forwarded from amcircle -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Library of Congress fellowships Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:03:56 +0000 From: obiwon five <[log in to unmask]> For those wishing to access the LoC's map collection: >Title: Kluge Center Fellowships >Sponsor: Library of Congress > >SYNOPSIS: > The sponsor seeks qualified scholars to conduct research in the >John W. Kluge Center using the Library of Congress collections and >resources for a period of up to eleven months. Up to twelve >fellowships will be awarded annually. > >Deadline(s): 15/08/2007 >Established Date: 20/05/2002 >Follow-Up Date: 01/06/2008 >Review Date: 01/02/2007 > >Contact: > >Address: John W. Kluge Center Office > 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. > Washington, DC 20540-4860 > U.S.A. >E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:scholarly%40loc.gov> > >Program URL: http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge.html <http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge.html> >Tel: 202-707-3302 >Fax: 202-707-3595 >Deadline Ind: Postmark >Deadline Open: No > >Award Type(s): Fellowship > In-Residence > >Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: > Any/No Restrictions >Appl Type(s): Postdoctoral > Predoctoral-Non-Student > Young Investigator/Junior Faculty > >Target Group(s): NONE >Funding Limit: $4,000 MONTH >Duration: 11 MONTHS >Sponsor Type: Federal > >OBJECTIVES: > The sponsor especially encourages humanistic and social science >research that makes use of the Library's large and varried >collections. Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or multi-lingual >research is particularly welcome. Among the collections available are >the world's largest law library and outstanding multi-lingual >collections of books and periodicals. Deep special collections of >manuscripts, maps, music, films, recorded sound, prints and >photographs are also available. > >ELIGIBILITY > Eligible applicants are scholars who have received a terminal >advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities, social >sciences or in a professional field such as architecture or law are >eligible. Exceptions may be made for individuals without continuous >academic careers. Applicants may be U.S. citizens or foreign >nationals. Upon selection, foreign nationals will be assisted in >obtaining the appropriate visa. To meet the minimum eligibility >requirements, the degree must be formally awarded by the deadline >date. > >FUNDING > Fellowships are tenable for periods from six to eleven months at a >stipend of $4,000 per month for residential research at the Library of >Congress. The constraints of space and the desirability of >accommodating the maximum number of Fellows may lead to an offer of >fewer months than originally requested. Fellows may be in residence at >any time during the fourteen-month window between June 1 of the year >in which the Fellowship is awarded and August 1 of the year following. >Stipends will be paid monthly by the Library of Congress, by means of >electronic transfer to a U.S. bank account. Up to twelve Kluge >Fellowships will be awarded annually by the Library of Congress. >(cmb) > >KEYWORDS: Architecture > Humanities, General/Other > Social Sciences--Humanistic Emphasis > LAW > >