***ISHPSSB Members Note: Fellwoships for 2002-2003 include designated awards for scholarship concerning nature, environmental history, or ecological concerns; a fellowship in art history or visual culture; a fellowship in the twentieth-century biomedical history.*** The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study. Applicants must hold doctorate or have equivalent scholarly credentials, and a record of publication is expected. Both senior and younger scholars are eligible for fellowships, but the latter should be engaged in research beyond the subject of their doctoral dissertations. Fellowships are normally for the full academic year (September through May). Fellowships are open to scholars from any nation and to humanistically inclined individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life as well as from all fields of the humanities. Areas of Special Interest While most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted, the following designated awards are available for the academic year 2002-03: two or three fellowships for scholarship concerning nature, environmental history, or ecological concerns; a fellowship in art history or visual culture; a fellowship in the twentieth-century biomedical history. ACLS Burkhardt Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars The National Humanities Center is a participating institution in the Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship Program of the American Council of Learned Societies. Nine Burkhardt Fellowships are offered annually to faculty in the humanities and related social sciences who have have begun tenured contracts at U.S. or Canadian institutions during the five years preceding their proposed fellowships. Application must be made directly to the ACLS by October 1. Further information and applications are available from the ACLS Fellowship Office, 228 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017-3398; e-mail: [log in to unmask] Please state clearly that you wish to apply for the ACLS Burkhardt Fellowships. Stipends Fellowships ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 are individually determined, the amount of a stipend depending upon the needs of the Fellow and upon the Center's ability to meet them. The Center cannot in most instances replace full salaries, and Fellows bring partial funding in the form of sabbatical salaries or grants from other sources. In addition to stipends, the Center provides travel expenses for Fellows and their dependents to and from North Carolina. Facilities and Services Located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center provides an environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas among scholars. Its facilities include private studies for Fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, reading areas, a reference library, and a Fellows' workroom with microfilm reader, laser printers, fax machine, access to electronic catalogues, e-mail, and the World Wide Web. The library staff orders and delivers books and research materials for Fellows. The Center's staff also provides editorial and software assistance and support for information technology. The Center assists Fellows in locating housing in the neighboring communities. Support Funding for fellowships at the Center derives from private foundation grants, income from the Center's endowment, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Deadline and Application Procedures Application instructions and forms are available from this Web site. To have hard copies of the application material mailed to you, write to Fellowship Program, National Humanities Center, Post Office Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256. Materials may also be requested via e-mail at [log in to unmask] Applicants submit the Center's forms supported by a curriculum vitae, a 1000-word project proposal, and three letters of recommendation. Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by October 15, 2001. The National Humanities Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, handicap, sexual orientation, or age. http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/fellowships/appltoc.htm