Field of study: History, Art and Science; Anthropology, including Archaeology; Astrophysics and Astronomy; Earth Sciences and Paleobiology; Ecology, Behavioral and environmental Sciences, including an emphasis on the tropics, Evolutionary and Systematic Biology; History of Science and Technology; History of Art, especially American, Contemporary, African, and Asian Art, twentieth-century American Crafts, and Decorative Arts.

Level: senior post-doctoral, pre-doctoral or post-doctoral, graduate level.

Duration: Three to twelve months (senior post-doctoral appointments); six to twelve months (pre-doctoral or post-doctoral); ten week (graduate students).

Eligibility: Nationals of all countries having either substantially completed doctoral requirements or received their doctorate in the last seven years; graduates students wishing to conduct individual research under staff supervision.

Value: $25,000 (senior and post-doctoral) and $14,000 (pre-doctoral) per year, plus allowances including candidate's return trip to smithsonian facility; $3,000 (graduate students); renewable. to support independent research in residence at the Smithsomian.The Institute's facilities are also open to scholars and scientists interested in limited appointment without financial support.

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