The Fellows in Residence receive a partial or full course release during a semester to pursue a research project in the arts or humanities. The recipients are exempt from teaching but not from other departmental duties. Fellows may opt for a research grant up to $10,000 in place of the course releases – should the research grant option be exercised, applicants are requested to explain how the funds are necessary to their research/artistic project and how it differs from a travel grant.
Applications should include the following materials:
- relevant part of C.V.
- a summary of the project (1,000 words max.)
- detailed budget (in case of research grant)
- rationale for the course release request
- Chair’s endorsement for course release
- two letters of recommendation, at least one from non-IU faculty.
Applications are evaluated by a Review Board composed of tenure-stream faculty of the Bloomington campus. The Chairs of the applicant’s department, not the Institute, identify the semester during which the applicants may receive the course release(s). Past recipients may reapply after 3 years with a new project.
N.B.: Applications for fellowships are always for the following academic year. Applicants who opt for the research grant may apply in the fall or spring; those requesting time release from teaching may only apply in the fall.
Deadlines for 2008/2009 academic year applications
Fall Deadline: November 1, 2007 for course release and research grant applications
Spring Deadline: March 1, 2008 for research grant applications only
Upon Completion of an Award
The Institute requires that all grant and fellowship recipients send a brief description of the scholarly/artistic activities accomplished as a result of the CAHI award by the end of the semester following the award period. All grant recipients are kindly requested to acknowledge the support of the College Arts and Humanities Institute in any flyers, posters, publications or publicity.
Recent titles of fellowship projects awarded:
- Bishops and Buildings in the Early Middle Ages (History)
- Reformations of the Image in Fifteenth-Century Religious Writing (English)
- State-Building, Governance and Security in Post-Taliban Afghanistan (Central Eurasian Studies)
- Half-Light: Prints for the Genetic Age (Fine Arts – Studio)
- Becoming an American Religion: The Transformation of Judaism in Post ethnic America (Jewish Studies)
- Normative Judgments and the Accessibility of Reasons (Philosophy)