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Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Fellowships for Advanced Multi-countryResearch
The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one country outside of the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. CAORC member centers to which fellows may affiliate include the American Academy in Rome; the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman; the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco); the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies; the American Institute for Yemeni Studies; the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies; the American Institute of Indian Studies; the American Institute of Iranian Studies; the American Institute of Pakistan Studies; the American Research Center in Egypt; the American Research Institute in Turkey; the American School of Classical Studies at Athens; the Center for Khmer Studies, the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute; the Mexico-North Research Network, the Palestinian American Research Center; the West African Research Association (West African Region); and the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. Given changing restrictions to many countries, applicants should contact CAORC before preparing a proposal.
Type: Residential Fellowship
Amount: $9,000
Deadline: January 2010 (anticipated)
Notes: Fellowship tenure must be of at least 90 days duration. The 90 day tenure need not be continuous. Fellows must have completed their fellowships and submitted final reports within a month of completion of the fellowship project.
This information is subject to change at any time. Please visit the sponsor website for the most current information: http://www.aiar.org/fellowships.html#list
Last Updated: 08/11/2009