Since 2005, Institut pour l'histoire de l'aluminium has awarded study grants to Canadian students for research work relating to the history of aluminium. A commission, chaired by Patrick Fridenson, research director at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris) and made up of French and Canadian scholars as well as professionals, selects applicants on presentation of a research project. In addition, other forms of aid are proposed to foster better knowledge of the industrial environment, for example easier access to companies’ archives and to documentation, inclusion in the association’s standing research committees and meetings with aluminium industry witnesses.

Your application must include:
a) a résumé/curriculum vitæ
b) a 3 or 4-page project narrative (description of research subject and bibliography)
c) a covering letter
d) a research attestation provided by the applicant’s university or research centre, signed by the teacher authorised to direct the work.
e) a letter of recommendation from the teacher, in a sealed envelope.

The documents must be sent by postal mail to arrive by May 19th, 2006 at:
Hélène Frouard, Scientific Secretary
Institut pour l’histoire de l’aluminium
Immeuble Le Signac
ZAC des Barbanniers
1 avenue du général de Gaulle
92230 Gennevilliers
France

The project narrative, résumé /curriculum vitae and covering letter must also be e-mailed by April 19th, 2006 to: histalu@histalu.org

For any further information, please write to histalu@histalu.org