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

    Displaying 81 - 100 of 113
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    Project Title Applicant City County Fiscal Yearsort ascending Grant Amount
    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
    Iowa’s Role in Ethanol Development before the 1970s Energy Crisis Jeffrey T. Manuel Edwardsville, IL 2016 $1,000.00
    A Soldier’s Story: Francis Webster and the Third Iowa Infantry during World War I Matthew J. Margis Ames Story 2016 $1,000.00
    Picturing Packing: Historical Photographs of the Iowa Meatpacking Industry Emily K. Morgan Ames Story 2016 $1,000.00
    The Middle West and the Heartland of American Wrestling during the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era Nicholas Porter St. Louis, MO 2016 $1,000.00
    Religion and Reform in Iowa’s “Progressive City,” 1890–1910 Paul Emory Putz Waco, TX 2016 $1,000.00
    “Speaking Truth to Power”: The Story of the Palo 13 Sharon M. Lake Iowa City Johnson 2015 $1,000.00
    From Military Reporter to “Mary Manners”: The Unbounded Journalism of Dorothy Ashby Pownall Tracy Lucht Ames Story 2015 $1,000.00
    The Making of a Midwestern Catholicism: Transatlantic Identities, Ethnicity, and Catholic Culture in Iowa City, 1840–1940 Michael J. Pfeifer Sunnyside, NY 2015 $1,000.00
    Ferdinand Winslow’s Civil War: Transnational Ties and Complementary Identity Anders B. Rasmussen Denmark 2015 $1,000.00
    Campaigning for the Farm: Electoral Rhetoric and the Farm Crisis, 1975–1988 Rebecca Stoil Baltimore, MD 2015 $1,000.00
    Americanizing the Heartland: The Quest for Immigrant Loyalty in Iowa during World War I Robert F. Zeidel Afton, MN 2015 $1,000.00
    Iowa by the Sea: Long Beach and the Annual Iowa Picnics Wayne Anderson Iowa City Johnson 2015 $1,000.00
    Coping with Drought in Iowa during the 1890s Depression Susan Curtis West Lafayette, IN 2015 $1,000.00
    The Return to Ne ko to si ye: Meskwaki Village Life, 1857–1902 Erik D. Gooding Moorhead, MN 2015 $1,000.00
    “When the Hens Begin to Lay”: Rural Women in The Woman’s Standard, 1886–1911 Stephanie A. Grossnickle-Batterton Iowa City Johnson 2015 $1,000.00
    Lonely Sentinel: A History of Fort Madison, 1808–1813 Patrick J. Jung Milwaukee, WI 2015 $1,000.00
    Socialism in Madrid, Iowa, 1910–1920 Thomas F. Jorsch Fayette Fayette 2015 $1,000.00
    Joel E. Hendricks and The Analyst: Mathematical Publishing “on the borders of civilization,” 1873–1883 Deborah A. Kent Des Moines Polk 2015 $1,000.00

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