( Added: January 7, 2012 )  -  The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience invites applications for its fulltime residential fellowships, which support outstanding writing on American history and culture by both scholars and nonacademic authors. The Center’s Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship includes a $45,000 stipend, health benefits, faculty privileges, a book allowance, and a nine-month residency (during the academic year 2012-13) in a restored circa-1735 house in historic Chestertown, Md. Applicants should have a significant book-length project currently in progress.

The project should address the history and/or legacy – broadly defined – of the American Revolution and the nation’s founding ideas. It might focus on the founding era itself, or on the myriad ways the questions that preoccupied the nation’s founders have shaped America’s later history. Work that contributes to ongoing national conversations about America’s past and present, with the potential to reach a wide public, is particularly sought. Applications from published writers and established scholars are welcome. Deadline for the 2012-13 Fellowship is February 15, 2012. More info.: http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/fellows/index.php