EMiC offers two-year postdoctoral stipends valued at $31,500 per year to PhD students in the final year of their program and recent graduates who are engaged in research relevant to the project’s mandate: to produce critically edited texts by modernist Canadian authors. The awards are tenable at any of the EMiC partner universities and are supervised by, or undertaken in collaboration with, co-applicants or collaborators.
Although preference will be given to research projects most directly relevant to the task of producing critically edited texts by modernist Canadian authors, these awards are open to recently graduated postdoctoral scholars engaged in research projects relevant to one or more of the three components of this project: literary modernism, scholarly editing, and the digital humanities. We are especially interested in applicants who plan to work in collaboration with developers, partners, and researchers engaged in EMiC’s digital initiatives.
Applicants proposing print or electronic editions of modernist texts should indicate whether they have obtained written permission from the estate. EMiC will require proof of that permission before it can release funds to successful applicants.
Applicants must not hold a tenure or tenure-track position or other full-time employment. Fellows are expected to engage in full-time postdoctoral research during the term of the award.
Preference will be given to recent graduates, that is, to graduates applying within five years of receiving their doctoral degree.
The awards are not renewable beyond the second year.
EMiC will provide an allocation of $31,500 per year to the partner universities at which successful applicants propose to engage in their research. EMiC co-applicants or collaborators will be responsible for ensuring that those funds are administered in keeping with the guidelines established by their respective universities. In a sponsorship letter the postdoctoral supervisor should clearly indicate the university’s willingness to host the EMiC postdoctoral fellow and the arrangements made regarding office space, library access, supplies and teaching that will be made available.
Postdoctoral fellows are required to submit a midterm report on their project at the end of the first year and a final report within two months of completing the term of the award. Reports can be submitted online at the EMiC website.
The next application deadline is April 16th, 2012.
Form for Postdoctoral Fellowship
Please arrange to have the following submitted via the form for referees before the application deadline:
1. Sponsorship Letter: In addition to appraising the applicant’s project and his or her abilities, the postdoctoral supervisor should clearly indicate the university’s willingness to host the EMiC postdoctoral fellow and the arrangements made regarding office space, library access, supplies and teaching that will be made available.
2. One Additional Letter of Appraisal: Letters should centre on an appraisal of the applicant’s project and on his or her abilities. Please indicate how long you have known the applicant and in what capacity.