«SHOT Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship
The Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship is presented annually to a doctoral student engaged in the preparation of a dissertation on the history of technology, broadly defined. This award is in memory of the co-founder of the Society and honors Melvin Kranzberg’s many contributions to developing the history of technology as a field of scholarly endeavor and SHOT as a professional organization.
The $4,000 award is unrestricted and may be used in any way that the winner chooses to advance the research and writing of his or her dissertation. Possible uses include underwriting the costs of travel to archival collections; photocopying or microfilming; translation of documents; and so on. The award may not be used for university tuition or fees.
Students from institutions of higher learning anywhere in the world who are working on projects in the history of technology are eligible to apply; doctoral candidates from outside the United States are especially encouraged to submit application materials. Applicants must have completed all requirements for their doctorate except for the dissertation by September 1 of the year the award is made. (Students from outside the United States, whose programs of study may follow a different pattern, are encouraged to contact the committee chair to review their standing and discuss their eligibility for the Kranzberg Fellowship.)
A complete application should be sent to each member of the Kranzberg selection committee. The application materials should include the following:
• A curriculum vitae (all applications must be in English)
• A 3–5 page (750–1250 word) summary or abstract of the proposed dissertation. In this summary, applicants should describe how their research contributes to the history of technology.
• A 1–2 page (250–500 word) description of how the applicant intends to use the funds;
• A letter of recommendation from the student’s dissertation director. This letter should also attest that the student is currently enrolled and in good standing at a recognized university graduate program, and will complete all requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation by 1 September.
All application materials, including the letter of recommendation, should be in English and should be in the hands of each member of the committee by 15 April. Submissions by email attachment are acceptable. The committee is charged with selecting the most promising proposal from among those submitted.
You can find this call at: http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/kranzberg.html
Committee members:
Janet Abbate, Chair (2011-13) abbate@vt.edu
Associate Professor
Dept. of Science and Technology in Society
Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Center
7054 Haycock Road
Falls Church, VA 22043 Thomas Kaiserfeld (2012-2014)
Thomas.kaiserfeld@kultur.lu.se
Professor, Division of History of Ideas and Sciences
Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Biskopsgatan 7
Lund University
S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
Pamela W. Laird (2012-2014),
pamela.laird@ucdenver.edu
Professor, History Department
Campus Box 182, PO Box 173364
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO 80217-3364 USA
Gijs Mom (2013-15) G.P.A.Mom@tue.nl
Associate Professor
School of Innovation Sciences,
IPO 2.23
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven,
The Netherlands
Mara Mills (2013-15) mmills@nyu.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
New York University
239 Greene St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003» [unquote].
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