ACLS Fellowships

1
ACLS Fellowships

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

2
Three opportunities. 9/30, 9pm

• ACLS Fellowships
• Ryskamp Research Fellowships
• Burkhardt Residential Fellowships

3
Three opportunities. 9/30, 9pm

• ACLS Fellowships
• Ryskamp Research Fellowships
• Burkhardt Residential Fellowships

4
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

5
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.

6
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).

7
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

8
Three opportunities. 9/30, 9pm

• ACLS Fellowships
• Ryskamp Research Fellowships
• Burkhardt Residential Fellowships

9
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.

10
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.

11
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

12
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).

13
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

14
Three opportunities. 9/30, 9pm

• ACLS Fellowships
• Ryskamp Research Fellowships
• Burkhardt Residential Fellowships

15
Burkhardt Fellowships

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

16
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

17
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.

18
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

19
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).

20
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