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<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:#008080"><strong>CALL FOR APPLICATIONS</strong><br>
<strong>Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2018-2019</strong></span> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:12px">The Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Houston is now accepting applications for the IUPLR/Mellon Fellowship Program (</span><span style="font-size:12px">academic year</span><span style="font-size:12px"> 2018-19)
funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The program supports doctoral students in the humanities who are writing dissertations in Latina/o studies. The fellowship at the University of Houston specifically supports doctoral students writing their dissertation
on a theme related to US Latino Humanities. The fellowship facilitates completion of the dissertation and provides professional development, writing support, and mentoring from Latina/o faculty members. The fellowship includes a $25,000 stipend, participation
in an intensive summer institute in Chicago, and professionalization and writing workshops and programs.<br>
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For more information about the program, please see the program website: <a href="https://www.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7d2e72109b8ab6da5c51b7e62&id=6de6d84fa2&e=8a351907f3" style="color:#2BAADF; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">
https://iuplr.uic.edu/iuplr/mellon-fellows-program</a><br>
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<span style="color:#008080"><strong><u>Eligibility</u></strong></span><br>
Applicants are required to meet with the director of their center before they apply to assess eligibility and obtain a letter of recognition to submit</span><span style="font-size:12px">with</span><span style="font-size:12px"> their application. Applicants
must have advanced to candidacy (ABD status with </span><span style="font-size:12px">defended proposal</span><span style="font-size:12px">) and be completing a Latina/o Studies dissertation in the humanities or in a humanities-adjacent discipline. Applicants
should already have a significant portion of the dissertation drafted and anticipate defending their dissertation by the end of the fellowship year. Finally, applicants should be planning to pursue an academic career in teaching and/or research. During the
fellowship year, students must be enrolled at their home institution. Fellows will be expected to forego other employment during the year. Selected fellows must be able to attend the IUPLR/Mellon Summer Institute in summer 2018 (dates TBA) in Chicago, participate
in fall job market workshops, and take part in a structured writing program.<br>
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IUPLR will select fellows through six designated research centers:</span>
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<li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">The Center for Mexican American Studies and the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin </span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">The Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Houston</span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">The Chicano Studies Research Center at UCLA </span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">The Dominican Studies Institute at CUNY </span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at CUNY </span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">The Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago </span>
</li></ul>
<span style="font-size:12px">To apply, please submit the following materials to the
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online application portal</a> by<strong><u> <span style="color:#008080">January 30, 2018</span></u></strong>, or by the deadline specified by your home institution. </span>
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<li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">CV</span> </li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">Cover Letter that describes your dissertation, progress to completion, and professional goals</span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">One page strategic writing plan that demonstrates ability to finish and defend dissertation during fellowship year</span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">Dissertation Prospectus</span> </li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">Completed chapters with compiled in a single PDF. The cover page should be a
</span><span style="font-size:12px">one page</span><span style="font-size:12px"> dissertation outline indicating percentages of each chapter completed.</span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">Two recommendation letters (one from the applicant's dissertation chair and a Latina/o Studies faculty member) sent to the program coordinator</span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:12px">Letter of recognition from the Director of the IUPLR center at the applicant's home institution sent to the program coordinator (Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Houston)</span>
</li></ul>
<span style="font-size:12px">Please direct any questions to the Program Coordinator, Dr. Jennifer Boles, at
<a href="mailto:jlboles@uic.edu." style="color:#2BAADF; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">
jlboles@uic.edu.</a></span> </td>
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