FWPS: ACLS Public Fellows

ACLS Public Fellows

Stipend: $50,000 - $65,000 per year, depending on position
Tenure: Two years; start date July 2012
Applications accepted only through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (ofa.acls.org). The system will open on January 23, 2012. Please do not contact any of the organizations directly.
Application deadline: March 21, 2012
Notification of application status will occur by email in May 2012.

ACLS invites applications for the second competition of the Public Fellows program. The program will place 13 recent Ph.D.s from the humanities and humanistic social sciences 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. Compensation will be competitive with new professional employees of the hosting organization and will include health insurance for the fellow.

The program, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims to demonstrate that the capacities developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond the academy.

ACLS seeks applications from Ph.D.s who have received their degrees in the last three years and 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.

Full details: http://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows/