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Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program 1999

The Smithsonian 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 in fields which are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations, using its facilities, and the advice and guidance of its staff members.

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 detailed proposal including a justification for conducting  research in residence at the Institution.  The term is 3 to 12 months.  Both fellowships offer a stipend of $27,000 per year plus allowances.

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 conducting the research in-residence at the Institution.  Candidates must have the approval of their universities to conduct doctoral research at the Smithsonian Institution.  The term is 3 to 12 months. The stipend is $15,000 per year plus allowances.

Graduate Student Fellowships are offered to students 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 $3,500.

Stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months.

Postmark Deadline is January 15, 1999.

For applications material:
on the Web:  www.si.edu/research+study 
or
send e-mail:  [log in to unmask]  (Please include mailing address for requested materials)

Pamela E. Hudson
Office of Fellowships and Grants
Smithsonian Institution
955 L'Enfant Plaza, Suite 7000
Washington, D.C.  20560-0902
202/ 287-3271