Field Museum 2020 Bass Senior Visiting Fellowships

Published: 24 Oct 2019 1,046 views

Applications are being invited from qualified candidates for the Field Museum Bass Senior Visiting Fellowship 2020. The aim of this fellowship award is to provide support for long term visits to work at the Field Museum to collaborate with Museum faculty on specific research projects. 

They encourage projects that focus on one or more areas of research in Life Sciences, Social Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences; foster collaboration among individual research programs; and have an interdisciplinary component. Every project must lead or contribute to peer-reviewed, scientific publications. They will also prioritize candidates that complement existing expertise at the Field Museum. The Science and Scholarship Funding Committee will review applications scientific merit, interdisciplinary and collaborative aspects, and congruence with the research and collections strengths of the Museum.

If successful with your application, you could get a support between $8,000 and $12,500 which can serve as a stipend for living expenses in the Chicago area while still receiving salary from the home institution.

Field Museum Bass Senior Visiting Fellowships

Application Deadline	November 15, 2019
Funding Type	Partially Funded
Country to study	United States
School to study	Field Museum
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	Field Museum
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of Field Museum Bass Senior Visiting Fellowships

A budget between $8,000 and $12,500 can be submitted. Budgets can include living expenses, travel, research costs, and salary subvention, if adequately justified. The support can serve as a stipend for living expenses in the Chicago area while still receiving salary from the home institution.

Requirements for Field Museum Bass Senior Visiting Fellowships

1. Applicants should have at least five years of experience in the relevant field of research after their PhD, as well as a strong record of peer-reviewed publications;
2. Every application must be endorsed by a Field Museum sponsor.

Application Documents

Every applicant must submit:

1. Scientific proposal featuring an executive summary (250 words max) and project description detailing its objectives, scientific merit (with emphasis on the motivation in a broad context), interdisciplinary aspects, feasibility, work plan, and references. The proposal must be no longer than two pages in 12-point font with one-inch margins, including figures and tables. (The reference list is exempt in this limit.)
2. Full budget between $8,000 and $12,500 with justification (one page). Budgets can include living expenses, travel, research costs, and salary subvention, if adequately justified. The support can serve as a stipend for living expenses in the Chicago area while still receiving salary from the home institution.
3. CV with publications list
4. PDF copies of three selected publications
5. Names and contact information including e-mail addresses of three referees

Application Deadline

November 15, 2019

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Field Museum on docs.google.com to apply