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Frederick Douglass Institute
for African and
African-American Studies
Morey 302
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
The Predoctoral Fellowship Program
The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies has a broad mandate in undergraduate and graduate education, advance research, and exchange within the University community.
Description of the Program:
The Predoctoral Fellowship is awarded annually to a graduate student of any university who studies aspects of the African and African-American experience. This fellowship, which carries an annual stipend of $23,000, does not come with any teaching obligation, but will require the Fellow to work with the Institute's Director in organizing colloquium, lectures, and other events. The principal aim of this award is to expedite the completion of the Fellow's dissertation.
All Fellows receive office space in the Institute, full access to the University's facilities, and opportunities to interact and collaborate with scholars of their respective disciplines within the University. Fellows must be in full time residence during the tenure of their awards and are expected to be engaged in scholarly activity on a full-time basis. They must, for example, be available for consultation with students and professional colleagues; make at least two formal presentations based upon their research; and contribute generally to the intellectual discourse on African and African-American Studies.
Requirements and Application Procedures:
To qualify for this one-year residential fellowship in the 2008-2009 academic year, an applicant will need to have completed and passed the following before the end of this (2007-2008) academic year: (1) all required courses; (2) qualifying oral and/or written exams; (3) written at least one chapter of the dissertation (the chapter becomes part of the application package).
Application Checklist:
A completed FDI fellowship application form; a curriculum vitae; an official transcript showing completion of all preliminary coursework and qualifying examinations; the dissertation prospectus; a sample chapter from the dissertation; three letters of recommendation to be sent out by the referees, including one from the dissertation supervisor assessing the candidate’s prospects for completing the project within a year.
Deadlines:
Applications to the two programs are accepted from September 2008 to January 31, 2009. The Postdoctoral award will be announced on or about March 1, 2009, and Predoctoral award, on or about March 15, 2009.
Address Application to:
Director for Research Fellowships
The Frederick Douglass Institute for African & African-American Studies
University of Rochester, RC Box 270440, 302 Morey Hall
Rochester, NY 14627-0440 - USA
Tel: (585) 275-7235
Fax: (585) 256-2594
Email: fdi@mail.rochester.edu.