From: catstyle@cathouse.aiss.uiuc.edu (Jason R. Heimbaugh)
Subject: Univ. of Illinois Chancellor's Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship
Reply-To: jrh@uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:09:29 GMT

  UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA/CHAMPAIGN 
  
            AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES & RESEARCH PROGRAM 
  
          CHANCELLOR'S MINORITY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 
  
  PROGRAM 
  
  The Chancellor's Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at 
  the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign assists 
  underrepresented minority faculty members in developing their 
  careers as scholars.  For those members of underrepresented 
  minorities committed to university teaching and research this 
  fellowship program provides stipends, close association with 
  faculty at the University and assistance in furthering the 
  fellow's development as a productive scholar.  One 
  Postdoctoral fellowship will be available for 1993-94, which 
  will allow the recipient a joint appointment with the Afro- 
  American Studies and Research Program and a department of the 
  candidate's discipline.  Disciplines may vary but preference 
  will be given to the humanities, as well as anthropology, 
  sociology, psychology and related areas. 
  
  Fellows may not hold other fellowship awards at the same time 
  that they are receiving minority postdoctoral fellowship on 
  this campus.  A Fellow is expected to be in residence at the 
  Urbana campus during the duration of the fellowship which 
  consists of nine months. 
  
  ELIGIBILITY 
  
  An applicant must demonstrate promise for tenure-track 
  appointments at colleges or universities, must be a U.S. 
  citizen or permanent resident, and must have received a 
  doctorate or appropriate terminal degree within the past four 
  years or have completed this requirement by June of the 
  fellowship year. 
  
  STIPEND AND ALLOWANCES 
  
  The stipend for the nine-month academic year is $25,000 to 
  $30,000 depending on the level of the fellow's experience.  As 
  much as $1,500 is provided for transportation or relocation 
  expenses.  Additional support for health coverage and 
  additional support of as much as $1,000 for research-related 
  expenses are available. 
  
  APPLICATION 
  
  No application form is required.  Instead, an applicant is 
  required to send by the application deadline a curriculum 
  vitae; sample publications, a dissertation or dissertation 
  chapters; a statement of proposed research; and a separate 
  one-page statement of what is to be accomplished during the 
  fellowship year.  An applicant is also required to have three 
  evaluators send letters of reference by the closing date for 
  application.  If there is currently someone on the faculty at 
  the Urbana-Champaign campus with whom the applicant would like 
  to work, the faculty member should be identified. 
  
  EVALUATION AND SELECTION 
  
  The faculty members in Afro-American Studies representing a 
  number of disciplines on the campus review the scholarly 
  records, letters of reference, and research proposals of the 
  applicants.  The Department of the applicant's discipline will 
  also be consulted.  The awards will be announced around April 
  1.  Closing date for application is February 21, 1993. 
  
  Submit applications or nominations to: 
  
  
            Valinda Littlefield 
            Afro-American Studies & Research Program 
            606 S. Gregory 
            Urbana, IL  61801 
            217-333-7781