Academics

A complete Faculty Leave Fellowship application must include:

1. Title of project
2. A narrative description (no more than four pages single-spaced) in which the applicant makes clear in language that is accessible to non-specialist colleagues the following:
   
   1. the basic ideas, problems, works, or questions the study will examine, and the steps to be taken to accomplish this research;
   2. the significance of the project to the applicant’s scholarly field and research program;
   3. the relationship of the project to the applicant’s ongoing development as a scholar;
   4. a clear statement of anticipated outcome;
   5. the dates and amount of awards from the Faculty Resources Committee received over the past six years, any previous Faculty Leave Fellowship, Kenan or Porter grants, and a brief summary of their results. Any relationships between previously funded projects and the current research must be described.
3. Supporting documents as appropriate, including evidence or certification that the applicant has sought funds from outside the College to support the project. If such funds are obtained, the total amount of all awards, from Bowdoin and non-Bowdoin sources, should not exceed the normal salary for the current year.
4. A current curriculum vitae, no longer than five pages.