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Guidelines for 2006 Visiting Fellowship Applicants
(Closing date: 26 November 2004)
The Humanities
Research Centre was established by the Australian National University
in 1972 to foster innovative research in the Humanities and provides
funds to support both scholars of demonstrated achievement and promising
younger scholars to work in the Centre. Each year the Centre concentrates
on a special theme of enquiry and applications are particularly welcomed
from scholars with interest in the theme.
Visiting Fellows
are expected to participate in the Centre’s programs, meet regularly
with other fellows, make public presentations of their research (Work-in-Progress
seminars), and avail themselves of other opportunities for interchange.
Visitors must be in residence for at least 75% of their appointment.
| The Centre offers the following: |
• Visiting
Fellowships (with grant). These Visiting Fellowships are
for 12 weeks. The grant covers accommodation at the University and
airfares for the Visiting Fellow. The maximum contribution for travel
is $2,700 AUD. This financial assistance for travel and accommodation
expenses is not a salary replacement. Up to 7-day or more period of
absence from accommodation, Visitors must vacate their residence.
No stipend for living allowance attached to this fellowship.
• Visiting
Fellowships (with partial grant). These are intended for
scholars within Australia and New Zealand who wish to work in the
Centre for a period of time, especially during the summer vacation.
These grants for usually consist of assistance with travel expenses.
• Sabbatical
Fellowships (without grant). Staff from other universities
and cultural institutions are encouraged to use the facilities of
the Centre and the ANU and contribute to its intellectual life during
their outside studies program. These awards do not provide financial
assistance, and are dependent on the availability of office space
in the Centre.
Applicants for
fellowships must generally have at least a higher degree or equivalent
professional experience, research and publications. Students working
to complete a higher degree are not eligible to apply. International
applicants are encouraged. Visa documents, if required are responsibility
of the applicant. Not eligble if you have had a Felowship at the Centre
in the last 5 years.
The criteria for
assessing nominations include academic distinction demonstrated by
the standard measures of level and place of appointment, record of
publication, honours and awards, and so on; relevance of the proposed
research to the special themes of enquiry in the Centre; potential
or identified links with researchers and programs and activities in
other parts of the University like the National Europe Centre or the
Centre for Cross-Cultural Research.
Selection of visitors
for the 2006 program should be announced if possible by Christmas
2004, or early in 2005. The Selection Committee comprises senior academic
staff at the ANU representative of the Humanities and of the Social
Sciences. The Centre strives, in its selection process, to have a
mixture of early career scholars as well as more established researchers,
and to achieve a gender balance. Whilst many fellowships will be assigned
to those whose work is relevant to the annual theme, other fellowships
are awarded for scholars working in the broad filed of Humanities.
The Humanities
Research Centre administration is located at Old Canberra House (OCH),
which is a heritage listed building located in the Acton Peninsula
precinct of the Australian National University. Fellows are located
in the new W.E.H. Stanner building, behind OCH, which offers excellent
office space and facilities with a collegial environment. Our offices
are equipped with networked computers (PC's) that provide access to
the WWW and email. The HRC also provides infrastructure support and
administrative assistance. The HRC has a general reference library
and is located within walking distance to the University's social
sciences and humanities library holdings.
Further information
in relation to the Centre's program, staff and facilities is contained
on our Website at the following address: http://www.anu.edu.au/hrc/
Application
Form:
Referees Reports:
You should also provide the names of three referees
who will support this application. You should request your referees
to submit their report separately to the HRC on the form provided.
These reports should reach the HRC no later than 26
November 2004 either by fax to +61 2 6125 1380 or
by e-mail to Leena.Messina@anu.edu.au.
The referees' reports forms (which are included in this pack) may
also be downloaded from our Website address http://www.anu.edu.au/hrc/theme/referees_report.php
The deadline for
applications and reports is 26 November
2004. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Applications should
be sent to the Director, Humanities Research Centre, Old Canberra
House #73, Lennox Crossing, The Australian National University, Canberra,
ACT, 0200, Australia. If you require any further information about
your application or this program, please contact our Programs Manager,
Ms Leena Messina, telephone: +61 2 6125 4357, facsimile: +61 6125
1380 or e-mail: Leena.Messina@anu.edu.au
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