The Writing Cinema Research Group at RMIT University’s School of Media and Communication is pleased to announce the 2012 AFIRC Research Fellowship.

The AFI Research Collection is a non-lending, specialist film and television industry resource open to the public. The Collection houses a range of books, journals, scripts, directories, reports, and festival catalogues, with strengths in screen history, theory and Australian cinema.

The AFIRC invites proposals from scholars wishing to undertake research that utilises the Collection’s resources and promotes the AFIRC through a published outcome. This research may take the form of a book, a journal article, a film or a digital project. The fellowship is designed to showcase the unique holdings of the AFIRC, which include special collections from Henry Mayer, Wayne Levy and Crawford Productions, as well as film stills, newspaper clippings and other significant artefacts from the Australian film and television industry. The Fellow will have full access to the Collection under the guidance of the AFIRC Library staff, and use of an equipped office.

The fellowship will contribute up to $4000 (AUD) towards travel costs for research projects between 2 and 6 weeks. The Fellow will be required to make a presentation of their work in progress to the School of Media and Communication towards the conclusion of their fellowship.

Application forms and further information about the Fellowship can be found at: www.afiresearch.rmit.edu.au/fellowship

For further information about the fellowship, contact Dr Stephen Gaunson, School of Media and Communication: stephen.gaunson@rmit.edu.au

Closing date for applications is Friday 5 October 2012.

The Folger Shakespeare Library offers residential research Fellowships to encourage use of its exceptional collections and to encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period. Each year scholars may compete for a limited number of Long-term and Short-term Fellowships. Awardees are expected to be in continuous residence and to participate in the intellectual life of the Folger.

Long-term Fellowships

Long-term Fellowships are supported by the funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Folger. We seek highly talented, productive scholars whose work will be significantly advanced by a prolonged period of access to the collection. Long-term Fellows are selected by an external committee which considers the following criteria in making its selections: importance of the topic, originality and sophistication of the approach; feasibility of research objectives, and the applicant’s need for the Folger collections.

Application Deadline: 1 November 2012
Number of Fellowships awarded: up to five
Period of residence: six to nine months
Stipend: up to $50,000 for nine months, prorated for fewer than nine
Must hold Ph.D. or equivalent at time of application
NEH Fellowships are restricted to US citizens or foreign nationals who have been living in the US for at least three years prior to application; Mellon and Folger Fellowships are open to citizens of any country. The Folger Fellowship will be awarded to a younger scholar.

Short-term Fellowships

Short-term Fellowships are supported by the Library’s own endowments and carry a stipend of $2,500 per month. Some Fellowship endowments seek to support scholars working on a specific topic or from a specific region, while others are unrestricted. Short-term Fellows are selected by an internal committee and one external scholar. The criteria for success are the same as for long-term Fellowships.

Application Deadline: 1 March 2013
Number of Fellowships awarded: 35-40
Period of Residence: one to three months
Stipend: $2,500 per month
Must hold Ph.D. or equivalent at time of application

For further details about each fellowship visit the Folger Research Fellowship website: http://www.folger.edu/Content/Collection/Research-Fellowships