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Request for Proposals, 2006-2007The President's Research Fellowships in the Humanities (PRFH) constitute a significant element in a four-part initiative to encourage faculty research in the Humanities throughout the University of California. The Fellowships are intended to increase the support for research available to individual faculty members in the Humanities by providing a new source of funds and, where appropriate, augmenting funds from extramural agencies and campus grants.
The Fellowship program uses the National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) definition of the Humanities:
This definition applies to the research proposal rather than to the faculty member's departmental affiliation. The PRFH provide salary support to University of California faculty conducting research in the Humanities. Fellowships are awarded on the basis of research proposals in an annual University-wide competition modeled on that of the NEH. The Fellowships are underwritten by an annual grant from the Office of the President and supplemented by one-third matching funds from the Fellow's campus. Active ladder rank faculty, including lecturers who are members of the Academic Senate, may apply for Fellowships. Faculty on emeritus or recall status are not eligible. Faculty may hold a Fellowship once every five years. In order to improve opportunities for faculty members to receive support for Humanities research early in their academic careers, Assistant Professors applying for President's Research Fellowships will be given special consideration.
Because it is the intent of the PRFH to spread scarce resources to as many
faculty as possible throughout the University, prospective applicants should
note the following points: Award Amount: The Fellowship may be used for salary only. The maximum award is $25,000. Funding received from all sources, including the Fellowship, may not be greater than the Fellow's salary for the academic year in which the Fellowship will be used. Sabbatical leave credit may contribute toward the Fellow's salary during the period of the award, but not toward the campus's one-third matching contribution. Campus administration will assist in developing a package. This package must be approved by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research in the Office of the President. Beginning with this competition, all applicants to the PRFH, including junior faculty, are required to apply to appropriate extramural agencies that offer funding for their research fields. These may include, but are not limited to, The American Council of Learned Societies, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the NEH. Copies of the cover pages of these proposals are to be attached to the PRFH application. If application to extramural sources is not appropriate, an explanation is to be included in the space provided on the application form. Fellowships will be awarded without regard to the applicant's success in obtaining extramural funding. The Selection Committee consists of eight members from the University of California Humanities faculty. Members of the Committee are appointed by the President for staggered three-year terms on the recommendations of the President's Advisory Committee on Research in the Humanities and the Academic Vice Chancellors.
Upon completion of the Fellowship period, Fellows agree to:
"This project was partially supported by funding from the President's Research Fellowships in the Humanities, University of California." At the discretion of the Fellow, copies of the published work may be sent to the Program Office at the address listed at the bottom of this page. Recipients of President's Research Fellowships in the Humanities will be notified by the end of March 2006. Alternates will be named and will receive Fellowships if funds become available. The amounts of individual awards will be determined in negotiations between the recipient and representatives of the campus Academic Vice Chancellor, subject to approval by the Office of the President. The list of Fellows will be publicly announced after all negotiations are complete. Applications for academic year 2006-2007 must be received by October 14, 2005;
applications will not be accepted after this date. Applications consist of
(1) a completed two-page application form, (2) an abstract of the research
proposal, (3) a description of the proposed research, (4) a bibliography
of the most important works to be consulted, (5) a two-page curriculum vitae,
(6) an electronic copy of items (1) through (5) on a floppy disk or CD (new
requirement), (7) copies of the cover pages of applications for extramural support (if applicable), and (8) three letters of reference
submitted by referees of the applicant's choice directly to the program office
at the address listed below. In concert with the Program's effort to migrate
to web-based application, the referees are requested to also e-mail the text
of the letters of reference to laureen.oconnell@ucop.edu by October 14, 2005. |
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Laureen O'Connell
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