Research Grant for Authors

    Annals of Iowa

    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 15, 2022, for the fundering period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023

    How to Apply

    1. Read the guidelines.
    2. Apply by April 15, 2022.

    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 fo 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

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    Project Title Applicant City County Fiscal Yearsort ascending Grant Amount
    Iowans in the Cold War Kevin Y. Kim Seattle, WA 2018 $1,000.00
    Religious Liberty without RFRA in Iowa Paul Baumgardner and Brian K. Miller Ewing, NJ & Arlington, VA 2018 $1,000.00
    Deep Red Roots: Religion, Ethnicity and the Origins of Sioux County, Iowa’s Conservative Subculture Andrew Klumpp Dallas, TX 2018 $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
    The Social, Political, and Religious Attitudes of Iowa Lutheran Laypersons during the 1920s and 1930s Mark A. Granquist St. Paul, MN 2017 $1,000.00
    Community Identity, Rock & Roll, & Baby Boomer Nostalgia in Clear Lake, Iowa Anna Thompson Hajdik Madison, WI 2017 $1,000.00
    Women’s Equality and the Feminization of Iowa’s One-Room Schools Ashley N. Loper Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2017 $1,000.00
    Mad for the Stage: The Hyers Sisters and Gilded Age Theater Kathryn E. Snyder Williamsburg, VA 2017 $1,000.00
    Strangers in a Familiar Land: Pioneers and the Meskwaki Settlement in Early Iowa, 1832–1896 Chelsea Tegels Arlington, VA 2017 $1,000.00
    Confronting the Tramp Nuisance: Hobo Life in Iowa, 1890–1930 Nathan Tye Urbana, IL 2017 $1,000.00
    Religious Conflict in Southeastern Iowa, 1839–1846 Brady G. Winslow Fort Worth, TX 2017 $1,000.00
    Heartland Stories: Rural Iowa Ethnic Churches, 1945–1975 David E. Zwart Allendale, MI 2017 $1,000.00
    Killing Butler’s Bloodhounds: Iowa Soldiers and an Act of Political Violence in Reconstruction South Carolina Cormac Broeg Iowa City Johnson 2017 $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
    The Trans-Pacific Sojourn of Hong Kong Writers and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in the Cold War Era Mung Ting Chung Austin, TX 2017 $1,000.00
    Iowa Frontier Settlement and Market Participation, 1830–1870 Jeff Bremer Ames Story 2016 $1,000.00
    Dakota Prisoners, ABCFM Missionaries, and the Davenport Press Linda M. Clemmons Bloomington, IL 2016 $1,000.00
    Creating a Patchwork Quilt of a Drainage System: Reclamation and the hanging Landscape of Western Iowa’s Little Sioux River Valley Maria E. Howe Ames Story 2016 $1,000.00
    The Women’s Relief Corps and Union Women’s Organizational Activism, 1861–1920 John C. Kennedy Lafayette, IN 2016 $1,000.00
    The Camp Dodger Matthew R. Lindaman Winona, MN 2016 $1,000.00

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