The American Council of Learned Societies has recently established the New Faculty Fellows Program. It will make awards to fifty recent PhDs in the humanities to take up two-year positions at universities and colleges across the United States where their particular research and teaching expertise will augment departmental offerings. The New Faculty Fellows program will provide $50,000 plus $5,000 research/travel allowance annually, health insurance, and a $1,500 one-time moving allowance.
UC Davis has been invited to nominate up to 10 recent PhDs to compete for these awards. Candidates will need to have received their PhD in one of the humanities disciplines or humanistic social sciences (which includes history, anthropology, and such areas as political theory, historical sociology, and economic history) between January 2008 and December 2009. Recent Ph.D.s who have already secured a tenure-track position are not eligible.
Recent Ph.D.s are encouraged to submit an application (CV and a one-page description of current research) to Kathleen Harbaugh (kharbaugh@ucdavis.edu) by October 21, 2009. An interdisciplinary review committee will select the nominees. [more]