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A LINK TO THE ONLINE APPLICATION WILL BE AVAILABLE *HERE* IN LATE AUGUST 2008.

Application deadline: October 15, 2008.

About the Fellowship
Eligibility
Stipends
Requirements
About the Application Process
Download a Paper Application
Selection Criteria
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About the Fellowship
The Stanford Humanities Center seeks to award one Digital Humanities Fellowship for the academic year 2009-2010 to a junior or senior scholar.

The Digital Humanities Fellowship reflects the Stanford Humanities Center’s commitment to supporting new directions in humanities research. The fellowship is intended for humanities scholars whose research methods are critically shaped by information technology.  Projects should be oriented to producing new research outcomes rather than focusing primarily on the creation of archives or software. Appropriate projects will approach significant questions in humanistic study with the aid of new research tools or methodologies.

Eligibility
Applicants must have a PhD and will normally be at least three years beyond receipt of the degree at the start of the fellowship year (i.e., will have received the PhD in or before September 2006 for the 2009-2010 fellowship). Junior fellowships are for scholars who will be at least three and no more than ten years beyond receipt of the PhD by the start of their prospective fellowship year. Senior fellowships are for established scholars who are more than ten years beyond receipt of the PhD. Faculty fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor) as well as to independent scholars.

Especially appropriate are candidates whose research is likely to contribute to intellectual exchange among a diverse group of scholars within the disciplines of the humanities. 

Stipends
Fellows are awarded stipends of up to $60,000. In addition, a housing and moving allowance of up to $15,000 is offered, dependent upon need. Applicants who require additional support are expected to seek supplementary funding in the form of external grants or sabbatical or other contributions from home institutions.

Requirements
An essential feature of the Center is that fellows make a contribution to the intellectual life of the Stanford community.  The Digital Humanities Fellow is expected to present his or her research in a public forum to be determined in consultation with the Associate Director.

This is a residential center and its intellectual life depends on collegial interaction.  Accordingly, fellows are required to live within a ten-mile radius of Stanford University and to be in residence during Autumn, Winter, and Spring Quarters.  We cater lunches for fellows every weekday; one lunch per week during the academic year is devoted to research presentations by current fellows.  Fellows are expected to attend lunch regularly (4 days a week), and to participate in the research presentations.

Medical Coverage
The Center is unable to provide or finance medical insurance, and fellows are required to make individual arrangements for reasonable coverage during their fellowship year. 

 

About the Application Process

Application Content & Format:  Applications for Digital Humanities Fellowships include the following six parts:

1) Information about the applicant
*Contact information (e.g. name, address, email)
* Education (Degree dates and dissertation title)
* Professional positions (three most recent)
* Tenure status
* Recent grant/leave support (past three years)
* Names of Referees (limit of three; include institutions and email addresses)

2) A curriculum vitae (C.V.) of no more than 10 pages

3) A statement of significance. Please explain the significance of your project to knowledge in the humanities, broadly considered (100-word maximum).

4) A brief description (not more than 1,000 words) of a research project, and an optional (1 page) project bibliography.

5) Digital Humanities Fellowship Supplemental essay (up to 500 words) addressing:

*How your research project uses information technology to achieve its goals.

*Your background/training in the digital humanities including specific areas of expertise and interest.

*A list technical resources that you are currently using for your research at your home institution.

*A list of technology resources and support needed to complete your research during the fellowship year.

*The publication format you plan to use for your final research product (e.g. article, book, electronic book, interactive/3D models, video, website).

6) Reference letters

Reference Letters: Applicants are required to have three letters of reference; applicants are advised to have no more than one reference letter from an individual at their home institution. We prefer that reference letters be written in English and reserve the right to request a translation. 

Reference letters must be received at the Center by the application deadline.  Consideration of letters received after that date cannot be guaranteed. 

Referees may send reference letters by mail directly to the Center, by email to shc-fellowships@stanford.edu, or electronically through our online application system. Applicants whose referees submit letters through the online system will be automatically notified when the letters are submitted, should they wish this.  Referees designated by applicants as preferring online submission will be automatically sent guidelines for submitting their reference letters.

Please direct people who wish to submit their letter of reference via email or on paper to our Digital Humanities Fellowship Reference Form, which may be download and printed from our website.

Applicants will be notified that their applications have been received, and will be notified of the fellowship competition outcome by late March.

Download a Paper Application Form
Although we encourage online applications for our fellowships, applicants for the Stanford Humanities Center's Digital Humanities Fellowship competition may instead download and complete a paper application, and send three copies to be received by the application deadline.

<<click here to download paper application form

Selection Criteria
Applications will be judged based on the following factors:

1) The promise of the specific research project being proposed, including how it uses information technology to achieve its goals.

2) The research project's potential interest to scholars in different fields of the humanities.

3) The originality and intellectual distinction of the candidate's previous work.

4) The applicant's perceived ability to engage in collegial interaction and to contribute to the discussion of presentations.

Scholars who have received a major research grant within the last three years generally will not be as competitive as other applicants. 

For More Information
For further information, contact the Fellowship Administrator.