Fung Global Fellows Program at Princeton University 1120 views

Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) at Princeton University invite applications for Fung Global Fellows Program. The goal of the 2019-20 Fung Global Fellows cohort will be to explore the ways people learned to rely on or to reject strangers far away, as well as to imagine how global relationships came to be and could be different.  Applications are open to all disciplinary and inter-disciplinary fields from the sciences to the humanities whose work addresses this set of themes in any historical period or world region.

3 categories of awards:

1. Four of the fellowships will be awarded to early-career scholars employed in the equivalent of tenure-track positions who are expected to return to their position.
2. One fellowship is set aside for a post-doctoral research associate who at the time of application does not have a tenure-track faculty appointment.
3. One fellowship will be awarded to a senior scholar. All candidates must be based outside the United States.

Eligibility Criteria

Early-Career Scholars (four fellowships):

• Must hold PhD or equivalent within 10 years of the proposed start date of the fellowship; for the 2019-20 program that is no earlier than September 1, 2009. No exceptions will be made.
• Applicants must 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.
• Fellowships will be awarded to candidates who have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and exhibit unusual intellectual promise but are still at the beginning of their careers
• Fellows must be in residence in Princeton or within a 15-mile radius during the full academic year of their fellowship (September 1 – June 30), and should plan any non-research related travel during the holidays and University breaks.
• 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 2019-2020 at Princeton University

Senior Scholars (one fellowship):

• Applicant must have received his/her doctorate before 2009.
• Senior applicants must hold a faculty appointment outside the United States of America at the time of application, to which they are expected to return at the conclusion of the fellowship.
• Fellows must be in residence in Princeton or within a 15-mile radius during the full academic year of their fellowship (September 1 – June 30), and should plan any non-research related travel during the holidays and University breaks.
• 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 2019-2020 at Princeton University

 Postdoctoral Scholars (one fellowship):

• Applicant must have completed all requirements for their PhD before August 1, 2019 but cannot have received their degrees more than three years prior to the start of the appointment on September 1, 2019.
• The postdoctoral appointment will be for one academic year for a scholar who has received a Ph.D. at an institution outside the United States and, who at the time of application, does not have a tenure-track faculty appointment.
• Fellows must be in residence in Princeton or within a 15-mile radius during the full academic year of their fellowship (September 1 – June 30), and should plan any non-research related travel during the holidays and University breaks.
• For ABD (All But Dissertation) candidates: letter of “Progress to Degree” from the director of graduate studies or department chair; for applicants with PhD degree: document from a dean- or registrar-level office confirming your completion of all requirements for the PhD degree.

Application Requirements (all categories):

The following items will need to be submitted by the applicant, in English:

• Online application
• Cover letter (1.5 pages maximum)
• CV (including publications)
• Research proposal (maximum of 3 pages, single spaced)
• One writing sample (article or book chapter, maximum of 50 pages)
• Names and email addresses for three referees, who will be contacted with an invitation to upload their letter of recommendation to the online application system