Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Dumbarton Oaks Project Grants

Dumbarton Oaks makes a limited number of grants to assist with scholarly projects in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies. The normal range of awards is $3,000–$10,000. Support is generally for archeological research, as well as for the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost. Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to: non-destructive investigation and/or excavation of a site or a component of a site, materials analyses, surveying or photographing monuments and objects that are at risk. Pre-Columbian project awards are intended only to survey, excavate, and/or document sites, landscapes, or objects that are in imminent danger. Applicants should provide evidence that such sites, landscapes, or objects are under immediate threat. Project grants are limited to applicants holding a doctorate or the equivalent. Before applying, applicants must contact the appropriate Director of Studies, no later than October 1, 2009, to determine if the project is within the purview of Dumbarton Oaks.

Due October 1, 2009

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Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange

The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Taipei, the capital of the Republic of China on Taiwan. It also maintains a regional office in McLean, Virginia near Washington D.C. in the United States. In 1987, a group of professors of Chinese descent at major American universities wrote a joint letter to President Chiang Ching-kuo expressing their concern about the gradual decline of programs of Chinese Studies in overseas academic institutions. They suggested that, given the increased prosperity of the country, a foundation for international scholarly exchange should be established to support and promote the understanding of Chinese culture and society overseas. Today the Foundation awards Research Grants, Fellowship Grants, Conference/Workshop Grants, Publication Subsidies, and Doctoral Fellowships. The Foundation's grants provide support for research on Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences providing differing amounts of funding depending on the grant.

Due dates vary

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowships

ACLS invites applications for the third annual competition for the Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowships. These Fellowships are to assist young scholars in the humanities and related social sciences in the first or second year following completion of the Ph.D. This program aims to assist recent doctoral recipients to position themselves for further scholarly advancement. Eligibility for these Fellowships will be limited to scholars awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships in the prior year’s competition, the Alternates selected in that competition, and those awarded other dissertation fellowships of national stature that require applicants to complete their dissertations within a specified period. ACLS will award 25 Fellowships in this competition for a one-year term beginning between June and September 2010 for the 2010-2011 academic year, or between June and September 2011 for the 2011-2012 academic year. The Mellon/ACLS awards are designed for research and writing; accordingly, Fellows may not teach during the tenure of the Fellowship. The Fellowships provide a stipend of $35,000 to allow the Fellow to devote an academic year to research.

Due December 9, 2009

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Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

ACLS invites applications for the fourth annual competition for the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships. These fellowships are to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure and no later than August 31, 2011. ACLS will award 65 Fellowships in this competition for a one-year term beginning between June and September 2010 for the 2010-2011 academic year. The total award of up to $33,000 includes a stipend plus additional funds for university fees and research support. These Fellowships may not be held concurrently with any other fellowship or grant.

Due November 11, 2009

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Friday, July 24, 2009

ACLS Fellowships

The ACLS Fellowship Program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS does not fund creative work, textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects. The ACLS Fellowships are intended as salary replacement to help scholars devote six to twelve continuous months to full-time research and writing. The Fellowship stipend is set at three levels based on academic rank: up to $35,000 for Assistant Professor and career equivalent; up to $40,000 for Associate Professor and career equivalent; and up to $60,000 for full Professor and career equivalent. Approximately 22 fellowships will be available at the Assistant Professor level, approximately 18 at the Associate Professor level, and approximately 17 at the full Professor level.

Due September 30, 2009

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Abe Fellowship--International Multidisciplinary Research on Topics of Pressing Global Concern

Abe Fellowship--International Multidisciplinary Research on Topics of Pressing Global Concern
is open for applications, next deadline is September 1st 2009. Apply Now

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announce the annual Abe Fellowship Program competition. Funding for the Abe Fellowship Program is provided by CGP.

The Purpose of the Fellowship

The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. It strives especially to promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American academic and professional communities committed to and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving.

Research support to individuals is at the core of the Abe Fellowship Program. Applications are welcome from scholars and non-academic research professionals.The objectives of the program are to foster high quality research in the social sciences and related disciplines, to build new collaborative networks of researchers around the three thematic foci of the program, to bring new data and new data resources to the attention of those researchers, and to obtain from them a commitment to a comparative or transnational line of inquiry.

Successful applicants will be those individuals whose work and interests match these program goals. Abe Fellows are expected to demonstrate a long-term commitment to these goals by participating in program activities over the course of their careers.

2010-2011 Fulbright U.S. Student Program

The 2010-2011 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition is open.

IIE Guidance Sessions

Sessions are held at IIE in New York City and videoconferenced to IIE's Regional Centers in Washington DC, Chicago, Denver, Houston and San Francisco. Afternoon and evening sessions are available. For additional information on times and locations, please click on the location where you wish to attend a session. Reservations are not required in New York City. Reservations are required for the Regional Center sessions. Please contact that office directly to make a reservation.

Houston - Fulbright Guidance Session for Study or Research Grants
Wednesday August 5, 2009, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Houston - Fulbright Guidance Session for English Teaching Assistantships
Wednesday August 12, 2009, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Houston - Fulbright Guidance Session for Study or Research Grants
Wednesday September 9, 2009, 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships

ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships

Due by Sept. 30

ACLS invites applications for the second annual competition for the ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships for collaborative research in the humanities and related social sciences (1). The program is supported by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; science, technology, and medicine studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political theory). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group.

Objectives

The aim of this fellowship program is to offer small teams of two or more scholars the opportunity to collaborate intensively on a single, substantive project. The fellowship supports projects that aim to produce a tangible research product (such as joint print or web publications) for which two or more collaborators will take credit.

The fellowships are for a total period of up to 24 months, to be initiated between July 1, 2010 and September 1, 2012, and provide salary replacement for each collaborator (based on academic rank: up to $35,000 for Assistant Professor; up to $40,000 for Associate Professor; and up to $60,000 for full Professor) as well as up to $20,000 in collaboration funds (which may be used for such purposes as travel, materials, or research assistance). The amount of the ACLS fellowship for any collaborative project will vary depending on the number of collaborators, their academic rank, and the duration of the research leave, but will not exceed $140,000 for any one project. Collaborations need not be interdisciplinary or inter-institutional. Applicants at the same institution, however, must demonstrate why local funding is insufficient to support the project. Collaborations that involve the participation of assistant and associate faculty members are particularly encouraged. Up to seven awards will be made in the 2009/10 competition.

Eligibility

A collaborative project is constituted of at least two scholars who are each seeking salary-replacement stipends for six to twelve continuous months of supported research leave to pursue full-time collaborative research during the fellowship tenure.

  1. The Project Coordinator must have an appointment at a U.S.-based institution of higher education; other project members may be at institutions outside the United States or may be independent scholars.
  2. All project collaborators must hold a Ph.D. degree or its equivalent in publications and professional experience at the time of application.

Application Process – please review carefully

One member of the project team must be designated as the Project Coordinator (PC). The Project Coordinator is responsible for starting the application, entering the names and email addresses of the other collaborator(s), completing the project sections of the application, uploading the proposal, entering information for two project reference letters, and ensuring that all collaborators in the project have submitted their elements of the application. It is anticipated that the Project Coordinator’s institution will administer the funds for collaboration costs. Please note that for the purposes of this program, only scholars who are requesting ACLS funding for research leaves are considered collaborators. If the project includes other participants (not requesting funding for a research leave), please list them in your proposal document and explain their roles in the project.

Once the PC has entered the list of collaborators into the application, each scholar will receive an email with registration information and a code to link them to the group application. Each project collaborator will have to complete the individual sections of the application (including personal and professional information) and upload a publications list. In order for an application to be considered, all project collaborators (Project Coordinator and additional collaborators) must have their application in SUBMITTED status by the application deadline of September 30, 2009.

Application Requirements

Applications must include:

  • Completed application form
  • Participant Information Sheet, listing all collaborators (identifying project coordinator) and additional project members.
  • 10-page Proposal (double spaced, in Times New Roman, 11-point font). The proposal should describe the intellectual significance of the research project and explain in detail the process and product of the collaboration. It should make clear the goal of the collaboration, its structure, how credit and acknowledgement would be determined, and how the process and project of collaboration would be mutually informing. Finally, the proposal should explain how collaboration enables research that is intellectually innovative and produces a final outcome that would be more valuable than the sum of individual efforts of the project members.
  • Two-page Bibliography that places the project in intellectual context and includes relevant work in all of the disciplines involved in the project.
  • Research Plan, including a timeline of the proposed research activities that specifies the location, duration, and names of individuals involved in each stage. This may be in the form of a graphic timeline or narrative description.
  • Budget statement, outlining salary replacement, costs of research assistance, travel, and research materials. (See sample budget.)
  • Publications list for each collaborator (no more than three pages for each collaborator)
  • Two reference letters that provide explicit information on the proposed collaborative project and the collaborators.

Evaluation

Proposals will be judged along the following six criteria:

  1. Intellectual significance of the project, including its ambition and scope, and its potential contribution to scholarship in the humanities.
  2. Relevance of the research questions being posed, the appropriateness of research methods, the feasibility of the work plan, the appropriateness of the field work to be undertaken, the archival or source materials to be studied, and the research site.
  3. Qualifications, expertise, and commitment of the project coordinator and collaborator(s).
  4. Detail and soundness of the process and product of the collaboration, including dissemination plans.
  5. Degree to which the proposed collaboration represents innovative practice in the applicants’ disciplines and sub-fields.
  6. Potential for success, including the likelihood that the work proposed will be completed and lead to distinct results within the projected timeframe; where appropriate, the collaborators’ previous record of success; and the size of the proposed budget in relation to anticipated results.

It is hoped that projects of successful applicants will help demonstrate the range and value of both collaborative research and inquiry in the humanities, and model how such collaboration may be carried out successfully.

What the Collaborative Research Fellowships Program does not fund:

  • Large research clusters that do not produce any collaborative-authored publications.
  • Collaborative projects that result in an anthology or edited volume of secondary scholarship.
  • Projects that are not primarily focused on research.
  • Projects whose primary aim it is to transform existing research results into digital format.
  • Projects whose primary emphasis is on organization of events (workshops, lectures, exhibitions).

Please also refer to What ACLS Does Not Fund.

Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; science, technology, and medicine studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political theory). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group. Back to text.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Enduring Questions: Pilot Course Grants

The Enduring Questions grant program supports a faculty member’s development of a new course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring question. This course will encourage undergraduate students and a teacher to grapple with a fundamental question addressed by the humanities, and to join together in a deep and sustained program of reading in order to encounter influential thinkers over the centuries and into the present day. What is an enduring question? The following list is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive but serves to illustrate. What is the good life? What is freedom? Happiness? What is friendship? What is beauty? Is there a human nature, and, if so, what is it? What is the relationship between humans and the natural world? How do science and ethics relate to one another? Is there such a thing as right and wrong? Good and evil? What is good government? Enduring questions are, to an overarching degree, predisciplinary. They are questions to which no discipline or field or profession can lay an exclusive claim. In many cases they predate the formation of the academic disciplines themselves. Enduring questions can be tackled by reflective individuals regardless of their chosen vocations, areas of expertise, or personal backgrounds. They are questions that have more than one plausible or compelling answer. They have long held interest for young people, and they allow for a special, intense dialogue across generations. The Enduring Questions grant program will help promote such dialogue in today’s undergraduate environment. An Enduring Questions grant supports the development of a new undergraduate humanities course that must be taught at least twice during the grant period. The grant supports the work of a faculty member in designing, preparing, and assessing the course. It may also be used for ancillary activities that enhance faculty-student intellectual community, such as visits to museums and artistic or cultural events. An Enduring Questions course may be taught by a faculty member from any department or discipline in the humanities or by a faculty member outside the humanities (e.g., astronomy, biology, economics, law, mathematics, medicine, psychology), so long as humanities sources are central to the course.

Due September 15, 2009