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Summer Fellowship Program
The Workshop Summer Fellowship Program awards $5,000 for five weeks of full time research or writing during the second summer of a Wabash Pre-Tenure Teaching Workshop.
The purpose of the Workshop Summer Fellowship Program is to support the development of your career as a teacher and scholar.
Fellowship projects are typically focused on an area of scholarly academic research and writing – NOT on a teaching and learning project.
Workshop participants will learn more about the Workshop Summer Fellowship Program during the first summer of the workshop.
Applications are not due until March 1 of the second year of the workshop.
An acceptable Summer Fellowship proposal will include the following items:
1. Application Cover Sheet (
pdf
download)2. Project description (approximately 250 words – about half a page single spaced)
Please describe the topic and goals of your project. In a paragraph or two tell us what you will accomplish during the time period of your Fellowship.
3. Rationale (approximately 250)
Please explain how this project will advance your career as a scholar-teacher. Provide a narrative that places the proposed project in the context of your previous scholarly projects, your overall career plans, and your specific plans to achieve tenure and/or promotion.
4. Timeline of project activities (1 page)
Please provide a brief timeline to show how the proposed activities lead to the desired results. Simply show the steps involved in your project – including the time, place, and persons involved.
5. Full-time work statement (approximately 100 words)
Please include a statement that explains the arrangements you have made in order to be able to work on your project full-time.
6. Statement of evaluation criteria (500 words maximum)
What markers will permit you to know that you accomplished what you set out to do? How will you build ongoing, critical self-reflection and assessment into the project? How you can get good feedback or coaching as you conduct your project? (You might consider keeping a journal or working with a mentor or a colleague.) How will you make revisions as needed to move toward the project’s goals?
7. Letter of support from your dean or rector or department chair.
The letter should confirm:
- that you are free of institutional time commitments during the fellowship period,
- that your project will contribute substantially toward institutional requirements for promotion tenure, and
- your current standing in your institution’s review process.
Summer Fellowship Conditions
Once your proposal is approved you will be sent a contract letter that outlines the terms of the agreement between you and the Wabash Center. Please sign and return the letter and keep a copy for your records. A check for the full amount of your Fellowship will be sent to you as soon as we receive the signed copy of your letter.
Changes
Once your proposal has been approved, you may make minor changes in your proposed project without consulting the Wabash Center. However, any significant change must be approved in advance. Please send a letter or email that describes and justifies the changes so that we can determine whether the new plans fall within the intent of the award.
Resignation or Termination
Your Fellowship may be terminated at the discretion of the Wabash Center if, for any reason, you fail to observe the terms and conditions of the award. If during the course of your fellowship you are unable to meet the terms of the award, then you are obliged to inform the Wabash Center immediately so that appropriate action may be taken. Because stipend payments are made in advance, it may be determined that a portion of the stipend must be returned to the Wabash Center. If this is the case, the Wabash Center will inform you of the amount that must be repaid, the basis for the calculation, and the date by which repayment must be made.
Final Report
You must submit a brief (2 page) final report on what you accomplished with your Wabash Center Fellowship. It is due by Septermber 1 of the fellowship year. The report should:
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1) revisit the goals you identified in your proposal, explain which you met
and
which were not met and why – in order to describe and evaluate the outcomes
of your Fellowship, referring to the evaluation plan you laid out in your proposal;
2) provide critical reflection on your experience of the project – what have you learned about yourself professionally through this project?
3) provide a copy of pertinent materials produced – a few pages, e.g., table of contents, bibliography, book proposal or precis, conference schedule, short article, etc. (15 pages maximum, unless submitted electronically).
The tax laws governing fellowship awards were amended by the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the courts decide the extent to which a particular award is taxable. The Wabash Center does not withhold taxes from fellowship awards. You will receive an IRS form 1099 from Wabash College at the end of the tax year.
You should familiarize yourself with the tax laws to determine the tax liability of your fellowship stipend and whether you are entitled to deduct any expenses in connection with your fellowship. The IRS has not advised the Wabash Center concerning tax treatment of fellowship awards, and we cannot provide tax advice or answers to tax questions. Therefore, you are encouraged to consult the IRS (some have found IRS Publication 520 “Scholarship and Fellowships” to be helpful) or your tax advisor.