Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships

Website: www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=408&linkidentifier=id&itemid=408
Application deadline: the deadline of October 3, 2007 has passed.  Please consult the Website for updated information on the next cycle.

ACLS invites applications for the seventh annual competition for the Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in honor of Charles A. Ryskamp, literary scholar, distinguished library and museum director, and long-serving trustee of the Foundation. These fellowships support advanced assistant professors and untenured associate professors in the humanities and related social sciences* whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have well-designed and carefully developed plans for new research. The fellowships are intended to provide time and resources to enable these faculty members to conduct their research under optimal conditions. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant that will take the form of a monograph or other equally substantial form of scholarship. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.

ACLS will award up to 12 Ryskamp Fellowships in the 2007-2008 competition. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $64,000, a fund of $2,500 for research and travel, and an additional 2/9 of the stipend ($14,222) for one summer's support, if justified by a persuasive case.

Ryskamp Fellowships are intended to support an academic year of research (nine months), plus an additional summer's research (2 months) if justified. Fellows have three years from July 1, 2008 to use the funds awarded them, and considerable flexibility in structuring their research time: the nine-month period may be taken as one continuous leave, or divided into two single-semester leaves; the two months of summer research may be taken before, after, or between the semesters of the year's leave.

Eligibility Guidelines:
The Ryskamp Fellowship Program is open to tenure-track assistant professors and untenured associate professors who by October 3, 2007 will have successfully completed their institution's last reappointment review before tenure review (see website for note on review), and whose tenure review will not be complete before February 1, 2008.

Applicants must hold the PhD or equivalent and be employed in tenure-track positions at degree-granting academic institutions in the United States, remaining so for the duration of the fellowship. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is not required, and previous supported research leaves do not affect eligibility for the Ryskamp Fellowship.

Contact information:
American Council of Learned Societies
(212) 697-1505