Pau Casals Chair Research Grants: Applications Due 10 March 2023

Information:

https://www.catedra.paucasals.eu/en/?mc_cid=be9aa8fa2d&mc_eid=01fff2cfb5

Established in 1912, ASF is the oldest intercultural educational organization in the United States. Its fellowship programs enable scholars, students, and artists to participate in transatlantic dialogues that enrich and advance cultural, intellectual, and educational exchange. 

Each year, ASF offers fellowships up to $23,000 to American graduate students and academic and/or creative arts professionals interested in pursuing research or creative arts projects in the Nordic region. Awards are made in all fields. 
 
For further information and to begin an online application, please click here!

Deadline: November 1, 2022

For email inquiries, please contact grants@amscan.org. For information on ASF Fellowships, please see our website at amscan.org.

The Sound and Music of Jewish Life
2023–2024 Fellowship Theme

Application Deadline: October 24, 2022

Apply online at https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/scholarly-programs/international-fellowship/apply

During the 2023–2024 fellowship year, the Katz Center will focus on the study of sound, music, and aurality in Jewish life—past and present. The year has two interrelated goals: 1) to promote new research into the study of the various musical cultures that have developed in Jewish contexts; 2) to encourage explorations of the role of sound in Jewish life and culture.

The first goal is an effort to build on recent advances in the study of Jewish music and musical culture from a proliferation of new sources, resources, and approaches. The second goal acknowledges the emergence of sound studies as a vital area of inquiry, an interdisciplinary field that encompasses sound- and listening-related practices, the orality of oral traditions, the aural dimensions of Jewish literature, deaf culture, the history and impact of sound-related technologies, the study of Jewish soundscapes, and the linguistic study of Jewish accents, among other potential topics.

The Center invites applications from scholars and scholar-artists pursuing research on related topics who are willing to participate and contribute as part of a cross-disciplinary cohort. The Center welcomes proposals from a variety of fields including musicology and ethnomusicology, the history of Jewish music or sound, literature and folklore studies, the study of technology or architecture, linguistics, the study of liturgy, relevant social sciences, and other fields as they relate to Jewish studies. Though the Center cannot offer rehearsal or performance space, we are open to proposals from applicants seeking to combine scholarship with creative and/or performance-related work.

Katz Center fellows are provided with the time and resources needed to pursue their individual projects (including an office, computer, and library privileges at the University of Pennsylvania), and are also expected to actively engage in the intellectual life of the fellowship community. All applicants must hold a doctoral degree or expect to receive it by the start date of the fellowship. Fellows are expected to live in Philadelphia for the term of their fellowship.

Fellowship Eligibility
The Katz Center invites applications from scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts at all levels. Applicants must hold a doctorate degree or expect to receive it no later than the start date of the fellowship. The fellowship is open to all scholars, national and international, who meet application terms. International scholars are appointed under a J-1 visa only (Research Scholar status). No exceptions can be made, and the Katz Center reserves the right to cancel awards if the recipient or the Katz Center is unable to meet this condition. Applicants should consult the international programs office at their current university to confirm eligibility before applying for this fellowship.

As a scholarly institution striving for diversity and inclusivity, the Katz Center is committed to creating an intellectual space welcoming to all scholars regardless of nationality, religious orientation, racial or ethnic identity, gender identity and expression, professional rank, or institutional affiliation.

Fellowship Requirements
Fellows are required to spend the term of the fellowship in residence in Philadelphia at the Katz Center and are expected to pursue their proposed research projects. The Center’s requirements are residency in Philadelphia, attendance of weekly lunches on Mondays and weekly seminars on Wednesdays, one seminar presentation, as well as full participation in fellow-conceived colloquia and symposiums, among other special events. Fellows are provided with an office, computing and printing access, as well as administrative assistance and full library privileges to the University of Pennsylvania library system, including book delivery.

 

Please contact Anna Poplawski, the Katz Center's Academic Programs Coordinator, with questions. 

Our peer review and award processes aim to promote inclusive excellence, and we welcome applicants from groups that are underrepresented in the academic humanities and from across the diverse landscape of higher education.

Learn about application information and eligibility criteria for all programs.

Application deadlines vary by program:
 
September 28, 2022, 9 pm EDT

ACLS Fellowships (for untenured scholars who earned the PhD within eight years of the application deadline)

October 27, 2022, 9 pm EDT

Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art

Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art

November 2, 2022, 9 pm EDT

Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships

November 16, 2022, 9 pm EST

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Early Career Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies

December 1, 2022, 9 pm EST

Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE)

January 11, 2023, 9 pm EST

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars 

March 2023 TBA

ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships for recent PhDs

Spring 2023 TBA

ACLS Digital Justice Grants (pending renewal of funding)


The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is the leading private institution supporting scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. In the last competition year, ACLS awarded over $25 million to approximately 350 scholars worldwide. Learn about recent fellows’ and grantees’ profiles and research abstracts.

We encourage you to circulate this notice to members of your community who may be interested in these fellowship and grant opportunities.
 
For all questions, please contact fellowships@acls.org.

In 2019, ACLS will place up to 21 PhDs as Public Fellows in the following organizations and roles:

• Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA) – Community Engagement & Audience Development Manager

• American Public Media (St. Paul, MN) – Senior Research Analyst

• Center for Court Innovation (New York, NY) – Communications Project Manager

• Chicago Humanities Festival (Chicago, IL) – Program Manager

• Citizens’ Committee for the Children of New York (New York, NY) – Policy & Budget Analyst

• Committee to Protect Journalists (New York, NY) – Research Manager

• Community Change (Washington, DC) – Policy Advisor

• Data & Society Research Institute (New York, NY) – Editor

• The German Marshall Fund of the United States (Washington, DC) – Program Officer

• Harriet Beecher Stowe Center (Hartford, CT) – Grants Manager

• Library of America (New York, NY) – Outreach Programs Manager

• National Conference of State Legislatures (Denver, CO) – Legislative Policy Specialist

• National Low Income Housing Coalition (Washington, DC) – Research Analyst

• Natural Resources Defense Council (Washington, DC) – Campaign Advocate, Latin America Project

• PEN America (New York, NY) – Festival Programs Manager

• Public Books (New York, NY) – Associate Editor

• Rare (Arlington, VA) – Community Engagement Manager

• Reinvestment Fund (Philadelphia, PA) – Policy Analyst

• San Francisco Arts Commission (San Francisco, CA) – Community Impact Analyst

• Seattle Office for Civil Rights (Seattle, WA) – Senior Researcher

• World Justice Project (Washington, DC) – Program Manager

Applicants must have a PhD in the humanities or humanistic social sciences conferred between September 1, 2015, and June 21, 2019, and must have defended and deposited their dissertations no later than April 5, 2019. US citizenship or permanent resident status is required. The deadline is March 13, 2019, 9 pm EDT.

Applications will be accepted only through the ACLS online application system. Applicants should not contact any of the organizations directly. Please visit www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/ for complete position

descriptions, eligibility criteria, and application information. This program is supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

• Archie Green Fellowships of up to $35,000 each to support new, original, independent field research into the culture and traditions of contemporary American workers and/or occupational groups within the United States. The Archie Green Fellowships are intended to support new research and generate significant digital archival collections which will be preserved in the American Folklife Center archive and made available to researchers and the public. For more information and application instructions see: //www.loc.gov/folklife/grants.html#archie

•  The Gerald E. and Corinne L. Parsons Fund Award to increase awareness of the ethnographic collections at the Library of Congress and to make the collections of primary ethnographic materials housed anywhere at the LOC available for the needs and uses of those in the private sector. Available Parsons Funds range between $3000 and $4000 and this amount may be divided among more than one recipient. For more information and application instructions see: //www.loc.gov/folklife/grants.html#parsons

• Henry Reed Fund Awards to support activities directly involving folk artists, especially activities that reflect, draw upon, or strengthen the collections of the American Folklife Center. Available Reed Funds are usually about $2,000 and may be divided among more than one recipient. Established in honor of old-time fiddler Henry Reed in 2004, with an initial gift from founding AFC director and fiddler Alan Jabbour, funded projects and activities might include: payments to folk artists, their families, their descendants, or their cultural communities in connection with publication or dissemination of documents (audio recordings, manuscripts, photographs, etc.) in the AFC’s collections; honoraria or imbursement to folk artists for concerts, workshops, or exhibitions; programs honoring and celebrating folk artists for their cultural contributions; and support for documenting distinguished folk artists and the acquisition of resulting documentation by the LOC. For more information and application instructions see: //www.loc.gov/folklife/grants.html#reed

For an overview of all 2018 AFC Fellowships and Awards as well as lists of past recipients see: //www.loc.gov/folklife/grants.html

We welcome applications in the following areas: a) ethnomusicology, with the capacity to lead a scholarly and performance-based exploration of the musics of India, China, Africa, or other cultures typically underrepresented in U.S. schools of music; and b) hip-hop music performance, preferably with an interest in music education or music for children and an ability to help explore pedagogy of non-traditional musics and ensembles in K-12 public education.

Position Responsibilities and Terms of Fellowship:

Fellowships are for the academic year (August 16, 2018, to May 31, 2019) and are non-renewable. Fellows will receive a $32,000 stipend; $5,000 in travel/professional development support; relocation reimbursement; office space; health benefits; and access to Ithaca College and Cornell University libraries. Fellows will teach one three-credit course (or its equivalent) in the fall semester and another in the spring semester, will be mentored by senior faculty, will participate in at least one official function per semester, and must partake in an exit interview.

Position/Job Qualifications:

Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited program leading to a doctoral degree (DMA, EdD, PhD) at a U.S. institution, display evidence of superior academic achievement and a commitment to a career in teaching at the college or university level, and be authorized to work in the United States. Prior to August 15, 2018, potential fellows must be advanced to candidacy at their home institution. Preference will be given to candidates in the last year of dissertation writing, or of completing the final document or its equivalent.

Instructions for submitting your application:

Interested applicants must apply online at http://ithaca.edu/jobs/ and attach a cover letter, CV, transcripts from an accredited doctoral-granting institution, and two syllabi of courses you propose to teach. You must also provide names and email addresses of three (3) individuals who will be asked to submit letters of reference. Emails containing a link to submit letters of reference will be auto-generated and sent to the references upon final submission of your application. Questions about online application should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at (607) 274-8000. Screening of applications will begin immediately. To ensure full consideration, complete applications should be received by December 9, 2017.

For more information, and to apply, please visit: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=65096 

ACLS is pleased to announce that the 2017-18 ACLS competitions are now open for many programs. ACLS offers fellowship and grant programs that promote the full spectrum of humanities and humanistic social sciences research and support scholars at the advanced graduate student level through all stages of the academic career. Comprehensive information and eligibility criteria for all programs can be found at www.acls.org/programs/comps.

Application deadlines vary by program:
 
September 27, 2017
ACLS Fellowships (the central program, which includes several joint and named awards)
ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars (including opportunities specifically for liberal arts college faculty)
 
October 25, 2017
Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art
Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs – Fellowships for Scholars
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
 
November 2, 2017
African Humanities Program
 
November 8, 2017
Luce/ACLS Predissertation-Summer Travel Grants in China Studies
Luce/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in China Studies
Luce/ACLS Collaborative Reading-Workshop Grants in China Studies
Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society (grants for planning meetings, workshops, and conferences) – pending renewal of funding
 
November 15, 2017
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Grants for Critical Editions and Scholarly Translations
 
January 10, 2018
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
 
March 2018 (date TBA)
Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows
 
The American Council of Learned Societies is the leading private institution supporting scholars in the humanities. In the 2016-17 competition year, ACLS awarded over $20 million to more than 325 scholars worldwide. Recent fellows' and grantees’ profiles and research abstracts are available at www.acls.org/fellows/new. The 2017-18 season promises to be equally successful!
 
Contact: fellowships@acls.org

The following Awards, Fellowships, and Subventions have a deadline of NOVEMBER 1, 2017:

Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship

Paul Charosh Independent Scholar Fellowship

Edward T. Cone Fellowship

Richard Crawford Fellowship

John and Roberta Graziano Fellowship

Charles Hamm Fellowship

Hampsong Education Fellowship in American Song

Judith McCulloh Fellowship

Anne Dhu McLucas Fellowship

Eileen Southern Fellowship

Virgil Thomson Fellowship

Judith Tick Fellowship

H. Earle Johnson Publication Subvention

Sight and Sound Subvention

The following Awards and Fellowships have a deadline of JANUARY 15, 2018:

Mark Tucker Award, given for an Outstanding Student Paper Presented at the Annual SAM Conference

The following Awards and Fellowships have a deadline of FEBRUARY 7, 2018:

Cambridge University Press Award for international scholars

The following Awards and Fellowships have a deadline of JUNE 1, 2018:

Lowens Book Award Competition for a book published in 2016

Lowens Article Award Competition for an article published in 2016

Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award

Margery Lowens Dissertation Research Fellowship

--- ARSC RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM ---

--- APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING: February 28, 2017 ---

The ARSC Research Grants Program supports scholarship and publication in the fields of sound recording research and audio preservation. (This program is separate from the ARSC Preservation Grants Program, which encourages and supports the preservation of historically significant sound recordings of Western Art Music.) Project categories eligible for consideration include: discography, bibliography, historical studies of the sound recording industry and its products, and any other subject likely to increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the lasting importance of recorded sound. ARSC encourages applications from individuals whose research forms part of an academic program at the master's or doctoral level.

ARSC members and non-members alike are eligible for grants in amounts up to $1000. Grant funds can be used to underwrite clerical, editorial, and travel expenses. Funds may not be used to purchase capital equipment or recordings, to create recordings (including field recordings), to perform operations on sound recordings, to reimburse applicants for work already performed, or to support projects that form part of a paid job. Grant recipients must submit documentation of their expenses before reimbursement. All grant funds must be disbursed within eighteen months of the grant award.

Grant recipients are required to submit brief descriptions of their projects for publication in the ARSC Journal, and are encouraged to submit articles about their projects, for possible publication in the Newsletter or Journal.

Research Grant Applications shall include:

-- a summary of the project (one page maximum), with samples of the work, if possible;

-- a budget covering the entire project, highlighting the expenses the ARSC Grant will cover (one page maximum);

-- a curriculum vitae; and

-- an indication of the prospects for publication or other public dissemination of the project results.

Applications may be submitted in either of two ways:

Via E-Mail (send the application as a Microsoft Word attachment) to:

arscgrants@aol.com

or

Via Postal Mail (ship four paper copies and the Microsoft Word file) to:

Suzanne Flandreau

ARSC Grants Committee Chair

621 N. Fifth St.

Niles, MI 49120

USA

Applications must be received by February 28, 2017.

The current Research Grant guidelines can be viewed at:

http://www.arsc-audio.org/committees/researchgrants.html

Questions about the Research Grants Program should be directed to Suzanne Flandreau at:

arscgrants@aol.com

The Public Scholar Program is open to both independent scholars and individuals affiliated with scholarly institutions. It offers a stipend of $4,200 per month for a period of six to twelve months. The maximum stipend is $50,400 for a twelve-month period. Applicants must have U.S. citizenship or residency in the U.S. for the three years prior to the application deadline. In addition, they must have previously published a book with a university or commercial press or at least three articles and essays in publications reaching a large national or international audience.

Application guidelines (including a full statement of the eligibility requirements) and a list of F.A.Q.’s for the Public Scholar Program are available on the NEH’s website at http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/public-scholar-program.  The application deadline for this cycle is February 1, 2017. Recipients may begin the term of the grant as early as September 1, 2017 or as late as September 1, 2018. In the last cycle of the competition, the Endowment received 318 applications and made 30 awards.

A list of previously funded projects and several samples of successful applications are available in the sidebar at the right of the webpage linked above. For additional information, please write to publicscholar@neh.gov.

This program aims to extend the opportunity to participate in the digital transformation of humanistic inquiry to a greater number of humanities scholars. To this end, projects supported by ACLS Digital Extension Grants may:

·         Extend established digital projects and resources with content that adds diversity or interdisciplinary reach

·         Develop new systems of making established digital resources available to broader audiences and/or scholars from diverse institutions

·         Foster new team-based work or collaborations that allow scholars from institutions with limited digital infrastructure to exploit digital resources

·         Create new forms and sites for scholarly engagement with the digital humanities. Projects that document and recognize participant engagement are strongly encouraged

·         Support projects aimed at preserving and making sustainable established digital projects and content.

ACLS will award up to six Digital Extension Grants in this competition year. Each grant provides funding of up to $125,000 to support a range of project costs, including, where necessary, salary replacement for faculty or staff. As this program places special emphasis on extending access to digital research opportunities to scholars working at US colleges and universities of all categories, applicants also may request up to an additional $25,000 to fund concrete plans to collaborate with and build networks among scholars from US higher education institutions of diverse profiles. Thus each grant carries a maximum possible award of $150,000.

The deadline for applications is 9pm EST, January 25, 2017. Applications will be accepted only through ACLS’s Online Fellowship and Grant Application (OFA) system.  

The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) is pleased to announce the opening of the 2017 Fieldwork Grant scheme.

Purpose of the Grants

The BFE Fieldwork Grants are intended to support doctoral candidates conducting ethnomusicological field research in the UK and abroad through making a contribution towards the costs of travel and subsistence. Up to 3 grants collectively totalling up to £1500 will be awarded for the 2017 scheme.

Eligibility

The BFE Fieldwork Grants scheme is open to all students enrolled on a PhD programme at a university in the UK who are conducting ethnomusicological research. Please note that applicants must have renewed their student membership for 2017 in order to be eligible to apply. If you have not renewed your membership yet then please do so on the bfe website. Only one application per person is permitted and fieldwork must start during 2017.

Criteria

The criteria of evaluation are: the quality, originality and significance of the research and its potential contribution to ethnomusicological knowledge, theory and debate; the feasibility and importance of the fieldwork for achieving the stated research aims and outcomes; the need of the applicant, i.e. the likelihood of the applicant being unable to obtain fieldwork funding from other sources. There is no preference for particular geographical areas or topics.

Application Procedure

Applications must be made online through the BFE website. To make an application, go to BFE Fieldwork Grants Scheme page on the BFE website. There you will find a link to the BFE Fieldwork Grant Application Form where you will need to upload the following materials:

1) A letter addressing the grant criteria. The letter should also provide a clear indication of: the fieldwork schedule; the expected costs; the amount of funding requested from the BFE scheme; and other sources of research funding received and/or applied for. The letter must not exceed 2 pages in length.

2)    A short CV, not exceeding 1 page in length. 

3)    A short reference letter, not exceeding 1 page in length, in support of the application from the applicant’s PhD supervisor. Supervisors may wish to send their reference letter by email directly to the Chair at chair@bfe.org.uk before the deadline (i.e.  end of Friday 18 November). 

Please note that in order to access the online BFE Fieldwork Grant Application Form you must have renewed your membership for 2017 and be logged-in to your account on the BFE website. If you have any difficulties with the online submission please email Morgan Davies at admin@bfe.org.uk

Application Deadline and Decision Notification

Applications must be submitted by email by the end of Friday 18 November 2016. Applications will be evaluated by a BFE panel and applicants will be informed of the outcome of the awards by Monday 12 December 2016. The decision of the panel is final, and the BFE regrets that it is unable to provide feedback on applications and decisions made by the panel.

Payment of Grants for Successful Applications

Successful applicants must liaise with the BFE Treasurer (bfetreasurer@gmail.com) before grants are disbursed. Payment will be made via bank transfer.

Post-Award Reports

Successful applicants are requested to submit a short fieldwork report – up to 500 words in length, accompanied by other media materials if appropriate – within 3 months after the completion of the fieldwork. Fieldwork reports are likely to be made public on the BFE website, social media etc. Grant awardees may also be requested to do a short presentation about their fieldwork at BFE meetings such as the AGM. Any publications resulting from the fieldwork should acknowledge receipt of a BFE Fieldwork Grant. 

ARSC members and non-members alike are eligible for grants in amounts up to $1000. Grant funds can be used to underwrite clerical, editorial, and travel expenses. Funds may not be used to purchase capital equipment or recordings, to create recordings (including field recordings), to perform operations on sound recordings, to reimburse applicants for work already performed, or to

support projects that form part of a paid job. Grant recipients must submit documentation of their expenses before reimbursement. All grant funds must be disbursed within eighteen months of the grant award.

Grant recipients are required to submit brief descriptions of their projects for publication in the ARSC Journal, and are encouraged to submit articles about their projects, for possible publication in the Newsletter or Journal.

Research Grant Applications shall include:

-- a summary of the project (one page maximum), with samples of the work, if possible;

-- a budget covering the entire project, highlighting the expenses the ARSC Grant will cover (one page maximum);

-- a curriculum vitae; and

-- an indication of the prospects for publication or other public dissemination of the project results.

Applications may be submitted in either of two ways:

Via E-Mail (send the application as a Microsoft Word attachment) to:

arscgrants@aol.com

or

Via Postal Mail (ship four paper copies and the Microsoft Word file) to:

Suzanne Flandreau

ARSC Grants Committee Chair

621 N. Fifth St

Niles, MI 49120

USA

Applications must be received by February 28, 2017.

The current Research Grant guidelines can be viewed at:

http://www.arsc-audio.org/committees/researchgrants.html

Questions about the Research Grants Program should be directed to Suzanne Flandreau at:

arscgrants@aol.com

The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals -- everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.

Deadline for receipt of applications: December 15, 2016

The ARSC Program for the Preservation of Classical Music Historical Recordings was founded by Al Schlachtmeyer and the ARSC Board of Directors to encourage and support the preservation of historically significant sound recordings of Western Art Music by individuals and organizations. (This program is separate from the ARSC Research Grants Program, which supports scholarship and publication in the fields of sound recording research and audio preservation.)

The ARSC Program for the Preservation of Classical Music Historical Recordings will consider funding:

-- Projects involving preservation, in any valid and reasonable fashion, such as providing a collection with proper climate control, moving a collection to facilities with proper storage conditions, re-sleeving a collection of discs, setting up a volunteer project to organize and inventory a stored collection, rescuing recordings from danger, copying recordings from endangered or unstable media, etc.

-- Projects promoting public access to recordings.

-- Projects involving commercial as well as private, instantaneous recordings.

-- Projects involving collections anywhere in the world. (Non-U.S. applicants are encouraged to apply.)

The program is administered by an ARSC Grants Committee including the chair, a member of the ARSC Technical Committee, and an expert on classical music.

Grant amounts generally range from $2,000 to $10,000. Grant projects should be completed within 24 months. Written notification of decisions on projects will be made approximately three months after the submission deadline.

Applications may be sent as an e-mail attachment to arscgrants@aol.com

Applications should be Word documents in Normal formatting, 12-point font, with accompanying letters and other materials scanned into PDF files.

For further details, guidelines, and application instructions, visit: http://www.arsc-audio.org/committees/preservationgrants.html

Grant applications must be received by December 15, 2016.

Questions about the Preservation Grants Program should be directed to Grants Committee Chair Suzanne Flandreau at arscgrants@aol.com

The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals -- everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.

NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER

Fellowships 2017-2018

The National Humanities Center will offer up to 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities for the period September 2017 through May 2018. Applicants must have a doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Mid-career scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply. Emerging scholars with a strong record of peer-reviewed work are also invited to apply. The Center does not normally support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is international in scope and welcomes applications from scholars outside the United States.

Areas of Special Interest. Most of the Center’s fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research, including fellowships for environmental studies, English literature, art history, Asian Studies, theology, and a young woman in philosophy. The Center also invites applicants from scholars in inter-disciplinary fields, including African American Studies, area studies, Cultural Studies, and Media Studies.  

Stipends. The amounts awarded are individually determined, according to the needs of the Fellow and the Center’s ability to meet them. The Center seeks to provide at least half salary and covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for Fellows and dependents. 

Facilities and Services. The Center provides a rich environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Located in the progressive Triangle region of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center affords access to the rich cultural and intellectual communities supported by the area’s research institutes, universities, and dynamic arts scene. The stunning Archie K. Davis building includes private studies for Fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, and reading areas. The Center's unparalleled, comprehensive library service supports Fellows by fulfilling thousands of requests for books and other research materials from out partner institutions in the Triangle, usually within 24 hours, and libraries around the world. Library staff also provide reference assistance and instruction in new online research tools.

Support. Fellowships are supported by the Center’s endowment, private foundation grants, contributions from alumni and friends, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

determined, according to the needs of the Fellow and the Center’s ability to meet them. The Center seeks to provide at least half salary and covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for Fellows and dependents. 

Facilities and Services. The Center provides a rich environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Located in the progressive Triangle region of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center affords access to the rich cultural and intellectual communities supported by the area’s research institutes, universities, and dynamic arts scene. The stunning Archie K. Davis building includes private studies for Fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, and reading areas. The Center's unparalleled, comprehensive library service supports Fellows by fulfilling thousands of requests for books and other research materials from out partner institutions in the Triangle, usually within 24 hours, and libraries around the world. Library staff also provide reference assistance and instruction in new online research tools.

Support. Fellowships are supported by the Center’s endowment, private foundation grants, contributions from alumni and friends, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Deadline and Application Procedures. Applicants submit an application form, a curriculum vitae, a 1000-word project proposal, and three letters of recommendation. The application form and instructions may be found at the Center’s website: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org. Applications and letters of recommendation must be submitted online by October 18, 2016.

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org            

e-mail <nhc@nationalhumanitiescenter.org>

The National Humanities Center does not discriminate on the basis of

race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national or ethnic origin, handicap, sexual orientation, or age. We are dedicated to fair treatment, diversity, and inclusion.

Required Qualifications

Ph.D., earned before the start of the Fall semester 2016.

Salary Range

Salary commensurate with experience.

Send, via electronic submission, a letter of interest (addressed to Prof. Patrick Burke), curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to Kim Daniels at daniels@wustl.edu. Review of applications to begin April 11. Questions regarding the search can also be addressed to Kim Daniels.

EOE Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, protected veteran, or disability status.

The Public Scholar Program is open to both independent scholars and individuals affiliated with scholarly institutions. It offers a stipend of $4,200 per month for a period of six to twelve months. The maximum stipend is $50,400 for a twelve-month period. Applicants must have U.S. citizenship or residency in the U.S. for the three years prior to the application deadline. In addition, they must have previously published a book with a university or commercial press or at least three articles and essays in publications reaching a large national or international audience.

Application guidelines (including a full statement of the eligibility requirements) and a list of F.A.Q.’s for the Public Scholar Program are available on the NEH’s website at http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/public-scholar-program.  The application deadline for this cycle is February 2, 2016. Recipients may begin the term of the grant as early as September 1, 2016 or as late as September 1, 2017. In the last cycle of the competition, the Endowment received 485 applications and made 36 awards.

The press release announcing the 36 winners in last year’s competition is available here: http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2015-07-29

Application Information