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John Carter Brown Library

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2001-02

The John Carter Brown Library, an independently funded and administered institution for advanced research in history and the humanities located in the campus of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, will award approximately twenty-five Research Fellowships for the year 1 June 2001 to 31 May 2002. Sponsorship of research at the John Carter Brown Library is reserved exclusively for scholars whose work is centred on the colonial history of the Americas, North and South, including all aspects of the European, African, and Native American involvement. Fellowships are of two types:

(a) Regular John Brown Library Fellowships are available for periods of two to four months and carry a stipend of $1,200 per month. These Fellowships are open to American and foreign nationals who are engaged in pre- or post-doctoral, or independent, research. Graduate Students must have passed their preliminary or general examinations at the time of application. A few Fellowships without stipend will be offered every year to highly qualified applicants. Scholars interested in this option must go through the normal application procedure.
(b) The Library will also receive applications for Long-Term Fellowships, several of which are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent agency of the US Federal Government, and by the Andrew M. Mellon Foundation. Long-Term Fellowships are for five to nine months with a stipend of $3,000 per month. The term for these Fellowships will typically begin between 1 June and 15 July or between 15 January and 15 March. Applicants for NEH Long-Term Fellowships must be American citizens or have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Graduate Students are not eligible for Long-Term Fellowships. The Lampadia-Adams Fellowship, carrying a stipend of $20,000 for five months in residence is restricted to senior scholars from Argentina, Brazil or Chile. The JCB/Connecticut College combined research fellowship and visiting professorship, with a stipend of $10,000 is available for one semester to a scholar presently teaching in Spain or Spanish America.

Recipients of all Fellowships are expected to relocate to Providence and to be in continuous residence at the John Carter Brown Library for the entire term of the award. Applications for all Fellowships will be evaluated by independent academic committees. Fellowships will be awarded on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the merits and significance of the project, and the particular need that the holdings of the John Carter Brown Library will fill in the development of the project.

Application forms are available by e-mail from JCBL_Fellowships@Brown.edu or from the Director, John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Providence, RI 02912, USA. The deadline for submission of application materials is 15 January 2001, envelopes must be postmarked no later that this date.


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Cambridge University Reporter Special, 9 November 2000
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