Post-Doctoral Funding

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• Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

-- Sponsor: American Jewish Archives

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor's intent is to provide a forum where students and scholars of the American Jewish experience can gather together to research, discuss, and study their chosen topics. Under the auspices of this unique program scholars come to Cincinnati to conduct in-depth research at the American Jewish Archives and to take part in the academic community of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. The program provides fellows with an opportunity not only to pursue their own research, but also to interact and exchange ideas with research peers as well as with the faculty and students of HUC-JIR.

-- Deadline: 03/18/2009

-- Program URL: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/programs_fellowship.php

-- OBJECTIVES: The sponsor offers fellowships for postdoctoral research or writing in American Jewish studies at the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Applicants must be conducting serious research in some area relating to the history of North American Jewry. The goal of the program is to advance the understanding of American Jewish history and, simultaneously, of the American nation as a whole.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants are postdoctoral candidates, Ph.D. candidates who are completing dissertations, and senior or independent scholars.

-- FUNDING: The stipend will be sufficient to cover transportation and living expenses while in residence in Cincinnati. The duration is one month.

• Visiting Research Fellowships

-- Sponsor: Center for Inquiry

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor awards visiting research fellowships and scholarships in the areas of the borderlands of science; religion, ethics, and society; medicine and mental health. All relevant disciplines are welcome.

-- Contact: John Shook, jshook@centerforinquiry.net

-- Program URL: http://www.centerforinquiry.net/research/more_information/

-- DEADLINE NOTE: Applications are considered on a rolling basis.

-- OBJECTIVES: While in residence at the Center for Inquiry's main branch at the State University of New York at Buffalo, fellows and scholars typically conduct research and publish in CFI or other journals; deliver public presentations; participate in conferences, seminars, and symposia; and interact with the university community.

-- FUNDING: Visiting fellows take up residence for at least one semester, receiving a courtesy appointment in the appropriate department at State University of New York at Buffalo, a stipend, and accommodations in the Center's guest residence. (klu)