Fellowship Opportunity at the Needham Research Institute
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research fellowships for US-based scholars
at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, UK
PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO APPROPRIATE RECIPIENTS
The Needham Research Institute (NRI), home of the Science and Civilisation
in China project, provides scholars with excellent facilities for research
into the history of science, technology and medicine in East Asia.
Funds granted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation make it possible for the
NRI to offer a number of 13-week fellowships tenable at the Institute for
US-based scholars and researchers working within the broad field of the
history of science, technology and medicine in East Asia.
These fellowships are tenable during the academic year which runs from
October 2012 to June, 2013, and preference will normally be given to
scholars who wish to visit the Institute during the Cambridge University
terms which run from October through December 2012, January through March
and April through June, 2013.
Applications must include CV and a description of the work that will be
done during the period of the fellowship, together with two letters of
recommendation from qualified persons.
The project description should indicate why it would be particularly
helpful for the researcher to be able to work at the NRI.
*The deadline for receipt of applications for fellowships to be taken up
during the academic year 2012/2013 is Friday 25^th May 2012.
* The remit of these fellowships is intended to be as wide as is necessary
to maximise the contribution they can make to the development of what is
a varied and lively field, however:
(1) Recipients should normally be engaged in research using primary
materials in East Asian languages. This is not however intended to exclude
candidates who are also using western-language materials to carry out
research into contacts between China and other countries.
(2) Recipients must either hold an academic post in a US university, or be
registered for a research degree in a US university.
The fellowships will meet the costs of economy air travel to the UK,
together with a grant adequate to cover living costs in Cambridge for one
semester, and some support for research expenses and travel in the UK.
While these fellowships are primarily intended to fund one-semester
visits, under exceptional circumstances they may be held for longer
periods.
The fellowships will be awarded without distinction of gender, ethnic
origin or other factors irrelevant to scholarly merit. Other things being
equal, preference will be given to proposals from scholars at an earlier
stage of their careers, but others should not feel precluded from making
applications.
Please send applications and enquiries to:
The Institute Administrator
Needham Research Institute
8 Sylvester Road,
Cambridge CB3 9AF
Email: admin[put the "at" sign here]nri.org.uk
Details of the NRI may be found at http://www.nri.org.uk
--
Susan Bennett
Institute Administrator
Needham Research Institute
8 Sylvester Road
Cambridge
CB3 9AF
Tel: 01223 311545 Fax: 01223 362703
www:http://www.nri.org.uk
at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, UK
PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO APPROPRIATE RECIPIENTS
The Needham Research Institute (NRI), home of the Science and Civilisation
in China project, provides scholars with excellent facilities for research
into the history of science, technology and medicine in East Asia.
Funds granted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation make it possible for the
NRI to offer a number of 13-week fellowships tenable at the Institute for
US-based scholars and researchers working within the broad field of the
history of science, technology and medicine in East Asia.
These fellowships are tenable during the academic year which runs from
October 2012 to June, 2013, and preference will normally be given to
scholars who wish to visit the Institute during the Cambridge University
terms which run from October through December 2012, January through March
and April through June, 2013.
Applications must include CV and a description of the work that will be
done during the period of the fellowship, together with two letters of
recommendation from qualified persons.
The project description should indicate why it would be particularly
helpful for the researcher to be able to work at the NRI.
*The deadline for receipt of applications for fellowships to be taken up
during the academic year 2012/2013 is Friday 25^th May 2012.
* The remit of these fellowships is intended to be as wide as is necessary
to maximise the contribution they can make to the development of what is
a varied and lively field, however:
(1) Recipients should normally be engaged in research using primary
materials in East Asian languages. This is not however intended to exclude
candidates who are also using western-language materials to carry out
research into contacts between China and other countries.
(2) Recipients must either hold an academic post in a US university, or be
registered for a research degree in a US university.
The fellowships will meet the costs of economy air travel to the UK,
together with a grant adequate to cover living costs in Cambridge for one
semester, and some support for research expenses and travel in the UK.
While these fellowships are primarily intended to fund one-semester
visits, under exceptional circumstances they may be held for longer
periods.
The fellowships will be awarded without distinction of gender, ethnic
origin or other factors irrelevant to scholarly merit. Other things being
equal, preference will be given to proposals from scholars at an earlier
stage of their careers, but others should not feel precluded from making
applications.
Please send applications and enquiries to:
The Institute Administrator
Needham Research Institute
8 Sylvester Road,
Cambridge CB3 9AF
Email: admin[put the "at" sign here]nri.org.uk
Details of the NRI may be found at http://www.nri.org.uk
--
Susan Bennett
Institute Administrator
Needham Research Institute
8 Sylvester Road
Cambridge
CB3 9AF
Tel: 01223 311545 Fax: 01223 362703
www:http://www.nri.org.uk