Fellowships and Internships
To support research projects and encourage the use of the collection, CCP offers several funded positions. Each year CCP awards up to two fellowships for scholars and candidates for advanced degrees; and one internship open only to University of Arizona graduate students. Named for CCP founding photographer Ansel Adams, these positions described below often result in new books, dissertations, and exhibition research based on CCP collections. Other opportunities for the public to access the collection include the print viewing program and the Research Center.
The Center for Creative Photography invites proposals for the 2008/2009 Ansel Adams Research Fellowship. As part of the Center’s Institute for Photographic Research, this program is designed to promote and support research in the Center’s photograph, archive, and library collections. Among the Center’s treasures are the complete archives of more than forty major photographers including Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Wynn Bullock, Aaron Siskind, Frederick Sommer, Louise Dahl-Wolf, W. Eugene Smith, and Garry Winogrand. See the Collections and Archives pages [linked here] for additional information.
The Institute’s goal is to promote new knowledge about photography, photographic history, and photographic theory. Through its support of scholars, training of students, and dissemination of new scholarship, the Institute works to ensure the growth of photographic history as a discreet field in intellectual history. Fellowship applications are evaluated within this context.
Ansel Adams Research Fellowships are awarded in amounts up to $5000 for support of two to four weeks of study at the Center. Multiple awards may be given depending on the applications received. Scholars from any discipline who are engaged in studies that require an extended period of research in the collections of the Center are encouraged to apply. Send a cover letter along with a curriculum vitae and a brief statement detailing the candidate’s research interests and discussing the value of the Center’s holdings in investigating those interests. Applications should be sent to: Amy Rule, Head of Research, Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85721-0103. Via fax: 520-621-9444, or by email to rulea@ccp.library.arizona.edu.
Applications must be postmarked or sent via fax or email by October 31, 2008. The Ansel Adams Research Fellows are announced by the end of December and residencies may begin in January. Scheduling the residencies must be done with the approval of Center staff.
List of past recipients of the fellowship is available here.
The Ansel Adams Internship at CCP, 2008/2009
This program was established to recognize the unique contributions of Ansel Adams (1902-1984), who participated in the founding of the Center for Creative Photography in 1975. His archive is a cornerstone of the Center’s large collection of photographic archives. Support for the internship has been generously provided by the Polaroid Corporation and the Ansel Adams Endowment.
Each academic year since 1987 the Center has offered a paid internship to qualified University of Arizona graduate students. This opportunity allows students to experience a wide variety of museum and archive activities and to gain experience working under the supervision of Center staff. Depending on student interest and current Center needs an internship is designed each year for a specific project. Past interns have been assigned to work with Center staff in the curatorial, education, archives, and digital scanning areas.
Eligibility: Open only to full-time University of Arizona graduate students with at least a 3.5 GPA (Board of Regents requirement). Students may be pursuing graduate degrees in any discipline, but must have evidenced sufficient interest in the fields of photography, art history, art education, archives, or museum studies to indicate that an internship at the Center would support their educational goals.
Application Process:
- Submit a letter of interest indicating educational background, relevant personal accomplishments, and educational and professional goals. The most important component of this letter is a clear statement of the effect an internship would have on achievement of the candidate’s goals.
- Submit a letter of recommendation from at least one faculty member in the applicant’s college.
- Submit a copy of the most current University of Arizona grade transcript.
- Applications must be postmarked April 25, 2008, or be hand delivered to the Administrative Offices, Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85721-0103.
- Notification of the internship for 2008/2009 will be made by May 16, 2008.
Selection Process: Choice of the 2008/2009 intern will be made by a committee composed of the Center’s director and other staff. An interview may be required. Please be sure to include current local contact information including email address and telephone number.
Expectations: The intern must be enrolled as a full-time graduate student during the fall 2008 and spring 2009 semesters at the University of Arizona. In order to take full advantage of the internship, the intern will be expected to spend approximately 15 hours per week on site. Schedules are flexible with the approval of the sponsoring Center staff member.
Value: The internship consists of a cash award of up to $2000 plus a tuition scholarship for the 2008/2009 academic year at the University of Arizona.
Further Information: Contact Amy Rule, Head of Research, 626-2364; rulea@ccp.library.arizona.edu.