Junior Scholar Fellowships
The URI Center for the Humanities has limited funding available for junior faculty in the humanities who are seeking a course release to help complete a research project. Preference will be given to those scholars who expect to come up for tenure within three years following the award of the fellowship. Funding will be provided to humanities departments to hire a replacement instructor for the individual receiving the fellowship. The Center expects junior scholars to consult with department chairs to determine the most appropriate time to apply for a fellowship. Only tenure-track faculty members are eligible.
TO APPLY:
Complete the cover page below and submit it together with the following:
- An explanation of the research project, avoiding technical terminology (no more than three pages);
- An explanation of how the research furthers scholarship in the humanities;
- An account of how release from teaching one course in the requested semester will benefit the faculty member in completing the project and achieving tenure.
An electronic copy of your written statement must be submitted to the director: Galen A. Johnson, urihumanities@uri.edu. Additionally, please mail or hand-deliver (Fridays only, 9am-4pm) eight copies of your application to:
Dr. Galen A. Johnson
University of Rhode Island, Center for the Humanities
Davis Hall, 104
Kingston, RI 02881
IMPORTANT DATES:
Applications must be received by Friday, March 14, 2008, & announcement of awards will be made by May 1, 2008
For more information, you may call the Director at 401 874-4790 or Meredith Rathbun, Administrative Assistant, on Fridays at 874-5700.
Name of faculty member: ___________________ Department: ______________ Campus address: _________________________________________________________ Telephone number: ______________________ E-mail:___________________ Title of research project: ___________________________________________________ Preferred semester for the course release: ____ fall ____ spring ____ either Academic year in which the mandatory tenure review must occur: __________________ Name of department chairperson: ____________________________________________ Chair’s signature: _________________________Date: ____________________ Chair’s comments, including how the course release will affect course offerings in the