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About the fellowship

The primary purpose of the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship is to increase the number of women in tenure-track faculty positions and to promote equity for women in higher education. This fellowship is designed to assist the candidate in obtaining tenure and further promotions by enabling her to spend a year pursuing independent research. Tenured professors are not eligible.

Eligibility

• American Fellowships are not open to previous recipients of any AAUW national fellowship or grant (not including branch or local awards or Community Action Grants). Members and officers of the AAUW Board of Directors are not eligible to apply for fellowships and grant awards. AAUW staff or volunteers with decision-making authority who wish to apply for an award must recuse themselves from the decision-making process.
• American Fellowship candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
• American Fellowships are open to women scholars in all fields of study.
• American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship applicants must hold a doctorate classified as a research degree (e.g., Ph.D., Ed.D., D.B.A., D.M.) or an M.F.A at the time of application
• Tenured professors are not eligible.
• Applicants may not apply for another AAUW national fellowship or grant in the same year.

Award amount

$30,000.

Award period

One (1) year.

Application deadline

November 1, 2020.

Learn more

Visit the AAUW website at https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/american/postdoctoral-research-leave-fellowships/.

Last updated: July 2021.