APPLICATION FORM
THE CCWH CATHERINE PRELINGER AWARD

The CCWH will award $10,000 to a scholar, with a Ph.D. or A.B.D., who has not followed a traditional academic path of uninterrupted and completed secondary, undergraduate, and graduate degrees leading into a tenured faculty position.  Although the recipient's degrees do not have to be in history, the recipient's work should clearly be historical in nature.  In accordance with the general goals of CCWH, the award is intended to recognize or to enhance the ability of the recipient to contribute significantly to women in history, whether in the profession in the present or in the study of women in the past.  It is not intended that there be any significant restrictions on how a given recipient shall spend the award as long as it advances the recipient's  scholarship goals and purposes.  All recipients will be required to submit a final paper to CCWH on how the award was expended and summarizing the scholarly work completed. (See directions below form.)

Name:____________________________________

Mailing Address:__________________________________

City:_______________State:______Zip:_________

Home Telephone:________________________________

Message Telephone:________________________________

Academic Status:  A.B.D._____, or Ph.D._______

If Ph.D. has been received, institution and date:______________________________________

If A.B.D., give date of receiving and signature of departmental representative to verify:

Signature:_________________________Date:_____
                   (Departmental Representative)

This application is complete and includes the materials as listed at the top of this page:

Applicant's signature:__________________________Date:_____
                              

CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award Application Instructions.

Candidates should submit all of the following items in one package to Dr. Marguerite Renner, Department of History, Glendale Community College, 1500 North Verdugo Road, Glendale, CA 91208. Telephone:  818-240-1000, extension 5461.  Fax:  818-549-9436. Applications may be requested from the same address.  Faxed or e-mailed applications will not be considered.

The applicant must submit:

1.  5 copies of the completed application form.

2.  Signature on application form by a representative of the applicant's History Department verifying that A.B.D. status has been achieved if the applicant has not yet completed the Ph.D.

3.  5 copies of the curriculum vita (C.V. limited to 4 pages.)

4.  5 copies of a personal statement of the applicant's non-traditional career path and contributions to women in the profession.  (Statement limited to 1 page.)

5.  5 copies of the project statement which
a.  establishes the work the applicant intends to complete with this award.
b.  outlines the schedule the applicant has developed to complete this work
c.  states the sources the applicant intends to use to complete this work, and 
d.  demonstrates the contribution the applicant's work will make to women in history.  (Statement limited to 3 pages.)

6.  Applicants who are A.B.D. are requested to submit 5 copies of a writing sample, preferably a chapter of the dissertation or the dissertation prospectus.

7.  2 letters of recommendation in separate and sealed envelopes which are signed across the back.  Each envelope should contain 5 copies of each letter of recommendation.

8.  1 self-addressed, stamped envelope.

9.  1 self-addressed postcard, with the statement, "Your application for the CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award has been received."

10.  1 copy of a statement which grants or denies the CCWH permission to add the application in the official CCWH archive.  Please note:  a decision not to grant this permission will be known only by the chair and NOT by the committee members and will in no way prejudice the application.

SELECTION: By a committee of five scholars from diverse fields of history.
TIMETABLE:  February 2, 2001: deadline for application submissions.
May 15, 2001: winner is announced and check is mailed.
January 2002: award is officially presented at the CCWH luncheon at the American Historical Association conference.