David Stevenson Fellowships

Please note that no new applications are being accepted at this time (3/09) - please check back for future fellowship opportunities.

The David Stevenson Fellowship will be awarded to junior faculty members of color in tenure track positions. (Doctoral candidates of color may also be considered for these awards.) Review a brief bio of David Stevenson.

Program Goals
The goals of this fellowship are:

• To acknowledge David Stevenson's many contributions to the development of data and information about the nonprofit sector and the important role he played in teaching and working with undergraduate students.
• To encourage junior faculty members of color to provide leadership for the field and to assist them in gaining tenure in their respective academic institutions.

Awards
Two (2) fellowships of $15,000 each will be awarded annually. Funds from these fellowships may be used for support of research, travel to present research at conferences (other than ARNOVA), and professional education seminars related to research and teaching. All funds must be expended and accounted for within one year after the end of the fellowship year. The award will be made payable to the award recipient's affiliate institution. (Please note the budget restrictions explained in the FAQs and the Applications Procedures section.)

Eligibility
Applicants must be:

• Junior faculty in a tenure track position. Doctoral candidates who have completed all but the dissertation or doctoral candidates at any stage of program completion may also be considered.
• Affiliated with an accredited institution of higher education in the United States or Canada. (The institution need not be a member of NACC.)
• Members of the following communities of color:
  • African American / Black
  • Latino
  • Asian / Pacific Islander
  • American Indian / Alaskan Native
• Committed to excellence in research and teaching in the field of philanthropic or nonprofit sector studies or nonprofit management from any one of a variety of academic disciplines.
• Willing and able to participate in the annual ARNOVA Conference. (Travel expenses will be paid by NACC and are not transferable as additional award money. Travel to attend the ARNOVA conference is limited to the year of the award and up to two years after the award to present fellowship-related research results.)

Selection Process
A Fellowship Selection Committee of distinguished scholars in the field and colleagues of David Stevenson will evaluate the fellowship applications. Priority consideration will be made for untenured, junior faculty over doctoral candidates. An emphasis on quality and the potential for a candidate to provide leadership in the field will also under gird the Committee's considerations.*

Selection Criteria

• Significance and quality of proposed research to the field of philanthropic and nonprofit sector studies defined to include the nonprofit sector, nonprofit organizations, nonprofit management and leadership, philanthropy, and other closely related topics.
  • Relationship, if any, to the development of data and information systems with respect to the foregoing research topics.
  • Relationship, if any, to the education of undergraduate students with respect to the foregoing research topics.
• Merit of the proposed project and use of fellowship funds.
• Ability of the applicant to carry out the proposed activity.
• Applicant's ability to present a well written, thoughtfully prepared application.

*In the course of its review and deliberations, the Committee may determine that a Stevenson or Diaz applicant might be more appropriately considered in one or the other Fellowship category and reserves the right to move the candidate accordingly.