Deadline for Applications: February 1, 2010
Announcement of Awards: Early April, 2010
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
announces its annual Dissertation Completion Fellowships for students enrolled
in the Laney Graduate School of Emory University for an academic year of
residence in the Center to finish their dissertations. The purpose of the FCHI Dissertation
Completion Fellowship Program is to support timely completion of Ph.D. work; it
is designed for students whose work is far enough advanced so that completion
and final approval of the dissertation during the academic year can be assured.
In addition to finishing the dissertation, FCHI
Dissertation Completion Fellows will be expected to participate in the
intellectual life of the Center and all of its programs. Fellows will also be expected to give one
public presentation on their research during the Fellowship.
Because of changes in the Laney Graduate School’s
financial aid structure, as of fall 2009 the FCHI Graduate Program will be
comprised of 2 groups, the Dissertation
Completion Fellows and the Dean’s
Dissertation Completion Fellows. Dissertation Completion Fellows, who
will normally be in their sixth year of graduate study during the fellowship
year, will receive the regular FCHI graduate award of $18,000, plus $1000 in
research funds and shared office space at the Center. However, to honor the original intention of
the Dissertation Completion Fellowship Program, which was instituted for
fifth-year students to award accelerated progress at a time when only four
years of graduate aid was available, successful fifth-year applicants will be
awarded a Dean’s Dissertation Completion
Fellowship, which will top off their regular stipends for a total of
$27,000, plus $1000 in research funds and shared office space at the Center.
Please note that 5th year Fellows are
students who, at the beginning of the 2010-2011 Fellowship year, will be in
their fifth year of Ph.D. work at Emory.
ELIGIBILITY
The FCHI Dissertation Completion Fellows Program is
designed both for members of humanities departments as traditionally defined
and for other students seriously working with humanistic issues. Dissertation projects must be humanistic, but
fellows may be enrolled in any Program of the Laney Graduate School. Especially appropriate are applicants whose
research is likely to contribute to intellectual exchange among a diverse group
of scholars within the disciplines of the humanities.
Because the FCHI is a residential center,
its intellectual life depends on collegial interaction. Fellows will be expected to be in residence full-time
during both terms of the regular academic year and to take an active part in
the life of the FCHI, as well as in the intellectual life of the larger
University.
Currently the Dissertation Completion Fellows Program
is limited to students in the Laney Graduate School for whom completion of the
dissertation will coincide with the fellowship year. In most cases, preference will be given to
students whose fifth year would be spent at the Center.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Applications will be judged on the promise and
significance of the dissertation in relation to the applicant’s own work and
that of other scholars; the feasibility of completing the dissertation within
the fellowship year; the intellectual distinction of the applicant’s previous
work; and the applicant’s ability to engage in collegial interactions that will
substantively contribute to the Center and the University.
Evaluators will look for applicants and projects that
will benefit from and contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of the group
of Fellows and the work of the FCHI.
They will also seek variety and balance among the disciplines represented
at the Center.
For further information, please contact The Bill and Carol Fox Center
for Humanistic Inquiry:
FCHI
Emory
University
1635
North Decatur Road
Atlanta,
GA 30322 (30307 for overnight deliveries) Email:
fchi@emory.edu
404-727-6424 Website: chi.emory.edu
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICANTS
The FCHI Dissertation Completion Fellows Program is
designed to offer research and writing opportunities both to students of
humanities departments as traditionally defined and to those in other areas working
with humanistic issues. Dissertations
must be humanistic, but students may be enrolled in any Program of the Laney
Graduate School.
In ascertaining the eligibility of their projects,
potential applicants may find useful the definition offered in the Act that set
up the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities: “The humanities
include, but are not limited to, the following fields: history, philosophy,
languages, literature, linguistics, archeology, jurisprudence, history and
criticism of the arts, ethics, comparative religion, and those aspects of the
social sciences employing historical or philosophical approaches. This last
category includes cultural anthropology, sociology, political theory,
international relations, and other subjects concerned with questions of
value….”
Especially appropriate are applicants whose research is
likely to contribute to intellectual exchange among a diverse group of scholars
within the disciplines of the humanities.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES (specific instructions to follow)
Completed
applications should consist of:
1. FCHI Application Cover
Sheet/Funding Worksheet;
2. Dissertation Abstract and
Interdisciplinary Statement;
3.
Curriculum vitae;
4.
Dissertation Description and Timeline;
5.
One copy of the approved prospectus and one copy of all chapters approved
by the Dissertation Committee;
6.
Letters of Recommendation from the dissertation director and each
reader;
7.
Emory University Transcript.
All
supporting documents must be double-spaced. Please use 12-point type, and leave margins
of at least 1 inch on all sides. Proposals
that exceed the specified limits will not be considered.
SUBMISSION
Please
submit all documents directly via email to fchi@emory.edu.
You may send all your documents in one
attachment, or you may send one email
with multiple attachments. The email
subject line should read: Applicant: (your last name). Please
do not email any documents until your application package is complete.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010 @ 4:00PM EST IS THE DEADLINE
FOR SUBMISSIONS AND ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
It is the applicant’s
responsibility to ensure that all materials, including letters of recommendation, reach the FCHI by the 1 February 2010 @ 4:00PM EST deadline.
Incomplete applications will not be considered after the deadline.
Awards will be announced by early April
2010.
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
FOR APPLICANTS
1. FCHI Application Cover Sheet and Funding Worksheet: Please complete the FCHI Application Cover Sheet and Funding Worksheet.
A completed Funding Worksheet must
accompany all applications. Previous
funding for related projects may be taken into consideration when the
application is reviewed and may influence FCHI funding. Please do not email/send any documents until your application package
is complete.
2. Dissertation Abstract and
Interdisciplinary Statement: Both should be double spaced and each should
be strictly limited to 100 words or less.
In the Interdisciplinary Statement, applicants should indicate how
residency at an interdisciplinary humanities research center would enhance
their work.
3 Curriculum Vitae: No more than 2
pages should be submitted.
4.
Dissertation Description and Timeline: (1000 words maximum, double-spaced):
Applicants should describe the specific research planned for the
period of the FCHI Fellowship, explaining the basic humanistic ideas, problems,
or questions to be explored. Included
should be explanations of the objectives and significance of the project, and
the methodology to be employed.
The description should make clear the present state of
the dissertation and the work that remains to be done. Please specify which parts of the project
have already been completed, and also which parts have been approved by the
applicant’s Committee.
Applicants should show that the current status of the
dissertation indicates that they will complete all work on it while at the
FCHI. A Timeline for the Fellowship Year, showing the stages to completion,
should be included. The Timeline should
be as precise as possible about dates for completing the dissertation during
the Fellowship. Please remember that
Fellows are expected to be in residence at the FCHI full-time each
semester.
5.
One copy of the approved prospectus and one copy of all chapters
approved by the Dissertation Committee.
6. Letters of Recommendation: Applicants
must have letters from their Dissertation Director and all members of their
Committee. Please refer to the document
titled “Information for Referees of Applicants”
included with these instructions (last page).
Referees should send their letters directly to the FCHI. All
supporting letters must be received by Monday,
February 1, 2010 @ 4:00PM EST.
7. Emory Transcript: One original
(unofficial) transcript, obtainable from the Emory Registrar’s Office.
Please contact Keith Anthony, FCHI Associate Director,
at 404-727-6424 or by email at keith.anthony@emory.edu
if you have questions about the Program.
The FCHI regrets
that it is unable to provide any assessments of unsuccessful applications.
ELIGIBILITY
Currently the Dissertation Completion Fellows Program
is limited to students in the Laney Graduate School for whom completion of the dissertation
will coincide with the fellowship year.
In most cases, preference will be given to students whose fifth year
would be spent at the Center.
In addition to completing the dissertation, FCHI
Dissertation Completion Fellows will be expected to participate in the
intellectual life and programs of the Center and to give a public presentation
on their research during the Fellowship.
Graduate Dissertation Completion Fellowships are
awarded provisionally, contingent on completing the timeline outlined in the
submitted application. The award is
provisional until August 1, 2010, when the award designee and advisor must
demonstrate successful completion of the dissertation timeline to date.
ACCEPTANCE PROCEDURES
Upon
notification of a FCHI Dissertation Completion Fellowship, grantees must agree
to:
(a) conduct
dissertation work in residence full-time at the FCHI for the academic year;
(b) take
full responsibility for contributing to and maintaining an environment
conducive to academic research while at the Center;
(c) complete
the dissertation by the end of the academic year;
(d) submit
a final report of at the end of the Fellowship;
(e) acknowledge the FCHI in all work
resulting from research and writing during the Fellowship;
(f) attend
all Fellows’ lunches, lectures and programs sponsored by the FCHI during their
terms of residence;
(g) give
one public presentation of their research during the academic year;
(g) immediately
notify the FCHI of any other support or of any conflicts with the restrictions
and conditions of this Fellowship Program;
(h) for
three years following the Fellowship, provide written reports to the Director
of the FCHI detailing how their research and teaching has been influenced by
the time spent during the Fellowship.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you accept another fellowship before notification
about the FCHI Program, please notify the FCHI as soon as possible so
that alternates can be notified promptly.
If for any reason a Fellow’s circumstances change
(such as the receipt of any grant or award that conflicts with the conditions
of this Fellowship), and the grantee is unable to use the Fellowship during the
academic year for which it was granted, the Fellowship will be forfeited.
If the project
involves human subjects, approval from the proper Emory IRB Committee is
required before funds can be approved.
For more information, please consult <http:// www.emory.edu/IRB>.
CHECKLIST FOR SUBMISSION
Please submit all documents directly via email to fchi@emory.edu. You may send all your documents in one
attachment, or you may send one email with multiple attachments. The email
subject line should read: Applicant:
(your last name). Please do not email any documents until your
application package is complete.
Completed
applications should consist of:
Please note that your Letters of
Recommendation and Emory University Transcript should be submitted on your
behalf under separate cover. However, all materials pertaining to your
application must be received by the
February 1, 2010 @ 4:00PM EST deadline.
If you
have any questions or problems regarding electronic submission, please email us
at fchi@emory.edu or call us at
404.727.6424.
INFORMATION FOR
REFEREES OF FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS
The purpose
of the FCHI Dissertation Completion Fellows Program is to support completion of
Ph.D. work. It is designed specifically
for students whose work is far enough advanced so that completion and final
approval of the dissertation during the academic year can be presumed. In most cases, preference will be given to
students whose fifth year would be spent at the Center.
In the
letters of reference for candidates being considered for a 2010-2011 FCHI
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, it would be very helpful to the Selection
Committee if the following selection criteria could be addressed:
1) the promise and significance of the dissertation in
relation to the applicant’s own work and that of other scholars;
2) the amount of work already completed on the
dissertation and the ability of the student to complete the remaining work during the fellowship year;
3) the intellectual distinction of the applicant’s
previous work;
4) the applicant’s ability to engage in collegial
interactions that will substantively contribute to the FCHI and to Emory
University.
If referees
are writing for students who will not be in their fifth year or sixth while
holding the Fellowship, explanations of their particular situations would be very useful.
The deadline
for receipt of all letters of recommendation is Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 4:00PM EST. Only applications that are complete by that
date can be considered.
Please
send your letter directly to:
Selection Committee
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic
Inquiry
Emory University
1635 North Decatur Road
Atlanta, GA
30322 (30307 for overnight deliveries)
Letters
may also be faxed to 404-727-1669,
or sent by email to fchi@emory.edu. Please include the candidate’s last name in the email subject line.
If
you have any questions, please contact the Center at 404-727-6424.
Thank you very much for your assistance
with this evaluation.
Deadline
for Receipt of Letters: Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 4:00PM EST