The Humanities Research Center at Rice University will award up to three Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships for two-year appointments beginning July 1, 2010. The second year’s appointment is contingent on successful review of first year’s performance. Fellows will receive a stipend of $40,000 per year, as well as an allowance for research and relocation. Fellows will teach two courses per academic year within a humanities department, and will be expected to make significant progress in their research.
The fellowship recipients play an active role in the intellectual life of the center by sharing research activities through a brown bag series with other HRC fellows. Applicants should describe how their research project would contribute to the intellectual community at Rice, including faculty research activity in the School of Humanities, participation in one or more of the HRC faculty workshops, or interdisciplinary humanities initiatives such as the Americas Colloquium or Medical Humanities communities. For details, please visit:
• Workshops: http://hrc.rice.edu/workshops.aspx
• Humanities Departments: http://humanities.rice.edu
Criteria for selection
• The promise of the research project, including prospects for publication or significant advances in tangible research outcomes.
• The research project’s potential interest to scholars in different fields of the humanities.
• The potential appeal of the proposed course to a broad audience.
• The applicant’s potential to contribute to the intellectual community at Rice and in the HRC.
Selection Process
Each proposal is evaluated by members of an interdisciplinary committee comprised of the HRC Faculty Advisory Panel. Applicants will be notified of fellowship decisions in February 2010.
Application Process
• Document Upload page: http://apps.hrc.rice.edu
Applicants are encouraged to upload multiple files at our Document Upload page and are welcome to email materials to hrc@rice.edu (subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship).
Applicants
are also welcome to send paper copies by mail or delivery.
• Cover sheet
• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of interest
• 1000-word research project proposal and one-page bibliography, in language
appropriate for a multi-disciplinary panel of non-specialist readers. Please double-space and use 12-point type.
• 250-word statement of the project's potential contribution to Rice faculty research
activity in the School of Humanities, to one or more of the HRC's faculty workshops, or to interdisciplinary humanities initiatives.
• A brief course proposal for a one-semester undergraduate course
Recommendations
Three letters of reference, solicited by the applicant and sent by hard copy directly to the HRC. The most effective letters show a detailed knowledge of the candidate's past work and address directly both the importance of the proposed project and the candidate's qualifications to pursue it. General praise is less helpful to the committee. Referees may be directed to our Fellowships
Referee Guide which may be downloaded and printed from our website.
Recommendation letters must be received by the HRC by the application deadline.
Consideration of letters received after that date cannot be guaranteed.
Eligibility
Fellowships are awarded to support research projects in the humanities. This includes, but is not limited to history, philosophy, languages, literature, linguistics, religious studies, art history and the arts. Proposals employing humanistic approaches are welcome from the anthropology and other social sciences, natural sciences, music, architecture, and engineering.
Applicants should have received a PhD in 2007 or later, and before July 1, 2010. Fellowship recipients cannot have accepted or currently hold a tenure-track position.
Rice University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Scholars who are
members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.
There is no citizenship requirement or restriction for this fellowship. Non-U.S. nationals are welcome to apply.
Employment eligibility verifications requested upon hire.
The fellowship recipients play an active role in the intellectual life of the center by sharing research activities through a brown bag series with other HRC fellows. Applicants should describe how their research project would contribute to the intellectual community at Rice, including faculty research activity in the School of Humanities, participation in one or more of the HRC faculty workshops, or interdisciplinary humanities initiatives such as the Americas Colloquium or Medical Humanities communities. For details, please visit:
• Workshops: http://hrc.rice.edu/workshops.aspx
• Humanities Departments: http://humanities.rice.edu
Criteria for selection
• The promise of the research project, including prospects for publication or significant advances in tangible research outcomes.
• The research project’s potential interest to scholars in different fields of the humanities.
• The potential appeal of the proposed course to a broad audience.
• The applicant’s potential to contribute to the intellectual community at Rice and in the HRC.
Selection Process
Each proposal is evaluated by members of an interdisciplinary committee comprised of the HRC Faculty Advisory Panel. Applicants will be notified of fellowship decisions in February 2010.
Application Process
• Document Upload page: http://apps.hrc.rice.edu
Applicants are encouraged to upload multiple files at our Document Upload page and are welcome to email materials to hrc@rice.edu (subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship).
Applicants
are also welcome to send paper copies by mail or delivery.
• Cover sheet
• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of interest
• 1000-word research project proposal and one-page bibliography, in language
appropriate for a multi-disciplinary panel of non-specialist readers. Please double-space and use 12-point type.
• 250-word statement of the project's potential contribution to Rice faculty research
activity in the School of Humanities, to one or more of the HRC's faculty workshops, or to interdisciplinary humanities initiatives.
• A brief course proposal for a one-semester undergraduate course
Recommendations
Three letters of reference, solicited by the applicant and sent by hard copy directly to the HRC. The most effective letters show a detailed knowledge of the candidate's past work and address directly both the importance of the proposed project and the candidate's qualifications to pursue it. General praise is less helpful to the committee. Referees may be directed to our Fellowships
Referee Guide which may be downloaded and printed from our website.
Recommendation letters must be received by the HRC by the application deadline.
Consideration of letters received after that date cannot be guaranteed.
Eligibility
Fellowships are awarded to support research projects in the humanities. This includes, but is not limited to history, philosophy, languages, literature, linguistics, religious studies, art history and the arts. Proposals employing humanistic approaches are welcome from the anthropology and other social sciences, natural sciences, music, architecture, and engineering.
Applicants should have received a PhD in 2007 or later, and before July 1, 2010. Fellowship recipients cannot have accepted or currently hold a tenure-track position.
Rice University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Scholars who are
members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.
There is no citizenship requirement or restriction for this fellowship. Non-U.S. nationals are welcome to apply.
Employment eligibility verifications requested upon hire.
Download coversheet and checklist: http://hrc.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Fellowships/PD1012Cover.doc?n=9752
Download referee guide: http://hrc.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Fellowships/RefGuideEFF1011B(3).pdf
Use the document upload: http://apps.hrc.rice.edu/
Source: http://hrc.rice.edu
Application deadline: Nov 30, 2009
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when appying for this scholarship
Download referee guide: http://hrc.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Fellowships/RefGuideEFF1011B(3).pdf
Use the document upload: http://apps.hrc.rice.edu/
Source: http://hrc.rice.edu
Application deadline: Nov 30, 2009
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when appying for this scholarship
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