Federal
Library of Congress - Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon
02/15/21 Receipt
Fellowships providing a stipend of up to $5,000 to USA, Canada, and Mexico master degree students, doctoral candidates, and postgraduate scholars to support ongoing writing projects and research in art. Applicants can be from any discipline or university department provided the subject pertains to caricature or cartoon art. Eligible applicants must be engaged in dissertation or thesis research, or postgraduate research within three years of graduation.
In the interest of increasing awareness and extending documentation of Library of Congress collections, fellows are required to make use of the Library's extensive collections, be in residence for at least two weeks during the award period, and deliver a public lecture on his/her work-in-progress at that time. Each recipient must also provide a copy of their dissertation, thesis, or postgraduate publication, upon its completion, for the Swann Foundation Fund files.
GrantWatch ID#: 177326
The Swann Foundation seeks to award one fellowship annually. In lieu of one fellowship, the board has made smaller awards to several recipients in recent years due to the number, nature, and quality of fellowship applications.
The fellowship provides a stipend of up to $5,000.
The fellowship will begin in September 2021.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Preferred method e-mail application as pdf and/or Word documents: swann@loc.gov
Or send applications to:
Prints & Photographs Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4730
Attn: Helena Zinkham
Swann Foundation Fund Administrator
Questions should be addressed to:
Martha Kennedy
email: swann@loc.gov
phone: (202) 707-9115
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