BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13257-a3a7bf38e919c11f8eddfeee6d682b07@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260421T230431Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141023T163500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141023T180000 SUMMARY:Application for Faculty Fellowships Announced DESCRIPTION:\nFaculty Fellowship for Penn State faculty provide a one-se mester teaching release in 2015–16. Applications due Monday\, November 1 7\, by 5:00 p.m.\n\nThe CHI Faculty Fellows program is sponsored by the Center\, the College of the Liberal Arts\, and the University Libraries. This program supports faculty research in the humanities leading toward major projects (a significant publication\, a grant proposal\, etc.). I t will provide up to six faculty members with one semester release from teaching and a $1\,000 mini-grant for research expenses and/or materials . For 2015–16 no office space will be provided\; Fellows are expected to use their departmental offices.\n\nFellows are expected to be at Univer sity Park during most of their funded term\, to participate in the Cente r’s weekly lunches and public lectures\, and to make a public presentati on of their work. Projects with an interdisciplinary focus and/or that h ave the potential to attract external funding are especially encouraged. Faculty who wish to submit a collaborative application with an applican t for another CHI program (the predoctoral or visiting fellowships) shou ld indicate so on their application.\n\nApplication Deadline\n\nMonday\, November 17\, 2014\n\nEligibility\n\nFaculty in any field with professo rial rank (i.e.\, assistant\, associate\, full professor) and a continui ng appointment at University Park or one of the nineteen campuses outsid e University Park that report to the Vice President for Commonwealth Cam puses are eligible for this program. Non-University Park faculty are exp ected to be in residence at University Park at least three days a week. Faculty interested in combining this opportunity with another kind of le ave in the same academic year should seek approval from their department head or program director. A CHI Faculty Fellowship may immediately prec ede or follow a semester-long sabbatical during the same academic year. Faculty who have received fellowships in the past are eligible to apply again after two academic years have elapsed (for example\, faculty who a pplied in Fall 2012 for a residency in fall 2013 or spring 2014 may appl y again in fall 2015 for a residency in fall 2016 or spring 2017). Previ ous fellows must also demonstrate that they have sought external grant s upport during the last two years. Applications from former Fellows must be for a different project and must include evidence of the previous pro ject’s successful completion. An applicant’s prior history of CHI suppor t for research and/or creative projects may be considered by the committ ee in the course of its deliberations.\n\nApplicants from colleges other than the Liberal Arts or the University Libraries are required to secur e a letter of support from their Dean\, attesting to that college’s will ingness to co-sponsor the fellowship. Applicants from commonwealth campu ses are required to seek financial commitment from their campus chancell or prior to the application process. Accordingly\, non-University Park f aculty are strongly encouraged to discuss the financial support expected from a campus with the campus academic officer and chancellor several m onths before the application deadline.\n\nHow to Apply\n\nApplications t hat do not follow these guidelines will be summarily rejected.\n\nAll ap plications must include the following:\n\n1)      Cover page with applic ant’s name\, professorial rank and academic title\, contact information (including campus address and e-mail)\, project title\, and fellowship s emester preference (fall 2015 or spring 2016).\n\n2)      Description of project\, including scholarly significance\, outcome (publication\, maj or grant proposal\, etc.) and timetable for project’s completion (not to exceed five pages\, double-spaced\, twelve-point font). Applicants may state a preference for a fall or spring semester residency (in the case of a strong preference\, please provide an explanation). Applicants who plan to be on a semester-long sabbatical during the same academic year a s the proposed residency must also indicate this plan. Please indicate i f this is a collaborative application\, and explain the planned structur e of the collaboration.\n\n3)      Curriculum vitae (not to exceed four pages). Please include internal and external grants received in the past five years as well as any non-administrative release time from teaching in the two academic years before the fellowship.\n\n4)      One confide ntial letter of evaluation from the applicant’s department head or progr am director attesting to the quality of the application and the feasibil ity of the release time.\n\n5)      For commonwealth campus faculty only : a letter from the campus chancellor. The letter must include a budget indicating the amount of the financial support to be provided if the fac ulty member is selected as a CHI Faculty Fellow. The budget should cover the following items:\n\na commitment to pay for a third course release so that the faculty member does not teach during the semester in residen ce (CHI provides $8\,000 to cover two course buy-outs)\;\nfunds to cover travel to and from University Park\;\na commitment to cover living expe nses while the faculty member is in residence at University Park for at least three days each week when a daily commute is not a realistic expec tation.\n\nFaculty members at commonwealth campuses are strongly encoura ged to discuss the financial support expected from a campus with the cam pus academic officer and chancellor several months before the applicatio n deadline.\n\nNominations must be emailed to CHI by the applicant’s dep artment head\, program director\, or academic officer by 5:00 p.m. on Mo nday\, November 17\, 2014. Please use the subject line “Faculty Fellows. ” Attachments should be in Portable Document Format (pdf). All applicant s will receive an email receipt\; please follow up if you do not hear ba ck within one week.\n\nReview Process\n\nProposals will be evaluated and recommendations made to the Director by a subcommittee of the CHI Advis ory Board.\n\nAwards for the academic year 2015–16 will be announced by December 15\, 2014.\n\nPresentation and Reporting Requirements\n\nFellow s will be asked to give a work-in-progress presentation during their res idency semester. Thirty days after the close of the grant period (consul t award letter for exact date)\, a report must be filed with the Center on the results of the residency.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la. psu.edu/event/application-for-faculty-fellowships-announced/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Faculty Fellows hip for Penn State faculty provide a one-semester teaching release in 20 15–16. Applications due Monday, November 17, by 5:00 p.m.

The CHI Faculty Fellows program is sponsored by the Center, the College of the L iberal Arts, and the University Libraries. This program supports faculty research in the humanities leading toward major projects (a significant publication, a grant proposal, etc.). It will provide up to six faculty members with one semester release from teaching and a $1,000 mini-grant for research expenses and/or materials. For 2015–16 no office space wil l be provided; Fellows are expected to use their departmental offices.

Fellows are expected to be at University Park during most of their funded term, to participate in the Center’s weekly lunches and public le ctures, and to make a public presentation of their work. Projects with a n interdisciplinary focus and/or that have the potential to attract exte rnal funding are especially encouraged. Faculty who wish to submit a col laborative application with an applicant for another CHI program (the pr edoctoral or visiting fellowships) should indicate so on their applicati on.

Application Deadline

Monday, November 1 7, 2014

Eligibility

Faculty in any field wi th professorial rank (i.e., assistant, associate, full professor) and a continuing appointment at University Park or one of the nineteen campuse s outside University Park that report to the Vice President for Commonwe alth Campuses are eligible for this program. Non-University Park faculty are expected to be in residence at University Park at least three days a week. Faculty interested in combining this opportunity with another ki nd of leave in the same academic year should seek approval from their de partment head or program director. A CHI Faculty Fellowship may immediat ely precede or follow a semester-long sabbatical during the same academi c year. Faculty who have received fellowships in the past are eligible t o apply again after two academic years have elapsed (for example, facult y who applied in Fall 2012 for a residency in fall 2013 or spring 2014 m ay apply again in fall 2015 for a residency in fall 2016 or spring 2017) . Previous fellows must also demonstrate that they have sought external grant support during the last two years. Applications from former Fellow s must be for a different project and must include evidence of the previ ous project’s successful completion. An applicant’s prior history of CHI support for research and/or creative projects may be considered by the committee in the course of its deliberations.

Applicants from coll eges other than the Liberal Arts or the University Libraries are require d to secure a letter of support from their Dean, attesting to that colle ge’s willingness to co-sponsor the fellowship. Applicants from commonwea lth campuses are required to seek financial commitment from their campus chancellor prior to the application process. Accordingly, non-Universit y Park faculty are strongly encouraged to discuss the financial support expected from a campus with the campus academic officer and chancellor s everal months before the application deadline.

How to Appl y

Applications that do not follow these guidelines will b e summarily rejected.

All applications must include the following:

1)      Cover page with applicant’s name, professorial rank and a cademic title, contact information (including campus address and e-mail) , project title, and fellowship semester preference (fall 2015 or spring 2016).

2)      Description of project, including scholarly signif icance, outcome (publication, major grant proposal, etc.) and timetable for project’s completion (not to exceed five pages, double-spaced, twelv e-point font). Applicants may state a preference for a fall or spring se mester residency (in the case of a strong preference, please provide an explanation). Applicants who plan to be on a semester-long sabbatical du ring the same academic year as the proposed residency must also indicate this plan. Please indicate if this is a collaborative application, and explain the planned structure of the collaboration.

3)      Curric ulum vitae (not to exceed four pages). Please include internal and exter nal grants received in the past five years as well as any non-administra tive release time from teaching in the two academic years before the fel lowship.

4)      One confidential letter of evaluation from the ap plicant’s department head or program director attesting to the quality o f the application and the feasibility of the release time.

5)      For commonwealth campus faculty only: a letter from the campus chancell or. The letter must include a budget indicating the amount of the financ ial support to be provided if the faculty member is selected as a CHI Fa culty Fellow. The budget should cover the following items:

  1. a commitment to pay for a third course release so that the faculty member does not teach during the semester in residence (CHI provides $8,000 to cover two course buy-outs);
  2. funds to cover travel to and from Un iversity Park;
  3. a commitment to cover living expenses while the f aculty member is in residence at University Park for at least three days each week when a daily commute is not a realistic expectation.

Faculty members at commonwealth campuses are strongly encouraged to discuss the financial support expected from a campus with the campus aca demic officer and chancellor several months before the application deadl ine.

Nominations must be emailed to CHI by the applicant’s departm ent head, program director, or academic officer by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 17, 2014. Please use the subject line “Faculty Fellows.” Attach ments should be in Portable Document Format (pdf). All applicants will r eceive an email receipt; please follow up if you do not hear back within one week.

Review Process

Proposals will be evaluated and recommendations made to the Director by a subcommittee of the CHI Advisory Board.

Awards for the academic year 2015–16 will be announced by December 15, 2014.

Presentation and Repor ting Requirements

Fellows will be asked to give a work-in -progress presentation during their residency semester. Thirty days afte r the close of the grant period (consult award letter for exact date), a report must be filed with the Center on the results of the residency.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/ application-for-faculty-fellowships-announced/

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