Institute of American Cultures 2014-2015 Visiting Scholar/Researcher Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies

The UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC), in cooperation with UCLA’s four Ethnic Studies Research Centers (American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American Studies, Chicano Studies Research Center) offers fellowships to visiting scholars and researchers to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. We especially encourage applications that advance our understanding of new social and cultural realities occasioned by the dramatic population shifts of recent decades, including greater heterogeneity within ethnic groups and increased interethnic contact. IAC Visiting Scholars/Researchers will receive up to a 9-month academic-year stipend of $32,000 to $35,000 (contingent upon rank, experience, and date of completion of their terminal degree) and will receive health benefits. For Visiting Scholars, these funds can be used to supplement sabbatical support for a total that does not exceed the candidate’s current institutional salary. Visiting Scholars will be paid through their home institutions and will be expected to continue their health benefits through that source as well; Visiting Researchers will be paid directly by UCLA. All awardees can receive up to $4,000 in research support (through reimbursements of research expenses), $1,000 of which may be applied toward relocation expenses. In the event that an award is for less than the 9-month appointment, the stipend will be prorated in accordance with the actual length of the award.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Visiting Scholar appointments are for persons who currently hold permanent academic appointments and Visiting Researcher appointments are for newly degreed scholars. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and hold a Ph.D. from an accredited college or university at the time of appointment. UCLA faculty, staff, and currently enrolled students are not eligible to apply. Completed applications are due by February 5, 2014 by 5:00 pm. Recipients will be notified in April. NOTE: Offer of Fellowship is contingent upon funding availability.

For further information and applications, please contact the IAC coordinator of the appropriate UCLA Ethnic Studies Research Center and visit our website at http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/iachome.htm.

 

American Indian Studies Center
ATTN: Rebecca Hernandez Rosser, Ph.D.
3220 Campbell Hall
Box 951548
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1548
(310) 825-7315 / rhrosser@aisc.ucla.edu

Asian American Studies Center
ATTN: Melany De La Cruz-Viesca, M.A.
3230 Campbell Hall
Box 951546
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546
(310) 825-2974 / melanyd@ucla.edu

Chicano Studies Research Center
ATTN: Javier Iribarren, Ph.D
193 Haines Hall/Box 951544.
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1544
(310) 825-2363 / jiribarren@chicano.ucla.edu

Bunche Center for African American Studies ATTN: Ana-Christina Ramon, Ph.D.
160 Haines Hall/Box 951545
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1545
(310) 825-7403 / acramon@bunche.uca.edu

 

For General Information:
Institute of American Cultures
2329 Murphy Hall
Box 957244
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7244
(310) 825-6815 / iaccoordinator@conet.ucla.edu

Deadline for application and supporting documents is February 5, 2014.

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