Hi folks:

A reminder that through May 20 at 5pm ET, the Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library welcomes applications to our Small Grants Fund for Early Career Digital Publications for the 2024-2025 academic year.

The grant consists of a stipend of $1,200 to support research and development time, together with institutional research and technical support from LMEC staff through the stages of the digital publication process. Projects may be conducted by scholars working both inside and outside of the academy on all topics related to geography, maps, history, and the humanistic spatial social sciences, either individually or in a group (though the stipend amount is fixed regardless of the number of scholars involved in the project). The primary author of the publication should be an early career scholar. Read more about eligibility and how to apply on our website: https://www.leventhalmap.org/research/digital-publication-small-grants/

For examples of previous publications, see below:

• Mapping Black Cambridge: 1790-1820, by Joan Brunetta and Eve Loftus—a short essay and accompanying web map
• John Winthrop’s “City on a Hill,” Mapped, by Nathan Braccio—an annotated tour through a single map, produced using the LMEC-created Panel Truck interface
• Mapping Renewal, Engaging Residents, by Claire Dunning—a textual essay containing numerous images and zoom-in embeds from Digital Commonwealth and LMEC collections
• *The Brownies' Book* in Boston, by Tieanna Graphenreed—a short essay and accompanying web map

Don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions. Please submit your application by 5/20 at 5pm ET.

Cheers,
Ian Spangler
Assistant Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography
Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library

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