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Book Ends: Application Information
Application Deadlines
- February 21, 2024 (5:00 p.m.)
- September 19, 2024 (5:00 p.m.)
Interested applicants are encouraged to attend our virtual info session on Wednesday, August 28 at 8:30. Register here.
Eligibility
- Faculty members whose appointments include the expectation that 40% or more of the work they will be evaluated on will be research (including creative research) are eligible.
- Associate professors with mature drafts of monographs leading to promotion to full professor are eligible.
- Assistant professors with mature drafts of monographs on track for publication in advance of the applicant’s tenure and promotion deadlines are eligible.
- Full professors with mature drafts of monographs are eligible.
Application Materials & Procedures
Please submit the following as a single PDF file to obermann-center@uiowa.edu. The complete submission (not including the cover sheet) should be no more than five single-spaced pages. (Please use a 12-point font size.)
From the applicant:
- Complete this cover sheet, providing your name, department, contact information, title of the book project, and a one-sentence description of your thesis. Please email us at obermann-center@uiowa.edu if you have trouble downloading the fillable PDF cover sheet.
- Provide a one-paragraph abstract that describes your project and its significance.
- Provide a brief chapter outline.
- Clarify how much of the manuscript is written and what remains to be done.
- Provide a timeline for completion of a full draft of the manuscript.
- Identify 4-6 senior scholars who would be excellent readers and mentors for this project, briefly noting what each would contribute to your project. Please include a link to each scholar’s homepage. The scholars should not have served on the applicant’s dissertation committee and should not have a close relationship with the UI scholar.
- Identify 2-4 University of Iowa faculty members who would be excellent readers and mentors for this project, briefly noting what each could contribute.
- Include drafts of two completed chapters of the monograph.
From the applicant’s department chair:
On the cover sheet (linked above), the chair must indicate his/her/their
- support for the application;
- confirmation that he/she/they has personally seen the complete or nearly complete manuscript;
- affirmation that the faculty member is meeting professional expectations, as indicated by successful annual reviews, etc., in the department;
- own suggestions for possible internal senior faculty members to participate in book workshop; and
- signature and date.
Successful applicants will meet with the Director of the Obermann Center to plan invitations to external readers and determine possible dates for the workshop. Please note: applicants should be prepared to share their manuscripts with internal and external readers by early October.
Please contact Luis Martín-Estudillo, Director of the Obermann Center, if you have questions regarding this program.