Summer 2011 Research Fellowship Application

• General Description of Fellowships
• Eligibility
• Application Procedure
• Selection Criteria and Procedure
  

General Description of Fellowships
The goals of the Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith & Learning include enabling Whitworth faculty to produce high-quality Christian scholarship and facilitate interaction with other scholars throughout the world. To that end, these four summer research fellowships plan to nourish scholarship, informed by a Christian faith perspective that has the potential to make a significant impact on academic discussions. This scholarship should relate to topics such as ethics, public policy, service-learning, character formation, and the influence of presuppositional beliefs in a specific discipline.

Each of the fellowships is designated for projects dealing with research informed by a Christian faith perspective, theoretical discussions of Christianity, and higher education or the practical pedagogy of faith-learning integration in the classroom. Consistent with emerging emphases of the center, one of these four fellowships is specifically designated for a project associated with the issue of human nature. These projects should propose dissemination through one of the following:

a) a secular disciplinary journal (for example, American Historical Review, American Psychologist, Journal of Social Issues);
b) a Christian academic journal of faith and learning (e.g., Journal of Psychology and Theology, Christian Scholars' Review, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith);
c) a secular or Christian popular magazine aimed at educated laypersons (e.g., Christianity Today, Books and Culture, First Things, The New Republic, Atlantic Monthly); or
d) a secular or Christian publishing house.

Applicants from the performing or creative arts are encouraged to submit projects proposing dissemination through a juried performance or exhibition. Scholarship related to aesthetics from a Christian perspective, to be submitted to a secular or Christian journal, is also encouraged.

Applicants must be prepared to devote 10 weeks to full-time research during the summer of 2011 (that is, no teaching or administrative responsibilities during the period of the research fellowship). These fellowships require submission of a manuscript to a journal or publisher, or submission of a project for a juried performance or exhibition, during AY 2011-12. Applicants must also be prepared to present the results of their research in Faculty Scholarship Forum during AY 2011-12.

Each of these four fellowships carries a $3,000 stipend plus an additional allotment of $500 for research expenses. $2,000 of the stipend, plus the $500 for research expenses, will be awarded in June 2011. The remaining $1,000 of the stipend will be awarded upon submission of the project for publication or exhibition during AY 2011-12. It is the responsibility of the awardee to notify the Weyerhaeuser Center when work has been submitted.

Eligibility
Fellowships are open to all Whitworth faculty (senior, junior, tenured, non-tenured) on continuing contracts in all academic disciplines. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply. Consideration also will be given to exceptional proposals from adjunct or emeriti faculty. Only faculty who received summer research fellowships from the center in 2010 are ineligible to apply.

Application Procedure
Applicants must submit the following:

1) a cover letter indicating the fellowship for which they wish to be considered (one of the three general-research fellowships or the one fellowship specifically designated for a project associated with the issue of human nature);

2) a research proposal of 1,500 words or fewer; and

3) a curriculum vitae.

The research proposal should explain the planned research or grant submission, with reference to the important literature on the subject; describe the anticipated publication(s) or proposal; and indicate how a Christian faith perspective informs the planned research.

All application materials must be received by Friday, April 1, 2011.

Selection Criteria and Procedure
The fellowship committee will review each proposal. The committee will evaluate the proposals based on the potential scholarly significance of the project, the degree to which the proposal meets the highest standards of scholarly quality, the scholarly promise of the researcher as indicated by the quality of previous work, and the impact of Christian thinking on the proposal. Applicants will be notified of the results of the competition no later than Friday, April 15, 2011.

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