NEEDHAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CAMBRIDGE, UK

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The Needham Research Institute (NRI), home of the Science and

Civilisation in China project, provides scholars with excellent

facilities for research into the history of science, technology and

medicine in East Asia.

 

Funds granted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation make it possible

for the NRI to offer a number of one-semester fellowships (including

the " Summer semester " ) tenable at the Institute for US-based

scholars and researchers working within the broad field of the

history of science, technology and medicine in East Asia.

 

Applications must include CV and a description of the work that will

be done during the period of the fellowship, together with two

letters of recommendation from qualified persons. The project

description should indicate why it would be particularly helpful for

the researcher to be able to work at the NRI. Applications may be

made with a view to taking up fellowships during 2004 or at a later

date and informal advance enquiries by email are encouraged. The

deadline for receipt of applications is 1 December 2003.

 

The remit of these fellowships is intended to be as wide as is

necessary to maximise the contribution they can make to the

development of what is a varied and lively field. There are some

indispensable requisites, however:

 

(1) Recipients must be engaged in research using primary materials

in East Asian languages. This is not however intended to exclude

candidates who are also using western-language materials to carry

out research into contacts between China and other countries.

 

(2) Recipients must either hold academic posts in a US university,

or be registered for a research degree in a US university.

 

The fellowships will meet the costs of economy air travel to the UK,

together with a grant adequate to cover living costs in Cambridge

for one semester, and some support for research expenses and travel

in the UK. While these fellowships are primarily intended to fund

one-semester visits, under exceptional circumstances they may be

held for longer periods.

 

The fellowships will be awarded without distinction of gender,

ethnic origin or other factors irrelevant to scholarly merit. Other

things being equal, preference will be given to proposals from

scholars at an earlier stage of their careers, but others should not

feel precluded from making applications.

 

Please send applications and enquiries too:

The Administrator

Needham Research Institute,

8 Sylvester Road,

Cambridge CB3 9AF

UK

Email: admin

Details of the NRI may be found at http://www.nri.org.uk