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Title: ACLS Fellowships


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ACLS Fellowships
  • Trish Lowney, Ph.D.
  • September, 2004

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Three opportunities. 9/30, 9pm
  • ACLS Fellowships
  • Ryskamp Research Fellowships
  • Burkhardt Residential Fellowships

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Three opportunities. 9/30, 9pm
  • ACLS Fellowships
  • Ryskamp Research Fellowships
  • Burkhardt Residential Fellowships

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ACLS Fellowships
  • Humanities humanities related social sciences
  • Eligibility
  • US Citizen or permanent resident
  • PhD prior to 9/30/2002
  • Last research leave concluded prior to 7/1/2002

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ACLS Fellowships contd
  • 5 double-spaced pages
  • What you plan to do and why
  • Progress already made
  • Relevance to your professional experience
  • Significance to your specific general fields
  • Balance specific work plans vs overview of your
    goals and the contribution this project will make
    to the field(s) it engages.
  • Brief, descriptive title
  • Label sections to assist readers.

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ACLS Fellowships
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (2pg, ds between entry) (cite
    yourself)
  • overview of essential references,
  • balance the various sorts of key materials being
    used
  • PUBLICATION LIST (2pg)
  • your representative publications (titles, dates
    of publication, names of publishers or journals
    and numbers of pages).

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ACLS Fellowships contd
  • Two-stage review process
  • Specialists in their disciplines
  • multi-disciplinary committee of scholars in the
    humanities and social sciences
  • Review criteria
  • Intrinsic quality and clarity
  • Significance to humanities
  • Plan of work
  • Qualifications/capabilities

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Three opportunities. 9/30, 9pm
  • ACLS Fellowships
  • Ryskamp Research Fellowships
  • Burkhardt Residential Fellowships

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Ryskamp Fellowships
  • Tenure-track aP and AP who
  • by 9/30/04 passed their institution's last
    reappointment pre-tenure review
  • tenure review will not be complete before
    February 1, 2005
  • Ph.D. or equivalent
  • employed at US academic institutions for the
    duration of the fellowship.

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Ryskamp Fellowships
  • For scholars who have made an impact
  • Have solid plans for new research
  • The fellowships are intended to provide time and
    resources to enable these faculty members to
    conduct their research under optimal conditions.

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Ryskamp Fellowships
  • Narrative - 9 double-spaced pages
  • How research plan will achieve Ryskamp Fellowship
    Program objectives
  • Specify detailed activities during fellowship
  • Identify where you will go and why
  • A description of specific work plans
  • Significance to your field
  • Brief, descriptive title, and
  • Label sections of your narrative

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Ryskamp Fellowships
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (2pg, ds between entry)
  • publications central to advancing your project
    annotation to certain items is okay.
  • PUBLICATION LIST (2pg)
  • your representative publications (titles, dates
    of publication, names of publishers or journals
    and numbers of pages).

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Ryskamp Fellowships contd
  • Scholarly selection committee (composition not
    specified)
  • Review criteria
  • The intrinsic quality and clarity of the proposal
  • The ambition and scope of the proposed project
  • The significance to research in the humanities
  • The plan of work its feasibility
  • The likelihood that the work plan and place will
    significantly increase project completion
  • Candidates qualifications capabilities

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Three opportunities. 9/30, 9pm
  • ACLS Fellowships
  • Ryskamp Research Fellowships
  • Burkhardt Residential Fellowships

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Burkhardt Fellowships
  • Recently tenured
  • no earlier than Fall 2000
  • Ph.D. or equivalent
  • employed at US academic institutions for the
    duration of the fellowship

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Burkhardt Fellowships
  • Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
  • National Humanities Center (RTP, NC)
  • Ctr Advanced Study in the Beh. Sci. (Palo Alto)
  • Inst. for Advanced Study, Schools of Historical
    Studies and Social Science (Princeton)
  • Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
  • American Antiquarian Society and the Folger,
    Newberry, Huntington Research Libraries
  • American Academy in Rome
  • Villa I Tatti (Florence)
  • and Collegium Budapest

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Burkhardt Fellowships
  • Narrative - 10 double-spaced pages
  • How research plan will achive Burkhardt
    Fellowship Program objectives.
  • Specify/detail activities during research year.
  • specific work plans
  • Contribution to your field
  • Please give your proposal a brief, descriptive
    title, and label sections of your narrative as
    appropriate to assist readers.

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Burkhardt Fellowships contd
  • Peer reviewers assess all eligible proposals
  • Review criteria
  • The intrinsic quality and clarity of the proposal
  • The ambition and scope of the proposed project
  • Residence will significantly increase project
    completion
  • The significance to research in the humanities
  • The plan of work its feasibility
  • Candidates qualifications capabilities
  • Institutional commitment

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Burkhardt Fellowships
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (3pg, ds between entry)
  • publications central to advancing your project
    annotation to certain items is okay.
  • PUBLICATION LIST (2pg)
  • your representative publications (titles, dates
    of publication, names of publishers or journals
    and numbers of pages).

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Referees
  • The Need for Networking.
  • Who
  • Journal editorial boards
  • Professional Societies leadership
  • Conference panelists (more senior colleagues)
  • Former grant recipients
  • Key references listed on your bibliography
  • Folks youve worked with on grants
  • Unless specified -gt best if from outside SU
  • How
  • Connections made at meetings and conferences
  • Send them samples of your work, solicit comments
    in advance of the deadline
  • Be professional, respectful and timely
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