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Eligibility
For the junior fellowship: Applicants must be junior (untenured tenure-track) faculty who are in their second through sixth year of the tenure track. Junior fellowships cannot be used to finish requirements for a terminal degree. For the senior fellowship: Applicants must be tenured faculty.
The fellowships are available to faculty from any UNH department or program so long as their research falls within the humanities and their proposals are endorsed by their department chair and dean. Faculty who have in the twelve months prior to application received external funding that provided support for a continuous period of research equal to at least one semester are not eligible. Senior faculty fellows may combine their fellowship with a semester-long sabbatical leave, if they have the endorsements of their dean and department chair. But the fellowship may not combine with similar opportunities in the University, such as the Faculty Scholars award. A selection committee convened by the Center will award the fellowships.
Criteria for selection
Applications will be judged on the basis of the conception, definition, organization, and description of the proposed project; the significance the work is likely to have in the applicant’s field and in the humanities broadly conceived; and the probability that the fellow will complete his or her project or a substantive and well-defined segment of the project.
Application materials
1. A project description not to exceed three single-spaced pages in 12 point type. Please be sure to write for a non-specialist, cross-disciplinary panel of reviewers.
2. A project bibliography of no more than one page.
3. A vita of no more than two pages.
4. Endorsements from the appropriate chairperson and dean, to be sent directly to Program Coordinator, Center for the Humanities, UNH, 305 Huddleston Hall, Durham, NH 03824.
5. A list of other fellowships and awards sought by the applicant.
6. Three letters of recommendation, sent directly to the Center. At least two of the letters must come from recommenders outside of UNH. Letters should address the significance of the research and the abilities of the applicant to engage in the project. Letters can be sent by regular mail, fax (603-862-0110), or email (humanities.center@unh.edu).
Please submit five copies of the application by November 5, 2008
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