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Grants and Fellowships
The NHHC fellowships, grants, and scholarships program is pleased to announce its awards for 2019–2020. The application instructions for each award can be found with the respective listing. Please use the NHHC digital application form. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit all application materials electronically to NHHC_Fellowships@navy.mil. Any inquiries about awards may also be directed to that address.
Applications are due by midnight 15 April 2019. Naval History and Heritage Command offers the following fellowships, grants, and scholarships to promote and support external research of U.S. naval history:
Rear Admiral John D. Hayes Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in U. S. Naval History
This fellowship is named in honor of the late Rear Admiral John D. Hayes, USN, for his enthusiastic encouragement of naval scholars and his own contributions to the field of naval history research and writing. The fellowship is intended to support research and writing of doctoral dissertations that significantly enhance knowledge of U.S. naval history. NHHC has awarded 28 fellowships since the program began in 1988.
Vice Admiral Edwin B. Hooper Post-Doctoral Research Grant in U.S. Naval History
This grant is named after the late Vice Admiral Edwin B. Hooper, USN, a former director of naval history, for his great contributions to naval history. By helping to defray the costs of travel, living expenses, and document duplications related to the research process, the grant is intended to assist a scholar in the research and writing of a book or article that significantly enhances knowledge of U.S. naval history. Since 1988, NHHC has supported research of more than 50 grant recipients.
Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller Graduate Research Grant in U.S. Naval History
This grant is named in honor of the late Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller, USN, a former director of naval history, for his contributions to naval history. The grant is intended to assist a graduate student in the research and writing of U.S. naval history in the fulfillment of the requirements of a master’s or doctoral degree by helping to defray the costs of travel, living expenses, and document duplication related to the research process for a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. NHHC has awarded six grants in this category since 2011. From 1991–2009, NHHC recognized 26 applicants with the Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller Prize for Articles.
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Supplemental Scholarship
This scholarship is named in honor of the late Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, USNR, an eminent naval and maritime historian and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The scholarship provides a cash award to an active duty commissioned officer of the U.S. Navy or the U.S. Marine Corps with demonstrated leadership potential and high academic qualifications who is already pursuing graduate study in history, international relations, or a related field. The award is to help pay for expenses related to research, travel, and the purchase of books or other educational materials related to the officer’s program of study. Initiated in 1993, the scholarship has been awarded to 22 researchers. NAVADMIN 065/19 provides application guidance and information for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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