The Linda Hall Library is pleased to announce the 2017-2018 recipients of its travel, residential, and 80/20 fellowships. For more information on these fellowships, please visit http://www.lindahall.org/fellowships/.
The Pew Charitable Trusts has awarded to the Consortium a three-year grant for public forums that will expand public knowledge about the history of science, technology and medicine.
The Adler Planetarium in Chicago is now a member of the Consortium.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has renewed a grant for a postdoctoral fellowship program in history of science, technology and medicine.
Betsy Frederick-Rothwell, University of Texas, Austin
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives has established a new Research Travel Grant for students, faculty or independent scholars who wish to utilize the CSHL Archives for research. This new program will provide successful applicants with awards of up to $1000 for travel to CSHL for onsite use of their Archives. It may also be used for lodging and other travel expenses. Research trips may last any length of time. The deadline for applications is October 31st each year. Recipients will be announced in December.
Alison Laurence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2016 to 2017 Research Fellow
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
Annual Meeting - Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
26-29 October 2017
The Americas Section of the International Study Group on the Relations Between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (HPM-Americas) is pleased to announce a meeting from Friday, March 31, to Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
We seek a variety of talks on relations between the history and pedagogy of mathematics. At this meeting we hope to feature a special session on the history and pedagogy of mathematics in engineering. We encourage submissions of paper proposals in this area.
Through its fellowships and travel grants, the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation supports research projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. Projects may include (but are not limited to) historical research and documentation projects resulting in dissertations, publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, documentary films, or other multimedia products.
