Millard Meiss Publication Fund
Meiss Grant Application Process, Materials, and Checklist
The Meiss fund, which did not award grants in fall 2009 and spring 2010, has been reinstated for fall 2010 (deadline: October 1). Awards will also be made in spring 2011, pending later approval.
Application Process
Please TYPE or PRINT all materials. Application must be submitted by the publisher. The publisher gathers all materials listed in the Grant Application Checklist, below, and mails the completed application to: Millard Meiss Publication Fund, CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001.
Applications submitted by authors will not be accepted. Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applications must be submitted in hard copy by mail or other delivery service.
Please submit all components as follows on 8½ x 11-inch paper:
- Printed on one side only
- Do not staple or bind pages
Schedule
Deadlines for grant application to be received at the CAA office: March 15 and October 1. Awards are made in April or May and in October, and publishers are notified by the end of those months.
Grant Application Checklist
Prepared by the publisher, who submits the application package:
- Part A, completed by publisher
- Publisher’s cover letter
The publisher or editor’s cover letter should describe the importance of the work, detail for what purpose(s) the grant is needed, and articulate how this project meets the criteria of the grant. It is also helpful for the letter to place the book in the context of the publisher’s program or plans, since the award supports the press, not the author - Partial manuscript, including:
- Table of contents
- Introduction and one or two sample chapters
- Picture list or illustration program
- Sample photocopies of images and a description of the illustration program (if any)
- Sample bibliography (five pages maximum)
- Manuscript reviews: Two or more detailed peer reviews or reader’s reports of the manuscript that have been submitted to the publisher. The reports must be substantive, analytical evaluations of the manuscript, addressing originality, significance of the scholarly contribution, and quality of the research and prose. All reviews should be written by reviewers who are authoritative on the material of the book. Mere endorsements are not acceptable. The jury does not admit reports written by the author’s dissertation adviser or other interested parties, such as a series editor. Note that reader’s reports are a significant and influential element of the grant application
Reviews are anonymous to the author but must be signed and dated for the benefit of the jury (to be kept confidential) and should not be more than three years old. The author’s response to the reports should be included with the application, so that the current state of the manuscript is made clear, and should be dated, with state-of-progress report if older than one year. - All materials prepared by author, as listed below
Prepared by the author and forwarded to the publisher:
- Part B, completed by author
- Author’s curriculum vitae
- Narrative description or abstract of the manuscript (two pages maximum)
- Author's response to the (anonymous) readers’ reports (dated, with state-of-progress report if older than one year)
Questions
Please contact: Alex Gershuny, CAA, 275 Seventh Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 212-691-1051, ext. 254.
