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Friday, December 4, 2009

USA: The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS)

Overview

The Visiting Scholars and Fellows Program is one of the Center's principal bridges to strengthen ties with other educational institutions and scholars throughout the Americas.

Each year The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) selects a number of distinguished academics (Visiting Scholars) and professionals (Fellows) who wish spend one or two semesters at Harvard working on their own research and writing projects. The Center invites applications to its Visiting Scholars and Fellows Program for academic year 2010-11. Next Application Deadline: February 1, 2010.

Visiting Scholars and Fellows are selected competitively on the basis of the applicant's qualifications, the quality of the applicant's research plans, and the relevance of both to the Center's mission and objectives.

Current and Past Visiting Scholars:

Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Peru


The most relevant fellowships for individuals from the countries covered by the Regional Office are:

Amalia de Fortabat Visiting Scholars and Fellows
Argentina Established through a gift from Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, this fellowship is restricted to scholars and professionals from Argentina. Priority is given to those working on issues related to public policy, social and economic development, and other areas of importance for the development of Argentine scholarship and professional life. (The De Fortabat Graduate Student Fellowships also provide financial support for Argentine students who are admitted to graduate degree programs at Harvard each year. For more information on Graduate Student support, please visit Harvard's Committee on General Scholarships website http://www.scholarship.harvard.edu/if/ifunds.html.)

Andrónico Luksic Craig Visiting Scholars and Fellows
Chile The Luksic fellowship was created through a generous donation by Andrónico Luksic Craig in 1999 and is available to scholars and practitioners exclusively from Chile.

Peggy Rockefeller Visiting Scholars and Fellows

Unrestricted This fellowship is funded by an anonymous donor in memory of Peggy Rockefeller, wife of Center founder David Rockefeller. The Peggy Rockefeller Fellowship provides support for a Visiting Scholar or Fellow from any country whose work involves Latin America.

Please apply directly through DRCLAS Cambridge website.

DRCLAS offers residential fellowships for Visiting Scholars and Fellows from Argentina, Brazil, the Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, Mexico, and Venezuela. There are typically 10-12 Visiting Scholars and Fellows in residence each academic year. Scholars from other countries whose work focuses on Brazil, Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela are also eligible. In addition, resources are available each year to provide one residential fellowship from any country in the region. The Center currently offers nine fellowships that provide support for one semester of residence for Visiting Scholars and Fellows who are engaged in research projects on any country in Latin America or the Caribbean.

How to apply

Proposals must have a clearly defined project and should address how the proposed project connects to and benefits from Harvard's unique resources (including libraries, faculty, ongoing projects, special initiatives). Materials should be submitted in English.

An interdisciplinary panel of Harvard faculty reviews all completed applications and selects those to be appointed. Applications are evaluated by both discipline and fellowship opportunity.

A complete application includes the following documents:

--> Application form (see pdf and Word format applications below)
--> 3-4 page research proposal
--> Curriculum Vitae
--> Two letters of recommendation
Completed applications must be sent electronically to drc_vsf@fas.harvard.edu or submitted online via our website. In addition, five paper copies must be mailed directly to the Center at the address below postmarked by the February 1st deadline.

For further information, please contact:
Visiting Scholars Program
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
1730 Cambridge Street, Second Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA

tel: +1 (617) 496-1588
fax: +1 (617) 496-2802
drc_vsf@fas.harvard.edu



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