Grants and fellowship announcements
By he Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware
The Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware is pleased to announce the recipients of grants and fellowships awarded April 2025. Please note that the next deadline for applications for the exploratory grant and Henry Belin du Pont Fellowship is June 30, 2025. Here is the link on Hagley Museum and Library’s website for further info and to apply…. https://www.hagley.org/research/grants-fellowships.
Brandywine Dissertation Fellowship
Dwjuan Frazier
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Minnesota
The Political Economy of the Urban Crisis: Black Politics, Organized Labor, and Redistribution in Postwar Detroit
Exploratory Grant
Nicole Adrian
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Pennsylvania
Self-Help for Agribusiness: Farm Debt, the Rural U.S. Landscape, and the Federal Credit System, 1898-1980
Lu Cheng
Ph.D. Candidate
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Managing Sustainability in a Biobased Economy: How Science, Policy and Industry Construct Textile Futures
Melina Haberl
Ph.D. Candidate
Florida International University
Battle of the Bulges: Black Women's Dieting Culture and Healthcare Practices, 1965-1990
Erik Isberg
Independent Scholar
University of Copenhagen
Ice, Oil and Internationalism: An Environmental History of Geophysics, 1918-1958
Jessica Levy
Assistant Professor
Purchase College, SUNY
Manufacturing America and the World: Globalizing the American Automobile since 1960
Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan
Assistant Professor
Rutgers University
Bootstraps and Alms Boxes: Public Histories of Poverty at US Museums and Historic Sites
James Tompkins
Ph.D. Candidate
Fordham University
Business Diplomacy in Latin America: Aligning the Cold War and Free Trade Across the Americas, 1960s-1980s
H. B. du Pont Fellowship
Thomas Castillo
Associate Professor
Coastal Carolina University
Freedom of Work: The Contested History of the Right to Work
Weeks: 3
Hagley Exploratory Research Grants
These grants support one-week visits by scholars who believe that their project will benefit from Hagley research collections, but need the opportunity to explore them on-site to determine if a Henry Belin du Pont Fellowship application is warranted. Priority will be given to junior scholars with innovative projects that seek to expand on existing scholarship. Applicants should reside more than 50 miles from Hagley, and the stipend is $400. Application deadlines: March 31, June 30 and October 31
Henry Belin du Pont Fellowships
These research grants enable scholars to pursue advanced research and study in the collections of the Hagley Library. They are awarded for the length of time needed to make use of Hagley collections for a specific project. The stipends are for a maximum of eight weeks and are pro-rated at $400/week for recipients who reside further than 50 miles from Hagley, and $200/week for those within 50 miles. Application deadlines: March 31, June 30 and October 31
The Brandywine Dissertation Fellowships
Brandywine Dissertation Fellowship is designed for graduate students who are actively working on their dissertation. A residential fellowship for three to four months duration, it provides $10,000 and free housing on Hagley's grounds along with an office and other amenities. Brandywine Dissertation fellows are expected to work at Hagley at least four days weekly and to participate in events organized by Hagley's Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society.
We invite applications from Ph.D. candidates whose research on important historical questions uses Hagley's research collections. Applications should demonstrate superior intellectual quality, present a persuasive methodology, and show that the dissertation makes significant use of Hagley research materials. Research in Hagley's collections may take place prior to the fellowship residency. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to consult with Hagley reference staff at askHagley@Hagley.org prior at to submitting their dossier.
Application Deadline: March 31
Carol Ressler Lockman
Manager, Hagley Center