American Academy of Arts and Sciences
AAAS invites postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty to apply for research fellowships for the 2003-2004 academic year. Located in Cambridge, MA, the academy is an international learned society composed of distinguished individuals from science scholarship, business, public affairs, and the arts. Strong preference will be given to applicants whose work is related to the academy's program areas: science, technology, and global security; social policy and education; humanities and culture. Fellowships are for one academic year with the possibility of one-semester arrangements. Scholars receive office space, computer and duplication services, library privileges, and information on locating housing. Stipends for postdoctoral fellows are $35,000 for an academic year; junior faculty are awarded up to $45,000 (not to exceed one-half of current salary). Contact: Visiting Scholars Prog, AAAS, 136 Irving St., Cambridge, MA 02138. Application deadline: 12 November 2002.
American Philosophical Society Library
The library, located near Independence Hall in Philadelphia, accepts applications for short-term residential fellowships for conducting research in its collections. The collection has significant holdings in linguistics, anthropology, and Native American languages, including the papers of Franz Boas, Frank Speck, and Elsie Clews Parsons. Native American manuscripts representing nearly 350 tribes and languages comprise about 20% of the total manuscript collections in the library. Applicants must reside beyond a 75-mile radius of Philadelphia and hold a PhD or the equivalent or have passed their preliminary exams; independent scholars are also eligible. The stipend is $2,000/month for one to three months and must be taken between 1 June 2003 and 31 May 2004. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2003. Contact: Library Resident Res Fellowships, APS Library, 105 S. 5th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386; (215) 440-3400.
Canadian Studies Publication Grant
Funded through a grant from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the grant program promotes the publication of scholarly books and monographs in social sciences, business, environment, humanities, law, and fine arts with a unique relevance to Canada or to the Canada/United States relationship by defraying the costs of publication with a direct subvention for a worthy manuscript. Publishers must have an editorial presence in the United States. All authors must be US citizens or permanent residents of the United States. The application deadline is 31 December 2002 for the 2002 competition. Contact: Publication Award Cte, Assoc for Canadian Studies in the U.S., 1317 F St, NW, Ste 920, Washington, DC 20004-1151.
Council on Library and Information Resources
The council offers fellowships funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for graduate students who: (1) are enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the U.S.; (2) will complete all doctoral requirements except the dissertation and be ready to start research for it as early as 1 June 2003 and no later than 1 September 2003; (3) plan to do dissertation research primarily in original source material in the holdings of archives, libraries, historical societies, musems, related repositories, or a combination; (4) will write the dissertation and receive the PhD degree in a field of the humanities or in a related area of the social sciences. The application deadline is 1 December 2002. Contact: Mellon Fellowships, CLIR, 1755 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste 500, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 939-4750; info@clir.org; http://www.clir.org (click on 'Fellowships').
Less Commonly Taught Languages
The National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) awards minigrants for projects that promote field building in the less commonly taught languages. Awardees must provide a significant personal and/or institutional contribution to the success of the proposed project. Grant recipients are required to submit a final report describing how the grant was used, the results of the project, and a copy of any product stemming from the project. Contact: Scott McGinnis, Exec. Dir., NCOLCTL, Nat'l For Lang Ctr, 7100 Baltimore Ave.,Ste 410, College Park, MD 20740; (301) 403-1750; fax: (301) 403-1754; smcginnis@nflc.org; http://www.councilnet.org.
Library of Congress
Kluge
Center.
Residential postdoctoral fellowships are open to qualified scholars worldwide.
They support research in the humanities and social sciences which use collections
in the Library of Congress. Grants of $3,500/month are made for periods of 6-12
months. Eligibility criteria: PhD or other terminal degree received no more
than seven years earlier.
Rockefeller
Fellows in Islamic Studies.
These residential, postdoctoral fellowships support research on globalization
and Muslim societies in the humanities (especially language--both modern and
classical, linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology;
comparative religions; ethics; and history, criticism, and theory of the arts)
using the resources of the Library of Congress. Appointments are 5-10 months,
supported by a grant of $3,500/month. Open to scholars who hold a PhD.
Mellon
International Fellows.
These residential, postdoctoral fellowships support research in the non-English
language collections of the Library of Congress. Fellowships are funded at $3,500/month
for 4-9 months and are administered by ACLS and the Library. Fellowships supported
by the Mellon Foundation and AAU focus on area studies collections with no topical
restrictions. Eligiblity: American citizenship or permanent residence status;
PhD awarded no more than seven years earlier.
Luce
International Fellows.
These residential, postdoctoral fellowship support research focused on the East
and Southeast Asian regions and languages. Funded at $3,500/month for 4-9 months;
administered by the Library and ACLS. Eligibility: American citizenship or permanent
residence status; PhD awarded no more than seven years earlier.
Contact: Office of Scholarly Progs, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20540-4860; (202) 707-3302; fax: (202) 707-3595; scholarly@loc.gov; http://www.loc.gov/kluge.
Sociological Initiatives Foundation
The foundation provides grants of $5,00 - $15,000 to suppport research and social action projects. Areas of interest include but are not limited to social justice, social welfare, human rights, literacy, language learning and use, dialect use, and curricular issues in teaching second languages and nonnative languages. The foundation is also interested in supporting research by sociologists and linguists whose work may provide practical documentation of initiatives that may be useful to communities. Complete guidelines are available at: http://www.grantsmanagement.com/sifguide.html.