18 November: fyi -- research, UK
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The Mind Association Research Fellowships 2004 - 2005
The Mind Association is very pleased to invite applications for up to
two Research Fellowships to cover research leave for one
term/semester in the academic year 2004-2005. The Fellowships are
intended for academics in posts in a UK institution of higher
education who are engaged in research in any area of Philosophy. The
Fellowships may be used to fund research leave for projects at any
stage of completion, including initial stages of research. The grants
will be paid to the universities at which the scholars are employed,
and will be £7,700 for a university with terms, and £11,550 for a
university with semesters (plus London weighting allowance, where
appropriate). Award of a Fellowship is conditional on the
university's agreeing that the funds will be used to release the
scholar from all administrative and teaching duties (with the
optional exception of supervising doctoral students). One of the aims
of the Fellowships scheme is to support academics who are
substantially burdened with teaching or administrative duties. For
one of the Fellowships, if suitable candidates present themselves,
priority will be given to applicants who are in a non-permanent post,
or for whom no more than seven years (excluding career breaks) have
elapsed since their first appointment to a permanent or tenure-track
post. Applications should be sent to the Association's Honorary
Secretary: either via e-mail attachment to b.w.hooker@rdg.ac.uk, or
to Professor Brad Hooker, Philosophy Department, University of
Reading, Reading RG6 6AA.
The deadline for applications is 15th January 2004. Results will be
available by 1st March 2004. Applications should consist of (a) a CV,
including the names of two referees, (b) a research proposal of not
more than 1200 words, (c) details (covering the last 5 years) of
administrative and teaching duties, research leaves, and any
non-academic commitments curtailing research time, such as career
breaks, maternity or paternity leave, or caring for a sick relative,
(d) a statement of the applicant's entitlement to research leave
under his or her institution's current policy, (e) a statement of
what institutional leave, if any, the applicant expects to have
during the current academic year and the next academic year, (f) a
statement of other sources of financial support for which the
applicant intends to apply and which would cover term/semesters
consecutive with the period of research that would be covered by the
Mind Fellowship (a Mind Fellowship cannot be held as part of a three
term/semester period of leave in which one term/semester is covered
by an AHRB grant) and (g) a letter from the scholar's Head of
Department or Dean stating that the funds will be used only for the
replacement costs of teaching and administrative duties, from which
the scholar must be wholly released during the tenure of the
Fellowship (with the optional exception of supervising doctoral
students). Applicants should arrange for their two referees to send
their letters straight to Professor Hooker by 15th January 2004.
Applicants should ask referees to comment, where possible, on both
their administrative load and their research proposal. Both referees
should be asked to provide a detailed academic assessment of the
research proposal and to grade the proposal according to the
following scheme: A+: an application of the highest quality; A: an
application of high quality; A-: a good application; B: a good
application, but where there are significant reservations about its
feasibility; R: an application where there are major reservations
about its worth or feasibility.
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