[Publib] Fwd: RWA research grant

[Mary K Chelton]

Of possible interest,

Mary K. Chelton

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> From: CathieLinz at aol.com
> Date: September 29, 2006 11:59:38 AM EDT
> To: mchelton at optonline.net
> Subject: RWA research grant
>
> Dear Mary K, can you please help spread the word about this grant?
>
> Romance Writers of America invites interested scholars to apply for  
> its annual Research Grant competition.  The grant program seeks to  
> develop and support academic research devoted to genre romance  
> novels, writers, and readers by providing $5,000 in research money  
> to a qualified scholar.  Last year the grant was awarded to Eric  
> Selinger (DePaul University) in support of a book project entitled  
> The Art of Reading Romance Fiction; the previous year the grant was  
> awarded to a graduate student from the University of Minnesota, in  
> support of her research into romance reading practices in India.  
> Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited  
> to: communications, cultural studies, English language and  
> literature, gender studies, linguistics, literacy studies,  
> rhetoric, education, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.   
> Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are  
> welcome.  For a complete grant description and application  
> instructions, contact Allison Kelley at grants at rwanational.org  or  
> visit the RWA homepage at www.rwanational.org under "Awards".