Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology

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The Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Technology honors the contribution of Brooke Hindle to the work of the Society for the History of Technology. The Fellowship, made possible thanks to the great generosity of his family, is for $10,000 and may be used, as further detailed below, for any purpose connected with research or writing in the history of technology for a period of not less than three months during the calendar year following the award.

Applicants must hold a doctorate in the history of technology or a related field. The doctorate can be awarded no more than four years before the application deadline, and no later than nine months after the application deadline. (Applicants who graduated more than four years before the deadline but have extenuating circumstances, such as family commitments, may apply at the discretion of the committee chair.) Other awards may be held in conjunction with the Fellowship.

The proposal must be in a field related to the history of technology. Applicants should be intending either to prepare a dissertation for publication as articles or as a monograph, or to develop a new project based on primary research. Applications must be in English.

Applications must include

• A proposal of no more than 3000 words, which should outline the focus of the project, relevant literature, sources to be used, plan of work, and originality of the expected contribution. If the proposal involves revising the dissertation, the applicant should specify the new work to be done.
• A dissertation summary (no more than 1000 words).
• A writing sample.
• A current c.v.
• Two letters of recommendation. If the applicant has not yet completed the Ph.D., one letter should be from the chair of the dissertation committee, and this letter should confirm that the dissertation will be completed by the start of the next calendar year. The letter can be attached to the application, or entered separate through this form