T he Ellison Durant Smith Research Awards provide financial support to undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate scholars seeking to conduct research at the South Caroliniana Library on government, politics, and society since 1900. As chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Smith was a powerful advocate for the farmer. He was one of the first to demand national action for the economic relief of the agriculture of the South. . . . He was a farmer himself, operating the family plantation, located in what is now Lee County. He was employed by the Internal Revenue Service from 1933 until his retirement as District Director in 1973.
Awards are available to underwrite travel, lodging, and other research expenses.
Each proposal will be evaluated on its merits. Primary consideration will be given to projects involving the substantive study of issues of general interest and doctoral and post-doctoral studies. Each proposal should be aimed at a discrete end product such as a book, dissertation, thesis, article, documentary, film, or exhibit. Budgets will be examined and may be approved in whole or in part. The recipient may also be requested to submit a brief article summarizing their findings and research experience for publication in the Library newsletter.