Diversifying Oral History Practice: A Fellowship Program for Under/Unemployed Oral Historians

FAIN: ZIN-283314-21

Oral History Association, Inc. (Murfreesboro, TN 37132-0001)
Louis Kyriakoudes (Project Director: May 2021 to present)

A grant program resulting in 11 one-year and 12 short-term individual awards to provide relief from the coronavirus pandemic to oral history practitioners.

The Oral History Association, the leading professional society for oral history practice, seeks $2 million to implement a national oral history fellowship program for oral history practitioners who have suffered career and employment disruptions and who propose research projects of the highest caliber with one-year stipends. This program also creates a mini-grant program to underemployed/unemployed oral history practitioners to support short-term projects or initiatives of one to three months, Participants would be paired with mentors and supported through a regular professional development programs and cohort networking events to ensure that fellows receive the professional guidance to foster long-term career development.