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Library of Congress Offers Third Round of Grant Funding to Support Contemporary Cultural Field Research within Diverse CommunitiesThe Library of Congress is offering the third round of grants available to individuals and organizations working to document cultures and traditions of Black, Indigenous and communities of color traditionally underrepresented in the United States. The Community Collections Grants from the Library's American Folklife Center offer a wide range of opportunities for many to document experiences from their own perspectives, while enriching the Library's holdings with diverse materials featuring creativity and knowledge found at the local level. The funding opportunities were announced today and are open for applications through Aug. 18. Click here for more information.
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Latest News: Third Round of Grant Funding Available in "Of the People" Program
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BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics 06/30/2023
BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics 06/30/2023Friday, July 30, 2023 The National Transportation Statistics (NTS) has been updated by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) with the latest information on national transportation trends. This month's update includes data on several categories such as U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances, U.S.-Canadian/U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Gateways Goods Movements, Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, FAA-Cited Causes of Departure and En Route Delays, Highway/Transit Safety, Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries, and Highway/Automobile/Natural Gas Pipeline Profiles.
Vehicle, Aircraft, and Vessel Inventory
Travel and Goods Movement
System Performance
Highway Safety Transit Safety
Transportation Revenues, Employment, and Productivity
Modal Profiles
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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Apply now: Fellowship Applications are Open Until September 15
| You are subscribed to News from the John W. Kluge Center from the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/programs/john-w-kluge-center/chairs-fellowships/fellowships/kluge-fellowships/ Paid Research Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center Applications are open with a deadline of September 15, 2023, for multiple fellowship positions at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The Kluge Center exists to further the study of humanity through the use of the large and varied collections of the Library of Congress. All fields and disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, including interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, are welcome. Fellows hold book borrowing privileges and are in residence with desk space in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building with access to specialized librarians throughout the Library. Applicants may be US citizens or foreign nationals, and foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining necessary visas. Click here to begin your applications. The Kluge Fellowship hosts 12 scholars each year. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or a professional discipline like law or architecture. Applicants must submit, via our application portal:
The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars whose work encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library's large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must submit, via our application portal:
The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality is designed to continue epidemiologist and psychologist David B. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of health and spirituality, two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library's John W. Kluge Center. Fellowships are for a period of up to twelve months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must submit, via our application portal:
The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship allows qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Geography and Map Division's collections and resources for a period of two months, with a monthly stipend of $5,750. Applicants must submit, via our application portal:
The National Governing Institutions Fellowship supports research on the capacity of US national governing institutions to fulfill their Constitutional responsibilities to the American people. Such research could include the nature of these institutions, their functioning, policy making, structural limitations, adaptation to change, and/or delve into the relationship between the branches. The Fellowship is open not only to scholars in political science, but other disciplines including but not limited to organizational management, history, social science, law, legislative negotiation, etc. Emerging scholars are especially be urged to apply. Applicants must submit, via our application portal:
For more information, visit the John W. Kluge Center's website and email scholarly@loc.gov with any questions.
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