Tag: North America

Fellowships that fund North American focused research. I.e. United States, Canada and the Caribbean

Penn State Center & Institute Fellowship Program-Humanities Initiative Dissertation Release

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Humanities Initiative Dissertation Release funds makes it possible for the College of the Liberal Arts, in cooperation with its affiliated Centers and Institutes, to provide releases from teaching or related service to humanities students who are supported on assistantships and working on their dissertations. This program is meant to complement, not replace, existing programs such as the RGSO Dissertation Awards and Humanities Institute summer residencies.

DEADLINE: By May 21st, departments should send Keshia Kennelley,  a list of students who are likely to be eligible for a Humanities Initiative Dissertation Release and an estimate of what semester the student will take the release.

ELIGIBILITY:To be eligible for a Humanities Initiative Dissertation Release (HIDR), students must be ABD and be supported on an assistantship for the period covered by the dissertation release. Fixed-term faculty are not eligible for dissertation releases. Unless the Associate Dean approves an exception under special circumstances, it is assumed that departments will continue to pay regular assistantship stipends and tuition grant in aids for students receiving awards during the fall and spring semesters. Note: Only students whose home department is in the College of the Liberal Arts are eligible to receive a dissertation release (or $3,000) award under this program. It is understood as a condition of receiving any form of dissertation support that students will present their work at the spring Graduate Research Exhibition, unless their dissertation research has already been presented at the Exhibition. Those affiliated with a Center or Institute may receive additional stipulations in its letter of offer.

AWARD: Dissertation releases will be paid for with a $5000 grant to departments, to cover the cost of replacing the student in the classroom; or a $3000 award to students directly, in the case of a summer release.  To participate, departments must replace fully the teaching responsibilities or other departmental duties of students who receives a dissertation release so that students may work full time on the dissertation. In other words, the students cannot be given a partial release from teaching or other duties; they must be given a complete semester release. Departments that violate this understanding will be dropped from the program.

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Columbia Uni: Weatherhead East Asian Institute: Fellowship in East Asia and the Americas

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2017-2018 Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Fellowship in East Asia and the Americas

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute invites applications for its 2017-2018 Postdoctoral Fellowship on “Global Circuits” through the Dorothy Borg Research Program. The Institute is searching for a postdoctoral scholar who studies a region in East Asia or the Americas from the disciplines of literature, history, religion, or art history/material culture studies, and whose research involves primary sources (archival, material and/or digital) from both East Asian and American archives. We seek candidates who are able to teach transnational and/or global issues relating to the Americas and East Asia, involving both East Asian and American materials in the classroom. The ability to engage with digital humanities in teaching and research is preferable, though not required. The Fellow will teach one course each semester, as well as pursue his or her own research. The Fellow will also participate in collaborative projects with other Fellows, and s/he will be an active participant in day-to-day WEAI programs and events.

Candidates who study a region in East Asia or the Americas from the disciplines of literature, history, religion, or material culture studies and/or art history are welcome to apply. The fellowship will cover a 10-month period beginning September 1, 2017, and comes with a stipend of $47,476 plus $5,000 for each taught course (total compensation is $57,476).

About the Borg research program, “Global Circuits, American-East Asian Archives, and Future Directions”

The general goal of the “Global Circuits” program is to study transnational issues involving the Americas and East Asia, and to support the development of associated skills. These include the ability to use archives in both the Americas and East Asia, employ the tools of digital humanities, as well as explore new conceptual strategies and themes for the study of both regions. A central goal is to encourage and support those who work primarily in either East Asia or the Americas to broaden their scope to focus on transnational and global linkages, as well as to facilitate areas of convergence that can be drawn between the fields of East Asian and American studies. The program is named in honor of Dorothy Borg, a historian of U.S.-East Asia relations whose influence on political scientists, historians, and many others helped to bridge the work of history and contemporary analysis.

Eligibility

• Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. degree requirements (completed and filed the dissertation) between July 2015 and July 2017.
• Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. focused in a region in East Asia or the Americas from the disciplines of literature, history, religion, or material culture studies and/or art history, with research involving primary sources (archival, material and/or digital) from both East Asian and American archives or holdings.
• Applications from individuals who hold or have held full-time teaching positions will not be considered.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

All application materials (including letters of reference) must be received by the Institute on or before February 28. Faxed or emailed applications will not be accepted. Candidates may be invited for an interview to be held by phone or in person. All evaluations made in connection with applications received are confidential.

Awards will be announced no later than April 28. Acceptance of award is due no later than May 5.

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Harry Ransom Center at UTexas @Austin

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For its 2018–2019 fellowship program, the Ransom Center will award 10 dissertation fellowships and up to 50 postdoctoral fellowships for projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections. The fellowships support research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history.

 

DEADLINE:The application deadline for 2018–2019 research fellowships has passed. Decisions will be announced by email on or before March 31, 2018. Application instructions for 2019–2020 fellowships will be posted in the summer.

ELIGIBILITY:

The fellowships are open to scholars of any nationality. Previous recipients of Ransom Center fellowships are eligible to reapply after two full fellowship cycles have passed. One- to three-month fellowships and travel stipends are open to scholars with a Ph.D. or with a substantial record of professional achievement, demonstrated on their curriculum vitae. If the Ph.D. is in-progress at the time of application, the proposal and letters of recommendation must clearly indicate completion by June 1, 2018. Successful applicants must complete the Ph.D. by this date in order to accept the fellowship.

Dissertation fellowships are open to doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research by the time of application.

AWARD:

ONE- TO THREE-MONTH FELLOWSHIPS

$3,500 PER MONTH (DOMESTIC) •
$4,000 PER MONTH (INTERNATIONAL)

One- to three-month fellowships are available for postdoctoral or independent scholars whose projects require extensive use of the Ransom Center’s collections.

TRAVEL STIPENDS

$2,000 (DOMESTIC) • $2,500 (INTERNATIONAL)

Travel stipends are available for postdoctoral or independent scholars whose projects require less than one month’s use of the Center’s collections. Travel stipends may not be combined with other Ransom Center fellowships.

DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS

$2,000 (DOMESTIC) • $2,500 (INTERNATIONAL)

Dissertation fellowships are available for graduate students whose doctoral dissertations require use of the Center’s collections.

The Center gratefully acknowledges the principals of the endowments and annual sponsors that support these fellowships.

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Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship

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The Big Ten Academic Alliance universities share the Smithsonian’s goals and commitments.  Through collaboration, member universities build upon the strengths, assets and expertise of each member university, connecting scholars with resources and opportunities and exploring ways to promote greater strategic engagement across the spectrum of the research enterprise. The goal of the program is to identify current students from Big Ten Academic Alliance universities who have been admitted into doctoral candidacy and satisfied all requirements except completion of dissertation. These doctoral candidates find appropriate advisers at the Smithsonian to conduct research and scholarship that will further the development of their respective theses.

DEADLINE: Rolling applications

ELIGIBILITY: Only students currently enrolled in one of the Big Ten Academic Alliance member universities are eligible. Students must have completed all course work for their programs, and must have been admitted into doctoral candidacy and satisfied all requirements except completion of the dissertation by the time their appointment begins in order to qualify. The program is open to US citizens and Non-US citizens. Applicants whose native language is not English are expected to have the ability to write and converse fluently in English. All application materials must be presented in English. Applicants must propose research that is conducted at the Smithsonian in an area of research outlined in the publication, Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (SORS).

AWARD: Varies, up to $36,000

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Smithsonian Institute Fellowship Program (SIFP)

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The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) is the Smithsonian Institution’s centrally-funded flagship in-residence fellowship program. SI Fellowships are awarded annually to graduate students, predoctoral students, postdoctoral, and senior investigators to conduct independent study or research at one or more of the Smithsonian’s 19 units and research centers. These fellowships are offered through the Smithsonian’s Office of Fellowships and Internships, and are administered under the charter of the Institution, 20 U.S. Code section 41 et seq.

DEADLINE:

  • Applications must be received no later than 11:59 pm EST on November 1, 2018 via SOLAA
  • You should correspond with your proposed Smithsonian advisor(s) as you prepare your proposal (being sure to discuss potential research costs) with your proposed advisor(s) before submitting your application
  • All application materials must be presented in English (foreign transcripts may be translated)

 

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must propose to conduct research at the Smithsonian in one of its areas of research as outlined in the Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (SORS), for a period of three to twelve months, or ten weeks for the Graduate Student Fellowship. Past or current SIFP fellowship recipients are eligible to apply for another SIFP award.

Graduate Student Fellowships: Graduate Student Fellowships: When they apply students must be formally enrolled in a graduate program of study at a degree granting institution. In order to start a graduate student fellowship, one must 1) have completed at least one full semester of a graduate program or its equivalent and 2) currently be enrolled in a graduate program. Graduate Student Fellowships are usually intended for students who have not yet been advanced to candidacy if in a doctoral program. Graduate student fellowships are offered for 10 weeks and are not available for periods of less or more than 10 weeks.

Predoctoral Student Fellowships*: Predoctoral Student Fellowships are typically 3 to 12 months in length (please see below for exceptions). Students must be enrolled at a university as a candidate for the Ph.D. or equivalent. By the time the appointment begins the university must approve the undertaking of dissertation research at the Smithsonian Institution and certify that requirements for the doctorate, other than the dissertation, have been met.

Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowships**: Postdoctoral Student Fellowships are typically 3 to 12 months in length (please see below for exceptions). The doctorate degree must be completed by the time the fellowship begins.

AWARD:The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship award amounts are as follows:

Graduate Student Fellowship**: $7,500.00 for 10 weeks.

Predoctoral Fellowship: $36,000 annually; research allowance up to $4,000.

Postdoctoral Fellowship: $50,400 annually; research allowance up to $4,000.

 

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Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery

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The Lapidus residency program is designed to (1) encourage research and writing on the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic world, (2) to promote and facilitate interaction among the participants including fellows funded by other sources, and (3) to facilitate the dissemination of the researchers’ findings through lectures, publications, and the ongoing Schomburg Center Colloquium and Seminar Series. Applicants must indicate in their proposal how they propose to use the resources of the Schomburg Center.

DEADLINE: December 2018 for 2020-2021 Fellowships

ELIGIBILITY: (Long Term)The Fellowship Program is open to post-doctoral scholars studying the slave trade, slavery, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World. Only U.S. citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline may apply. (Short term) The Fellowship Program is open to doctoral students, post-doctoral scholars, independent researchers, and artists studying the slave trade, slavery, abolition, and anti-slavery in the Atlantic World. Only US citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline may apply. Applicants must reside outside of the New York metropolitan area.

AWARD: Varies based on term length of fellowship.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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The Schomburg Center’s Scholars-in-Residence Program by The New York Public Library  provides a limited number of long-term and short-term research fellowships to scholars and writers pursuing projects in African diasporic studies in fields including history, politics, literature, and culture.

DEADLINE: Yearly deadlines on December 1st

ELIGIBILITY:The Scholars-in-Residence Program is intended for scholars and writers requiring extensive, on-site research with collections at the Schomburg Center, the pre-eminent repository for documentation on the history and cultures of peoples of African descent around the globe. Fellows are expected to be in full-time residency at the Center during the award period and to participate in scheduled seminars and colloquia. The Program is intended to support research in African diasporic studies undertaken from a humanistic perspective.Only U.S. citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline may apply.

AWARD: Varies depending on length of fellowship

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