Our research support grant program is intended for faculty, independent researchers, and graduate students at the dissertation stage who are actively pursuing research that requires or would benefit from access to the holdings of the Maine Women Writers Collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
MWWC Research Support Grants of up to $2000 may be used to defray travel, living, and research-related expenses relating to on-site visits. Grant funds cannot be used to fund travel to other research sites. International applicants are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Applications should include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Applications will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel of staff and faculty from the University of New England. Recipients will be asked to write a brief, 250-word report on their research and to contribute to the MWWC a copy of any publications resulting from research in the Collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
September 1, 2026<\/strong>, for research to be conducted between June 1, 2027 and April 30, 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please send applications to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nSarah Baker, Curator<\/span> Email submissions are preferred, but hard copies will be accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Questions may be directed to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grace King, Washington University in St. Louis, \u201cPhase Change: Transformations of Water and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Arctic Writings\u201d<\/p>\n\n\nSUBMISSIONS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\nMaine Women Writers Collection
\nUniversity of New England
\n716 Stevens Avenue
\nPortland, Maine 04103-2670
\nsbaker8@une.edu<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\nQuestions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Current Grant Recipients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2025-2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Prior Grant Recipients