Summer Fellowships

This year's committee requests NEMLA members to let their colleagues, graduate students and departments know about the summer fellowship awards. DEADLINE for receipt of applications for this year's competition is 30 January 2006.  Details of the application process can be found below.

The NEMLA Summer Fellowship Program is designed to support primarily untenured junior faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars.  This does not preclude senior faculty from applying.  The $1,000 Fellowships are intended to defray the cost of traveling incurred by researchers in pursuing their work-in-progress over the summer.

The application requires a description of the proposed project and a project time line.  Allowable budget items include travel and accommodations.  This program does not provide funding for conference travel, equipment, or general office expenses.

Recipients of the NEMLA Summer Fellowship will be announced at the Business meeting at the NEMLA annual convention, and will receive a check in the days following the Convention.  All applicants will be notified before the convention.

Recipients must wait three years before applying for another grant.  A report is to be written at the end of the Summer Fellowship, and sent to the Chair of the NEMLA Fellowship Committee.  Acknowledgement of the NEMLA Summer Fellowship grant must be included in any publication subsequent to the research conducted during the summer.

Application Process

• a) All applicants must be NEMLA members at the time of application
• b) All application materials must be received by the Chair of the NEMLA Summer Fellowship committee by  February 15
• c) The application materials (a and b, below) should be sent both as an attachment and hard copy

Application Materials

• a) A two-page application that describes the summer project and includes a timeline
• b) An itemized budget
• c) Two letters from colleagues in the field supporting the proposed project (to be included in sealed and signed envelopes in the application packet)


Send both a hard copy and an email copy of the completed application to:

Matt Lessig
English Dept.
SUNY Cortland
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland NY
USA    13045
Email: lessigm@cortland.edu

DEADLINE for receipt of applications 30 January 2006.

Any questions can be addressed to:
lessigm@cortland.edu