Faculty Funding

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Current revision as of 23:16, 13 October 2010

• Visiting Research Fellowships:

-- Sponsor: Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsoring organization is providing two to five fellowships for research terms of two to twelve months duration. The purpose of the fellowship is to provide research space and an environment conducive to writing and reflection to scholars working on research projects in the area of religion and society.

-- Deadline(s): 01/28/2011

-- Web Site: http://csrs.uvic.ca/Awardsandfellowships/visiting.php

-- OBJECTIVES: The sponsoring organization is providing a fellowship which aims to promote the scholarly study of religion in relation to any and all aspects of society and culture, both contemporary and historical. Topics may include, but are not limited to, examinations of religious themes within the areas of ethics, health, law, environment, technology, government and public policy, human conflict, art, literature, the media, and currents and debates in philosophy and the natural sciences.

-- ELIGIBILITY: The sponsor's fellowship is open to Canadian and international scholars; emeritus scholars; new scholars; and scholars on sabbatical leave from their regular academic appointments.

-- FUNDING: The sponsor will provide private office space centrally located on the scenic University campus; university privileges; enhanced opportunities for research networking and exchange; and participation in the organization's wide range of scholarly and social activities.

• Research Travel Grants:

-- Sponsor: Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers grants to help defray travel and lodging costs to scholars of any academic discipline who are engaged in projects which require substantial use of the collection of the library and/or the archives of the University of Notre Dame. Research projects must be related to the study of American Catholicism.

-- Deadline(s): 12/31/2010

-- Web Site: http://cushwa.nd.edu/grant-opportunities/travel-grants/

-- Program URL: http://cushwa.nd.edu/assets/22000/researchgrant.pdf

-- OBJECTIVES: The library collection is particularly rich in the following areas: Catholic newspapers, history of midwestern Catholicism, Catholic literature, and history of Catholicism in the U.S. The archives hold manuscripts of historical personages, records of twentieth century Catholic organizations, reports of European missionary societies, and much more material related to the American Catholic community.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants are scholars of any academic discipline who are engaged in projects which require substantial use of the collections of the library and the archives.

-- FUNDING: Awards defray travel and lodging costs while using the sponsor's facilities. The maximum grant is $2,000.

• Visiting Fellowships:

-- Sponsor: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

-- SYNOPSIS: Each Fellowship carries a stipend of £4000 and membership of the Common Room. The stipend is intended as a supplementary award and may be held in conjunction with other research grants, stipends, or sabbatical salaries. Fellowships are tenable from 1 October 2011 for nine months, though shorter periods will be considered. These fellowships are offered to support research in any area of the arts, humanities, or the social sciences that has relevance to the study of Islam or the Muslim world.

-- Deadline(s): 12/03/2010

-- E-mail: fellowships@oxcis.ac.uk

-- Web Site: http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/index.html

-- Program URL: http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/vf11-12.html

-- OBJECTIVES: These fellowships are offered to support research in any area of the arts, humanities, or the social sciences that has relevance to the study of Islam or the Muslim world particularly anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, law, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, and sociology.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Applications would normally be scholars or writers at the postdoctoral or equivalent level, but senior researchers are also eligible. An academic affiliation is not a necessary requirement.

-- FUNDING: Each Fellowship carries a stipend of £4000 and membership of the Common Room. The stipend is intended as a supplementary award and may be held in conjunction with other research grants, stipends, or sabbatical salaries.

• Non-Stipendiary Visiting Research Fellowships:

-- Sponsor: Centre for Studies in Religion & Society

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor invites applications from scholars in Canada or abroad for visiting fellowship appointments of up to twelve months' duration during the 2010/11 academic year.

-- Deadline(s): 01/28/2011

-- Contact: Dr. Paul Bramadat, Director

-- E-mail: csrs@uvic.ca

-- Program URL: http://csrs.uvic.ca/Awardsandfellowships/visiting.php

-- OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the fellowship is to provide research space and an environment conducive to writing and reflection to scholars working on research projects in the area of religion and society. The sponsor welcomes applications from all disciplinary backgrounds for projects that meet its mandate of promoting the scholarly study of religion in relation to any and all aspects of society and culture, both contemporary and historical. Topics may include, but are not limited to, examinations of religious themes within the areas of ethics, health, law, environment, technology, government and public policy, human conflict, art, literature, the media, and currents and debates in philosophy and the natural sciences.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants include: Canadian and international scholars; emeritus scholars; new scholars; and scholars on sabbatical leave from their regular academic appointments.

-- FUNDING: The fellowship includes office space. Two to five fellowships are offered annually.

• Collaborative Research Fellowships:

-- Sponsor: American Council of Learned Societies

-- SYNOPSIS: These awards support collaborative research in the humanities and related social sciences.

-- Deadline(s): 09/29/2010

-- Web Site: http://www.acls.org

-- Program URL: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=3154

-- OBJECTIVES: The aim of this program is to offer teams of two or more scholars the opportunity to collaborate intensively on a single, substantive project. Each project should: Provide release time to pursue collaborative research; Yield tangible research outcomes, such as joint publications, web projects, or other collaboratively produced projects. Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; science, technology, and medicine studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political theory). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group.

-- ELIGIBILITY: A collaborative project is constituted of at least two scholars who are each seeking salary-replacement stipends for six to twelve continuous months of supported research leave to pursue full-time collaborative research during the fellowship tenure. The Project Coordinator must have an appointment at a U.S.-based institution of higher education; other project members may be at institutions outside the United States or may be independent scholars. All project collaborators must hold a Ph.D. degree or its equivalent in publications and professional experience at the time of application.

-- FUNDING: The fellowships are for a total period of up to 24 months, to be initiated between July 1, 2011 and September 1, 2013, and provide salary replacement for each collaborator (based on academic rank: up to $35,000 for Assistant Professor; up to $40,000 for Associate Professor; and up to $60,000 for full Professor) as well as up to $20,000 in collaboration funds (which may be used for such purposes as travel, materials, or research assistance). The amount of the ACLS fellowship for any collaborative project will vary depending on the number of collaborators, their academic rank, and the duration of the research leave, but will not exceed $140,000 for any one project. Up to seven awards will be made under this competition.

• Visiting Research Fellowships:

-- Sponsor: Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsoring organization is providing two to five fellowships for research terms of two to twelve months duration. The purpose of the fellowship is to provide research space and an environment conducive to writing and reflection to scholars working on research projects in the area of religion and society.

-- Deadline(s): 01/31/2011

-- E-mail: csrs@uvic.ca

-- Web Site: http://csrs.uvic.ca/programs/fellowships/visiting.php

-- OBJECTIVES: The sponsoring organization is providing a fellowship which aims to promote the scholarly study of religion in relation to any and all aspects of society and culture, both contemporary and historical. Topics may include, but are not limited to, examinations of religious themes within the areas of ethics, health, law, environment, technology, government and public policy, human conflict, art, literature, the media, and currents and debates in philosophy and the natural sciences.

-- ELIGIBILITY: The sponsor's fellowship is open to Canadian and international scholars; emeritus scholars; new scholars; and scholars on sabbatical leave from their regular academic appointments.

-- FUNDING: The sponsor will provide private office space centrally located on the scenic University campus; university privileges; enhanced opportunities for research networking and exchange; and participation in the organization's wide range of scholarly and social activities.

• Collaborative Research Grants:

-- Sponsor: American Academy of Religion

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor each year grants awards ranging from $500 to $5000 to support projects proposed by members of the sponsor's organization and selected by the Research Grants Review Committee.

-- Deadline(s): 08/01/2010

-- Web Site: http://www.aarweb.org

-- Program URL: http://www.aarweb.org/Programs/Grants/Research/collaborative.asp

-- OBJECTIVES: Collaborative grants are intended to stimulate cooperative research among scholars in different institutions, with a focus on a clearly identified research project. They may also be used for interdisciplinary work with scholars outside the field of religion, especially when such work shows promise of continuing beyond the year funded. Collaborative project proposals are expected to describe plans for having the results of the research published.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Qualifications include: Project director must be a current AAR member who has been in good standing for the previous three years; Applicants will not be considered who have received an AAR Research Award in the previous five years; and Applicants must have completed the doctorate.

-- FUNDING: Awards range from $500 to $5000.

• Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative (PCRI):

-- John Templeton Foundation and Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California

-- http://www.usc.edu/PCRI

-- Grants for centers and individuals to conduct research in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the former Soviet Union