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The Wellcome Trust Book Prize
The award will be made on a yearly basis. Submissions will be permissible for any book published between 1 October of one year and 30 September of the next. A short list of six books will then be announced at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival in October, and a winner will be announced at a ceremony to be held at Wellcome Collection in early November.
1 October 2008 - Prize open for submissions
31 March 2009 - Closing date for submission forms
30 June 2009 - Closing date for submission of final manuscripts
October 2009 - Short list announced
November 2009 - Winner announced
Eligibility
Submitted books, in English or English translation, must be published by a UK-based publisher during the prize year. Reissues, anthologies and self-published books are not eligible for the prize, and authors must be living at the time of submission.
Any book of fiction or non-fiction will be considered, so long as medicine or biomedical science is central to its theme. This can include a collection of short stories by the same author. Children’s fiction may also be eligible, as long as the book is published by an adult imprint within the specified dates. The final decision as to whether or not a book is eligible for the prize rests with the judges.
Submissions
Submissions will be effected via UK publishers, who will be able to submit a book (or manuscript) via the form above. Each publisher will be allowed to submit three books with scheduled publication dates between 1 October 2008 and 30 September 2009. The deadline for the return of submission forms is 31 March 2009. Each submission must be accompanied by a completed entry form. Final texts must be submitted by 30 June 2009.
If finished copies are not available by 31 March, bound proofs may be submitted on condition that they are of good quality and that the content reflects that of the final book. If proofs are submitted, final copies should be sent in as soon as they are available. The judging panel will also have the right to call in books that have not been put forward.
Judging criteria
Four judges and one chair will be selected each year. As a group, the judges and chair will decide on a short list of six books (to be announced at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival in October); a month later, a winner will be chosen.
NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER
Fellowships 2010-2011
Purpose and Nature of Fellowships. The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2010 through May 2011. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and new Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States.
Areas of Special Interest. Most of the Center’s fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include environmental studies and history; English literature; art history; French history, literature, or culture; Asian Studies; and theology.
Stipends. Fellowships are individually determined, the amount depending upon the needs of the Fellow and the Center’s ability to meet them. The Center seeks to provide at least half salary and also covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for Fellows and their dependents.
Facilities and Services. Located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center provides an environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Its building includes private studies for Fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, reading areas, a reference library, and a Fellows’ workroom. The Center’s noted library service delivers books and research materials to Fellows, and support for information technology and editorial assistance are also provided. The Center locates housing for Fellows in the neighboring communities.
Support. Fellowships are supported by the Center’s own endowment, private foundation grants, alumni contributions, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Deadline and Application Procedures. Applicants submit the Center’s form, supported by a curriculum vitae, a 1000-word project proposal, and three letters of recommendation. You may request application material from Fellowship Program, National Humanities Center, Post Office Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256, or obtain the form and instructions from the Center’s website. Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by October 15, 2009.
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org e-mail
The National Humanities Center does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, handicap, sexual orientation, or age.
Postdoctoral Position
Postdoctoral Position with the Situating Science Research Cluster
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta announces a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in science and technology studies, funded by the SSHRC Cluster Grant, "Situating Science." The fellowship is for two years with a base salary of $35,000, with the possibility of augmenting this salary through teaching. In addition to engaging in research, the fellow will be expected to engage in networking activities for the University of Alberta node of the grant network, including helping to plan and execute the Cluster Workshop on “Health Legacies: Militarization, Health, and Society” to be held in Edmonton in September 2009. Applicants must articulate how their research projects fit within one or more of the four themes of the cluster; these themes can be found at www.situsci.ca/en/aboutus.html. Questions about the cluster and the application procedure, should be directed to Robert Smith at rwsmith@ualberta.ca.
Full applications will contain a cover letter, academic cv, writing sample, and at least three letters of reference.
The application deadline is 29 May 2009.
Applications (hardcopies only please) should be sent to Professor
Robert Smith,
Director, STS Program,
Office of Interdisciplinary Studies,
1-17 Humanities Building,
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E5, Canada.
The position starts on 1 August 2009
Fellowships in Tobacco Control Research Academic Background Required: Doctorate/Equivalent Degree
The purpose of the fellowship is to attract individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds in medical, biological, social, behavioral, and policy sciences to develop a new generation of academic leaders in tobacco control. Upon completion of training, fellows will be well positioned to be active participants in crucial policy debates about the future development and implementation of tobacco control interventions.
The fellowship supports two years of postdoctoral training in tobacco related research. Postdoctoral fellows will have exposure to diverse training including both didactic coursework and individualized mentoring to build a personalized research program. Fellows have come from an array of disciplines, including medicine, public health, nursing, economics, political science, law, sociology, psychology, and cell biology.
We offer individual mentorship with UCSF faculty along with courses in tobacco specific topics, health policy, cancer control and prevention, grant and scientific writing skills, career development, interdisciplinary research, and biostatistics.
Postdoctoral trainees will receive an annual salary commensurate with their experience, approximately $37,000-$51,000, according to the NIH stipend scale. Applicants may learn more about the Center, the fellowship program, and review the list of UCSF faculty and their research interests at our website, tobacco.ucsf.edu.
Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.
Applications are due May 6, 2009, for fellowships beginning July 1, 2009.
Please direct requests for information and applications to:
Fellowship Assistant
Phone: 415-476-0140
Fax: 415-514-9345
Tobacco.fellowship@ucsf.edu
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
School of Historical Studies, Opportunities for Scholars 2010-2011. The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. The history of medicine is one of the School’s principal interests, but the program is open to all fields of historical research. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Those chosen are offered membership and a stipend for up to a year. The Institute provides access to extensive resources including offices, libraries, subsidized restaurant and housing facilities, and some secretarial services. Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single term or a full academic year. Residence in Princeton during term time is required. The only other obligation of Members is to pursue their own research. The Ph.D. (or equivalent) and substantial publications are required. Information and application forms may be found on the School's web site, www.hs.ias.edu
or contact the
School of Historical Studies
Institute for Advanced Study
Einstein Dr., Princeton, N.J. 08540
(E-mail address: mzelazny@ias.edu)
Deadline: November 1 2009
University of Limerick,
Department of History
Online MA
(History of Family)
Introduction: The online MA in the History of the Family is a one-year, full time or
two-year part-time postgraduate degree programme. There is no other programme of
this type offered in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.
The aims of the programme are: To provide those interested in the History of Family with an opportunity to obtain formal training in the methodologies and concepts of the History of Family To contribute to and support each student’s personal quest for intellectual and moral autonomy
On completion of the programme a successful participant will have:Acquired a knowledge of a range of key issues in the history of political, social and economic development particularly as might be applied to the historians of families and communities its family, community, local and regional context Developed advanced skills in identifying, locating, assessing and interpreting appropriate primary and secondary sources Acquired the skills necessary as a foundation to conduct historical research at doctoral and post-doctoral level Developed the skills necessary to present the results of historical research to publication standard
Programme of study:It will consist of six modules. The modules will run consecutively; three during semester one and two during semester two. Students wishing to attend summer school may take one of the Spring semester modules (People on the move: studying migration) on campus. Students are also invited to UL campus for orientation week. Both on campus experiences are optional. Independent research will form the core of one module in the second semester and the dissertation (20, 000 words) will be completed and submitted at the end of August in year one with a Winter graduation. Students wishing to take the programme on a part-time basis over two years will complete the dissertation in year two of the programme.
Applicants who wish to discuss detailed elements of the programme should contact the
Course Director:
Dr Ciara Breathnach,
tel: 353-61-213166 or
ciara.breathnach@ul.ie
F. C. Wood Institute Short-Term Fellowships
Through its Center for Medical History (the combined Historical Library and the Mutter Museum), now led by Robert Hicks, PhD, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia is pleased to announce the re-launch of the F. C. Wood Institute Short-Term Fellowships. These Fellowships are in the form of short-term travel grants to bona fide researchers who wish to study any component of The College's collections. Note that these grants are not limited to library work: grantees may work with texts, specimens, images, or artifacts. Researchers will likely include scholars, artists, journalists, authors of popular works on medical history, and others. Please alert your colleagues and disseminate to any appropriate audience. Web link: http://www.collphyphil.org/erics/Resfels.htm
Fulbright Scholar Program
Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals for 2010-2011 is open
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers grants in more than 125 countries around the world. For the Academic Year 2010-2011, Fulbright lists 42 lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research awards in history (non-U.S.), including 4 Distinguished Chairs and the African Regional Research Program. Even better, faculty and professionals in American history also can apply for one of the 144 “All Discipline” awards open to all fields.
Fulbright
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture or do research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars. For information on Fulbright Scholar Awards, consult our website at www.cies.org for descriptions of awards and new eligibility requirements. If you are interested in requesting materials, please write to apprequest@cies.iie.org
please feel free to contact us at anytime.
Athena Mison Fulay
Program Officer -- Outreach and Communications
Fulbright Scholar Program Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L
Washington, DC 20008-3009
(202) 686 6242
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Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison -Madison Libraries
The Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries is pleased to offer a minimum of four grants-in-aid annually, each one month in duration, for research in the humanities in any field appropriate to the library’s collections. The purpose is to foster the high-level use of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries’ rich holdings, and to make them better known and more accessible to a wider circle of scholars. Awards are $2,000 each, or $3,000 for those traveling from outside North America.
Memorial Library, the university’s principal research library is distinguished in almost every area of scholarship. It boasts world-renowned collections of:
• history of science from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment
• pseudo science and medical and scientific quackery
• the largest American collection of avant-garde “Little Magazines”
• a rapidly growing collection of American women writers to 1920
• Scandinavian and Germanic history and literature
• Dutch post-Reformation theology and church history
• French political pamphlets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
• many other fields
Generally, applicants must have a Ph.D. or be able to demonstrate a record of solid intellectual accomplishment. Scholars and graduate students who have completed all requirements except the dissertation are also eligible.
The grants-in-aid are designed primarily to help provide access to UW—Madison library resources for people who live beyond commuting distance. Preference will be given to scholars who reside outside a 75-mile radius of Madison. The grantee is expected to be in residence during the term of the award, which may be taken up at any time during the year.
Applications are due 1 February of any year. For application forms or more information, see http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml, or write to Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries
University of Wisconsin—Madison
990 Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706
or contact
the Friends at 608-265-2505; fax: 608-265-2754
E-mail: friends@library.wisc.edu
Barbara Brodie Nursing History Research Fellowship
The University of Virginia School of Nursing Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry’s Barbara Brodie Nursing History Fellowship, a post-doctoral award, is open to doctorally prepared scholars engaged in historical research. Applications for the $3000 award are due October 15th each year, and the recipient will be announced each December. The selected Barbara Brodie Nursing History Fellow is expected to present a paper from the funded project in the Center's History Forum series within two years of receiving the award.
Selection of the fellow will be based on the scholarly quality of the investigator's project including: the clarity of the project's purpose, its rationale and significance, and the ability of the researcher to complete the work.
For more details:
http://w3.nursing.virginia.edu/research/cnhi/fellowship/