Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research fellowships for US-based scholars
at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, UK
PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO APPROPRIATE RECIPIENTS
http://www.nri.org.uk/opportunities.html
The Needham Research Institute (NRI), home of the Science and
Civilisation in China project, provides scholars with excellent
facilities for research into the history of science, technology and
medicine in East Asia.
Funds granted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation make it possible for
the NRI to offer a number of 13-week fellowships tenable at the
Institute for US-based scholars and researchers working within the
broad field of the history of science, technology and medicine in East
Asia. These fellowships are tenable during the academic year which
runs from October 2011 to June, 2012, and preference will normally be
given to scholars who wish to visit the Institute during the Cambridge
University terms which run from October through December 2011, January
through March and April through June, 2012. Applications must include
CV and a description of the work that will be done during the period
of the fellowship, together with two letters of recommendation from
qualified persons. The project description should indicate why it
would be particularly helpful for the researcher to be able to work at
the NRI.
The deadline for receipt of applications for fellowships to be taken
up during the academic year 2011/2012 is Friday 27th May 2011.
The remit of these fellowships is intended to be as wide as is
necessary to maximise the contribution they can make to the
development of what is a varied and lively field, however:
(1) Recipients should normally be engaged in research using primary
materials in East Asian languages. This is not however intended to
exclude candidates who are also using western-language materials to
carry out research into contacts between China and other countries.
(2) Recipients must either hold an academic post in a US university,
or be registered for a research degree in a US university.
The fellowships will meet the costs of economy air travel to the UK,
together with a grant adequate to cover living costs in Cambridge for
one semester, and some support for research expenses and travel in the
UK. While these fellowships are primarily intended to fund
one-semester visits, under exceptional circumstances they may be held
for longer periods.
The fellowships will be awarded without distinction of gender, ethnic
origin or other factors irrelevant to scholarly merit. Other things
being equal, preference will be given to proposals from scholars at an
earlier stage of their careers, but others should not feel precluded
from making applications.
Please send applications and enquiries to:
The Institute Administrator
Needham Research Institute,
8 Sylvester Road,
Cambridge CB3 9AF
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Details of the NRI may be found at http://www.nri.org.uk
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