The Italian American Studies Association-Western Regional Chapter (IASA-WRC) is pleased to offer a one-time award of $500 for a graduate student or recent graduate-degree recipient whose research focuses in a significant way on the history and culture of Italian Americans in the West. We welcome all disciplinary approaches to the field of study.

ELIGIBILITY:

- Graduate student or recent graduate-degree recipient (Master’s or Ph.D. granted in 2010 or after) in any academic discipline whose research focuses in a significant way on Italian American culture in the West, as defined below, are eligible and encouraged to apply.

- Graduate students in good standing in their own home institution’s graduate program (i.e., completing work in a timely manner; no academic probation, etc.) or who have completed a degree in 2010 or thereafter.

-The grantee need not be working, studying, or residing in the West but his/her work must highlight the West.

-The “West” is defined as those U.S. states represented by the IASA-WRC: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington.

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Deadline is Sept. 15, 2013