VAI/SSRC: Fellowship in Sustainable Cities and the Social Sciences, 03/08

Van Alen Institute in Partnership with the Social Science Research Council

Application deadline: March 7, 2008.

Van Alen Institute and the Social Science Research Council solicit proposals for a New York-based public program or series of programs that function to convene social
scientists and spatial practitioners in architecture, design, and related disciplines for debate and dialogue on the topic of sustainable cities. The Institute invites applications from early- to mid-career scholars and
practitioners from the arts, humanities and sciences. The VAI-SSRC fellowship tenure spans the length of the 2008-2009 fellowship academic year, during which time fellows pursue advanced independent research and work with the Institute and the SSRC in the planning and production of their proposed public program. At some time during the year, in the fall, spring or summer term, fellows take a
three-month residency at Van Alen Institute.

The fellowship award includes project support up to $10,000, work and public programming space at the Institute,
publication in Public Practice, and a range of project production, research and programming resources. The
Institute also provides a stipend to fellows for the
residency period ($1500 to New York City residents; $6500 to non-residents) and may at its discretion contribute toward travel costs at the beginning and end of the fellowship term.

Information & application guidelines:
www.vanalen.org/nyprize/application_callforfellows.html.

Contact:

Jessica Blaustein
Van Alen Institute
30 West 22nd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10010
212 924 7000 ext. 5

jblaustein@vanalen.org

Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.