MILKA BLIZNAKOV HONORARIUM The IAWA Milka Bliznakov Honorarium

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This year the Prize Milka Bliznakov Prize Committee initiated a new award - The MILKA BLIZNAKOV HONORARIUM —with an honorarium of $1000 to conduct research in the Archive.

The first recipient of this award is Joseph Chuo Wang, Professor of Architecture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia who is preparing a Chinese language article entitled "The International Archive of Women in Architecture is Alive and Thriving at Virginia Tech" targeted for national professional journals in China.

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The Milka Bliznakov Honorarium is a research stipend to be awarded for research conducted in the IAWA Archive at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. This research prize offers an honorarium of $1000, in addition to room and board for a period of one week of research.

A 500-word proposal with curriculum vitae must be received or postmarked by November 1, 2005. Send the proposal by both mail and electronic formats.

Proposals may include any original project or scholarly work that contributes to and advances the recognition of women's contributions to the design fields. The proposal must draw on materials in the IAWA collections. The intended outcome of the research--an essay, exhibition, performance piece, or other finished product, whatever the form--must be specified in the proposal.

The prize money will be awarded following review of the second-stage submissions to the IAWA jury. If further information is required, please contact Donna Dunay, ddunay@vt.edu.

Proposals for the
Milka Bliznakov Honorarium
should be sent to:

IAWA Executive Committee
ATTN: Donna Dunay, AIA
Chair, Milka Bliznakov Prize
202 COWGILL HALL (0205)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
ddunay@vt.edu

Send questions or comments to:
IAWA Archivist, University Libraries
Virginia Tech, P.O. Box 90001,
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001