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Fellowships - Dissertation Fellowship 2008-09 Application & Instructions

Applications must be written in language accessible to readers from several disciplines. The complete application should include the following five (5) parts:

  1. Completed application cover sheet including an abstract. 
    Download Dissertation Application Cover Sheet
     (Word File 32K - download)

  2. Narrative Description not to exceed 1500 words.    
    The Narrative Description should include the following points:

    • Conception and Definition of the Research or Dissertation: An explanation of the basic ideas, problems or questions to be addressed.
    • Significance of the Project: Relationship to your previous and future research, and the relationship of the project to work of other scholars.
    • Plan of work and expected results: Candidates should be as precise as possible about the plan of work and objectives for the term of the Fellowship year. Is the work already in progress? What specifically will be accomplished? When do you expect to complete the dissertation?
    • Contribution to the Wayne Morse Center: How your work relates to other Center activities and your interest in the activities of the Wayne Morse Center.

  3. Bibliography or Citation List, as appropriate, one-page limit.

  4. Curriculum Vitae, maximum 3 pages.

  5. Letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor.

To submit the application:

Mail or deliver the original plus three (3) copies of the complete application packet to the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, 220 Knight Law Center, 1221 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403. The letter of recommendation from the dissertation advisor may be sent separately, and the Wayne Morse Center will make the appropriate copies.

Deadline: Applications are due by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, February 11, 2008.

Please direct questions to Margaret Hallock, Wayne Morse Center Director,
(541) 346-3699 or hallock@uoregon.edu. For general information about the Wayne Morse Center, visit www.waynemorsecenter.uoregon.edu.


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Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
1221 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1221
Phone: (541) 346-3700, Fax: (541) 346-1564