Fellowship Announcement

The Notre Dame  Center for Ethics and Culture is now taking applications for the

2006 Myser Fellowship.

The Myser Fellowship is generously provided by the Myser Family Foundation. The

aim of the Myser gift to the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture is to

reward great teachers and promising scholars by helping them pursue a year of

research and writing in a stimulating intellectual environment, an environment

which includes the Center's W.P. and H.B. White Director, David Solomon of the

University of Notre Dame's philosophy department, and the Center's Permanent

Senior Research Fellow, Alasdair MacIntyre.

Applicants must already be in possession of a Ph.D. in the humanities or social

sciences with at least one year of full-time teaching experience at a college

or university. The term of the fellowship is one year, from January 1 to

December 31. We prefer applications for the calendar year, but we consider

applications for the academic year under special circumstances. Fellows must be

in residence for two consecutive semesters and engage in a well-defined research

project in the humanities or social sciences that is congruous with the aims of

the Center. Fellows are expected to participate fully in the life and

activities of the Center. The Center will provide half of the fellow's current

salary, up to $40,000. It is expected that the remainder of the fellow's salary

will come from the fellow's home institution. Fellows will also be given full

access to the University of Notre Dame's research and recreational facilities.

Applicants must submit a cover letter of introduction; a curriculum vitae;

documentation of their excellence in teaching (e.g., student evaluations and

testimonials, administrative evaluations and letters of recommendation,

information regarding teaching awards won, and the like); and the names and

contact information of three references. Applicants must also submit a brief

description of no more than three double-spaced, typewritten pages outlining

their research aims if awarded the fellowship. This description should indicate

how the applicant's research aims contribute to the mission of the Center.

Details regarding the Center's mission should be closely consulted. The

deadline for application for the fellowship is May 1. Successful applicants

will be notified by July 15.

Address all applications and inquiries to Myser Fellowship, Tracy Westlake,

Administrative Assistant to the Director, at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics

and Culture. E-mail: [email protected].

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Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture

1047 Flanner Hall

Notre Dame, IN 46556

Tel: 574.631.9656

Fax: 574.631.6290

http://ethicscenter.nd.edu