James S. Brown 2010 Graduate Student Award
for Research on Appalachia
The James S. Brown Award is given to honor the memory of Professor James S. Brown, a sociologist on the faculty of the University of Kentucky from 1946 to 1982, whose pioneering studies of society, demography, and migration in Appalachia (including his ethnography of “Beech Creek”) helped to establish the field of Appalachian Studies at U.K. and beyond.
The Award supports graduate student research on the Appalachian region. To be eligible, students must be actively enrolled in a master’s or doctoral degree program at U.K. The Award must be used to meet costs of doing research relevant to social life in Appalachia including travel, lodging, copying, interviewing, ethnography, data collection, archival research, transcribing, and other legitimate research expenses. Except under special circumstances, awards will not exceed $1,000. The award does not cover registration or travel costs for presentations or attendance at conferences.
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To be eligible, students must submit 5 copies of the following: 1) Research Statement of no more than 5 pages (including references) explaining the significance and methods of the proposed research; 2) an itemized budget; 3) and a graduate advisor’s letter of recommendation. Return materials to Professor Dwight Billings, Department of Sociology, 1522 POT, Campus 0027 no later than April 6, 2010. No materials will be accepted by email.
