4 Postdoctoral Fellowships (three-year) US 2214 views

4 Princeton Society Postdoctoral Fellowships (three-year) will be awarded this year. The stipend for each of the 3 years of the fellowship will be approximately $84,500. In addition, fellows are provided with a personal computer, a shared office, a research account of $5,000 a year, access to university grants, benefits and other resources.

If you have already applied to the Princeton Society of Fellows, you may not apply a 2^nd time.
All applicants will be informed of the status of their application by the end of January, 2020. Interviews will take place in early February. The Society will reimburse the cost of travel and lodging associated with the interview. Names of fellowship winners will be posted on the Society of Fellows’ website in July 2020.

Requirements:

Please note the Society’s dates of degree eligibility. These are firm dates with no exceptions

Candidates who are ABD (All But Dissertation) at time of application:

If you will not meet the September 15, 2017, deadline for receipt of doctoral but are expected to have fulfilled all conditions for the degree, including defense and filing of dissertation, by June 15, 2018, you may still apply for a postdoctoral fellowship provided you have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation (approximately half). We ask that you include in your dossier a letter confirming your “progress to degree” from either your Department Chair or your Director of Graduate Studies (see details of letter below).

Please note that candidates awarded a fellowship will be asked to provide a document from either the Registrar or Dean of their Graduate School, to confirm completion of all requirements for the doctoral degree.
Recipients of doctorates in Education (Ed.D. or Ph.D. degrees), doctorates of Jurisprudence, and holders of doctoral degrees from Princeton University are not eligible to apply.

Application Procedure: Applicants should review carefully the following guidelines before completing the online application form and mailing the dossier materials.  (We do not accept dossiers submitted electronically.)

Candidates may apply for one or more fellowship(s) pertinent to their research and teaching by checking the relevant boxes on the Application Form. It is not necessary to submit separate applications for each fellowship.

Confidential letters of reference from no more than 3 referees. Additional letters cannot be included. Letters should be emailed by referees directly in Word or PDF format to sfrecs@princeton.edu  (NB. This email address is for letters only; all questions should be sent to fellows@princeton.edu).

Candidates may also arrange to have their letters emailed by an electronic dossier     service (such as Interfolio) to sfrecs@princeton.edu.

Please be sure to send your referees or dossier service the guidelines below:

Confidential letters of recommendation should be emailed directly to the Society by 3 referees, or by a dossier service, on or before the postmark deadline.

The following dossier items (single-sided) should be mailed by the candidate:

1. Completed application form (print-out of online form)
2. Cover letter
3. Curriculum vitae
4. For ABD (All But Dissertation) candidates only:  letter of “Progress to Degree” from either Department Chair or Director of Graduate Studies (see text below)
5. Dissertation abstract
6. Writing sample: one chapter of the dissertation orone published article
7. Research proposal
8. Two course proposals

In addition, confidential letters of recommendation should be emailed or mailed directly to the Society by 3 referees, or by a dossier service, on or before the postmark deadline.

Mail the complete dossier by August 6, 2019  (postmark deadline) to:

Princeton University
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Attention: Search Committee
10 Joseph Henry House
Princeton, New Jersey 08544

Candidates outside the USA must use a trackable mail service to ensure prompt delivery.
We recommend that candidates within the USA also ask for a tracking number when they mail their dossier. 

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