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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2001
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.
RESEARCH FIELDS include Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, physiology, paleobiology, evolutionary biology, systematic biology, and molecular biology including an emphasis on the tropics; Anthropology, including archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology; Astrophysics and astronomy; Earth sciences and paleontology; Folklife; History of science and technology; History of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, and decorative arts; Materials Research; Social and cultural history of the United States.
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 who when they apply, are formally enrolled in a graduate program of study at a degree-granting institution. Before the appointment begins fellows must still be enrolled and must have completed at least one full-time semester or its equivalent, or have completed the graduate program within the past four months. Graduate Student Fellowships are usually intended for students who have not yet been advanced to candidacy if in a doctoral program. 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, 2001.
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
Program Specialist for Outreach and Information
Office of Fellowships and Grants
Smithsonian Institution
750 9th Street NW Suite 9300
Washington DC 20560-0902
202/275-0655
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