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Sample Application
What follows is a sample of an application for the ACLS
Public Fellows Program. It is for informational purposes only.
To apply for this fellowship, you must submit your application
electronically, using the Online Fellowship Application (OFA)
system.
ACLS Online Fellowship Application
ACLS Public Fellows
Deadline: March 19, 2014, 6PM (EDT)
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ACLS PUBLIC FELLOWS
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ACLS invites applications for the fourth competition of the Public Fellows program. This year, the
program will place 20 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences ((see note)
in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector.
Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional
mentoring. Fellows receive a stipend of $65,000 per year, as well as individual health insurance.
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This innovative initiative, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims
to expand the role of doctoral education in the United States by demonstrating that the capacities
developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond
the academy. The ACLS Public Fellows program allows PhDs to gain valuable, career-building
experience in fields such as public policy, international aid, conservation, arts and culture, and
digital media.
ACLS seeks applications from recent PhDs who aspire to careers in administration, management,
and public service by choice rather than circumstance. Competitive applicants will have been
successful in both academic and extra-academic experiences.
Applicants must:
1. possess U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status;*
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2. have a PhD in the humanities or humanistic social sciences ((see note) conferred between June
1, 2011 and May 31, 2014.
3. have defended and deposited their dissertations no later than the application deadline of March
19, 2014.
4. not have applied to any other ACLS fellowship programs in the 2013-2014 competition year.
*Applicants to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must possess U.S. citizenship.
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Before beginning the application prospective applicants should read through all the positions
listed on the ACLS website and be ready to choose one when prompted to do so. Please read
through the full description of your selected position, which includes detailed information about the
hosting organization, the position, and requisite qualifications. Applicants may apply to only one
position. The deadline for submitted applications is Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 6pm EDT.
Applications must include:
(1) completed application form;
(2) 1-2-page cover letter tailored to a specific position;
(3) 1-2-page résumé;
(4) 1-page candidate statement;
(5) institutional documentation of PhD conferral (or, if the degree has not yet been conferred, an
institutional statement from the registrar attesting that the dissertation defense and deposit have
been completed and confirming the degree conferral date); and
(6) 2 reference letters.
Only complete applications, submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application
system by the deadline, will be considered.
Selection Criteria
Applications will undergo ACLS’s standard rigorous peer-review process, which may include
ACLS Online Fellowship Application
interviews by ACLS and by the hosting organization. Reviewers will look for:
1. the applicant’s academic accomplishment and success;
2. demonstrated relationship between past experience and specified position; and
3. commitment to pursuing a career within the public and/or nonprofit sector.
Notification of application status will occur by email in May 2014.
Do not contact any of the hosting organizations with questions (about the position,
benefits, etc.). ACLS will field only questions about the fellowship program itself and not on the
positions or the organizations. Please carefully review the program information, the position
descriptions, and the sample application before contacting ACLS. Questions about the fellowship
program can be directed in writing to publicfellows@acls.org (no calls please).
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NOTE For the purpose of this competition, the humanities and related social sciences include but
are not limited to American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history;
classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics;
musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology (excluding clinical or counseling psychology);
religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and
performance studies. Ph.D. dissertations in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if
they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature,
political philosophy, history of psychology). Ph.D.s in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies
are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic
group. The ACLS Public Fellows program does not accept applications from students receiving a
Ph.D. in pre-professional or applied fields of studies, such as business, public policy or
administration, education, clinical or counseling psychology, law, social work, social welfare, public
health, filmmaking, or performing arts. Students completing master’s degrees are not eligible,
even if they are the terminal degree in the field. If your degree field is not listed above, and you
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Prospective applicants should read through all of the positions listed on the ACLS website before
choosing one from the menu below. Once you select a position and click the Submit button you
will not be able to alter your selection.
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2. Is the date of your PhD conferral between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2014?
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3. Is the date of the filing/deposit of your completed dissertation before the
application deadline of March 19, 2014? (N.B. As part of this application you will be
asked to provide documentation that the dissertation filing/deposit has occurred.)
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4. Have you applied for any ACLS Fellowships in the 2013-14 competition year? If
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In order to be considered, your application must be complete and in SUBMITTED status at 6
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letters must also be in “submitted” status at this time.
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application status bar must show SUBMITTED at 6 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time,
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1. How did you learn about the ACLS Public Fellows Program? (Please select all that apply.)
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2. Please identify the ACLS member scholarly societies or ACLS affiliate organizations (if any) of which
you are a member or with which you have an affiliation. (Please check all that apply.)
ACLS Constituent Learned Societies
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Metaphysical Society of
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Middle East Studies
Association of North
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Modern Language
Association of America
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Conference on British
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Renaissance Society of
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Advancement of Baltic Studies America
Association of American
Geographers
Association of American
Law Schools
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College Art Association
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Society and Conference
Society for American
Music
Society for Cinema and
Media Studies
Society for
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American Philological Association
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National Council of Teachers
of English
American Philosophical Association
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Society for Military
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America
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of Technology
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Acceptable forms of documentation confirming your PhD conferral include a final transcript,
diploma, or other official university document noting the date of degree conferral. By
"conferral," ACLS means the date that the PhD diploma was awarded, i.e., commencement.
If your PhD will be conferred after the application deadline but before May 31, 2014, you
may submit a letter from the university registrar stating the date that your dissertation has
been deposited/filed, and confirming the date that the degree officially will be conferred
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documentation of PhD conferral (or, if the degree has not yet been conferred, an institutional
statement from the university registrar attesting that the dissertation defense and deposit have
been completed and confirming the degree conferral date). The cover letter and résumé should
be uploaded as one continuous document.
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As detailed, use Times New Roman 11-point font for all uploaded documents.
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of the two files uploaded cannot exceed 3 MB.
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You should request letters of reference from those persons who can best speak to your candidacy
for the ACLS Public Fellows program and for the position for which you are applying. These
persons may or may not be people you've worked with during your graduate studies and are not
required to be academics. Rather than a standard academic reference letter (though the letter can
address your academic accomplishments), a successful letter will make a convincing case for your
particular abilities and experiences and their relevance to the position for which you have chosen
to apply.
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only if you learn that a referee is unable to complete the promised letter.
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