Dear AIR: This fellowship is intended for ABD or senior graduate students who want a little extra financial support while preparing some hot research for submission to a journal or other scholarly publication. Several Pew staffers and I will be attending the meetings in Minneapolis, so please feel free to approach us with ideas. p. Philip Howard Sociology, Northwestern University, pubweb.nwu.edu/~pho442/ Pew Internet & American Life Project, www.pewinternet.org ph. (773) 274-6817 / c. (202) 271-7170 / p-howard@northwestern.edu Pew Internet & American Life Writing Fellowship 9/30/01 Through its Open Research Initiative, The Pew Internet and American Life Project (www.pewinternet.org) seeks to support scholarly and accessible research on the role of the Internet in contemporary American society. This fellowship is for students who have advanced to candidacy in their PhD program and are in need of financial assistance while preparing research for submission to a scholarly journal or other publication. The fellowship has three goals: - to support students writing about the complex roles of new media technologies in social life; - to support students writing about how new media technologies are managed by different economic and political actors governments, businesses, civic groups and individuals around the United States; - to make the research results of young scholars who critically assess the consequences of technology-related social, economic, political and cultural trends accessible to a wide audience. - to give young scholars access to Pew survey data. Fellowship holders can maintain their residence of choice. This support is for writing up the results from research projects that are well advanced or that can be supplemented with survey data collected by the Project. Applicants should view this as an opportunity to turn their part of a well-developed dissertation argument into a focused, polished piece for publication as a Project Working Paper and ultimately for submission to a scholarly journal. The Project will promote these pieces to a wider audience through its schedule of widely respected media briefs and research reports. Applicants should submit a 5-page proposal that identifies the research questions, summarizes the status of the larger research agenda, and sketches an outline of the piece to be produced over the two-month period. The proposal should include a reasonable time frame for completing the writing, suggest several individuals to act as peer reviewers, and identify the scholarly journals to which the piece may ultimately be submitted. Name: Pew Internet and American Life Project Writing Fellowship Deadline: March 1, 2002 Value: $2,000 each Number of Fellowships: 5 Eligibility: Students in the social sciences, humanities, and related scientific or engineering fields. Applications are considered from students who have advanced to candidacy but not yet completed their Ph.D. program. This grant may be held in conjunction with other forms of financial support. Terms: Student must be registered and in good standing at an accredited university. The student must devote 2 months to writing up research results in a scholarly and accessible manner. For more details on the research priorities of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, see website. Web: www.pewinternet.org Contact: Philip Howard, Research Fellow, Pew Internet & American Life Project, c/o Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, 1810 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, 60208-1330, Email: p-howard@northwestern.edu.