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Deadline:  February 4, 2011

Length:  1 year

Comments:  "The fellow will take a leading role in a Sawyer Seminar titled "International Women's Human Rights: Paradigms, Paradoxes, and Possibilities"; must have earned JD or PhD in social sciences, humanities, or theological studies between September 16, 2006 and September 15, 2011

URL: http://higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=175485320 (HigherEdJobs listing)
 

Deadline: 1/1/11

Length: 1 year

Comments:

Scholars who have received their Ph.D. degree after June 2008 in any field of inquiry in the humanities or humanistic social sciences - broadly conceived - are invited to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship, made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Wesleyan University.  (Candidates do not need to have their PhD in hand at the time of application, but will need to have it by the time the Fellowship begins in September, 2011.)  The purpose of this Fellowship is to provide scholars who have recently completed their Ph.D.'s with free time to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting, and to associate them with a distinguished faculty.

One Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will be appointed to the Wesleyan University Center for the Humanities for the whole academic year, 2011-2012, and each Fellow will be awarded a stipend of $40,000.  He or she will teach a one-semester undergraduate course; participate in the collegial life of the Center for the Humanities, which sponsors conferences, lectures, and colloquia; and give one public lecture.  The Fellow will be provided with an office at the Center for the Humanities, and will be expected to work there on weekdays while the university is in session, and to reside in Middletown.  The themes for 2011-2012 will be "Fact and Artifact" and "Visceral States: Affect and Civil Life", please click here for complete descriptions of the themes.  Scholars whose interests bear upon one of these themes are encouraged to apply for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship.

URL: http://www.wesleyan.edu/chum/post_doc_fellowship.html

Deadline:

Length: 2/1/11 or 6/1/11

Comments: Each year The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) awards two grants of $1,000 each to student memberss who are doing human sexuality research. The purpose of the research can be a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation, but this is not a requirement. Applicants must be enrolled in a degree-granting program and a member (student) of SSSS. Student research grant awards are funded by the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.

URL: http://www.sexscience.org/awards/index.php?category_id=427

Deadline: 12/31/10

Length: varies, short-term

Comments: Several fellowships support research on Jewish studies or Jewish history. Most awards are for one to three months of research at the YIVO Library & Archives; however, a few special awards are available for travel to Eastern Europe.

URL: http://www.yivoinstitute.org/max_weinreich/index.php?tid=53&aid=434

Deadline: 12/31/10

Length: short-term

Comments: The library collection is particularly rich in the following areas: Catholic newspapers, history of midwestern Catholicism, Catholic literature, and history of Catholicism in the United States. Manuscripts of historical personages, records of twentieth century Catholic organizations, reports of European missionary societies, and much more material related to the American Catholic community are held in the archives.Grants of up to $2,000 help defray travel and lodging costs are made to scholars of any academic discipline who are engaged in projects which require substantial use of the collections of the library and the archives. Research projects must be related to the study of American Catholicism. Applicants should indicate as specifically as possible how the use of the Notre Dame library and archives are pertinent to this study.

URL: http://cushwa.nd.edu/grant-opportunities/travel-grants/

Deadline: 12/14/10

Length: Up to two years

Comments: Lilly Fellowships are two-year residential fellowships for teacher-scholars who seek to renew and enrich their intellectual and spiritual lives while preparing for leadership roles at church-related institutions of higher learning. Each academic year, three Fellows are appointed for two-year periods. Fellows are selected from applicants who evince an interest in the relationship between Christianity and the academic vocation and are considering a career at church-related colleges or universities. Fellows are in residence at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Lilly Fellows are appointed for two years at a rank equivalent to that of instructor. Starting salary for 2011-2013 will be $45,000 plus standard benefits, a moving allowance, and an annual professional and travel allowance. Fellows are expected to be in local residence throughout the two-year term of their appointments.

For appointments beginning in the academic year 2011-2013, an applicant must have received the PhD, DMA, DFA, MFA, or equivalent terminal degree no earlier than December 2009. The degree must be completed by August 2011.

URL: http://www.lillyfellows.org/PostDoctoralFellowsProgram.aspx

Deadline: 12/15/10

Length: 9 months

Comments:

The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Education Office of the Embassy of France in the United States. Every year, it allows 15 doctorate students enrolled in American universities- to conduct research in France for 9 months. This program has two main goals :

1. To allow American doctorate students to benefit from an experience in a French University. 2. To develop Franco-American academic partnerships.

Chateaubriand recipients receive about 1300€/month, a round trip ticket to France, health insurance, and about 30 days per diem for travelling in France for research purposes.

URL: http://france-science.org/chateaubriand2/chateaubriand_/culturel/fellow-intro.php

Deadline: 12/30/10

Length: One year

Comments:

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one year of advanced level language study in East or Southeast Asia in approved language programs.

To be eligible for a Blakemore Freeman Fellowship, an applicant must:

• Be pursuing an academic, professional or business career that involves the regular use of a modern East or Southeast Asian language

• Have a college undergraduate degree

• Be at or near an advanced level in the language as defined in the grant guidelines (Minimum requirement is 3 years of study of the language at college level or equivalent fluency)

• Able to devote oneself exclusively to full-time language study during the term of the grant. Grants are not made for part-time study or research.

• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States

URL: http://www.blakemorefoundation.org/

Deadline: 1/3/11

Length: 12 months

Comments: The TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Research Fellowship was established to honor the memory and outstanding work of the late Dr. Ruth Simms Hamilton, the former Michigan State University professor and TIAA Trustee. Professor Hamilton served as a Trustee from 1989 to 2003 and during her 35-year career at Michigan State University, she was a highly regarded sociology professor and a faculty member of the African Studies Center, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Center for Advanced Study of International Development. She was an early pioneer of research concerning the African Diaspora, the dispersion and settlement of African people once they left Africa. Fellowships are awarded to one or more graduate students enrolled in a social science program at an accredited U.S. college or university and studying the African Diaspora. The fellowships are awarded based on evaluation of submissions by an objective panel of judges.
 
URL: http://www.tiaa-crefinstitute.org/awards/hamilton.html

Deadline: February 15, 2011

Length: 2 years

Comments: 
The Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University supports promising scholars who are committed to diversity in the academy and to prepare those scholars to enter tenure track faculty positions. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals who are members of groups that historically have been underrepresented in the American professoriate.

Fellows will be affiliated with one of the eight academic units of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Communication, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Speech and Hearing Science (additional information at http://sbs.osu.edu). The Division also houses four interdisciplinary research units: the Criminal Justice Research Center, the Center for Human Resource Research, the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, and the Initiative in Population Research. Fellows may also have the opportunity to participate in the activities of the Kirwan Institute for Race and Ethnicity, a multidisciplinary center founded jointly by the Divisions of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Humanities; and the College of Law.

Eligibility: Applicants must have completed all requirements for a doctoral degree in the social sciences by August 2011. Preference will be given to individuals who are within five years of their degree. Applicants must be committed to an academic career. Applicants must be citizens of the United States.

Awards: Up to three fellowships will be awarded. The appointments are intended for two years, with re-appointment for the second year contingent upon a successful performance review. The appointments will begin in September 2011. The fellowships provide a $40,000 annual stipend, university medical benefits, and some support for travel and research expenses.

Application Process: Required application materials: (1) Applicants should clearly identify a unit within the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at OSU with which they would be affiliated during the Fellowship period, and are encouraged to suggest one or more tenured faculty members within that unit who could serve as a host and mentor; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a one page dissertation abstract; (4) a statement outlining the specific research proposed to be undertaken during the Fellowship period, and the significance of that research (four-page limit, double-spaced); (5) a personal statement describing the applicant's background and commitment to the goal of diversity in higher education (three-page limit, double-spaced). Applicants should submit all of these materials electronically in Microsoft Word. (Please identify all of the documents with the last name and document type, e.g., smithcv.doc or smithresearchstatement.doc.) In addition, three letters of recommendation should be submitted electronically.

All materials must be received by February 15, 2011, and should be submitted to SBSPostdocs@asc.ohio-state.edu. Questions can be directed to Prof. Ruth D. Peterson (peterson.5@sociology.osu.edu).