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Harvard Business School: The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellowships

Organization of American Historians

The Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellowships awards grants from $1000-3000. This fellowship facilitates research in library and archives about business or economic history. Application is open to Harvard University graduate students, graduate students or nontenured faculty in those fields from other UniversitiesApplicants must be Harvard University graduate students in history, economics, or business administration, graduate students or nontenured faculty in those fields from other Universities or Harvard College undergraduates writing senior theses in these fields.

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Eligibility Requirements

  • Age/Grade Level:
    Three categories of applicants will be eligible for grants: 1) Harvard University graduate students in history, economics, or business administration; 2) graduate students or nontenured faculty in those fields from other universities, in the U.S. and abroad; and 3) Harvard College undergraduates writing senior theses in these fields.
  • Financial Need:
    Not Mentioned
  • Other Academic Requirements:
    Three categories of applicants will be eligible for grants: 1) Harvard University graduate students in history, economics, or business administration, whose research requires travel to distant archives or repositories; 2) graduate students or nontenured faculty in those fields from other universities, in the U.S. and abroad, whose research requires travel to Baker Library and other local archives; and 3) Harvard College undergraduates writing senior theses in these fields whose research requires travel away from Cambridge.
  • College:
    Three categories of applicants will be eligible for grants: 1) Harvard University graduate students in history, economics, or business administration, whose research requires travel to distant archives or repositories; 2) graduate students or nontenured faculty in those fields from other universities, in the U.S. and abroad, whose research requires travel to Baker Library and other local archives; and 3) Harvard College undergraduates writing senior theses in these fields whose research requires travel away from Cambridge.
  • Major/Career:
    Graduate students in history, economics, or business administration

Application Details

  • Transcript:
    Not required
  • Resume/Activity List:
    Required
  • Essay:
    A 1-2 page summary of past academic research, a 2-3 page research proposalinclude amount of grant required
  • Recommendation Letters:
    One letter of reference to Walter A. Friedman, Connell 301A, Harvard Business School, Boston

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