PhD Fellowship in Humanistic Social Sciences of ACLS Public Fellows, USA

The aCLs now please applicants to apply for the third competition of the Public Fellows program. The program will place 20 recent Ph.D.s from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. The fellowship provides a stipend of $65,000 per year as well as individual health insurance.

Description
ACLS seeks applications from Ph.D.s who have received their degrees in the last three years and who aspire to careers in nonprofit administration and public service by choice rather than circumstance. Competitive applicants will have been successful in both academic and extra-academic experiences.

This program, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims to expand the role of doctoral education in the U.S. by demonstrating that the capacities developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond the academy. Now in its third year, this innovative initiative allows talented humanities Ph.D.s to gain valuable, career-launching experience in areas such as arts management, development, communications, public administration, and digital media.

Benefits:
The fellowship provides a stipend of $65,000 per year as well as individual health insurance.

Eligibility
The following are the main requirements of this fellowship program:

• possess U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status;
• have a Ph.D. in the humanities or humanistic social sciences conferred between January 2010 and the application deadline; and
• not have applied to any other ACLS fellowship programs in the 2012-2013 competition year, including the New Faculty Fellows program.

Application Procedure
The interested applicants must read through all the positions listed below and be ready to choose one when beginning the online application process. Applicants may apply to only one position.

The applicants must submit the following documents:

• completed application form;
• cover letter tailored to a specific position;
• résumé 
• candidate’s personal statement; and
• one nomination letter.

Your application should be submitted online at: http://ofa.acls.org/

Submission Deadline
Wednesday, March 27, 6pm EDT

Website Link
http://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows/#