INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES

APPLICATION FOR ANDREW W. MELLON RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

This form can be copied and pasted into a Word document. The completed form can then be sent as an e-mail attachment to iash@ed.ac.uk or printed out and posted (by air-mail, if from outside Europe) to :

The Director
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
The University of Edinburgh,
Hope Park Square
Edinburgh,   EH8 9NW
SCOTLAND, UK.

If you have any questions or problems with this process please email us at IASH@ed.ac.uk.


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    Surname:                                              Forenames:                                             
    Title (e.g. Prof., Dr.): Date of Birth:                      

    Educational qualifications (with dates):

     

     

    Career details








    Address to which correspondence should be sent:



2. Title of proposed research project in Edinburgh:

 

3. Summary of project (not more than 50 words) in terms which will be understood by a non-specialist in the subject. This summary will be used for information sheets about the current Fellows in residence which are circulated throughout the College of Humanities and Social Science:

 

 


4.  Name and address of the academic institution to which you are now attached:



Tel.No.:.................................................................(office) ......................................................... (home)

Fax No.:................................................................ E-Mail:........................................................

Position held:


5. Major publications. (Please distinguish between books, articles and reviews, giving full references and page-numbers.)

 

 

 

 


6. What are your preferred dates for the three month Fellowship?.


7. Have you applied before?

8. How did you hear of the Fellowships?



9. Describe (in 300-500 words on a separate sheet) the nature and importance of this research, its relationship to one or more of the current research themes of the Institute, and the contribution you would hope to make to the advancement of this theme.

10. Give details of any contacts you have made with University of Edinburgh researchers in relation to your research project, and (where appropriate) collaboration(s) you would hope to undertake while at the Institute.






11. Names and addresses of two or more referees, at least one of whom should come not from the applicant's own institution: (Candidates must ask that their referees write IN CONFIDENCE directly to the Institute: The Institute will not itself communicate with referees).

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Signature of applicant:..........................................................  Date:..............................................