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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Emily Burns
[mailto:burns@ssrc.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 06 May 2008 22:21<BR><B>To:</B>
H-SEASIA-request@h-net.msu.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> RFP Social Science Research
Council - FACULTY OPPORTUNITIES<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #2e526b">Dissertation Proposal Development
Fellowship (DPDF)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=subheader1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #2e526b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">Request
for Proposals – Faculty Opportunities<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">The Social
Science Research Council, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is
pleased to announce a call to faculty for interdisciplinary research field
proposals for the 2009 Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF)
program. Established in 2006, the DPDF combines financial support and
workshop experience for early-stage graduate students engaged in predissertation
research and developing their dissertation proposals. The DPDF program is
designed to intervene at a critical moment in the career development of graduate
students in the humanities and social sciences by aiding their transition from
students to researchers. It provides complementary interdisciplinary
perspectives to students across the disciplines of the social sciences and
humanities.<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">
Faculty applicants must be tenured at different doctoral degree-granting
programs at US universities and apply in teams of two. DPDF Research Directors
lead groups of 12 graduate student fellows in two four-day
workshops</SPAN></STRONG> Research directors receive a stipend of $10,000 each.
More information about the program may be found at: <A
href="http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf">http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf.</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=subheader2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #2e526b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">Research
Fields<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A research field refers to subdisciplinary and
interdisciplinary domains with common intellectual questions and styles of
research. Research fields can be topical in focus, transnational in scope, or
comparative. They can be organized around sources, or grounded in
geographical regions. The Council is especially interested in innovative
fields of study that may not yet be adequately supported in academic
departments. The 2008 research fields were: Animal Studies, Human
Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Muslim Modernities, Science and
Technology Policy, Urban Visual Studies. For 2009, the Council especially seeks
fields touching on environmental issues, religion, and visual culture.
Full descriptions of the 2007 and 2008 research fields are available on the
program Web Site: <A
href="http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf">http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=subheader2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #2e526b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=subheader2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #2e526b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">Research
Directors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">The DPDF
Faculty Committee will select five research fields, <EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">each proposed by two faculty
research directors</SPAN></EM> <I>with different institutional affiliations and,
as relevant, different disciplinary specializations</I>. With the assistance of
SSRC program staff, research directors run the spring and fall workshops that
bracket the predissertation research of the students. Research directors should
be tenured, experienced supervisors of dissertation research. Each faculty
member will receive a stipend of $10,000; students will receive up to $5,000 for
summer predissertation research. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=subheader2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #2e526b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=subheader2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #2e526b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">Application
Requirements and Deadline<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">The DPDF
program invites faculty to submit joint proposals for research fields for the
2009 fellowship program. The application is available through the SSRC’s
application portal, <A
href="http://applications.ssrc.org/">http://applications.ssrc.org/</A>.
Proposals should describe the relevance of the research field, the kind of
graduate students who might be recruited, and the kinds of activities that would
be entailed in each of the two workshops, along with a short bibliography and
curricula vitae of the two research directors. Applications must be submitted
via the application portal by October 3rd, 2008.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #2e526b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'">Contact
Details<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Please direct any questions to program staff at<A
href="mailto:dpdf@ssrc.org"> dpdf@ssrc.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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