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PARC 2009-10 Research Fellowship Competition
Studies on Palestine
Full proposals are due January 15, 2009
Award notification March 16, 2009
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 10th annual competition for post-doctoral and doctoral research fellowships in Palestinian studies.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Applicants must be post-doctoral scholars, established researchers, or full-time doctoral students enrolled in a recognized degree program.
- Doctoral students must have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for the doctorate degree except the dissertation by the time the research commences. The fellowship does not cover tuition or fees.
- Senior researchers without doctorates but with a record of academic publication are also eligible.
- Any area of Palestinian studies will be considered, including the humanities, social sciences, economics, law, health and science. Research must contribute to Palestinian studies. Purely scientific research is not eligible for this fellowship competition.
- Individual and joint research projects are eligible.
- Funding is for one year only.
- Research may take place in Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, or Syria.
- Applications from women are especially encouraged.
- All applications must be in English.
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens. (Non-U.S. citizens, see below.)
- PARC fellows are ineligible to apply for another PARC grant for a period of 3 years.
Fellowship awards will range from $3,500 to $8,000.
U.S. Applicants must be PARC members to submit an application. The PARC website contains information on membership. To download a full application package (Word format), click here.
You may send any questions by email to us.parc@gmail.com.
Applicants must send four copies of the full application (except for letters of recommendation) to:
PARC
Penelope Mitchell, US Director
6520 East Halbert Road
Bethesda, MD 20817-5414
For Palestinian and other non-U.S. citizen Applicants
Pre-proposal deadline October 23, 2008
Applicant notification to submit full proposals November 13, 2008
Full proposal deadline January 15, 2009
Award notification March 16, 2009
Interested candidates should send by e-mail a brief pre-proposal to PARC Palestine by 23 October 2008. The Palestine Office will offer editorial assistance and advice whenever possible in developing full proposals. Pre-proposals may be either in English or Arabic; pre-proposals in Arabic should be accompanied by a paragraph summary in English. Research may be conducted in either language, but final full proposals must be in English.
The pre-proposal must consist of the following:
- A 500-750 word summary outlining the research topic, justification, objectives, research problem, methodology, and time-frame for completion.
- Curriculum vitae of no more than three pages.
- A research budget indicating the amount requested.
Fellowship awards will range from $2,500 to $6,500.
Applicants will be notified by 13 November 2008 if their pre-proposal has been approved. Approved applicants will then be requested to fill out a detailed application and submit a full proposal. The deadline for the full proposal is 15 January 2009. Awards will be granted 16 March 2009.
To download a full application package (Word format), click here or contact:
Hadeel Qazzaz, Palestine Director
PARC Palestine Office
6 Tel al-Zaather St. 3rd Floor Al Amin Building
Ramallah
Tel (02) 2974240
parcpal@palnet.com
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