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The National Humanities Center in USA welcomes fellowship applications from scholars engaged in advanced humanities research regardless of citizenship or national origin. Each year, several scholars from countries other than the United States come to the Center as part of the cohort of Fellows and contribute to the rich intellectual and diverse environment of the fellowship program.
Worth of Award
- Fellowship recipients who come from overseas are provided with guidance in securing housing, arranging local transportation, and finding schools to assist in their transition.
- The NHC reimburses round-trip travel expenses to the Center for the Fellow and those family members who will live with the Fellow during their time in North Carolina.
- The stipend amounts awarded are individually determined, according to the needs of the Fellow and the Center’s ability to meet them.
- The Center seeks to provide half salary up to $65,000 with the expectation that the Fellow’s home institution covers the remaining salary.
Eligibility
- Applicants must have a doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials at the time of application.
- Successful candidates typically earned a PhD in a humanities discipline from an accredited university at least five years prior to applying for a fellowship.
- Fellowships are awarded to established scholars, meaning that successful candidates usually have published at least one single-author monograph or a significant body of peer-reviewed scholarship.
- The Center does not fund post-docs, so the applicant must be working on a second significant project beyond their dissertation.
- There is no upper age limit, but senior candidates must be actively engaged in scholarly research which will eventuate in significant publication.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
How to Apply
- Applications are not considered complete until the online application and all three reference letters have been received. Applications that are missing reference letters will not be eligible for review.
- The project description should not exceed 1,000 words in minimum 12-point font. Successful applications go through two evaluation stages–first, proposals go through external peer-review by scholars working in the field of the proposed project. Second, projects are evaluated by an external committee of scholars from across the humanities. Therefore, project description should be directed, not only to specialists in the applicant’s own field, but also to scholars in other fields who serve on the Center’s selection committee. Applicants should avoid using overly specialized language or field-specific jargon.
Deadline: applications are open