[SFRA-L] Mullen Fellowship deadline reminder

[Rob Latham]

A final reminder: the deadline to apply for an R.D. Mullen Research  
Fellowship for 2012-13 is April 6. See the full Call for Applications  
below.





Call for Applications: R.D. Mullen Fellowship

Science Fiction Studies announces the fourth annual R.D. Mullen  
Fellowship supporting research in the J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of  
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Utopian Literature at the  
University of California, Riverside. Awards of up to $1500 are  
available to fund research in the archive during the 2012-13 academic  
year. Students in good standing in graduate degree-granting programs  
are eligible to apply. We welcome applications from international  
students.


The Mullen Fellowship, named in honor of SFS’s founding editor,  
promotes archival work in the Eaton’s extensive holdings, which  
include over 100,000 hardcover and paperback books, over 250,000  
fanzines, full runs of all major pulp and digest magazines, and the  
manuscripts of prominent sf writers such as Gregory Benford, David  
Brin, and Anne McCaffrey. Other noteworthy parts of the Collection  
are: 500 shooting scripts of science fiction films; 3500 volumes of  
proto-sf “boy’s books” of the Tom Swift variety; works of sf in  
numerous foreign languages, including Chinese, Czech, French, German,  
Hebrew, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish;  
a large collection of taped fan conventions and taped interviews with  
American, British, and French writers; reference materials on topics  
such as applied science, magic, witchcraft, UFOs, and Star Trek; an  
extensive collection of anime and manga; and the largest holdings of  
critical materials on science fiction and fantasy in the United  
States. Further information about the Eaton Collection can be found  
online at: <http://eaton-collection.ucr.edu/>.


Applications should include a cover letter explaining the candidate’s  
academic experience and preparation, a CV, a 2-3 page proposal  
outlining a specific and well-developed agenda for research in the  
Eaton archive, a prospective budget detailing expenses, and two  
letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the  
candidate’s academic work.


The deadline for submission is April 6, 2012. Applications will be  
reviewed by a committee of sf scholars, and successful applicants will  
be notified in early May. Electronic submission (as RTF or PDF files)  
of applications to is preferred. Applications should be sent to:  
Professor Rob Latham at <rob.latham at ucr.edu>.

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