Getty Arts Fellowships

APPLICATION GUIDELINES FOR PREDOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Application Form

Scholar Year Themes for Fellowship Period
2000/2001 : Reproductions and Originals
2001/2002 : Frames of Viewing: Perception, Experience, Judgment

Purpose of the Fellowship
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete their dissertation or expand it for publication. Recipients of these fellowships are in residence from September 2000 to June 2002 at the Getty Research Institute. There they have an extraordinary opportunity to pursue their own projects, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly seminar devoted to the scholar year theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center.

Eligibility
Applications are welcome from scholars of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Predoctoral fellowship applicants must have advanced to candidacy and expect to complete their dissertations during the fellowship period. Postdoctoral fellowship applicants must have received their degree no earlier than 1994.

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Terms

Predoctoral fellows receive a total stipend of $36,000 for the twenty-two-month residency. Postdoctoral fellows receive a total stipend of $44,000 for the twenty-two-month residency. Both fellowships also provide an office at the Research Institute, research assistance, travel funds, an apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex, and health benefits. Neither fellowship is renewable.

Note: These fellowships are for those scholars who wish to be in residence for both scholar years. The Getty Grant Program offers separate nonresidential postdoctoral fellowships.

Information is available online at http://www.getty.edu/grant/research2000 or from the Getty Grant Program, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA, 90049-1685; 310.440.7320 (phone), 310.440.7703 (fax), researchgrants@getty.edu (email). Also, Library Research Grants provide short-term support for scholars interested in using collections at the Research Institute; information is available online at http://www.getty.edu/grant/research2000 or from the Getty Research Institute, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688; 310.440.7392; 310.440.7782 (fax); residentialgrants@getty.edu (email).

Application Deadline
All application materials must be received at the Getty Research Institute by November 1, 1999. Materials faxed or sent electronically will not be accepted. Materials will not be returned.

Notification
Applicants will be notified of the Research Institute's decision by Spring 2000.

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Review Process
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis. Applications will be evaluated by the Research Institute on the basis of (1) how the proposed dissertation or book bears upon the 2000-2001 Scholar Year theme Reproductions and Originals and also the 2001-2002 theme entitled Frames of Viewing: Perception, Experience, Judgment ; (2) the applicant's past achievements; and (3) how the project would benefit from the resources of the Getty, including its library and collections.

Application Instructions
All application materials listed below must be received at the Getty Research Institute by November 1, 1999.
1. Application Form- The application form must be completed and signed.
2. Dissertation Abstract- Each application must include an abstract of the applicant’s doctoral dissertation.
3. Curriculum Vitae- Each application must be accompanied by a full curriculum vitae. This should include education, honors, grants and awards, languages, professional experience and activities, and publications or other relevant accomplishments.
4. Project Proposal- Each application must also includea description (approximately three pages) of the applicant's proposed research. The proposal should include (1) a description of how the project bears upon the 2000-2001 Scholar Year theme Reproductions and Originals and also the 2001-2002 theme Frames of Viewing: Perception, Experience, Judgment ; and (2) an assessment of how the project would be advanced by the resources at the Getty, including its library and collections.
5. Writing Sample- Each applicant must submit a writing sample no longer than thirty pages. This may be a sample of the dissertation and should best represent the applicant's methodological concerns.
6. Letters of Recommendation- Applicants must arrange for the submission of three confidential letters of
recommendation by scholars who are able to comment on the applicant's suitability for this fellowship and the project's potential. Letters must arrive directly from the recommenders by November 1.
7. Confirmation Letter- Predoctoral applicants must submit a letter from their academic institution confirming that they have passed their qualifying exams and have been advanced to candidacy. Postdoctoral applicants must submit confirmation from their academic institution that the doctorate has been awarded.

Send application materials to:
2000-2002 Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Scholars and Seminars Program
The Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
U.S.A.

for more information see:
http://www.getty.edu/gri/scholars/fellowships.htm

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