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The Commonwealth Fund Committee (CFC) supports scholarly research focusing on the history of the United States of America.
1. The primary purpose of the Committee is to support activities – conferences, colloquia, symposia, workshops and public lectures taking place at or with UCL – that focus principally on US history. Activities taking a transnational or comparative approach are eligible for support, but the US must be a primary focus of such activities.
2. Staff in the History Department and the Institute of the Americas working in combination with History are eligible to apply for funding.
3. The Committee will also support doctoral students in History or the Institute of the Americas who need to conduct research in the United States. The amount of money available will vary from year to year.
4. The Committee will also consider proposals for a regular named Commonwealth Fund Lecture on US History.
Applicants are encouraged to apply to multiple funding sources beyond the CFC.
The amount of funding available in any year will be determined by the Committee and is based on the Committee’s assessment of the overall state of the fund.
Membership
The Committee comprises academic staff working on the United States from the History Department and a representative from the Institute of the Americas. Single-gender panels will be avoided whenever possible.
Meeting Dates
The Committee meets three times a year, generally on a termly basis. This year, the meeting dates are:
Autumn term: 30 November 2023
Spring term: 14 March (provisional); deadline for applications: 7 March 2024
Summer term: 16 May 2024 (provisional); deadline for applications: 9 May 2024
Applying
For application forms to fund research events or doctoral research travel, please contact the chair, Alex Goodall. Such applications must be submitted no later than a week before the Committee meeting date for consideration.