FACULTY FELLOWSHIP GUIDELINES
2010 - 2011
Fellowship Proposal Suggestions
Completed applications for 2010-2011 Fellowships are due Monday, November 30, 2009
The Faculty Fellowship Program of the Institute for the Humanities seeks to support research in the humanities, to strengthen teaching in the humanities, and to foster interdisciplinary dialogue at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2010-2011, the Institute will offer six one-year fellowships, which release faculty from all formal teaching and administrative obligations during the period of the fellowship.
Obligations
Institute fellows are required to be in residence during the fellowship period, and to spend full time on their writing and research. Fellows’ other obligations include presenting a public lecture on work-in-progress to a multi-disciplinary audience, leading an informal seminar on the fellowship project, and attending all fellows' events during the fellowship year.
Eligibility
All full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty in humanities and related disciplines at the rank of assistant professor and above are eligible to apply for this award. Those faculty who have been Institute fellows are eligible to apply for a second fellowship five years after their former fellowship elapsed (2004-2005 or earlier). Those who have had two fellowships are eligible to reapply ten years after their last fellowship elapsed (1999-2000 or earlier). (See “Former Fellows” section in “Fellowship Proposal Suggestions.”)
In response to questions about the appropriateness of particular projects for fellowships, the Institute has adopted the broad definition used by the National Endowment for the Humanities: “the term humanities includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following disciplines: history; philosophy; languages; linguistics; literature; archaeology; jurisprudence; the history, theory, and criticism of the arts; ethics; comparative religion; and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches.”
Developing a Proposal
Proposal Workshop: This workshop will emphasize applying for a year-long Institute for the Humanities Fellowship and will take place on Monday, September 14, 2009 at noon in the Institute for the Humanities. Bring your questions and your lunch.
Individual Sessions with Director: All those interested in applying for a fellowship are invited to meet individually with the Institute director to discuss developing a competitive proposal. The Institute director will be available for consultation with individuals about their proposals from October 12-23, 2009. Please call Mary Beth Rose (996-7815) or e-mail (mbrose@uic.edu) for an appointment.
