Call for Applications: 2018-19 Beckman Center Fellowships in the History of Chemistry, Including NEW 2-year postdocs
The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Chemical Heritage
Foundation (CHF), an independent research library in Philadelphia, PA,
invites applications for new multi-year postdoctoral fellowships, as
well as for one-year and short-term visiting fellowships in the history
of science, medicine, technology, and industry.
Two-Year 80/20 Postdoctoral Fellowships:
CHF is pleased to announce the launch of its new 80/20 postdoctoral
fellowship program: these new fellowships reflect the Beckman Center’s
commitment to providing career-launching fellowships for recent PhDs and
its support for the career diversity initiatives of the American
Historical Association and affiliated scholarly societies. The 80/20
postdoctoral fellowship program will allow the Beckman Center’s postdocs
to build skills that can enhance their opportunities outside the
academy or their work within it. Fellows will spend one day a week
working closely with a CHF staff member from the library, museum,
publications team, Center for Applied History, outreach group, Oral
History Program, archives, or digital library team on developing skills
in one of two areas: collections and curation, or outreach and
exhibitions. The other four days each week, postdoctoral fellows will
have access to CHF’s considerable resources and ample time to develop
and publish their own research. Applicants for postdoctoral fellowships
must have their PhD in hand before the July prior to the start of the
fellowship and must have earned that degree within the last five years.
Postdoctoral fellowship stipends are $45,000, paid in monthly
installments. For more information or to apply, go to: https://www.chemheritage.org/
Visiting Research Fellowships:
Short Term and Dissertation Fellows take part in the activities of a
class of roughly 18 fellows each year, creating a vibrant international
community of scholars whose work is in some way tied to CHF’s
collections (see below) in the history of the life sciences, chemistry,
and related sciences. Applications come from scholars in a wide range of
disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. To see this
year's list, go to:
Dissertation Fellowships
9 Months in Residence; open to graduate students at the dissertation stage • $26,000
Short-Term Fellowships
1–4 Months in Residence; open to all scholars and researchers • $3,000 per month
Collection Strengths:
The research collections at CHF range chronologically from the fifteenth
century to the present and include 6,000 rare books, significant
archival holdings, thousands of images, and a large artifact and fine
arts collection, supported by over 100,000 reference volumes and
journals. Within the collections there are many areas of special
strength, including: alchemy, mining & metallurgy, dyeing and
bleaching, balneology, gunpowder and pyrotechnics, gas-lighting, books
of secrets, inorganic and organic chemistry, biochemistry, food
chemistry, and pharmaceuticals.
The deadline for all fellowship applications is January 16, 2018. Please see our website for more information or to apply: www.chemheritage.org/