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The Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) invites faculty working in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies at the 暗网禁区 to apply for the CAAAS Faculty Fellowship. The purpose of the CAAAS Faculty Fellowship is to provide 暗网禁区 faculty with a research and/or creative work semester off from teaching so that they can focus fully on a major African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies project.
Award
The CAAAS Faculty Fellowship provides a two-course teaching reduction (taken in a single semester) for faculty teaching a 2/2 load; faculty teaching a 2/1 load will receive a single course reduction and be expected to take the fellowship in the semester they are scheduled to teach their single course.
Call for Applications: Opens October 15, 2024, and Closes December 1, 2024.
Deadline: December 1, 2024. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
Eligibility
All CU Boulder tenure-track and tenured faculty with demonstrable teaching, research, and creative work in African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora studies are eligible to apply.
Selection Criteria
The CAAAS Faculty Fellowship selection committee will consider:
聽 聽 鈥� The intellectual and/or artistic merit of the project
聽 聽 鈥� The project's contribution to African studies, African American studies, and/or African diaspora聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 studies
聽 聽 鈥� The overall excellence of the applicant鈥檚 research and/or creative work record
聽 聽 鈥� The timeliness of the project in the applicant鈥檚 career. NOTE: We encourage untenured/pre-tenure聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽 聽faculty to apply for revision of their dissertations or to work on first monographs.
Please be advised that this is a very competitive process and fellowship funding is limited. We receive many more applications than we have fellowships for, so the quality of the applications must be invariably very strong. It is not uncommon for any competitive聽fellowship to have many disappointed applicants and for faculty to apply multiple times before they receive a fellowship.
Application Procedure
Applicants must submit #s 1-4 below in a single .pdf by the deadline December 1, 2024 to聽rabaka@colorado.edu. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
The strongest proposals will address the criteria outlined in the proposal description and will also explain why it is necessary for faculty to receive course release/s from teaching to make significant progress on their project.
Application Materials
聽 聽 1. Fellowship Proposal: No more than four pages written free of jargon -- remember, your application聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 will be read by an interdisciplinary committee of your faculty peers across the spectrum of various聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 colleges, schools, departments, programs, centers, and institutes. Strong proposals often tell an聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 intriguing story about your scholarship/artistic work. Consequently, in writing your statement,聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽keep in mind the following:
聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥� Significance: Demonstrate the potential impact of your work.
聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥� Project Design: Does your project address all relevant issues in a form that offers a coherent聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽 聽 聽engagement with your research topic/creative work?
聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥� Feasibility: Can you demonstrate that you will be able to make significant progress during your.听 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 fellowship towards the timely completion of your scholarly or creative work project?
聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥� Qualifications: What past work has led you to take up this specific project at this point in your聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 career?
聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥� Format: Four-page (max), double-spaced PDF, 12-pt font, 2 MB max file size.
聽 聽 2. Outline: One page (12-point font) on the structure of your project鈥攖his can include聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽chapter聽descriptions. NOTE: If the applicant is an artist, you can embed a hyperlink to images,聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 videos, sound files, or website as an example of your project. Limit portfolios to 10 pages and聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 video files to 5 minutes.听Format: One page PDF (single or double spaced), 12-pt font. 10MB max聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽 聽 聽file size (artists sharing larger聽files, please contact caaas@colorado.edu)
聽 聽 3. CV: 4-page maximum
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聽 聽 聽 聽 Allowed file types: PDF
聽 聽 4.聽Submit the application materials to聽rabaka@colorado.edu. Make 鈥淐AAAS Faculty Fellowship聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Application鈥� the email subject line when submitting application materials to聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽rabaka@colorado.edu.听
Expectations
聽 聽鈥� As part of accepting the CAAAS faculty fellowship, faculty fellows are required to deliver a lecture聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽on聽their research or creative work during the academic year of their fellowship.
聽 聽鈥� Acknowledgment of the Center for African & African American Studies (CAAAS) is required on all聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽promotional/published materials, performances, and exhibitions for projects funded by the CAAAS.听 聽 聽 聽 聽Use聽this language for credit: 鈥淭his project was supported, in part, by a grant from the Center for聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽African聽& African American Studies at the 暗网禁区.鈥�
聽 聽鈥� During the academic year of their fellowship, CAAAS faculty fellows will be invited to attend CAAAS聽 聽 聽 聽 聽events and programs.
聽 聽鈥� By May 31, CAAAS faculty fellows must submit a final report on the research or creative work聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽 聽 completed and plans for publication, performance, or exhibition. Failure to submit a written聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽summary聽will make the faculty fellow ineligible to receive further funding from the CAAAS.
聽 聽 鈥� Selected fellows will be asked to serve on a future selection committee for CAAAS faculty聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 fellowships.
聽 聽 鈥� Project changes that are so significant as to look unrecognizable from the original proposal the聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 faculty fellow submitted may require the CAAAS faculty fellowship committee to meet and evaluate聽 聽 聽 聽 whether the faculty fellow can continue to hold the fellowship.
Awardees
The CAAAS Faculty Fellowship provides a two-course teaching reduction (taken in a single semester) for faculty teaching a 2/2 load; faculty teaching a 2/1 load will receive a single course reduction and be expected to take the fellowship in the semester they are scheduled to teach their single course.
