Deadline for Applications: February 1, 2010
Announcement of Awards: Early April, 2010
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
announces up to four annual internal Fellowships available to tenured members
of the Emory University faculty for an academic year of study and residence in
the Center. FCHI Senior Fellows will be
released from their University teaching and service commitments for the
academic year, in addition to receiving a research budget from the Center.
The purpose of the FCHI Senior Fellows Program is to
stimulate and support humanistic research by providing faculty with the
necessary time, space, and other resources.
An essential feature of the Senior Fellows Program is that Fellows are
expected to make intellectual contributions not only within the Center but,
more widely, to humanistic studies at Emory.
ELIGIBILITY
The FCHI Fellows Program is designed to offer research
opportunities both to members of humanities departments as traditionally
defined and to other scholars working with humanistic issues. Research projects must be humanistic, but
Fellows may hold an appointment in any Department or Program of the University.
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 Senior Fellows Program is limited to
faculty who already hold tenure at Emory University. Previous funding or released time for a
related project may be taken into consideration when the application is
reviewed. Faculty members who hold FCHI
Fellowships are required to return to their University positions for the year
immediately following their Fellowships.
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Applications will be judged by external and internal
academic evaluators on the promise and significance of the proposed research project
in relation to the applicant’s own work and that of other scholars; 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 FCHI and to the College.
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 Senior Fellows Program is designed to offer research
opportunities both to members of humanities departments as traditionally
defined and to other scholars seriously working with humanistic issues. Research projects must be humanistic, but
Senior Fellows may hold an appointment in any Department or Program of the
University.
In ascertaining the eligibility of their projects, potential
applicants might 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 (scroll down for specific instructions)
Completed applications
should consist of:
1. FCHI Application Cover Sheet/Funding Sheet
2. Project Abstract and Interdisciplinary
Statement
3.
Curriculum vitae
4.
Description of Project
5.
Timeline for Project
6.
Public Intellectual Contribution Sheet
7.
Three (3) Letters of Recommendation
8. Department Chair’s Letter
Approving Leave
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
Applicants for Senior Fellowships are encouraged to
contact FCHI Associate Director Keith Anthony at 404.727.6424 or keith.anthony@emory.eduprior to
submitting an application.
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 2009 @ 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. Project
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 3
pages should be submitted.
4.
Description of Project (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.
This description
should make clear any preliminary work already completed, the present state of
the proposed research, and any stages to be completed after the FCHI Fellowship
ends. Applicants should detail the
expected results of research during the Fellowship period, including the
ultimate forms of public presentation of their results (books, journal
articles, lectures, papers, editions, etc.).
5.
Timeline for Project: A
one-page outline of plans and goals for the project during the Fellowship year,
including expected dates of completion for each, should be included. Applicant should be as precise as possible
about activities during the Fellowship period. Please remember that Fellows are expected to
be in residence at the FCHI full-time each semester.
6. Public Intellectual Contribution Sheet: Besides the opportunity for individual
research and writing, FCHI Fellowships are awarded to promote an exchange of
ideas among the Fellows during their time in the Center, as well as to
encourage interactions between the Fellows and the Emory community. Fellows are therefore expected to lead a FCHI
Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar (CHIIRS), or a Great Works Seminar
immediately following the Fellowship year. Information about CHIIRS and Great
Works Seminars is available online at www.chi.emory.edu/programs or by
contacting the Fox Center.
Applicants should include a CHIIRS application,
including any necessary documentation.
7. Letters
of Recommendation: Three (3)
letters should be submitted directly to FCHI.
Please send a copy of “Information for
Referees” to your three letter writers, along with a copy of your proposal.
All supporting letters must be received
via mail, fax, or email by Monday,
February 1, 2010 @ 4:00PM EST.
8. Department
Chair’s Letter Approving Leave
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.