Research Grants
Research grants of $400 to $3,000 are offered to encourage graduate-level and advanced study in Marine Corps history and related fields.
Eligibility Requirements
While the program concentrates on graduate students, grants are available to other qualified persons. Applicants for grants should have the ability to conduct advanced study in those aspects of American military history and museum activities directly related to the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Areas and Topics of Study
Applicants may suggest study projects, or the staff of the History and Museums Division can provide guidance for selection of an appropriate topic. In either case, the researcher has considerable latitude in choosing a topic. The research, for example, may encompass such diverse topics as wars, institutions, organization and administration, policy, biography, civil affairs and civic action, civil-military relations, weaponry and technology, manpower, training and education, strategy, tactics, and logistics, as well as the interaction of diplomatic, political, economic, social, and intellectual trends affecting American military affairs during peace and war. Research may also deal with such museum curatorial fields as exhibit design, military art, ordnance, uniforms, equipment, aviation, and other related topics. The program gives preference to projects covering the pre-1991 period where records are declassified or can be most readily declassified and made available to scholars. In all cases, the research must result in a finite product, which directly furthers or illuminates some aspect of the history of the Marine Corps. Examples of such finite products are an article for a professional journal, a publishable monograph or essay, a bibliography, a work of art, a museum display, or a diorama.
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