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Grants, Awards & Honors

Grants:

Adele Filene Travel Award

College and University Collection Grant

CSA Travel Research Award

Stella Blum Research Grant

Costume in Small Museums

Awards &
Honors:

Costume Design Award

Costume Society of America Fellow

Millia Davenport Publication Award

The Richard Martin Award for Excellence

Scholars' Roundtable

 

Adele Filene Student Travel Award

Purpose:
Adele Filene Student Presenter Grants provide financial assistance to students who have been selected to present papers at the National Symposium. The Costume Society of America greatly values the contributions of student members and wishes to foster their development; these Grants are intended to encourage student participation in both the Symposium and within the Society.

Description:
Up to $500 is awarded on a competitive basis to CSA members currently enrolled as students to assist with the cost of presenting oral research papers or research exhibits at a CSA National Symposium. The Grants, first awarded in 1996, are named in honor of Adele Filene, a couture, sportswear, and handbag designer as well as teacher and costume restoration specialist, who is a founding member and Fellow of the Costume Society of America.

Eligibility:
Applicants must meet the following requirements:

  • be full-time undergraduate or graduate university student
  • be a current member of the Costume Society of America
  • have received notice that their proposal for an oral research paper or research exhibit has been accepted
  • for that year's National Symposium
  • reside outside a 200 mile radius of the Symposium site
  • recipients will be expected to attend the Symposium, present their research, and receive their check at the Awards Ceremony

Application Deadline:
Completed applications must be emailed or postmarked by March 1.

Application Procedure:
Application should include the following:

  • a 1000-1500 word essay on your involvement with dress and fashion; your career goals; and what you hope to gain from attending the CSA National Symposium
  • a letter of recommendation from an academic advisor or professor, which may be sent separately or emailed (original signature not required)


Send, preferably by email, to:

Christina Bates
Chair, Adele Filene Student Travel Awards Committee
Curator, Ontario History
Canadian Museum of Civilization
christina.bates@civilization.ca
Fax 819 776-8300

Grants Schedule
Applicants will be notified of results by April 1 of each year. Checks will be distributed at the National Symposium.


 

Past Recipients

1996:
Abby Lillethun, Ohio State University
Vicki Skorich, University of Minnesota

1997:
Marlene Miller, Buffalo State College
Robert Schorman, Indiana University
Sophie K. White, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

1998:
No Award

1999:
Colleen Gau, Iowa State University
Stephanie Day Iverson, Bard Graduate Center
Catherine Amoroso Leslie, Ohio State University
Eileen Stack, University of Rhode Island

2000:
Kimberly Chrisman, University of Aberdeen
Persephone Hintlain, Louisana State University
Mary Q. Johnson, Wichita State University

2001:
Debbie Zamora, Montclair State University

2002:
Melissa Woodson Jurgena, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Catherine Amoroso Leslie, The Ohio State University
Michelle Tolini, The Board Graduate Center

2003:
Deborah Saville, University of Rhode Island
Pamela Soohoo, Fashion Institute of Technology
Susan Strawn, Iowa State University

2004:
Jennifer Lynn Banning, Louisiana State University
Sara Beth Brubacher, Iowa State University
Deirdre Clemente, Fashion Institute of Technology
Elyssa Schram Da Cruz, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Julia Pine, Carleton University
Reneé Walker, University of Rhode Island

2005:
Meriem Chida, University of Minnesota
Juyeon Park, University of Minnesota
Melody A. Pena, University of Georgia
Naomi Spinak, San Diego State University

2006:
Joycelyn Falsken, The Ohio State University
Katalin Medvedev, University of Minnesota

2007:
Jessica Cowden, Brigham Young University
Elizabeth Davis, Cornell University

2008:
Denise Nicole Green, University of California, Davis
Kelly Mohs Gage, University of Minnesota


 

For more detailed information, please contact the National Office. Include the name of the grant in your request.

 

 

 
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