A limited number of Field Museum fellowships are available for graduate students engaged in dissertation research associated with the Museum.Description
These fellowships provide stipend support. Candidates will be expected to have formal involvement with the Museum; a Field Museum curator must serve as member or chair on the student's academic committee, and the research should rely heavily upon the collections and facilities of the Museum. Students must be in residence in the Chicago area and are expected to spend a significant portion of their research time at the Museum.
Eligibility
students must have completed the preliminary examination. The period of appointment is one year and starts on September 1st. Applicants who have been awarded a Field Museum fellowship by the scholarship committee previously are not eligible to apply for a second fellowship.
Application Procedure
The interested applicants must provide the following documents:
- The proposed research (1-2 pages, double-spaced), including its purpose and significance
- Relevance of Field Museum’s collections to the project
- Collaboration(s) with Field Museum curators, if any
- Procedures and methods used in the project
- A current full Curriculum Vitae (in English)
- Two letters of reference
Submission Deadline
Applicants must contact the sponsoring curator well in advance of the application deadline.
Website Link
http://fieldmuseum.org/about/cr-graduate-student-fellowships
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