The Adelle and Erwin Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Processing

All Majors

Deadline: January 15

The Charles Babbage Institute is accepting applications for the Adelle and Erwin Tomash Predoctoral Fellowship to be awarded for the 2005-2006 academic year to a graduate student whose dissertation will address a topic in the history of computing and information processing.

The Fellowship may be held at the recipient's home academic institution, the Charles Babbage Institute, or any other location where there are appropriate research facilities. The stipend is $10,000 plus up to $2,000 for tuition, fees, travel to the Charles Babbage Institute and relevant archives, and other approved research expenses. Priority is given to students who have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except the research and writing of the dissertation.

Applicants should send their curriculum vitae and a five-page statement and justification of the research problem, a discussion of methods, research materials, and evidence of faculty support for the project. Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference and certified transcripts of graduate school credits.

Contact:

Charles Babbage Institute
University of Minnesota
211 Andersen Library
222 21 st Avenue, S.
Minneapolis , MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-5050
Fax: 612-625-8054
E-mail: cbi@tc.umn.edu
Web: http://www.cbi.umn.edu