Research Grant for Authors

    Annals of Iowa Covers

    Apply for a grant to support historical research on a topic related to Iowa history. Each year, up to 12 research stipends will be awarded to support research related to the history of Iowa or Iowa and the Midwest. Preference is given to proposals that pursue neglected topics or new approaches to more familiar topics.

    Grant recipients will produce an annotated manuscript to be considered for publication in the Annals of Iowa, a scholarly journal published quarterly by the State Historical Society of Iowa.

    Who: Eligible applications include academic and public historians, graduate students, and independent researchers and writers
    What: $1,500
    Application Deadline: April 17, 2023, for the funding period of July 1, 2023 to September 1, 2024

    How to Apply

    1. Read the guidelines.
    2. Apply by April 17, 2023.

    Applications are welcomed from U.S. and international applicants. International applicants must possess either a valid Social Security Number or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN).

    Explore the Work of Past and Current Grant Recipients

    Research Grants for Authors recipients have contributed more than 100 articles to the Annals of Iowa and are frequent contributors to programs throughout the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. Read articles by grant recipients or find upcoming or past programs that draw on research ranging from Indigenous Iowa to the 1980s Farm Crisis.

    Grant Award History

    Displaying 1 - 20 of 113
    Searches project title, applicant name, city, county, and fiscal year
    Project Title Applicant City County Fiscal Yearsort ascending Grant Amount
    Governor at War: A Critical Assessment of Governor Samuel Kirkwood's Wartime Response Victoria B. Stewart 2023 $1,500.00
    "Science with Practice": The Development of Agricultural Science and Education at Iowa State University, 1858-1939 Joshua Tonkel 2023 $1,500.00
    "Red Organizer Held at Marion": The Industrial Works of the World, Criminal Syndicalism, and the Legal Aftermath of WWI in Iowa, 1919-1924 Nathan Tye 2023 $1,500.00
    "I Felt if Things Didn't Change, the World Would Come to an End": Black Iowa Women's Activism During the Civil Rights Era, 1945-1965 Emily Bronswick 2023 $1,500.00
    She was wearing a Scarf: A 2004 University of Iowa Asian Hate Crime Jin Chang Iowa City Johnson 2023 $1,500.00
    Media and the Work of Rural Agricultural Women of the Great Plains in WWII Emily Easton 2023 $1,500.00
    The Professor and his Kingdom: George Herron's Iowa Jeffrey A. Johnson 2023 $1,500.00
    Iowa's Embrace and Resistance to Nationalized Retail Commerce Through Mail Order Catalogs, 1897-1914 Sarah Johnson 2023 $1,500.00
    Decolonizing Seeds to Revitalize Lifeways: Regeneration Through Tallgrass Prairie and Bison, Heirloom Seeds, and Food Sovereignty Daniel R. Maher 2023 $1,500.00
    Mormon Movements in Early Iowa T. Ashton Reynolds 2023 $1,500.00
    Paul Jones and the Price of Freedom in the Free Midwest Winifred Redfearn 2022 $1,000.00
    The Professional Life of S. Laura Ensign, Iowa Educator Thomas Connors Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2022 $1,000.00
    Grant Wood and Hollywood Sandra Hudson Iowa City Johnson 2022 $1,000.00
    Redefining the Flapper: An Examination of Iowan Women in the Roaring Twenties Marissa Stangl Cedar Rapids Linn 2022 $1,000.00
    America's Forgotten Vice President: The Life and Political Thought of Charles Curtis Jason Phillips 2022 $1,000.00
    Louis Szathmary, Larger than Life with an Archive to Match Jill Nussel 2022 $1,000.00
    The Atlantic Northern and Souther Railroad Saga, 1907-1936 H. Roger Grant 2022 $1,000.00
    Race and Ethnicity in Iowa History Jeff Bremer Boone Boone 2022 $1,000.00
    Iowa's Jay "Ding" Darling: The Art of Collaborative Conservation at the Local Level Matthew Lindaman 2022 $1,000.00
    For the Common Good of All': the Iowa Suffrage Referendum of 1916 and the Fight for its Passage Tracie Grube-Gaurkee 2022 $1,000.00

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