Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2009-2011

Application form (Word Document)

With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dartmouth is pleased to accept applications for two postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities and humanistic social sciences for the 2009-2011 academic years. These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees, by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. The program also benefits Dartmouth by complementing existing curricula with underrepresented fields.

Terms of appointment

Fellows are expected to teach two courses in their home department(s) or program(s) in each year of their residency. At least one of the four courses should contribute something new to the Dartmouth curriculum; at least one should be an introductory lecture course. Fellows will not, however, be asked to teach basic language courses.

Fellows appointed will enjoy full use of such college resources as the library, computing center, the Leslie Center for the Humanities, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, the Hood Museum of Art, and the Hopkins Center. The 2008-2010 Fellows received an annual stipend of $50,000 plus benefits, an annual research allowance of $2,000, and a first-year only computer allowance of $2,500. The terms of the 2009-2011 fellowships will be similar.

Application and selection process

Applicants for the 2009-2011 fellowships must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2006. Candidates who do not yet hold a Ph.D. but expect to by June 30, 2009 should supply a letter from their home institution corroborating such a schedule.

Applications (hardcopy only) for the 2009-2011 fellowships must be received in the Administrator's office before October 1, 2008. Incomplete dossiers will not be reviewed. In addition to a completed application form (available for downloading on this page), three letters of reference, a CV, and relevant academic transcripts, candidates should submit a ca. 500-word personal statement outlining their completed research (including dissertation), work in progress, professional goals and plans for publication, and any other information relevant to their candidacy.

The selection committee, in cooperation with departments and programs, will seek out candidates whose research and teaching contribute something new or currently lacking to the intellectual life of the College.

There is no requirement that the fellows be U.S. citizens, but the Mellon Foundation does want to see the fellowships awarded to individuals who seem likely to make their careers in the United States.

Should you have questions, please direct them to humanities.center@dartmouth.edu.

Please send hardcopy applications to the following address:

Administrator, Leslie Center for the Humanities
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
6240 Haldeman, Room 263
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-0896, fax. 603-646-0998
humanities.center@dartmouth.edu