To honor founding member
Orlando Ridout V, who died in 2013, the Vernacular Architecture Forum has
established a fieldwork fellowship in his name. Orlando, a mentor to so many of
us, asked that donations in his memory be made to the VAF to support students
in fieldwork. To fulfill his request, the Orlando Ridout V Fieldwork Fellowship
will support students in their field-based research and in their efforts to
learn fieldwork through apprenticeships and field schools.
Orlando also encouraged
post-graduate training and fieldwork projects as continuing development for
professionals in the field. To honor his own emphasis on field work and his
support of continuing learning in the field, the fellowship will also be
available to professionals engaged in continuing education and training
projects. The Fieldwork Grants Committee appointed each year by the VAF
President will administer the program.
The new Fellowship combines
the former Fund for Fieldwork, established by a generous gift from long-time
VAF member Thomas Carter in 2012, and contributions to the Ridout memorial fund
into this newly-named fellowship program.
Guidelines:
The guidelines for the Orlando
Ridout V Fieldwork Fellowship allow all VAF members, as well as students participating
in field school programs to apply to the VAF Fieldwork Grants Committee for
monies to support their field-based projects and training opportunities.
Applicants to the Ridout
Fieldwork Fellowship should outline their projects or training programs in a
letter of intent that includes a description of the activity and a short budget
to explain how the funds will be expended. All applicants need to submit a letter
of support, preferably from a faculty member, field school instructor, or
workplace supervisor. The two letters should be submitted to the Chair of the
Fieldwork Grants Committee for consideration; applications are accepted and
acted on throughout the year with no formal deadline.
The Fellowship awardees will
report to the Fieldwork Grants Committee at the end of their grant period (1
year maximum). The report will take the form of a one-page summary letter describing
what he or she accomplished during the fellowship.
The VAF Fieldwork Grants
Committee reserves the right to post information about the awardee and their project
in VAF’s publications or website.
