Deadline: 19-Jan-23
The CAORC – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Research Fellowship is now open for applications to provide the opportunity for scholars to spend significant time in one country with an ORC as a research base.
The fellowship supports advanced research in the humanities.
This program is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI)
Details
- Fields of study include, but are not limited to, history, philosophy, religious studies, linguistics, languages, literature, literary criticism, and visual and performing arts. In addition, research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods will be considered.
- Travel advisories may fluctuate in some countries, which CAORC continually monitors. CAORC abides by all US Department of State travel restrictions.
- Fellows may travel and carry out research for four to six consecutive months between the periods of May 2023 to end of December 2024.
- Please list a tentative travel plan and dates in your application.
- Selected fellows must work on their research full-time during the entire tenure of their fellowship.
- All materials publicizing or resulting from NEH-funded activities must contain an acknowledgment of NEH support as well as CAORC support.
- CAORC-NEH Fellows may hold non-federal fellowships or grants during their fellowship tenure, including sabbaticals and grants from their own institutions. Fellows cannot hold another concurrent NEH or other federally funded grant.
- Notification of fellowship status will be made available to each applicant via email by the end of April, 2023. Fellows are advised that it can take up to six months to obtain necessary research clearances and should plan accordingly.
Funding Information
- Fellowship awards are for four to six consecutive months (i.e. you can hold the fellowship for four, five, or six consecutive months).
- Selected fellows are awarded $5,000 per month of the award.
Eligible Countries
Applicants must propose four to six consecutive months of research in an American overseas research center in one of the following countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Georgia, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan (senior scholars may be permitted to travel to Lahore and Islamabad subject to approval), Senegal, Sri Lanka or Tunisia.
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants must hold a PhD.
- Applicants who are US citizens are eligible to apply.
- US citizens living outside of the US are eligible to apply.
- Foreign nationals who have resided in the US for at least three years prior to the application deadline are eligible to apply.
- Independent scholars are welcome to apply. It is not a requirement that applicants be affiliated with a US academic institution.
- Funding is not available for research conducted in the US.
- Minority scholars and scholars from Minority-Serving Institutions are especially encouraged to apply.
Evaluation Criteria
The review committee will evaluate applications based on the following criteria below:
- Contribution to the applicant's field of research
- Contribution to the humanities
- Feasibility of the research design
- Applicant’s qualifications in terms of having the requisite experience and skills to complete the project
- Rationale for carrying out the project in the proposed host country and affiliating with the ORC / Contribution to the intellectual scope of the ORC
For more information, visit CAORC- NEH.
For more information, visit https://www.caorc.org/neh-fellowship-guidelines
