Princeton University is pleased to announce the call for applications to the Fung Global Fellows Program at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. Each year the program selects six scholars from around the world to be in residence at Princeton for an academic year and to engage in research and discussion around a common theme. Fellowships are awarded to scholars employed outside the United States who are expected to return to their positions, who have demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and exhibit unusual intellectual promise, but who are still early in their careers.
We invite applications from scholars whose work addresses this topic in any historical period or region of the world and from any disciplinary background in the humanities and social sciences.
To be eligible, applicants must have received their Ph.D. (or equivalent) no earlier than September 1, 2007. Fellowships will be awarded on the strength of a candidate's proposed research project, the relationship of the project to the program's theme, the candidate's scholarly record, and the candidate's ability to contribute to the intellectual life of the program.
For more information on eligibility requirements and the application process itself.
The following items needed to be submitted by the applicant in English:
1. Completed online application form
2. Cover letter (1.5 pages maximum)
3. Curriculum Vitae / Bibliography (may be submitted as one document)
4. Research proposal (maximum of 3 pages, single spaced)
5. One writing sample (article or book chapter, maximum of 50 pages)
6. An official letter from the applicant's employer affirming that, should the fellowship be awarded, the applicant would be permitted to accept it and to spend the academic year 2017-2018 at Princeton University
1. Eligible are scholars who received their Ph.D. (or the equivalent of an Anglo-American Ph.D.) within 10 years of the proposed start date of the fellowship. The receipt of the Ph.D. is determined by the date on which all requirements for the degree at the applicant's home institution, including the defense and filing of the dissertation, were fulfilled.
2. Applicants must hold a position outside the United States of America at the time of application, to which they are expected to return at the conclusion of the fellowship.
3. Fellowships will be awarded to candidates who have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and exhibit unusual intellectual promise but are still at the beginning of their careers. Criteria for the fellowship include: the strength of the candidate's research projects, the relationship of those projects to the program's theme, the candidate's previous scholarly work, the candidate's ability to contribute to the intellectual life and intellectual exchange of the program, and the candidate's work experience outside the United States. The selection committee is looking to establish a cohort of fellows whose work represents diverse analytical approaches and disciplinary backgrounds and addresses a wide variety of places.
4. US citizens and non-citizens, regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability, are eligible to apply.
5. Fellows must be in residence in Princeton during the academic year of their fellowship so that they can interact with one another and participate actively in the program's seminars and other events on campus. Fellows are also expected to present their ongoing projects in seminars organized by the program.
普林斯顿大学简介：
普林斯顿大学(Princeton University)成立于1746年，初名“新泽西学院”，是一所位于美国新泽西州普林斯顿的著名私立大学。学校提供学士、硕士、博士三种学位类型，系八所常春藤盟校之一，九所在美国革命前成立的殖民地学院之一，也是美国第四古老的高等教育机构。该校迄今已有35名诺贝尔得奖者、17名美国国家科学奖章得主及3名美国国家人文奖章夺得人曾经或现为普林斯顿大学的毕业生或教职员。
图书馆
普林斯顿校图书馆目前有一千一百万藏书。主要的馆址燧石图书馆(Firestone Library)拥有超过六百万册藏书。在燧石图书馆之外，许多独立的学科(包括建筑学、美术、历史、东亚研究、工程、地质学、国际关系和公共政策，以及近东研究)也都有自己的图书馆。一些系的四年级学生可以在主图书馆登记申请封闭的阅读室，作为个人工作间和书籍及研究资料储存处。
校园环境
普林斯顿处于纽约和费城之间，是一座富有特点的乡村城市。方圆7平方公里的小城处在新泽西州西南的特拉华平原，东西方向分别有卡内基湖和特拉华河。河水环绕着的普林斯顿景色幽雅，周围树木繁茂;普林斯顿人口约为3万，市民普遍生活富裕;小城交通方便，距离纽约和费城两大城市分别只需大约1小时车程，加上小城的恬静和安祥，以及浓浓的文化氛围，使普林斯顿成为美国上层人士青睐的居住地。
