An application form is available here. Deadline for Applicants is June 9, 2009, 11:59 P.M. EDT. Deadline for Recommenders and Mentor Statements is June 11, 2009, 11:59 P.M. EDT. Provided below, is a checklist of items that are required for a complete application. Kindly gather these items prior to using the application website.
A two-page statement of goals for scholarly activity, teaching, and/or other proposed activities including a statement of the intellectual merits and broader impacts of the proposed work.
Two confidential letters of reference submitted directly by the recommenders.
(We will contact recommenders at the e-mail addresses provided by the candidate on the application form.)
A letter from the applicant’s PhD advisor or department chair stating that the applicant has or will have completed all work toward a PhD degree between May 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009.
(The advisor or chair should provide the candidate with a pdf or Word file, which the candidate
will upload, along with the rest of the materials, using the application form.)
A list of one to three proposed mentors who must be from U.S. institutions different from the applicant’s graduate institution. Note that the goals of the CIFellows project favor selecting mentors at a broad range of institutions.
A one-page document from the applicant indicating the sub-discipline (see below) of the proposed work with this mentor, the rationale for this choice of mentor and the expected benefits of working with this mentor, as well as the relationship of the activity to the applicant’s career goals.
A one-page document from the proposed mentor indicating a commitment to work with the prospective CIFellow, a mentoring plan, and a summary of the mentor’s prior record of mentoring.
(We will provide the applicant a link to a web form where their mentors can upload this statement.)