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Research Grant for Authors

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Apply for a grant to support historical research on a topic related to Iowa history. Each year, up to 10 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 15, 2024, for funding period of July 1, 2024 to September 1, 2025

How to Apply

  1. Read the guidelines.
  2. Apply by April 15, 2024.

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 State Historical Society of Iowa. 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 Awards History

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Project Title Applicant City County Fiscal year Grant Amount
Religious Liberty without RFRA in Iowa Paul Baumgardner and Brian K. Miller Ewing, NJ & Arlington, VA 2018 $1,000.00
Religious Conflict in Southeastern Iowa, 1839–1846 Brady G. Winslow Fort Worth, TX 2017 $1,000.00
Religion and Reform in Iowa’s “Progressive City,” 1890–1910 Paul Emory Putz Waco, TX 2016 $1,000.00
Redefining the Flapper: An Examination of Iowan Women in the Roaring Twenties Marissa Stangl Cedar Rapids Linn 2022 $1,000.00
Reclaiming the Hearts and Minds: Hungarian and Romanian Participants in the Iowa International Writing Program during the Cold War (1967–1989) Szabolcs László Bloomington, IN 2018 $1,000.00
Railroad Maps as Windows to Iowa History Gerald A. Danzer Itasca, IL 2014 $1,000.00
Race and Ethnicity in Iowa History Jeff Bremer Boone Boone 2022 $1,000.00
Progressive Heartlands: Religious Liberalism in Small-Town U.S.A. David Mislin 2021 $1,000.00
Preserving Sacred Spaces: A History of Effigy Mounds National Monument, 1890–1999 Mary Wise Iowa City Johnson 2016 $1,000.00
Politics in Paint: The Creation, Destruction, and Restoration of the Cedar Rapids Courthouse Mural Breanne Robertson College Park, MD 2014 $1,000.00
Pipelines, Private Property, and Populism: Midwestern Landowners and the Opposition to Oil Infrastructure in the 1970s Michael Brickey 2022 $1,000.00
Picturing Packing: Historical Photographs of the Iowa Meatpacking Industry Emily K. Morgan Ames Story 2016 $1,000.00
Paul Jones and the Price of Freedom in the Free Midwest Winifred Redfearn 2022 $1,000.00
Northwest Iowa during the Civil War: Sioux Uprising and Creation of the Northern Border Brigade Ben Chase Ames Story 2017 $1,000.00
Negotiating Downtown: Visions of Urban Renewal in Iowa City, 1960–1972 David S. De La Torre Coralville Johnson 2018 $1,000.00
Mormon Movements in Early Iowa T. Ashton Reynolds 2023 $1,500.00
Monumental Uplift: Grand Army Veteran Advocacy for Iowa’s Institutions of Learning, 1880–1920 Jonathan D. Neu Verona, PA 2018 $1,000.00
Milk Wars: The Dairy Farmer and the American Dream Kenneth O'Reilly 2022 $1,000.00
Migrant Education and the Social Construction of Mexican-American Learners in Iowa Deirdre M. Dougherty 2021 $1,000.00
Media and the Work of Rural Agricultural Women of the Great Plains in WWII Emily Easton 2023 $1,500.00