At the SMH council meeting in May 2006, the officers and trustees unanimously approved ABC-CLIO's proposal to fund two $500 research grants in military history. These awards are designated specifically to support the work of advanced graduate students and those scholars who do not hold a doctoral degree but are employed full-time as historians. These funds may be used for travel, purchase of microfilm or other research materials, photocopying, and similar expenses.

The rules for this new competition follow:

Eligibility:

Each applicant must be a current member of the Society for Military History, and either:
a) a graduate student currently enrolled in a doctoral program, or,
b) employed full-time as a professional historian without having obtained a doctoral degree.

Application Guidelines:

Submit a current curriculum vita (3-5 pages maximum)
-- include a statement of no more than 500 words describing your research project, including specific uses to which you intend to apply these funds and indicating other sources of financial support already received
--Include a one-page bibliography of the most recent relevant secondary work on your topic

Application Submission:

--application deadline: 1 November 2007
--e-mail completed applications to Professor Katherine Reist at kreist+@pitt.edu or mail to:
Professor Katherine Reist
Department of History
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Johnstown, PA 15904

A committee comprised of SMH members and a representative from ABC-CLIO will determine the winners of this new annual competition. The first awards will be presented at the Awards Luncheon at the next SMH annual meeting at Ogden, UT, in April 2008.