SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2002

The Smithsonian Institution encourages access to its collections, staff specialties, and reference resources by visiting scholars, scientists, and students.  The Institution offers in-residence appointments for research and study using its facilities, and the advice and guidance of its staff members in fields that are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations of the Institution.

At present these fields are:
Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental 
  science, including an emphasis on the tropics
Anthropology, including archaeology,
Astrophysics and astronomy
Earth sciences and paleobiology
Evolutionary and systematic biology
History of science and technology
History of art, especially American, contemporary, 
 African, and Asian art, twentieth-century
 American crafts, and decorative arts
Social and cultural history of the United States
Folklife


POSTDOCTORAL Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held the degree or equivalent for less than seven years.  SENIOR Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held the degree or equivalent for seven years or more.  Applicants must submit a de-tailed proposal including a justification for conduct-ing research in residence at the Institution.  The term is 3 to 12 months.  Both fellowships offer a stipend of $30,000* per year plus allowances. 
* Earth and Planetary Sciences Senior and 
   Postdoctoral stipends are $40,000 per year.

PREDOCTORAL Fellowships are offered to doctoral candidates who have completed preliminary course work and examinations.  The applicant must submit a detailed proposal including a justification for con-ducting the research in-residence at the Institution.  Candidates must have the approval of their universi-ties to conduct doctoral research at the Smithsonian Institution.  The term is 3 to 12 months. The stipend is $17,000 per year plus allowances.

GRADUATE STUDENT Fellowships are offered to stu-dents formally enrolled in a graduate program of study, who have completed at least one semester, and not yet have been advanced to candidacy if in a Ph.D. Program.  Applicants must submit a proposal for research in a discipline which is pursued at the Smithsonian.  The term is 10 weeks; the stipend is $3,700.

Deadline for submission is January 15, 2002.  
Stipends are pro-rated for periods of less than twelve months.
	
For further information and application forms are available at www.si.edu/research+study

OR Contact:

Office of Fellowships
Smithsonian Institution
750 9th St. NW, Suite 9300
Washington, D.C.
20560-0902
202/275-0655

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Pamela E. Hudson
Program Manager
Office of Fellowships
Smithsonian Institution
750 9th Street NW Suite 9300
Washington DC 20560-0902
202/275-0655

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