Established to assist faculty in the social sciences and humanities in the pursuit of their scholarly and professional projects, the fellowship supports Liberal Arts faculty in their significant contribution to the larger academic and professional discourse of their discipline or disciplines by the publication or public presentation of their own scholarly or professional work.

Guidelines, Nomination and Selection of Award Recipient

The Miller Fellowship is awarded to two tenured or tenure-track faculty members whose projects are at the advanced stage of completion, such as a book manuscript, work of art, or other scholarly or creative project. The fellowships are intended to provide the means to secure time and resources for research, writing, and/or composition to bring the project to completion. A committee of three faculty members who have previously been awarded the fellowship select recipients from submissions formally requested each spring for the upcoming academic year. Recipients are ineligible to apply for five years.

Application Process and Deadline

A CFS is usually sent out in December for a Mid-January deadline. Submissions are reviewed in January - February and recipients are named in Spring. The application should include a detailed description of the nature of the project, its significance to the larger academic and professional discourse of the applicant's discipline/disciplines, a statement specifying the intended finished product (e.g., manuscript for publication, exhibition, performance, or other completed work) by which this project will enter public discourse, a clear indication of the amount of work on the project already completed to show clearly that the project is at the required advanced stage, a provisional timetable for work remaining in the completion of the work, and a budget outline for how the fellowship funds will be used (typically, though not limited to, course releases to equal a full quarter leave from teaching). The fellowship is not intended to supplement faculty income, and receipts for any non-course release uses must be submitted to Israel Brown, CLA Budget Officer.

Presentation of Award

Each awardee receives a $12,000 fellowship, typically used for a course release in the upcoming academic year, and any costs related to the completion of the project. The announcement is made at a College of Liberal Arts General Faculty Meeting in March or April.

Questions

Dr. Babak Elahi, Associate Dean
College of Liberal Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology
bxegsl@rit.edu
585-475-5235

2011-2012 Award Recipients

Laura Shackelford - Department of English

Lauren Hall - Department of Political Science

Conerly Casey - Department of Sociology and Anthropology

For more information on the Paul and Francena Miller Research Fellowship,
visit http://www.rit.edu/cla/awards_and_grants.php#5

For more information about the Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching, visit http://www.rit.edu/eisenhart

Joseph Fornieri 2010-2011	Keith Jenkins 2009-2010
Andrew M. Herbert 2008-2009	Timothy Engström 2007-2008 1993-1994
LaVerne McQuiller Williams 2005-2006	David Suits 2002-2003
David Neumann 2001-2002	John T. Sanders 2000-2001 1979-1980
James Campbell 1999-2000 1991-1992	Dane Gordon 1996-1997
Mary Sullivan 1995-1996	Michael Joseph Vernarelli 1986-1987
Fred L. Wilson 1985-1986	Sarah Huff Collins 1982-1983
Houghton D. Wetherald 1981-1982	Boris Mikolji 1976-1977
Julian Salisnjak 1974-1975	Pellegrino Nazarro 1973-1974
Houghton D. Wetherald* 1971-1972	Stanley McKenzie* 1969-1970
*Award for Distinguished Young Teacher

For more information on the Provost's Award for Excellence in Mentoring, click here.

Patrick Scanlon 2011-2012

For more information on the Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching, visit http://www.rit.edu/eisenhart

Eric C. Nystrom 2008-2009	Sean Sutton 2003-2004
Joseph Fornieri 2001-2002	Debra Fromm Faria 1996-1997
Keith Jenkins 1993-1994	David Neumann 1989-1990

For more information on the Trustee Scholarship Awards, click here.

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal 2006-2007

James Winebrake 2009-2010