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The Academy’s Visiting Scholars Program provides residential fellowships for junior faculty members and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The Program offers scholars an academic year for research and writing free from teaching and administrative duties, a collaborative work environment, and the opportunity to interact with Academy members. Preference will be given to untenured faculty; postdoctoral scholars are also eligible. Candidates who are completing scholarly manuscripts are especially welcome. Junior faculty members receive up to $65,000 for the academic year (usually the equivalent of one-half salary); postdoctoral students receive up to $45,000. The application deadline is October 20, 2015.
Study Subject(s): The Academy seeks proposals in the humanities and social sciences relating to American history, culture, and public policy from the founding period to the present.
Course Level: These are one year residential fellowships for junior faculty members and postdoctoral scholars.
Scholarship Provider: American Academy of Arts & Sciences, USA
Scholarship can be taken at: USA
Eligibility: The program is open both to qualified postdoctoral fellows and to untenured junior faculty members who would not be reviewed for tenure until after the period of their fellowship. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status in the U.S. as of the application deadline date and should have completed their Ph.D., J.D., or equivalent professional training within the last 10 years. Graduate student applicants must complete all degree requirements by August 1, 2016.
Scholarship Open for International Students: 
Scholarship Description: Founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, and other scholar-patriots, the Academy is one of the nation’s oldest learned societies. It promotes scholarship across a wide range of fields and, in the words of its founders, “cultivates every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honour, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people.” The Visiting Scholars Program was established in 2000 as part of an Academy-wide effort to promote the work of early-career scholars. It provides residential fellowships for post-doctoral scholars and untenured junior faculty who are completing manuscripts on projects relating to American history, culture, and public policy from the founding period to the present. The Program offers scholars an academic year for research and writing free from teaching and administrative duties, a collaborative work environment, and the opportunity to interact with Academy members.
Number of award(s): Not Known
Duration of award(s): The Program offers scholars an academic year for research and writing free from teaching and administrative duties, a collaborative work environment, and the opportunity to interact with Academy members.
What does it cover? One of the goals of the Visiting Scholars Program is to build a community of research scholars in residence; regular attendance at the Academy facilitates this goal. Research trips, interviews, attendance at scholarly meetings or speaking engagements should be limited to no more one weekday per week during the fellowship term, and scholars may not accept any teaching appointment or other major commitments during the fellowship. Faculty can receive up to $65,000 (not to exceed one-half of current salary). Postdocs receive an annual stipend of up to $45,000. The Academy provides office space, computer services, and library privileges; it also assists with information on locating housing. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires that scholars have health insurance before taking up residency.
Selection Criteria: Academy Fellows and experts in relevant fields will review the applications and recommend candidates to the VSP advisory committee. Applications will be judged on the basis of:
-Clear exposition of the study to be undertaken, with detailed information about its stage of progress and about what remains to be done-preference will be given to candidates in the writing stage of their projects;
-Quality and significance of the proposed project;
-Reasonable work plan; applicants intending to rewrite a dissertation for publication must describe specifically a plan for altering or expanding the original work;
-Intellectual distinction of the candidate’s previous work;
-Relevance of the proposed study to Academy programs;
-References—letters must describe the candidate’s overall scholarly capability and additionally comment on the proposed research.
Notification: Candidates will be informed of the committee’s decision in spring, 2015.
How to Apply: Applications must be posted on line and three required letters of reference must be postmarked no later than October 23, 2015.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is October 20, 2015.
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