Robert Kellogg Memorial Fellowship

Overview

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* _Applications must be received by the deadline.
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* _Supporting documents, i.e. letters of reference and transcripts, must be received by a later date._

Robert Kellogg Memorial Fellowship

One fellowship per year (the Robert Kellogg Memorial Fellowship) is designated for a graduate student from Iceland to study at the University of Virginia, or a University of Virginia student to study in Iceland. Students interested in receiving this fellowship should apply through the regular application process.

The Robert Kellogg Memorial Fellowship funds one scholar or fellow annually from the University of Virginia for graduate research or study in Iceland, or an Icelander to conduct research or study at the University of Virginia. Work may be in any area including but not limited to the sciences, the humanities, the arts, history, or architecture. Recipients are chosen by the Board of Trustees of the Foundation.

Robert Kellogg, who died in January 2004, served the University of Virginia for nearly five decades as a teacher, scholar, administrator, and mentor to many. As chair of the English Department, he guided the department through an era of growth and change, and made it an even stronger department than it was before his time. As dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, he organized the Alumni Council (now the College Foundation) and began the ongoing effort to attract private support for the College.

Mr. Kellogg was dedicated to education. He loved literature and studied it broadly. The Nature of Narrative, written with Bob Scholes, traced the development of story telling from Homer to Joyce and Faulkner.

Mr. Kellogg’s interests ranged from the earliest English and the northern oral narrative traditions to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance (especially Edmund Spenser), and James Joyce. He is particularly well known for the work with which he began and concluded his career: editing and translating the sagas and other Icelandic materials, and especially his magisterial concordance to the saga literature.

After retiring from the University, Mr. Kellogg taught courses on Icelandic and Irish literature for retirees in Charlottesville, Virginia and also at Reykjavík. He and his wife lived in Reykjavík for several months each year. Mr. Kellogg served as academic consultant to Iceland’s Ministry of Education, and he was a director of the Iceland Fulbright Commission. He was the first chair of the Board of Trustees of the Leifur Eiríksson Foundation.

Funding

A committee of experts, comprised of former Leifur Eiriksson scholars, evaluate scholarship applications and make a proposal to the Foundation´s Board of Trustees. Up to $25,000 in project costs, including travel to and from the research or study site will be paid on the scholar’s behalf.

Eligibility

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* Applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and/or physical disability.
* Applicants must meet all of the following eligibility requirements.
* Admitted to a graduate program at an accredited institution of higher education in the United States or Iceland prior to receiving the first payment of the Fellowship
* A well-defined research or scholarly project that necessitates an exchange to the host country
* English language proficiency
* An undergraduate (bachelor’s) degree must be completed by the start of the exchange
* Travel costs are provided only for the scholar or fellow; no allowances are made for spouses, partners, or individuals who are not engaged in the scholarly endeavor.