The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society invites applications for its 2016–17 cohort of postdoctoral and senior fellows. The fellowship program is designed to bring together excellent scholars who are working in environmental history and related disciplines.
The center will award fellowships to scholars from a variety of countries and disciplines. Applicants’ research and writing should pertain to the central theme of the RCC - transformations in environment and society. Research at the RCC is concerned with questions of the interrelationship between environmental and social changes, and in particular the reasons—social, political, cultural, and environmental factors—for these transformations.
The RCC awards five types of fellowships:
- Carson Writing Fellowships
- Interdisciplinary Writing Fellowships
- Outreach Fellowships
- Short-term Fellowships
- Alumni Fellowships
All fellows are expected to spend their fellowship in residence, to work on a major project, to attend the weekly lunchtime colloquium, and to present their project at the center. Please note that for all fellowship types, the RCC does not sponsor field trips or archival research.
To Apply:
All successful applicants should plan to begin their fellowship between 1 September 2016 and 1 December 2017; it will not be possible to start a fellowship awarded in this round at a later date. Decisions about the fellowships will be announced in mid-May 2016. Fellowships will usually be granted for periods of 3, 6, 9, or 12 months. The RCC will pay for a teaching replacement of the successful candidate at his or her home institution; alternatively it will pay a stipend that is commensurate with experience and current employment and which also conforms to funding guidelines.
The deadline for applications is 31 January 2016. Applications must be made in our online portal. The application should discuss the special research topic “transformation in environment and society” in the project description or the cover letter and should include the following:
- cover letter (750 words maximum)
- curriculum vitae (3 pages maximum)
- project description (1,000 words maximum)
- research schedule for the fellowship period (300 words maximum)
- names and contact information for three scholars as referees
Please note that in order to be eligible for all fellowships except the outreach fellowships, you must have completed your PhD by the application deadline (31 January 2016). Those based in the greater Munich area are not eligible.
You may write your application in either English or German; please use the language in which you are most proficient. You will be notified about the outcome of your application by mid-May 2016.
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