Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Graduate Students: Apply for the Peacock-Harper Culinary History Collection Scholarships!



The Graduate School is responsible for promoting the Janet Lowe Cameron and Jean Allen Phillips graduate scholarships provided by the Peacock Harper Culinary Collection Committee - each Scholarship is $1000. Recipients have to use the Peacock Harper Special Collection in some aspect of their research or scholarship.  

 
http://www.grads.vt.edu/financial/for_departments/gs_funding.html#peacock

The Peacock-Harper Culinary History Collection Committee awards two annual scholarships of $1000 in honor of Jean Allen Phillips, professor in human nutrition and foods at Virginia Tech from 1969 to 1986, and Janet Lowe Cameron, a pioneer with the Virginia Cooperative Extension service at Virginia Tech. The Peacock-Harper Culinary Collection is one of the unique Special Collections housed at the University Library. Applicants’ scholarly pursuits should encompass topics related to material in this collection, such as the history of foods, human nutrition or food culture. Applications must include a statement of how the Collection’s resources will be used in the student’s research. 


Deadline for the Janet Lowe Cameron Scholarship is May 31 and will be awarded prior to the start of the Fall semester. Deadline for the Jean Allen Phillips Scholarship is October 31 and will be awarded prior to the start of the Spring semester.

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