The Gordon Cain Fellowship in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship. 

The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) invites applications for the Gordon
Cain Fellowship in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship for the
2000-2001 academic year. The Gordon Cain Fellow will spend the year in
residence at CHF and will carry out historical research on the development
of the chemical industries.

The outcome of this research should further our understanding of the
relationship between science, technology, policy, and entrepreneurship and
shed light on the complex development of modern society and commerce. For
example, what are the conditions that forward the growth of certain chemical
specialties or of biotechnology? What is known about the economic and
commercial impacts of Nobel Prize-winning work carried out in the United
States? How best may recent developments in policy study, economics, and
various historical subdisciplines-history of science, of technology, of
economics, and of business-illuminate the history of the chemical
industries?

At the beginning of the fellowship year, the Cain Fellow and CHF will
convene a committee of leading academics to discuss the historical territory
around policy, technology, and entrepreneurship, providing counsel and
feedback to both the fellow and to CHF.

The successful candidate for the Cain Fellowship should have a Ph.D. or
equivalent in hand at the time of application. Applications should include a
complete curriculum vitae and a proposal of 500 to 1,000 words outlining the
applicant's research project, with specific reference to how the work
advances scholarship and how the outcome might be published. In addition,
applicants should arrange for two letters of reference to be sent directly
to CHF.

The fellowship carries a competitive stipend plus a small continuing award
for research expenses and travel to allow the Cain Fellow to return to CHF
periodically after the initial term.

Deadline: 
1 December 1999 
 
Contact: 
Leo B. Slater
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702 
Phone: (215) 873-8224
Fax: (215) 925-1954
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The Chemical Heritage Foundation seeks to increase public understanding of
chemical sciences and technologies through the historical study of the
chemical industries, including petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals,
biotechnology, and polymers and plastics, and of chemical engineering,
agricultural chemicals, and environmental remediation.

For more information, please visit our web site at www.chemheritage.org


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