The Eudora Welty Foundation and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) are delighted to announce the 2016 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship, to encourage and support research use of the Eudora Welty Collection and related materials at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History by graduate students.

This competitive fellowship of $2,000 will be offered for research conducted in summer 2016. The stipend may be used to cover travel, housing, and other expenses during their two-week stay in Jackson, Mississippi.

Please post the promotional flier, available at http://mdah.state.ms.us/2016-welty-fellowship.pdf. 

The deadline for applications is February 26, 2016.

Additional information and the application form are available on the MDAH website at http://mdah.state.ms.us/fellowship.pdf.

For more information conntact Forrest Galey at fgaley@mdah.state.ms.us.