CAORC: Multi-Country Research Fellowship
Description:
The Multi-Country Research Fellowship enables US scholars to carry out trans-regional and comparative research in countries across the network of Overseas Research Centers as well as other countries.
The fellowship supports advanced research in the humanities, social sciences, and allied natural sciences for US doctoral candidates, who are all but dissertation, and scholars who have already earned their PhD. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or as teams.
Important information about the fellowship competition:
Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which must host a participating Overseas Research Center (ORC). Click here for a list of the centers.
The award is for a minimum of 90 days and fellows may travel and carry out research between the period of May 2023 and November 2024. (The 90 day travel minimum can be split into multiple trips and does not need to be consecutive.)
Fellows must work on their research full-time while they are traveling on the fellowship.
Nine awards of $12,000 each will be given. The award is in the form of a stipend. Funding is provided by the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be US citizens.
Funding is not available for research conducted in the US.
Team projects are admissible and will be evaluated as a single application. Teams should submit one (1) application for the team project and a CV for each member. Note that all team members must fulfill the fellowship eligibility requirements. If awarded, a single grant of $12,000 will be issued to the team.
Independent scholars are welcome to apply.
PhD candidates must be ABD (all but dissertation) by May 2023.
If you have held a Multi-Country Fellowship in the past, you must wait three years before you are eligible to apply again.
It is permissible to apply for both the Multi-Country Research Fellowship and the CAORC-NEH Research Fellowship at the same time, but only one fellowship can be awarded to an applicant.
Minority scholars and scholars from Minority-Serving Institutions are especially encouraged to apply.
Application Information:
Applications can be accessed via https://orcfellowships.smapply.org/. You must sign up for an account to access the application. This will allow you to save and return to your application before submitting. Please save your login/password information for future applications.
Evaluation criteria:
A multidisciplinary review committee will evaluate applications based on the following criteria below.
Contribution to the applicant's field of research
Feasibility of the research design
Applicant’s qualifications in terms of having the requisite experience and skills to complete the project
Rationale for carrying out the project in the proposed host country(ies) and affiliating with the ORC(s) / Contribution to the intellectual scope of the ORC(s)
Application Due: December 8, 2022 at 5:00pm EST. Click here for more information.
