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Page 1: ACLS Online Fellowship Application · 2009-07-22 · ACLS Online Fellowship Application Date master's degree received / (mm/yyyy) Master's degree major discipline BA/BS received from

Sample Application What follows is a sample of an application for a Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowship. It is for informational purposes only. To apply for this fellowship, you must submit your application electronically, using the Online Fellowship Application (OFA) system.

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLSEarly Career Fellowship Program

Recent Doctoral Recipients FellowshipsDeadline: December 09, 2009

APPLICATION STATUS: IN PROCESS

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DESCRIPTION

ELIGIBILITY

INSTRUCTIONS

FAQs

APPLICATION FORMContact InformationEducationAwards and PublicationsResearch ProjectAdministrative Information

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Salutation

First Name

Middle Name/Initial

Last Name

Suffix

If any part of your name appears incorrectly above please contact us [email protected] to correct the error(s).

Primary email address (should be valid

through May 2010)

Institution Address

City

State Select One

Zip/Postal Code (if using a ZIP-plus-4 code, please include hyphen)

Telephone ( ) - , ext .

Fax ( ) -

Home Address

City

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State Select One

State/Province (IF NOT U.S.)

Zip/Postal Code (if using a ZIP-plus-4 code, please include hyphen)

Country (IF NOT U.S.)

Telephone ( ) -

Telephone (IF NOT U.S.)

Fax ( ) -

Which is your preferred mailing address? Select

Be sure to indicate your preferred mailing address where you willreceive (via regular first-class U.S. postal service) the letter informing youof the result of your application. Please inform us of any addresschanges.

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLSEarly Career Fellowship Program

Recent Doctoral Recipients FellowshipsDeadline: December 09, 2009

APPLICATION STATUS: IN PROCESS

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PROGRAM CHOICE

DESCRIPTION

ELIGIBILITY

INSTRUCTIONS

FAQs

APPLICATION FORMContact InformationEducationAwards and PublicationsResearch ProjectAdministrative Information

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PhD tobe

receivedfrom

Select an Institution

Expected date of PhD

/ (mm/yyyy)

PhD major discipline

Title of doctoral dissertation

Name of dissertation supervisor

Email address of supervisor

Date of completion of all requirements for the PhD except the dissertation

/ (mm/yyyy)

Starting date of PhD program

/ (mm/yyyy)

Number of years in PhD program as of June 2009

If number of years in program exceeds seven, please explain.(Space is available for up to 1000 characters, including spaces.)

Master'sdegree

receivedfrom

Select an Institution

Select a degreeSelect One

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Date master's degree received

/ (mm/yyyy)

Master's degree major discipline

BA/BSreceived

from

Select an Institution

Date BA/BS received

/ (mm/yyyy)

BA/BS major discipline

List anyadditional

degrees

List up to six foreign languages you can use, indicating proficiency in reading, speaking, and writing. (UseE=Excellent, G=Good, F=Fair or less, N/A=Not applicable.) If you are either a Native Speaker or HeritageSpeaker of a language, please indicate by checking the appropriate box.

Language Reading Speaking WritingNativeSpeaker

HeritageSpeaker

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLSEarly Career Fellowship Program

Recent Doctoral Recipients FellowshipsDeadline: December 09, 2009

APPLICATION STATUS: IN PROCESS

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PROGRAM CHOICE

DESCRIPTION

ELIGIBILITY

INSTRUCTIONS

FAQs

APPLICATION FORMContact InformationEducationAwards and PublicationsResearch ProjectAdministrative Information

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Awards

Beginning with the most recent, list up to ten of the university and external forms of support receivedduring graduate study: fellowships, teaching or research assistantships, tuition grants, scholarship awards,and summer support. Give in each case the dates, purposes (tuition, travel, expenses, etc.), and, whereappropriate, the approximate amounts. If you are listing only selected awards, choose those that are mostsignificant. The first award listed should be your current dissertation completion fellowship (or status as anAlternate for the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship). Please do not be concerned if you donot use all ten entries.

Please remember:

use only numbers in the date fields, for example, 09/1995use the format mm/yyyy throughoutwhere an entry continues into the present, leave the "To" field blankuse only numbers in all dollar amount fields, for example, 1000 (DO NOT USE dollar signs orcommas)

Award

AwardType

Select One

From / To / Amount $

Purpose

Award

AwardType

Select One

From / To / Amount $

Purpose

Award

AwardType

Select One

From / To / Amount $

Purpose

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Award

AwardType

Select One

From / To / Amount $

Purpose

Award

AwardType

Select One

From / To / Amount $

Purpose

Award

AwardType

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From / To / Amount $

Purpose

Award

AwardType

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From / To / Amount $

Purpose

Award

AwardType

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From / To / Amount $

Purpose

Award

AwardType

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From / To / Amount $

Purpose

Award

AwardType

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From / To / Amount $

Purpose

Publications

Please include titles, dates of publication, names of publishers or journals, and number of pages for up toeight publications. (Space is available for up to 1500 characters, including spaces.)

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLSEarly Career Fellowship Program

Recent Doctoral Recipients FellowshipsDeadline: December 09, 2009

APPLICATION STATUS: IN PROCESS

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PROGRAM CHOICE

DESCRIPTION

ELIGIBILITY

INSTRUCTIONS

FAQs

APPLICATION FORMContact InformationEducationAwards and PublicationsResearch ProjectAdministrative Information

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RESEARCH PROJECT OFA HELP

In the text boxes below, please type rather than cut-and-paste your response. If you paste in yourresponse, please be sure your character count does not exceed the limit. Excess text may appear on thescreen but will not print and will not be visible to reviewers. Examine your print application to be sure yourresponses are complete.

Do not use hard returns.

Research Proposal Title (Space is available for up to 250 characters, including spaces.)

Research Proposal Abstract (Space is available for up to 800 characters, including spaces.)

Optional: If there is a Web page associated with your project, please provide the URL here:

Your proposal will be reviewed by scholars within your specific discipline and in other disciplines in thehumanities and related social sciences. State the significance of your project for the humanities andrelated social sciences. Indicate how and why the project might be of interest to scholars in otherdisciplines. Please avoid discipline-specific jargon that may pose a problem for non-specialists.(Space is available for up to 2000 characters, including spaces.)SAM

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Fellowships may be used for residence at a participating residential humanities center, institute, or library.ACLS hosts a clearinghouse to help bring together Recent Doctoral Recipient Fellows with participatingcenters, institutes, and libraries. Please select up to 5 in ranked order from the See attached list andbriefly explain your reasons for choosing each site.

1. Select One

2. Select One

3. Select One

4. Select One

5. Select One

Check here if you are not interested in residence at one of these sites.

If you are planning to conduct your proposed research project in a particular location other than one of theparticipating humanities centers, please specify where and when you plan to do so. Please be brief andgive your response in this format: semester/location. Longer explanations of research plans should beincluded in your proposal document. (Space is available for up to 150 characters, including spaces.)

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List any countries or geographical areas on which your research is focused.

1. Select One

2. Select One

3. Select One

4. Select One

Other

List any countries or geographical areas other than the US in which you have done research in the lastfive years.

1. Select One

2. Select One

3. Select One

Other

Please identify up to five disciplinary areas, in order of relevance, that best describe your researchproject. Do not choose "other" unless none of the options is close to your field. For your firstselection please choose the specific field that most closely corresponds to yourresearch project.

1. Select One Other

2. Select One Other

3. Select One Other

4. Select One Other

5. Select One Other

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLSEarly Career Fellowship Program

Recent Doctoral Recipients FellowshipsDeadline: December 09, 2009

APPLICATION STATUS: IN PROCESS

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DESCRIPTION

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INSTRUCTIONS

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This information is REQUIRED (except as noted). It is for administrative purposesonly and will not be distributed as part of the selection process.

Please remember:

use only numbers in the date fields, for example, 09/1995use the format mm/yyyy throughout, except where mm/dd/yyyy is specifically requestedwhere an entry continues into the present, leave the "To" field blankuse only numbers in all dollar amount fields, for example, 1000 (DO NOT USE dollar signs orcommas)

What is your country ofcitizenship?

Select One

If NOT United States, do you hold US Permanent Resident status? Select

List other major funding sources, with approximate amount and tenure period, to which you arecurrently applying for postdoctoral research support.

Source

From / To / Amount $

Source

From / To / Amount $

Source

From / To / Amount $

The following questions are optional and will be used for statistical purposes only.

Date of birth / / (mm/dd/yyyy)

Gender Select

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With which group(s) doyou most identify?

White (not of Hispanic origin)

Black (not of Hispanic origin)

Hispanic or Latino

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

Other

The following questions are for informational purposes only.

1. How did you learn about ACLS fellowship programs? (Please select all that apply.)

Higher Education publication (e.g. Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed)

Department newsletter or bulletin board

Dean or other administrator

Office of Sponsored Research/Grants and Fellowships

ACLS website

Other website:

Former Fellows

Other/informal communication

Other:

2. Please identify the ACLS member scholarly societies or ACLS affiliate organizations (if any) of which you are amember or with which you have an affiliation. (Please check all that apply.)

ACLS Constituent Learned Societies

African Studies Association American Society for LegalHistory

Linguistic Society ofAmerica

American Academy of Arts andSciences

American Society forTheatre Research

Medieval Academy ofAmerica

American Academy of Religion American Society of ChurchHistory

Metaphysical Societyof America

American Anthropological Association American Society ofComparative Law

Middle East StudiesAssociation of NorthAmerica

American Antiquarian Society American Society ofInternational Law

Modern LanguageAssociation of America

American Association for theAdvancement of Slavic Studies

American SociologicalAssociation

NationalCommunicationAssociation

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American Association for the History ofMedicine

American StudiesAssociation

National Council onPublic History

American Comparative LiteratureAssociation

Archaeological Institute ofAmerica

North AmericanConference on BritishStudies

American Dialect Society Association for AsianStudies

Organization ofAmerican Historians

American Economic Association Association for JewishStudies

Renaissance Societyof America

American Folklore Society Association for theAdvancement of Baltic Studies

Rhetoric Society ofAmerica

American Historical Association Association of AmericanGeographers

Sixteenth CenturySociety and Conference

American Musicological Society Association of AmericanLaw Schools

Society for AmericanMusic

American Numismatic Society Bibliographical Society ofAmerica

Society for Cinemaand Media Studies

American Oriental Society College Art Association Society forEthnomusicology

American Philological Association College Forum of theNational Council of Teachersof English

Society for FrenchHistorical Studies

American Philosophical Association Dictionary Society of NorthAmerica

Society for MusicTheory

American Philosophical Society Economic HistoryAssociation

Society for theAdvancement ofScandinavian Study

American Political Science Association German StudiesAssociation

Society for the Historyof Technology

American Psychological Association Hispanic Society ofAmerica

Society of ArchitecturalHistorians

American Schools of Oriental Research History of Science Society Society of BiblicalLiterature

American Society for Aesthetics International Center ofMedieval Art

Society of DanceHistory Scholars

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Latin American StudiesAssociation

American Society for EnvironmentalHistory

Law and SocietyAssociation

ACLS Affiliates

Association for Research on NonprofitOrganizations and Voluntary Action(ARNOVA)

Community CollegeHumanities Association

Phi Beta Kappa

Association of Art Museum Curators International Society for

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Third-Sector Research

Association of College & ResearchLibraries

National Coalition ofIndependent Scholars

3. Have you ever participated, beyond attending, in a scholarly meeting? Select

If yes, in whatcapacity? (Please indicate number of times: 0, 1, 2, etc.)

Delivered a paper Select

Organized a panel Select

Participated in roundtablediscussion

Select

Participated in poster session Select

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLSEarly Career Fellowship Program

Recent Doctoral Recipients FellowshipsDeadline: December 09, 2009

APPLICATION STATUS: IN PROCESS

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DESCRIPTION

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REFERENCE LETTERS and INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT OFA HELP

PLEASE NOTE: You MUST ENTER YOUR REFEREES on the Reference Letters page BEFOREthey can log in to use the online references system. Please do not ask them to access thesystem until you have done this. Once you have entered the information and clicked the"send email" button, we will immediately send an email with appropriate instructions tothe referee.

Two letters of reference and one institutional statement are required.

1. REFERENCE LETTERS. We suggest that you secure as referees scholars competent to judge your record,the present research proposal, and the probable future contribution to the field. You should include at least onedissertation supervisor as a referee.

Referees are asked to comment on the applicant as a scholar and on the specific proposalto ACLS. Referees are asked to evaluate the scholar's ability to conduct and complete theproject proposed, as well as the importance of this project within the general and specificfield(s) to which it relates.

2. INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT. In addition to two letters of reference, we require a statement from theapplicant's department chair, dean, or other appropriate institutional representative.

The institutional representative is asked to indicate the current status of the dissertation and confirm that theapplicant will be able to complete and deposit the dissertation no later than August 31, 2010

Letters of reference and the institutional statement must be submitted online. It is yourresponsibility to convey information about your proposal to your referees. After your referees have agreed towrite on your behalf:

Tell your referees to expect an email from ACLS.Make absolutely certain you have the correct email address for each referee.Enter each referee's name and email address by clicking on the "Add Referee" link at the bottom of thispage. Please capitalize the name properly.Once you have entered the information and clicked the "send email" button, we will immediately send anemail with appropriate instructions to the referee.It is not necessary to enter all referees at the same time. You can return to this screen at any time toenter referees.

No more than two letters of reference and one institutional statement will be accepted.

Enter only the required number of referees. It is possible to enter additional referees, but you should dothis only if you learn that a referee is unable to complete the promised letter.The first two reference letters and the first institutional letter submitted will be theletters on file in support of your application. Once the maximum number has been submitted,

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another referee attempting to submit a letter for you will be prevented from doing so. Be careful not to putanyone in this situation.

If you learn that your referee did not receive an email with instructions, enter theinformation again using the "Add Referee" link below to have the email sent again. (You willnot be able to enter the information again, however, if the referee has begun your letter.)

Letters of reference and the institutional statement are due by December 16, 2009. It isyour responsibility to check online to see whether letters have been submitted. The systemwill continue to accept letters after the deadline and will add them to your application at the earliest possible time,though we cannot guarantee that they will accompany your application through our entire review process. Noapplication will be held back because letters are missing.

If your referee cannot use an online system, see FAQs.

You may wish to print this page so that you have this information after the applicationdeadline. This page will not be included as part of your view/print application.

REFEREE INFORMATION Add Referee

Referee Name Referee Email Reference Type Date Entered Status

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLSEarly Career Fellowship Program

Recent Doctoral Recipients FellowshipsDeadline: December 09, 2009

APPLICATION STATUS: IN PROCESS

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DESCRIPTION

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To complete your application package, in addition to the application form, you must upload the following items: 1)a proposal and project bibliography, 2) a chapter of your dissertation, and 3) a copy of the proposal for thedissertation completion fellowship you currently hold. (Alternates for the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation CompletionFellowship should upload a copy of the proposal submitted for that fellowship.) Your Recent Doctoral RecipientsFellowship proposal and project bibliography should be uploaded as one continuous document; the dissertationchapter and the copy of your current dissertation completion fellowship proposal should each be uploaded asseparate documents. (You will upload a total of three documents.)

1a) PROPOSAL:

In preparing this material, please keep in mind that our review process consists of two stages. At the firststage, applicants' work is reviewed by specialists in their disciplines, while at the second, it is reviewed bya multi-disciplinary committee of scholars in the humanities and social sciences.

Content: A concise statement describing your research project is required. The narrativestatement should explain, briefly and in detail, what you plan to do and why, as well as describeprogress already made. Please also discuss the significance of this work within your specific andgeneral fields. Please balance the description of specific work plans against an overview of yourgoals and the contribution this project will make to the field(s) it engages. Please indicate whatsignificant changes to, extension of, or other uses of the dissertation research the RecentDoctoral Recipients Fellowship year would enable. Title your proposal in a brief, descriptive wayand label sections of your narrative as appropriate to assist readers. Be sure to explain termsthat might not be familiar to those outside your field or subfield.

In addition, please provide a succinct timeline of the projected dates for completing all remainingelements of the dissertation, including the dissertation defense.

The proposal must not exceed five double-spaced pages in Times New Roman11-point font. You may, however, include up to an additional 3 pages ofimages, musical scores, or other similar supporting non-text materials.

1b) PROJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY:

The project bibliography should provide an overview of essential references for your project, and shouldbalance the various sorts of key materials being used.

The bibliography must not exceed two pages, and should be double-spaced betweenentries.

2) DISSERTATION CHAPTER:

Include a polished, substantive chapter of your dissertation (that is neither the introduction, nor theconclusion, nor a literature review) of not more than 25 double-spaced pages in Times New Roman 11-point font (or a representative 25-page excerpt from a longer chapter). The chapter must be in English,though citations may be in other languages (with translations provided).

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3) CURRENT FELLOWSHIP PROPOSAL

Please upload a copy of the proposal for the dissertation completion fellowship you currently hold.(Alternates for the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship should upload a copy of the proposalsubmitted for that fellowship.)

Documents must adhere to the page limits and formatting requirements to bereviewed.

4) DOCUMENT SPECIFICATIONS:

Items 1a and 1b must be uploaded as one continuous document.Items 2 and 3 should be uploaded as two additional, separate documents.Margins must be at least one inch on all sides.Use Times New Roman 11-point font for all uploaded documents.There is a 3 MB limit on the size of your upload. This means that the combined size of the threefiles uploaded, including any graphics or other attachments, cannot exceed 3 MB.Your application will be converted to Portable Document Format (.pdf). Keep formatting simple toavoid problems in the converted document.All documents must be in English, though citations may be in other languages (with translationsprovided).If your proposal includes foreign characters, please view it after uploading to be sure thesecharacters convert properly. If not, you may have to first convert your document to .pdf and thenupload again to resolve formatting problems.Use the header/footer function to number pages. (Do not type the numbers directly into each pageof your document text.) You may number pages consecutively throughout the entire document, oryou may number the different sections separately. (Page numbers are most helpful on theproposal, so you may omit them on the other items if you wish.)If you have difficulty with your uploads, consult the FAQs/technical support before contacting OFAHELP.

5) INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPLOADING YOUR DOCUMENTS:

The proposal elements should be collated in this order—proposal, project bibliography, andsupplemental materials—and uploaded as one file. The dissertation chapter should be uploaded asa separate, second document. Your dissertation completion fellowship proposal should beuploaded as a third document.

Files will be accepted in the following formats ONLY: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), WordPerfect Version 5. or later (.wpd), Text only (.txt), or Adobe PortableDocument Format (.pdf). Your file MUST include the appropriate extension (e.g., ".doc"); ifyou are on a Mac, you will need to enter the extension as part of the file name.

The button below will allow you to upload your document. You will be able to browse your computersystem to select the file to be uploaded. When you have completed the upload, your file name shouldappear under "FILE UPLOAD STATUS" below as a red link. You can confirm that the file has uploadedsuccessfully by clicking on the red link and viewing your file. Sometimes the process takes a little time: ifyour file name does not appear as a red link, refresh the screen using the refresh button in your browsertool bar, or simply leave this screen and come back to it.

As long as your application is still "In Process," you can upload revised versions of your document bysimply repeating the upload process and selecting the new/revised version. (This may have the same filename or a new file name.) When you click on "Upload File" the revised version will be recorded and theold version erased.

After uploading, please check your file to be sure it has uploaded successfully.

FILE UPLOAD STATUS:

Proposal NOT UPLOADED

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Before submitting your application, make sure you have

answered all appropriate questionscompleted and saved all screensuploaded successfully your proposal and accompanying documents

We suggest that you view and/or print your application one last time before submitting it since no revisionsare allowed after submission. Your view/print copy should include your uploaded document. If it does not,click the OFA HELP button above for assistance.

*Please note that, by the application deadline, you must complete the REFERENCE LETTERS section inaddition to submitting your application.

An application that is submitted, but is not complete, will not be considered.An application that is complete, but is not submitted, will not be considered.

I have completed the application, and would like to SUBMIT it for ACLS consideration.

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