<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Students,</div><div><br></div><div>Please see attached grant opportunity.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Susan Laxton</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:slaxton@ucr.edu">slaxton@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: Grants in Support of Dissertations in the History of Photography<br>To: Iselda Salgado <<a href="mailto:iselda.salgado@ucr.edu">iselda.salgado@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Iselda, </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Welcome back! Would you please forward this grant opportunity to our grad students? </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks, </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Susan</div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><br></div>Susan Laxton</div><div>Associate Professor, Modernism and the History of Photography</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Chair,</span> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Department of the</span> History<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> of Art</span></div></div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><br></div><br></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Alexander Awards</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:alexanderawards@mfah.org" target="_blank">alexanderawards@mfah.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM<br>Subject: Grants in Support of Dissertations in the History of Photography<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div>





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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you will share with eligible Ph.D. students this announcement of the Joan and Stanford Alexander Awards, two $5,500 grants offered by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in support of dissertations related to the history of photography.
 The attached document outlines the eligibility criteria and application process, which can also be found on the museum’s website
<a href="https://static.mfah.com/documents/alexander-award-application-2025.5684035593750550054.pdf" target="_blank">
HERE</a>. A list of past recipients and finalists can be viewed <a href="https://static.mfah.com/documents/2025-alexander-dissertation-award-and-past-recipients.17984976011732428577.pdf" target="_blank">
HERE</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for helping to spread the word.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With best regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lisa Volpe<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Curator and Head of Department<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Photography<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://emuseum.mfah.org/groups/photography" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">MFAH The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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