Deadline: 1 November 2013
Open to: scolars from the US and any other country, regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability
Fellowship: a salary that equals the normal salary paid to a fellow at his or her home institution, travel expenses, office space
Description
The Fung Global Fellows Program reflects Princeton University’s commitment to engaging with scholars from around the world and inspiring ideas that transcend borders.The program brings exceptional international early-career faculty members working in the social sciences and the humanities to Princeton for a year of research, writing, and collaboration. In 2014-15, the program will focus on the theme “Global Diffusion.” They are currently accepting applications from international scholars developing new, innovative ways to study global diffusion processes.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible applicants need to:
- have received their PhD (or the equivalent of an Anglo-American PhD) within 10 years of the proposed start date of the fellowship.
- hold a position outside the United States of America at the time of application, to which they are expected to return at the conclusion of the fellowship.
- US citizens and noncitizens, regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability, are eligible to apply.
Please read the full eligibility criteria HERE.
Fellowship
Fellowships are for one academic year, 10 months from September to June.
The program provides a salary that equals the normal salary paid to a fellow at his or her home institution, an office space and computer access in a suite dedicated to the program, transportation costs for each fellow, and his or her spouse or domestic partner and for their child/children as well as the shipment of books and papers that are necessary for the continuation of research.Further information provided HERE.
Application
Applicants should provide:
- Completed online application form (log in required)
- Cover letter (1.5 pages maximum)
- Curriculum vitae
- Research proposal (maximum of 3 pages, single spaced)
- One writing sample (article or book chapter, maximum of 50 pages)
- An official letter from the applicant’s employer affirming that, should the fellowship be awarded, the applicant would be permitted to accept it and to spend the academic year 2014/2015 at Princeton University
- Three (3) confidential letters of recommendation in English, uploaded directly by the recommenders to the application website or postmarked by 1 November 2013.
- Please read the application details.
For further information please refer to the official website.
