Scholarships & Fellowships

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Association for Gravestone Studies Student Conference Fellowships

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Website: https://gravestonestudies.org/awards-and-student-fellowships/student-fellowships
Biography
Description

The Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) awards annual fellowships to students whose work aligns with its mission to study and preserve gravestones and cemeteries. Named in honor of Ron and Jane Stockton and the late Joe Edgette, these fellowships support attendance at the AGS June conference, which features cemetery field trips, scholarly presentations, a conservation workshop, and networking opportunities. Fellowships typically cover full registration, housing, meals, and a one-year student membership. Non-selected applications may still be considered for the general conference program unless the applicant opts out.

Eligibility
  • Awards are open to graduate or undergraduate students at any accredited college or university
  • Students submit an application form (available on the AGS website) with supporting documentation to the AGS Student Fellowship Committee.
  • Research topics may include the study of gravestones (such as marker materials, forms, and motifs, as well as carver studies) and cemeteries (such as surveys, burial practices, and landscape histories).
  • Excluded are any research projects already funded by AGS through other awards.
Awards

The two Student Conference Fellowships each provide complimentary conference registration, together with on-campus lodging and on-campus meals during the AGS annual conference, plus a reimbursement of up to US $300 towards travel expenses. The recipient also receives a complimentary student membership of AGS for one year beginning June of the year of the award. Fellowship recipients agree to attend the full annual conference and to present their research in person; their work may also be published in Markers, the AGS Quarterly, or in other ways approved by AGS.