Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 10, 1 October 1989 — Applications available for Rockefeller grants [ARTICLE]

Applications available for Rockefeller grants

The Center for Pacific Island Studies is inviting applications for Rockefeller Residency Fellowship in the Humanities. Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, the fellowships provide support for scholarly writing and research in Pacific Islands studies. The applieahon deadline is Dec. 31. Applicants must submit an application form, a description of the proposed research, one non-returnable copy of published work if available, a full current currieulum vita, and letters of support from three people familiar with the applicants work. Material should be sent to the center. More information is available from the director

of the School of Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii, 1890 East-West Road, Moore Hall 215, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96822. Three research topics have been selected whieh the center feels are areas that are in need of new scholarship. The topics are: contemporary Pacific social movements, Pacific literature, and the interplay of Pacific art and politics. All fall within the general theme of "Identity and Change in Contemporary Pacific Cultures." The fellowship residency is nine months with research and writing to occupy about 90 percent of the Fellows' time. Fellows must be full time residents at the University of Hawai'i.

Fellowships are open to academic scholars at junior or senior rank, to independent scholars without academic affiliation and to other qualified writers of Pacific Island studies. Applications are weleome from any country. Two fellows will be selected for eaeh academic year, 1990-91 and 1991-92. Selections will be announced March 1 of eaeh year. Eaeh fellow will receive a stipend of $30,000 and $2,500 in relocation expense reimbursement and fringe benefits. Fellows may not simultaneously hold another major fellowship or grant but sabbatieal salaries and small research stipends are allowed.