The Council of American Overseas Research Centers is pleased to announce a new focused regional fellowship program enabling pre- and early post-doctoral scholars to carry out research in the humanities and related social sciences in countries bordering the Mediterranean and served by American overseas research centers. Funding for this program is generously provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Applicants must:
be a US citizen or Permanent Resident;
be a doctoral candidate or a scholar who obtained his/her Ph.D. within the last ten years;
propose a three to nine month humanities or related social science research project;
propose travel to one or more Mediterranean region country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center:
American Academy in Rome
American Center of Oriental Research in Amman
American Institute for Maghrib Studies, with centers in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia
American Research Center in Egypt
American Research Center in Sofia
American Research Institute in Turkey
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute
Palestinian American Research Center
W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem
View fellowship details at http://caorc.org/fellowships/mellonmed/. Please note that the on-line application system will be available in the fall. Fellowship details subject to change prior to the application system launch.
