ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships

Organization
American Council of Learned Societies
633 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10017-6706
Phone Number
(212)697-1505
Level of Study -
Graduate Degree
Award Type -
Fellowship
Purpose
To offer small teams of two or more scholars the opportunity to collaborate intensively on a single, substantive project.
Focus -
Humanities; Social sciences.
Qualifications -
Applicants must have a collaborative project constitute of at least two scholars who are each seeking salary-replacement stipends for six to twelve continuous months of supported research leave to pursue full-time collaborative research during the fellowship tenure; the project coordinator must have an appointment at a US-based institution of higher education; other project members may be at institutions outside the United States or may be independent scholars; must hold a PhD degree or its equivalent in publications and professional experience at the time of application.
Criteria
Proposals will be judged along the following
Amount -
$201,000
Award Duration -
Annual; a total tenure period of 24 months.
Number of Recipients -
Varies.
To Apply
Applications must include the following completed application forms; participant information sheet, listing all collaborators and additional project members; 10-page Proposal (double space, in Times New Roman, 11-point font); the proposal should describe the intellectual significance of the research project and explain in detail the process and product of the collaboration; two-page bibliography that places the project in intellectual context and includes relevant work in all of the disciplines involved in the project; research plan, including a timeline of the proposed research activities that specifies the location, duration and names of individuals involved in each stage; this may be in the form of a graphic timeline or narrative description; budget statement, outlining salary replacement, costs of research assistance, travel and research materials; a no more than three pages publications list for each collaborator; two reference letters that provide explicit information on the proposed collaborative project and the collaborators.
Deadline -
September 29.
Contact -
E-mail: fellowships@acls.org.
For more information
http://www.acls.org