National Humanities Center Fellowships
National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
The National Humanities Center is a residential institute for advanced study in history, languages and literature, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities. Each year the Center awards fellowships to scholars of demonstrated achievement and to promising younger scholars.
The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2008 through May 2009. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and recent Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The
Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States.
Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include environmental studies and history; English literature; art history or visual culture; French history, literature, or culture; Asian Studies; and theology. Scholars interested in the impact of recent scientific research on the concept of the human are also encouraged to apply; see "Autonomy, Singularity, Creativity" on the Center's website.
Located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center provides an environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Its building includes private studies for Fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, reading areas, a reference library, and a Fellows' workroom. The Center's noted library service delivers books and research materials to Fellows, and support for information technology and editorial assistance are also provided. The Center locates housing for Fellows in the neighboring communities.
Fellowships are supported by the Center's own endowment, private foundation grants, alumni contributions, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars must have a record of publication, and recent Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not award fellowships for the revision of a doctoral dissertation. Most fellowships are for the academic year (September through May), though a few may be awarded for the fall or spring semester. Scholars from any nation may apply for fellowships. In addition to scholars from fields normally associated with the humanities, representatives of the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life may be awarded fellowships if their work has humanistic dimensions.
Average Award Amount: up to 60,000 USD
Award Deadline: October 15
Application Guidelines
Submit five collated copies of the following:
1. Application Form - the completed application form (*PDF file), available for printing from the Web site
2. Curriculum Vitae - Your curriculum vitae should not exceed four pages. It should include your educational and professional experience and a representative list of your publications.
3. Project Description - Your project description should not exceed four double-spaced pages (approximately 1,000 words). Our reviewers appreciate legible, concise, well-organized material; we do not ask them = to read applications that are not clearly typed or that exceed the prescribed length.
State clearly the objectives and significance of your project and the evidence and methodology to be used. Distinguish what will be original about the proposed work in contrast to existing publications on the subject. Your project description should be directed not only to specialists in your own field but also should be accessible to scholars in other fields who serve on the Center's selection committee.
In the concluding paragraph of the project description, summarize the present status of your research, including how much has been done in relevant collections and archives, and what you would hope to accomplish at the National Humanities Center. Include any research grants that have supported your work on this particular project.
4. Outline of Chapters - a one-page tentative outline of chapters
5. Short Bibliography
Further Information
http://nationalhuma nitiescenter. org/fellowships/ appltoc.htm
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