Rodger and Joann McLennan Canadian War Art Fellowship

The National Gallery of Canada’s Canadian War Art Research Fellowships encourage and support advanced research in Canadian and Indigenous Canadian war and military art. Research must relate to any aspect of Canadian war or military art, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking and other media, and emphasize the use and investigation of the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Canadian War Museum, and Library and Archives Canada. The Fellowships supports original research by scholars undertaking publishing, exhibition, and thesis and dissertation work or their equivalents in Canadian war or military art.

Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe, 1770 oil on canvas, 152.6 x 214.5 cm. Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster to the Canadian War Memorials, 1918; Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Eligibility

The fellowship is open to art historians, curators, critics, conservators, graduate students and independent and other professionals working in the visual arts or in museology and related disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

Fellowships are open to international applicants.

Tenure

Fellowships of the National Gallery of Canada are tenable only at the National Gallery of Canada. Each award is limited to a maximum of $5,000 to include expenses and/or a stipend. The term of the new fellowship is one calendar year beginning January 1.

Applications

Completed applications must include all of the following:

  • A statement of the aims, methodology and anticipated results of the investigation, limited to a maximum of three pages headed by a summary of the proposal;
  • A brief outline of the research materials and facilities required (e.g., bibliography of primary and secondary resources; access to National Gallery of Canada collections; access to the expertise and resources of other Ottawa area institutions; etc.);
  • The proposed dates and timetable of the residency at the Gallery;
  • An outline of projected costs, including expenses and stipend. Eligible expenses include relocation to Ottawa, subsistence during the residency, and project-related travel, supplies and services;
  • A full curriculum vitae, including education, professional employment history, awards and honours, publications, exhibitions and work-in-progress;
  • Information on other grants applied for or received, employment commitments and paid sabbatical arrangements, for the proposed period of residency;
  • One letter of recommendation, sent under separate cover by the referee to the Gallery. The letter must address the candidate's achievements in general and the fellowship proposal in particular;
  • Examples of finished work, textual, visual, or both.

Assessment Criteria

A jury, composed of National Gallery of Canada staff and external jurors, will review the applications and announce the winner in the fall of 2019.

The jury will examine research proposals with the following considerations in mind:

  • The significance, originality, goals, potential contributions and feasibility of the proposal;
  • The need for and the benefit to be derived from enhanced access to the collections of the Gallery and other Ottawa institutions, and, the relevance to the research community of the planned work. Priority will be given to projects that intend to reach a public audience physically, in print or digitally.

How to Submit

All applications, in English or French, for the National Gallery of Canada War Art Fellowships should be sent via email in PDF format to:

Cyndie Campbell
Chief, Library, Archives and Research Fellowship Program
[email protected] 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR 2020 FELLOWSHIP

To be confirmed.

The Rodger and Joann McLennan Canadian War Art Research Fellowship will not be awarded this year. Funds from this year’s fellowship will be added to the fellowship for 2020.

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