International Research Society for Children's Literature

An international society devoted to promoting research
and scholarship in children’s literature.

IRSCL RESEARCH GRANT

The Research Grant of US $ 1,000 was set up in 1992 to encourage research by young/new scholars of children’s literature involved in literary, historical, cultural, sociological, empirical or pedagogical research.

1993 Faye Davies (New Zealand)

1995 Larissa Klein Tumanov (Canada)

1997 Karen Sands (USA)

1999 Maria Österlund (Finland), Beverly Pennell (Australia) and
          Sylvia Warnecke (Scotland/Germany)

2001 Michelle A. May (USA)

Applications

Applications for the 2003 Grant should be sent to the Board before March 1, 2003. Applicants need not be a member of the IRSCL; applications are welcome from any postgraduate students or young colleagues in the field. Applications should include a 1000-word description of the research project, and the following information:

1. Name and title

    Address

   Telephone, fax, email

2. Name of the institution where the project will be listed as an academic activity undertaken by its staff or students.

3. Whether the research project is being undertaken as part of current postgraduate studies.

4. Supervisor of the applicant’s research project (where applicable).

5. Names and addresses of two academic referees (the applicant’s research supervisor may be one of these). Please include telephone and fax numbers, and email address.

6. Previous academic record: qualifications at tertiary level, when and where obtained.

7. Applicant’s previous publications in children’s literature (where applicable).

8. Title of the research proposed for the irscl Grant.

9. Aims of the research.

10. Methodology

11. Previous research in the area of the proposal (major studies); what is the expected contribution of this project in relation to previous work?

12. How the research grant will contribute to the research project.

13. Expected outcomes of the project: planned publication(s); names of journals to which papers(s) arising from the research will be submitted.