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Fellowship Details
Eligibility Guidelines
Eligibility requirements apply at the time of application. Applicants
must meet all of the following requirements and will be considered
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin
and/or physical impairment.
- Must be a U.S. citizen. Proof of citizenship (i.e. photocopy
of passport, etc.) must be shown upon award notification.
- Must have a Ph.D. or be a U.S. doctoral candidate who has completed
all Ph.D. requirements with the exception of the dissertation.
- Must be engaged in the study and research in the humanities,
social sciences, and allied natural sciences.
- Must wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance
in two or more countries outside of the United States, one of which
must host participating American overseas
research center.
Application Deadline
The deadline for all materials to be received by the CAORC office
is Friday, January 16, 2009. All materials,
including letters of recommendation and transcripts (if applicable),
must be received by this date in order for the applicant to be considered
for the fellowship.
Fellowships Terms and
Conditions
- Fellowships are limited to the support of study and research
in the humanities, social sciences, and allied natural sciences.
- Fellowships may be awarded to U.S. doctoral candidates who have
completed all Ph.D. requirements with the exception of their dissertation
and to scholars who have already received a Ph.D.
- Fellowships will be awarded to U.S. citizens only.
Proof of citizenship (i.e. photocopy of passport, etc.) must be
shown upon award notification.
- Applicants must propose and conduct field research in at least
two countries outside the United States, one of which must host
an American overseas research center (ORC). Click for complete
list of participating centers.
- Fellowship tenure must be of at least 90 days duration. The 90
day tenure need not be continuous. Fellows must have completed
their fellowships and submitted final reports within a month of
completion of the fellowship project, or by the fellowship deadline.
- Fellows must complete their fellowships by August
31, 2010. Any unused portion of the stipend must
be returned to CAORC by this date.
- This program provides stipends of up to $9,000 per fellow. Air
travel procured with funds from this grant must adhere to the “Fly
America” policy whenever feasible. No dependent allowance
is available.
- Given changing travel restrictions and/or travel warnings to
many countries, fellows should contact CAORC prior to purchasing
airfare.
- While CAORC encourages scholars to apply to other federal and
private sources in addition to the CAORC Multi-Country Research
Fellowship Program, CAORC fellows may not simultaneously hold other
major federally funded fellowships. CAORC fellows who receive additional
awards must contact CAORC immediately to discuss possible date
and stipend adjustments.
- CAORC fellows will be granted all privileges normally accorded
other fellows at the ORC to which they will affiliate.
- CAORC is unable to provide health or other insurance to its fellows.
Fellows are required to supply CAORC with proof of health insurance
as well as emergency evacuation and repatriation of remains insurance
before leaving the United States.
- Fellowships are authorized only after the ORC with which the
fellow intends to affiliate has given approval and a security clearance
has been granted. Applicants need not contact the ORC directly
during the application process.
- Fellowship recipients are eligible to reapply for a second MCRFP
three years after their most recent award.
- CAORC does not advise fellows on tax questions concerning their
stipend
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Preparing to Apply
Tips for Applying
- Meet the eligibility guidelines and the application
deadline.
- Read the website of the proposed affiliate ORC to ensure
that the research topic fits within their broad purview. Links
to all ORC websites can be found on the Centers
Page.
- Read and follow the instructions.
- Include only the information and materials requested and observe
any limitations on length.
- Submit application via email as attachments using an
MS Word or PDF format.
Tips for Letters of Recommendations
- The applicant is responsible for notifying referees of their
request for letters and for ensuring those letters are submitted
to CAORC by the deadline.
- All references must be in English.
- Ph.D. candidates must submit one letter from their academic
advisor with the Advisor Sheet on page 6 of the application
- Do not submit more references than the 3 required.
Samples of Past Awards
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1993: Shahnaz Rouse, Sarah Lawrence College (Egypt/Pakistan/India)
Shifting Fragments, Uncovering Nations
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1994: Joy McCorriston & Sheila McNally, University
of Minnesota (Oman/Yemen)
Incense Production in Ancient Southern Arabia:
Developing an Archaeological Project
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1995: Marvin Weinbaum, University of Illinois
(Pakistan/Egypt)
Markets and Democracy in the Muslim Polity
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1996: Clarissa Burt, Ohio University (Egypt/Jordan/Morocco)
Egyptian Poetry and its Criticism Since 1967
in the Arabo-Poetic Context
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1997: David Gutelius, Johns Hopkins University
(Morocco/Mauritania/Tunisia)
Markets and Social Change in the Western Maghrib,
1640-1830
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1998: Susan Miller, Harvard University (Tunisia/Egypt/Turkey)
The Jewish Quarter of the Mediterranean City:
An Architectural and Historical Study
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1999: Priya Satia, UC-Berkeley (India/Pakistan/Kuwait/Bahrain/England)
Indian Ocean Smugglers and the British Raj, 1920-1945
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2000: Ned Bertz, University of Iowa (India/Tanzania)
Everyday Encounters in India and Tanzania:
Nationalism, Race, and Diaspora in the Indian
Ocean Region
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2001: Carrie Konold, University of Michigan (Senegal/Morocco/Ghana)
Social Networks of Political Communication in
Africa
- 2002: Janet Jones, Bucknell University (Turkey/Greece)
Technology, Trade, and Influence in First Millennium BCE
Asia Minor: Ancient Glass from Gordion
- 2003: Karen Ruffle, UNC-Chapel Hill (India/Iran/Syria)
Memory Inflamed: Women’s Participation in the Shi’i
Community of Remembrance
- 2004: Christopher Vasantkumar, UC Berkeley (India, China)
The Routes of Belonging: Tibetan Migrants and
the Limits of the Chinese Nation
- 2005: James Meyer, Brown University (Turkey, Ukraine)
Turkic Worlds: Culture Wars, Community
Representation, and Collective Identity in the Russian
and Ottoman Empires, 1880-1917
- 2006: Tiffiny Tung & Brian Kemp, Vanderbilt University (Mexico,
Peru)
Investigating the Effects of Ancient Imperialism
on Population Migration in Ancient Mexico and Peru
through Bioarchaeological and Genetic Analyses
- 2007: Michelle Machicek, University of Sheffield (China, Mongolia,
Kyrgyzstan)
A Biocultural Analysis of Later Prehistoric Populations
of Inner Asia
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Apply
Application Checklist
- Completed application form
- Project abstract (not to exceed 100 words)
- Project description (not to exceed 1500 words)
- Curriculum Vitae, 3 pages maximum
- Three separate letters of recommendation (Note: Ph.D. candidates
must submit one letter from their academic advisor)
- Graduate transcripts (Ph.D. candidates only)
Application
The deadline for all materials to be received by the CAORC office
is Friday, January 16, 2009. All materials, including
letters of recommendation and transcripts (if applicable), must be
received by this date in order to be considered for the fellowship.
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Selection Process
Review Criteria
Fellows will be selected by the CAORC grants panel made up of scholars
accustomed to conducting regional and trans-regional research. Please
note that readers may not be specialists in your field. Applicants
will be judged according to the following criteria:
- Merits of the proposal for significance, relevance, and potential
contribution to regional and/or trans-regional scholarly research
- Applicant qualifications
- Research design and methodology
- Significance to the applicant's field
- Significance to needs and interests of host country and CAORC
- Feasibility in terms of resources and amount of time allocated
to the project
- Need for residence in host country to accomplish the project
- Proficiency in language required to complete research project,
if applicable
Notification
Notification of fellowship status will be made available to each
applicant via email by March 31, 2009.
Fellows are advised that it can take up to six months to obtain the
necessary research clearance.
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