Research Grant for Authors

Education, History, Project Support, Research

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

Read the guidelines.
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 Sort ascending
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
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
Iowa's Carnegie Influencers: The Role of Iowans in the Acquisition of Carnegie Grants	Shana Stuart	Coralville	Linn	2022	$1,000.00
Manicuring Midwestern Girlhood in Black Des Moines, 1915-1950	Sarah J. Eikleberry			2021	$1,000.00
Democracy Has Iowa Roots: Rural Reeducation and New Deal Environmentalism on a Subsistence Homestead	Michael Bowman	Ames	Story	2018	$1,000.00
“Eyes Right” in Des Moines: Rearing Respectability at the Blue Triangle YWCA, 1919–1947	Sarah J. Eikleberry	Iowa City	Johnson	2014	$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
Religion and Reform in Iowa’s “Progressive City,” 1890–1910	Paul Emory Putz	Waco, TX		2016	$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
Negotiating Downtown: Visions of Urban Renewal in Iowa City, 1960–1972	David S. De La Torre	Coralville	Johnson	2018	$1,000.00
Empowerment, Social Uplift, and Community: Pauline Humphrey and the Crescent School of Beauty Culture	Ashley R. Garrin	Ames	Story	2014	$1,000.00