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Fellowship Opportunities 2009
Posted on: 10/07/2008
Frances C. Allen Fellowship for Women of American Indian Heritage
Deadline March 2nd 2009
This fellowship is for women of American Indian heritage working on a project appropriate to the collections of the Newberry Library. Applicants may be working in any graduate or pre-professional field. Financial support varies according to their need and may include travel expenses. Allen Fellows are expected to spend a significant part of their tenure in residence at Newberry's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History. The tenure of the fellowship is from one month to one year. Applicants must submit a budget of travel and research expenses. Awards will vary from $1,200 to $8,000 of approved expenses.
Information: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html .
If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Phone: 312-255-3666. E-mail: research@newberry.org.
Susan Kelly Power and Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellowship
Deadline March 2nd 2009
This fellowship for Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars of American Indian heritage supports up to two months of residential research in any field in the humanities, using the collections of the Newberry Library, and provides a stipend of $1200 per month for periods ranging from one week to two months. T
This fellowship was established in 2002 by an anonymous donor to encourage research by American Indian scholars and honor two notable advocates for American Indian education. Susan Kelly Power (Yanktonai Dakota) is an historian, activist, and long-time participant in programs of the D’Arcy McNickle Center. She is a founding member and four-time chair of Chicago’s American Indian Center. Helen Hornbeck Tanner has served as acting director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center, director the Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History Project, and an expert witness and historical consultant for several tribes. She is now a senior research fellow at the Newberry Library.
Information: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html .
If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Phone: 312-255-3666. E-mail: research@newberry.org.
Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships in American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Under the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the American Indian Studies Program seeks two Postdoctoral Fellows for the 2009-2010 academic year. This fellowship program provides a stipend, a close working association with AIS faculty, and assistance in furthering the fellow's development as a productive scholar. Applicants should have an ongoing research project that promises to make a notable contribution to American Indian and Indigenous Studies. While fellows will concentrate on their research, they may choose to teach one course in American Indian Studies. Furthermore, fellows are encouraged to participate in the intellectual community of the American Indian Studies Program. The Fellowship stipend for the 2009-2010 academic year is $42,000, including health benefits. An additional $5,000 will be provided for the fellow's research, travel, and related expenses. Candidates must have completed all Ph.D. requirements by August 15, 2009. Preference will be given to those applicants who have finished their degrees in the past five years. The one-year fellowship appointment period is from August 16, 2009, to August 15, 2010.
Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a thorough description of the research project to be undertaken during the fellowship year, two samples of their scholarly writing, and two letters of recommendation to Robert Warrior, Director, American Indian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1204 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3818. Applications received by January 22, 2009 will receive full consideration. The review process will continue until the fellowships are filled. For further information, contact Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, Chair, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, American Indian Studies: Phone: (217) 265-9870, Email: tewa@illinois.edu, or visit the Program's website at http://www.nah.uiuc.edu
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an Equal Opportunity Employer
John McKinn (Maricopa, Gila River Indian Community)
Assistant Director of Academic Programming
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native American House and American Indian Studies
1204 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
217.265.9870
Deadline March 2nd 2009
This fellowship is for women of American Indian heritage working on a project appropriate to the collections of the Newberry Library. Applicants may be working in any graduate or pre-professional field. Financial support varies according to their need and may include travel expenses. Allen Fellows are expected to spend a significant part of their tenure in residence at Newberry's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History. The tenure of the fellowship is from one month to one year. Applicants must submit a budget of travel and research expenses. Awards will vary from $1,200 to $8,000 of approved expenses.
Information: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html .
If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Phone: 312-255-3666. E-mail: research@newberry.org.
Susan Kelly Power and Helen Hornbeck Tanner Fellowship
Deadline March 2nd 2009
This fellowship for Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars of American Indian heritage supports up to two months of residential research in any field in the humanities, using the collections of the Newberry Library, and provides a stipend of $1200 per month for periods ranging from one week to two months. T
This fellowship was established in 2002 by an anonymous donor to encourage research by American Indian scholars and honor two notable advocates for American Indian education. Susan Kelly Power (Yanktonai Dakota) is an historian, activist, and long-time participant in programs of the D’Arcy McNickle Center. She is a founding member and four-time chair of Chicago’s American Indian Center. Helen Hornbeck Tanner has served as acting director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center, director the Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History Project, and an expert witness and historical consultant for several tribes. She is now a senior research fellow at the Newberry Library.
Information: http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html .
If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Phone: 312-255-3666. E-mail: research@newberry.org.
Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships in American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Under the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the American Indian Studies Program seeks two Postdoctoral Fellows for the 2009-2010 academic year. This fellowship program provides a stipend, a close working association with AIS faculty, and assistance in furthering the fellow's development as a productive scholar. Applicants should have an ongoing research project that promises to make a notable contribution to American Indian and Indigenous Studies. While fellows will concentrate on their research, they may choose to teach one course in American Indian Studies. Furthermore, fellows are encouraged to participate in the intellectual community of the American Indian Studies Program. The Fellowship stipend for the 2009-2010 academic year is $42,000, including health benefits. An additional $5,000 will be provided for the fellow's research, travel, and related expenses. Candidates must have completed all Ph.D. requirements by August 15, 2009. Preference will be given to those applicants who have finished their degrees in the past five years. The one-year fellowship appointment period is from August 16, 2009, to August 15, 2010.
Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a thorough description of the research project to be undertaken during the fellowship year, two samples of their scholarly writing, and two letters of recommendation to Robert Warrior, Director, American Indian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1204 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3818. Applications received by January 22, 2009 will receive full consideration. The review process will continue until the fellowships are filled. For further information, contact Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, Chair, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, American Indian Studies: Phone: (217) 265-9870, Email: tewa@illinois.edu, or visit the Program's website at http://www.nah.uiuc.edu
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an Equal Opportunity Employer
John McKinn (Maricopa, Gila River Indian Community)
Assistant Director of Academic Programming
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native American House and American Indian Studies
1204 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
217.265.9870
