply. An academic degree or affiliation is not required.
- Applicants are strongly encouraged, but not required, to become RSVP members.
- Applicants may hold grants or fellowships from other organizations concurrent with a Curran Fellowship. However, a Curran Fellowship winner may not hold other RSVP awards in the same calendar year.
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