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Information for Nominees

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For Those Who Have Been Nominated

Selection of Fellows

"The normal process of selection begins with nomination and proceeds through a moderately complex set of evaluations. About 1 in 100 nominees is made eligible by the board of trustees for a fellowship. Any scholar is entitled to nominate another person for consideration as a Fellow, but most nominations come from well-known scholars, academic administrators, past Fellows, and directors of our summer institutes. Periodically, requests for nominations are sent to graduate deans of most American universities, department heads, college presidents, and former Fellows. Self-nominations are accepted from post-doctoral scholars who have a record of publication.

Once nominated, candidates are notified immediately and asked if they are interested in spending a year at the Center, and if they respond affirmatively they are asked to provide background information and a short list of references who are familiar with their scholarly work to whom we may write for letters of reference as the evaluation proceeds. Every two years, lists of nominees are submitted to panels of distinguished scholars in each field who rate the people on the list. Members of these panels are rotated regularly.

Eligibility decisions, which are made by the Center's board of trustees, are based on the panel ratings, supplemented by the letters of evaluation supplied by nominees' references and sometimes by additional letters solicited by the Center. Evaluation is based on a candidate's standing in the field rather than on the merit of a particular project or proposal. The Center accepts Fellows of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin.

Nominees approved by the board are notified of their eligibility and asked their preference concerning the timing of their fellowship. Requests for residency several years in the future - to coincide, say, with a sabbatical year - are quite common and lead to inclusion in a tentative roster for that year. In most cases the interval between nomination and residence at the Center is at least two years; an interval of five to six years is not unusual.

Composing a group of Fellows for any given year involves a set of recommendations made by the Center's staff and approved by the board of trustees. In determining the composition of each group, several criteria are considered, including diversity of discipline, institution, age, , and ethnic background, and the special needs of any collaborative project planned for a particular year. Naturally, the individual preferences of prospective Fellows are central to the formation of each cohort.

In summary, eligibility is a three-step process: nomination, rating by a review panel, and selection by the board of trustees. After eligibility is granted, the prospective Fellow and the Center negotiate a mutually convenient year for the residency.

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