Grants and Fellowships

Internal Funding

EMORY KIMBROUGH OXFORD EXHANGE
FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENT

The Kimbrough Fund provides modest funds for Washington and Lee faculty spending their sabbatical at University College, Oxford University. These funds help to defray travel and living expenses while abroad.

HEWLETT MELLON and Class of '62 AWARDS (FOR FULL-YEAR LEAVES)

Up to three (or possibly four, if there are sufficient funds) internal $20,000 grants will be available to tenured faculty in support of year-long sabbatical leaves under the following conditions:

1. Funds will come from the Class of '62 and Hewlett-Mellon Special; two recipients a year will be designated "Class of '62 Fellow" and the other(s) "Hewlett-Mellon Fellow."

2. Applications should be made along with leave proposals (same deadline) to the Advisory Committee; announcement of the possibility of these grants should be made at the same time leave applications are solicited.

3. The Advisory Committee will decide among the applicants according to the following criteria:
a. merit, first and foremost
b. a bias towards more recently-tenured faculty, particularly those undertaking their first sabbatical leave
c. applicants must actively seek outside funding for a full year's leave, and copies of these grant applications (and particularly the outside letter of support) must be submitted along with the application for W&L funds
d. there is a preference for scholarly over pedagogical research

4. Conditions for grants:
a. leaves must be for a full year
b. leaves must be approved by the Advisory Committee, President and Board
c. arrangements must be made through the department head to handle courses of person on leave
d. a public lecture on the research completed must be given sometime during the year following the sabbatical leave

5. Awards will be announced to the faculty after they have been accepted and leaves approved.

CLASS OF '63 SCHOLARS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM

The funds from this endowment enable the University to bring two or three outstanding individuals to campus each year for no less than three days each. The Class of '63 Scholars are selected by the academic deans from nominations submitted by the faculty.