Heckman Stipends

HECKMAN RESEARCH STIPENDS
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Collegeville, Minnesota 56321

PURPOSE: For research at the Library

ELIGIBILITY: Graduate students or scholars who are within three years of
completing a terminal master’s or doctoral degree.

DURATION: Two weeks to six months.

AMOUNTS: Variable up to $2,000.

DEADLINES: Twice a year. April 15 for research conducted from July
1-December 31. November 15 for research conducted from January 1-June 30.

APPLICATION: Submit a letter of application, c.v., a one-page description
of the research project including proposed length of stay, an explanation
of how the Library’s resources will enable you to advance your project,
and a confidential letter of recommendation from your advisor, thesis
director, mentor, or, in the case of postdoctoral candidates, a colleague
who is a good judge of your work.

SEND: All inquiries and materials to The Committee on Research, Hill
Museum & Manuscript Library, Box 7300, Saint John’s University,
Collegeville, MN 56321-7300 or directed to hmml@csbsju.edu, or fax (320)
363-3222.

The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library houses extensive resources for the
study of manuscripts and archives. Almost 100,000 manuscripts are
available on microfilm and in digital format. HMML has microfilmed
extensively in Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Malta, and Ethiopia, and
is currently digitizing manuscripts in Lebanon, India, Syria and elsewhere
in the Eastern Mediterranean. Consult the Library’s website (www.hmml.org)
for further information, including a partial electronic inventory of its
collections and a growing database of manuscript and book images
(Vivarium).