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:13258-a3a7bf38e919c11f8eddfeee6d682b07@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260514T205719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141023T163500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141023T180000 SUMMARY:Application for Predoctoral Fellowships Announced DESCRIPTION:\nPredoctoral fellowships for Penn State Ph.D. students prov ide a yearlong graduate assistantship. Deadline Monday\, November 17\, 5 :00 p.m.\n\nThe CHI Predoctoral Fellows program is sponsored by the Cent er\, the College of the Liberal Arts\, and the University Libraries. Thi s program supports graduate student research in the humanities\, providi ng up to six Penn State graduate students a yearlong graduate assistants hip and a $1\,000 research fund. For 2015–16 the expected level of stipe nd support is $23\,000. Fellows have access to extensive research design support\, as well as to grant-writing workshops\, career mentoring\, an d archival/library support and consultation. For 2015-16 no office space will be provided\; Fellows are expected to use space in their home depa rtments.\n\nFellows are expected to be at University Park during most of their funded year\, to participate in the Center’s weekly lunches and p ublic lectures\, and to make a public presentation of their work. There is no teaching obligation. Graduate students who wish to submit a collab orative application with an applicant for another CHI program (the predo ctoral or visiting fellowships) should indicate so on their application. \n\nCHI fellowships substitute for departmental funding. They cannot be used to lengthen the time of expected support from home departments or f rom Penn State more generally.\n\nApplication Deadline\n\nMonday\, Novem ber 17\, 2014\n\nEligibility\n\nGraduate students in any field currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Penn State’s University Park campus are eligible for this program. Applicants must have passed their comprehensi ve exams\, or plan to pass their comprehensive exams\, by May 2015\, in order to take up the fellowship.\n\nBecause CHI support comes primarily from the College of the Liberal Arts and the University Libraries\, stud ents associated with those units will receive some priority\, though stu dents from any College engaged in humanistic research on information are welcome to apply.\n\nHow to Apply\n\nApplications that do not follow th ese guidelines will be summarily rejected.\n\nAll applications must incl ude the following:\n\n1)      Cover page with applicant’s name and conta ct information (including campus address and e-mail)\, date of comprehen sive exams\, name of advisor and committee\, and project title.\n\n2)       Description of project\, including scholarly significance and current state of completion (max. 1200 words). Please indicate if this is a col laborative application\, and explain the planned structure of the collab oration.\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 aca demic years before the fellowship.\n\n4)      One confidential letter of evaluation from the applicant’s dissertation advisor or other faculty m entor attesting to the quality of the application\, to the applicant’s r ecord of achievement\, and to the applicant’s intellectual and academic promise.\n\n5)      A short letter from the department Head or Director of Graduate Studies indicating the department’s understanding that CHI f unding cannot be used to extend the normal time of support for graduate students.\n\nNominations must be emailed to CHI by the applicant’s depar tment head\, program director\, or director of graduate studies by 5:00 p.m. on Monday\, Nov 17\, 2014. Please use the subject line “Predoctoral Fellows.” Attachments should be in Portable Document Format (pdf). All applicants will receive an email receipt\; please follow up if you do no t hear back within one week.\n\nReview Process\n\nProposals will be eval uated and recommendations made to the Director by a subcommittee of the CHI Advisory Board.\n\nAwards for the academic year 2015–16 will be anno unced by December 15\, 2014.\n\nPresentation and Reporting Requirements\ n\nFellows will be asked to give a work-in-progress presentation during their residency semester. Thirty days after the close of the grant perio d (consult award letter for exact date)\, a report must be filed with th e Center on the results of the residency.\n\nFor more details: https://e vents.la.psu.edu/event/application-for-predoctoral-fellowships-announced / X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Predoctoral fel lowships for Penn State Ph.D. students provide a yearlong graduate assis tantship. Deadline Monday, November 17, 5:00 p.m.

The CHI Predocto ral Fellows program is sponsored by the Center, the College of the Liber al Arts, and the University Libraries. This program supports graduate st udent research in the humanities, providing up to six Penn State graduat e students a yearlong graduate assistantship and a $1,000 research fund. For 2015–16 the expected level of stipend support is $23,000. Fellows h ave access to extensive research design support, as well as to grant-wri ting workshops, career mentoring, and archival/library support and consu ltation. For 2015-16 no office space will be provided; Fellows are expec ted to use space in their home departments.

Fellows are expected t o be at University Park during most of their funded year, to participate in the Center’s weekly lunches and public lectures, and to make a publi c presentation of their work. There is no teaching obligation. Graduate students 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.

CHI fellowships substitute fo r departmental funding. They cannot be used to lengthen the time of expe cted support from home departments or from Penn State more generally.

Application Deadline

Monday, November 17, 201 4

Eligibility

Graduate students in any fiel d currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Penn State’s University Park campus are eligible for this program. Applicants must have passed their comprehensive exams, or plan to pass their comprehensive exams, by May 2 015, in order to take up the fellowship.

Because CHI support comes primarily from the College of the Liberal Arts and the University Libra ries, students associated with those units will receive some priority, t hough students from any College engaged in humanistic research on inform ation are welcome to apply.

How to Apply

Ap plications that do not follow these guidelines will be summarily rejecte d.

All applications must include the following:

1)      Cove r page with applicant’s name and contact information (including campus a ddress and e-mail), date of comprehensive exams, name of advisor and com mittee, and project title.

2)      Description of project, includi ng scholarly significance and current state of completion (max. 1200 wor ds). Please indicate if this is a collaborative application, and explain the planned structure of the collaboration.

3)      Curriculum vi tae (not to exceed four pages). Please include internal and external gra nts received in the past five years as well as any non-administrative re lease time from teaching in the two academic years before the fellowship .

4)      One confidential letter of evaluation from the applicant ’s dissertation advisor or other faculty mentor attesting to the quality of the application, to the applicant’s record of achievement, and to th e applicant’s intellectual and academic promise.

5)      A short l etter from the department Head or Director of Graduate Studies indicatin g the department’s understanding that CHI funding cannot be used to exte nd the normal time of support for graduate students.

Nominations m ust be emailed to CHI by the applicant’s department head, program direct or, or director of graduate studies by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov 17, 2014 . Please use the subject line “Predoctoral Fellows.” Attachments should be in Portable Document Format (pdf). All applicants will receive an ema il receipt; please follow up if you do not hear back within one week.

Review Process

Proposals will be evaluated an d recommendations made to the Director by a subcommittee of the CHI Advi sory Board.

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

Presentation and Reporting Requirem ents

Fellows will be asked to give a work-in-progress pre sentation during their residency semester. Thirty days after the close o f 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/applicati on-for-predoctoral-fellowships-announced/

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