Center Fellows
The Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society (CDMS) offers fellowships to Illinois faculty and graduate students. Fellowships provide release time for one semester, during which fellows will be in residence conducting research across the broad area of "multiracial democracy."
The Center particularly encourages projects that involve research on how Americans live and work together in a multiracial democracy. Additionally, the Center encourages projects that focus on a comparative analysis of multiracial relations within U.S. democracy, address policy issues, and projects that are interdisciplinary. All research projects are expected to have substantial focus on U.S. domestic racial life, including connections to communities in Illinois. The Center also supports projects that examine U.S. domestic racial life in a global context.
Both faculty and graduate students fellows are required to participate in the CDMS Fellows Seminar and present at a brown bag, symposium, or conference. The CDMS seminar is designed to discuss participants' research interests and emphasizes interdisciplinary commonalities and differences.
Fellowship application guidelines are typically announced in December and applications
are due in February.
Call for 2009-2010 Fellowship Applications is now closed.
Applications are invited from Illinois faculty members and advanced graduate students for selection as Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society (CDMS) Faculty Fellows for the 2009-2010 academic year. Priority consideration will be given to projects that are aligned with the broad themes of Diversity, Democracy and Immigration.
Deadline. Completed applications must be submitted and letters of support must arrive by 5:00p.m. on February 20, 2009.