Postdoctoral Awards

Aimed at early career researchers anywhere in the world, Postdoctoral Awards offer $7,000 CAD (roughly $5,300 USD or £4,100) to support research leading to one or more publications on any subject relating to art and knowledge. Themes might include but are not limited to the connections between visual art and: cognition and understanding; ethical or political issues; other fields of knowledge; and the sacred or numinous.

Eligibility and Requirements

• Postdoctoral Awards are open to applicants from any discipline in the Arts or Sciences.You are EITHER a graduate student in the latter stages of your PhD degree OR you have submitted your PhD thesis within three years of the application deadline.
• The JRSP must be acknowledged in all publications resulting from the Award.
• The JRSP requires copies of any published material to be offered to its archive, and made available for internal consultation and distribution.
• You are required to present your research in person at a Company of Ideas Forum, which takes place at the Sculpture Park every June. All travel expenses will be covered.

To apply

Applicants should submit the following:

• Cover letter.
• CV/resumé.
• Name and contact details of one referee.
• Research statement of no more than 1,000 words describing past, current and future research. Please indicate what output(s) will result from the Award.
• A writing sample of no more than 10,000 words (this can be an excerpt from a doctoral dissertation or recent publication).

Applications should be submitted to awards@rubinoffsculpturepark.org by Friday 31 January 2020.

• Further details

Please direct queries to the JRSP’s Manager-Curator karun@rubinoffsculpturepark.org

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