Grants for Publishing Monographs

Monograph Publishing

• Given the specialized nature of the monograph, they do not have large readerships--a book on the relationship between Florence and Venice during the 16th century may only have a readership of 400 people worldwide. Grants thus play an important part in the publishing of a monograph. However, most monograph publishing grants are aimed at publications within specific disciplines: for example, there are grants for Art History, Western Studies or Gender Studies.

Charles Redd Center Publications

• The Charles Redd Center of Brigham Young University offers $3,000 grants to assist in scholarly publications concerning the Mountain West, which they define as containing Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and New Mexico. The Charles Redd Center gives the grants to academic publishers to offset publishing costs and thus lower the book's selling cost.

  To apply, the press must have accepted the book for publication, and the book must be ready for print.

  Authors whose books receive a publication grant will give a public lecture and book signing at Brigham Young University--the Redd Center will provide funds for the author's travel and lodging costs.

  Publishers should apply to:

  Brian Cannon, Director

  Charles Redd Center

  for Western Studies

  366 SWKT

  Provo, UT 84602

  reddcenter.byu.edu/Awards/PubGrants.dhtml

Millard Meiss Publication Fund

• The College Art Association maintains a Millard Meiss Publication Fund to support book-length scholarly manuscripts dealing with art history. Beginning in 1975, the CAA has awarded these publication grants twice a year to books accepted by a publisher, but which cannot be published in their "most desirable form" without financial assistance.

  Application forms and further information can be found at:

  collegeart.org/meiss/

Archaeological Institute of America, Publication Preparation Grant

• The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) offers a $5,000 grant--paid in two yearly installments--to assist archaeologists in preparing, completing and publishing the results of an archaeological excavation. Applicants can request grants based on arcaheological research from any part of the world, but must include a proposal with a time table for finishing the manuscript as well as specific plans for its publication, including the intended publisher. Applicants must also be current members of the AIA.

  For application information as well as a list of recipients, visit:

  archaeological.org/grants/710