Guggenheim Fellows Application Site Opens July 26

Carol Ashcraft informs me that the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced that the Guggenheim Fellows application site opens Friday, July 26, 2013.  The College strongly urges qualified applicants to apply, given expected budget cuts in state appropriations for the coming school year. 

Eligibility:  The Guggenheim Fellowships are open to advanced professionals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, plus those in the natural sciences.  The program is open submission; all interested, eligible NC State faculty (plus graduate students and postdocs who are advanced professionals) are encouraged to apply.

 

Application deadline: September 19, 2013.  To apply, go to http://www.gf.org/applicants/how-to-apply/ on or after July 26th. Those who have applied previously may use the same username and password.  One NC State faculty member reported that his former mentor applied more than 13 times before winning a Fellowship.  As an applicant's track record adds achievements over time, the odds for success go up.  

NC State applicants will enter a record of their respective Guggenheim applications in PINS through the "Create a Proposal" option. For the parameter "Category," select "Individual F'ship/Stipend."  Selecting that option will require much less information in PINS than the standard proposal does.  For sponsor, select "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation," not "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fdn."  Contact your college research administrator for more information.  

We currently have three former Guggenheim Fellows at NC State:

English Professor Dorianne Laux, 2001 (Poetry); 

English Professor John Balaban, 2003 (Asian Studies); and

History Professor Anthony J. LaVopa, 2007 (History).

Last year, five individuals in the Triangle area became Fellows:   

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/04/15/2001511/five-with-triangle-ties-named.html