Award Nomination Opportunity: 2024 Carnegie Fellows
URL: https://www.carnegie.org/awards/award/andrew-carnegie-fellows/
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program is to support high-caliber scholarship in the social sciences and humanities, making it possible for the recipients to devote time to research and writing that addresses pressing issues and cultural transitions affecting us at home and abroad. After a one-year pause in 2022, the program has resumed with the focus on political polarization, characterized by threats to free speech, the decline of civil discourse, disagreement over basic facts, and a lack of mutual understanding and collaboration. In combination, these factors fracture our society, cause Americans to abandon the middle ground, and ultimately undermine our democracy.
Fellowships of $200,000 are awarded annually to 30 exceptional scholars, authors, journalists, and public intellectuals. The criteria prioritize the originality and promise of the research, its potential impact on the field, and the scholar’s plans for communicating the findings to a broad audience. The funding is for a period of one or two years with the anticipated result of a book or major study.
FUNDING INFORMATION: $200,000
ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:
Andrew Carnegie fellowships are open only to citizens or permanent residents of the United States whose names have been forwarded by a nominator designated by Carnegie Corporation of New York.
INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS:
Each year President Freeman is asked to nominate one Junior and one Senior Faculty member as Carnegie Fellows. Deans or Center Directors interested in nominating a faculty member should submit the following materials via InfoReady Review by 10/27/2023:
- A letter (up to 2 pages) by the Faculty member’s Dean or Center Director describing the achievements, accomplishments, and potential of the proposed nominee to address pressing issues and cultural shifts nationally and globally;
- Up-to-date CV or biosketch for the proposed nominee.
Provost Morrison and President Brown will review internal proposals and select nominees. Foundation Relations will work with the nominees to develop and submit the nomination letter and applicant materials by 11/15/2023.
DEADLINES:
Internal Materials Due: Friday, October 27, 2023
Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, November 15, 2023