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NEH Postdoctoral Fellowships 2010–2012

  • The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in any area of early American studies, to begin July 1, 2010. A principal criterion for selection is that the candidate's dissertation or other manuscript have significant potential as a distinguished, book-length contribution to scholarship. A substantial portion of the work must be submitted with the application. Applicants may not have previously published or have under contract a scholarly monograph, and they must have met all requirements for the doctorate before commencing the fellowship. Those who have earned the Ph.D. and begun careers are also encouraged to apply. The Institute holds first claim on publishing the appointed fellow's completed manuscript. The Institute's scope encompasses the history and cultures of North America's indigenous and immigrant peoples during the colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods of the United States and the related histories of Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, the British Isles, Europe, and Africa, from the sixteenth century to approximately 1815.

    Fellows devote most of their time to research and writing, work closely with the editorial staff, and participate in colloquia and other scholarly activities of the Institute. In addition to a beginning stipend of $50,400, the fellowship provides office, research, and computer facilities as well as some travel funds for conferences and research. Fellows hold concurrent appointment as assistant professor in the appropriate department at the College of William and Mary and teach a total of six semester hours during the two-year term. Institute fellows also have the option of spending a summer at the Huntington Library on a full grant within five years of their residency in Williamsburg.

    For the calendar year 2011 the fellow will be supported principally by the National Endowment for the Humanities through its program of fellowships at Independent Research Institutions. During that year he or she will be designated both an NEH and an Insitute fellow.

    The award is open to all eligible persons equally. Foreign nationals must have been in continuous residence in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the date of their application for the fellowship in order to be eligible for NEH funding. The College of William and Mary is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

    Further information  may be obtained by contacting: Institute-NEH Fellowship, OIEAHC, P.O. Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781.  E-mail: ieahc1@wm.edu

  • Application must be postmarked by November 1, 2009.