2007-2008 Cycle
Overview
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers
(CAORC) announces a fellowship program that supports advanced
regional research.
- The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates
and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields
in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences
and wish to
conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Fellowships
require scholars to conduct research in more than one country outside
of the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating
American overseas research center. CAORC member centers to which
fellows may affiliate include the American Academy in Rome; the American
Center of Oriental Research in Amman; the American Institute for Maghrib
Studies (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco); the American Institute for
Sri Lankan Studies; the American Institute for Yemeni Studies; the
American Institute of Bangladesh Studies; the American Institute of
Indian Studies; the American Institute of Iranian Studies; the American
Institute of Pakistan Studies; the American Research Center in Egypt;
the American Research Institute in Turkey; the American School of
Classical Studies at Athens; the Center for Khmer Studies, the Cyprus
American Archaeological Research Institute; the Mexico-North Research
Network, the Palestinian American Research Center; the West African
Research Association (West African Region); and the W. F. Albright
Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. Given changing
restrictions to many countries, applicants should contact
CAORC before preparing a proposal.
- It is anticipated that approximately ten awards
of up to $9,000 each will be given to scholars who wish
to carry out research on broad questions of multi-country significance
in the fields
of humanities, social sciences, and related natural sciences. Scholars
must carry out research in at least one of the countries which host
overseas research centers: Algeria, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus,
Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco,
Pakistan, Senegal/West Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank/Gaza
Strip and Yemen, as well as in other countries unless subject to official
security and/or travel restrictions or warnings. Research
in Nepal is possible via the Center for South Asia Libraries; please
contact CAORC for more information. Fellows are required
to obtain
their own research permissions in countries that do not
host centers.
- Fellows will be selected by the CAORC grants
panel made up of scholars accustomed to conducting regional
and trans-regional research. Scholars will be judged according to their intellectual
capacity and maturity and fitness for fieldwork, and their proposals
for significance, relevance, and potential contribution to regional
and/or trans-regional scholarly research. Scholars may apply
individually or in teams.
- Doctoral candidates who have completed all
Ph.D. requirements with the exception of the dissertation
and established post-doctoral scholars are eligible to
apply as individuals or in
teams. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative
and/or cross-regional questions requiring research in two or more
countries. All applicants must be U.S. citizens.
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Fellowship Guidelines
Fellowships are offered to scholars under the following 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 Ph.D. candidates who have completed all Ph.D. requirements
with the exception of the 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 receipt of fellowship.
- Applicants must propose field
research in at least two countries outside of the
United States, one of which must host an American overseas research
center (ORC).
- 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 August 31, 2009.
- 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.
- 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.
- CAORC fellows will be granted
all privileges normally accorded other fellows at
the ORC to which he/she 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.
- If for any reason fellows
are not able to complete their fellowship, the unused
portion of the stipend must be returned to CAORC
by August 31, 2009.
- 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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The 2007-2008 application cycle is now closed
Please check the website in the fall of 2008 for information on the 2008-2009 cycle
Contact
Council of American Overseas Research Centers(CAORC)
Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 178
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Tel: (202) 633 - 1599
Fax: (202) 786-2430
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CAORC fellowships for multi-country research are funded by a grant from the
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. |
