IAH Announces Fellowship Deadlines for 2010-2011

The Institute for the Arts and Humanities is offering UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members a unique opportunity: a semester-long, on-campus fellowship to work on projects for publication, exhibition, composition or performance.

The fellowship centers on a weekly three-hour seminar at Hyde Hall where Fellows exchange ideas with eight to 12 peers from various disciplines. Faculty may apply for either the fall or spring semester. Faculty who previously held any fellowship at the IAH may apply again, but only in the fifth year after any previous fellowship at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities.

Two fellowships are available: IAH Faculty Fellowships and Chapman Family Faculty Fellowships.

Faculty may apply for only one of the two available fellowships.

I. IAH Faculty Fellowships 

Projects:  Proposals should be related in some vital way to the arts, humanities or social sciences. Joint proposals from two faculty members are also acceptable.

Eligibility: We encourage applications from faculty at all ranks in tenure-track or tenured positions. Tenured or tenure-track faculty may apply as early as their second year at UNC-Chapel Hill. In each group of Fellows we seek a blend of ranks and disciplines. We may also take into account applicants’ leaves of absence for research during the three years prior to the IAH fellowship. Applicants require endorsement from their department chairs.

Deadline for IAH Applications:
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at noon

II. Chapman Family Faculty Fellowships

for outstanding teachers who regularly teach undergraduate students

Projects: The IAH is interested in a variety of projects: outreach, internships or fieldwork related to your teaching or research; a reading program to revitalize a field of your teaching; research; or performance or exhibition in the fine arts. The Chapman Family Faculty Fellowship includes a stipend of $5,000 that the Fellow may use to support teaching, research and service activities.

Eligibility: Applicants must have been at UNC-CH for at least three full years of teaching, long enough to establish a record of distinguished teaching at UNC-CH. Faculty in all units of the University may apply for a Chapman Fellowship if they regularly teach undergraduate courses. In addition to project proposals, Chapman applicants must submit supporting materials about their teaching and may be interviewed and/or observed (with advance notification) by members of the selection committee.

Deadline for Chapman Applications:
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at noon

Additional Information

Fellows must attend weekly seminar meetings during the semester of their leave.  IAH Faculty Fellowships are a key part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ efforts to retain the best faculty at Carolina.
 
Applications are now available at Hyde Hall. To request an application by phone, call Martha Marks at 843-2651.

For more information about our fellowships or programs, feel free to talk with IAH Director John McGowan, Executive Director Megan Granda or staff at Hyde Hall.