Visiting Research Fellowships
Academic Year, 2005-2006

CCIS will offer a limited number of Visiting Research Fellowships at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels for the 2005-06 academic year. These awards are to support advanced research and writing on any aspect of international migration and refugee flows, in any of the social sciences, history, law, and comparative literature. Due to funding constraints, CCIS will be able to award fellowships for the 2005-06 academic year only to scholars who have a current or former affiliation to a University of California campus (as a student, faculty member, or researcher). Non-stipend Guest Scholars are not required to have a UC affiliation. CCIS fellowships must be held in residence at UCSD (commuting arrangements from outside of San Diego cannot be permitted).

Visiting Research Fellows are provided with shared office space and a computer, as well as full access to all UCSD academic, institutional, and recreational resources. They benefit from interaction in a supportive, interdisciplinary community of scholars and have multiple opportunities to present their research at seminars and participate in writer's and academic professionalization workshops.

Predoctoral applicants are expected to finish writing their dissertations during their fellowship tenure. Recent postdoctoral applicants can request support to turn a dissertation into a publishable manuscript or to prepare shorter publications based on the dissertation project. More senior scholars can propose any major research or writing project. The duration of the fellowship is usually 9-10 months, although shorter stays may also be possible. No summer-only fellowships will be awarded.

For the current academic year, stipends are $2,250 per month for predoctoral fellows and $3,000 - $4,000 per month for recent postdoctoral fellows (Ph.D. received within the last 6 years) depending on seniority. Stipends for more senior scholars are negotiable. Fellows will also receive full UCSD employee benefits. CCIS fellowships may be supplemented with compensation from other fellowships, research grants, sabbatical leaves, or other sources. Some CCIS fellows may be
requested to teach a one-quarter (10-week) course in a UCSD department.

Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded in Microsoft Word or PDF. All application materials must be received no later than January 15, 2005 for fellowships to be held during the 2005-06 academic year. Candidates will be evaluated by a committee of CCIS faculty research associates and finalists will be interviewed by CCIS academic staff. Final decisions will be made by early March.

Scholars whose work deals with Mexican migration to the United States can apply jointly to CCIS and the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the USMEX website at www.usmex.ucsd.edu). They should submit separate applications to each Center.

Individuals with their own extramural funding may apply to become CCIS Guest Scholars. The application form is the same as for a Visiting Research Fellowship and may be submitted at any time. Guest Scholars receive the same privileges as Visiting Research Fellows.

If you have any questions about the Visiting Research Fellows Program, please contact Gaku Tsuda, Associate Director of CCIS (tel.#: 858 822-0526).