A Fellowship Opportunity for Art Projects from the Institute of Sacred Music in the USA

The Institute of Sacred Music invites you to its fellowship opportunity in the United States. Each fellow will undertake a substantive and original project that relates to the mission of the Institute. This could be original work, an art exhibition, a musical composition, or work of creative writing, etc. Fellows are expected to live within a 10-mile radius of campus. Fellows may apply for research funds, and the Institute will reimburse reasonable moving expenses. Fellows commit themselves to meet weekly in the ISM Colloquium, then with their cohort at weekly lunches, and they are asked to share their work in at least one public presentation per semester. 

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Candidates are eligible to apply as fellows if they are employed as regular full-time faculty or if they have more than six years of related experience.
2. These fellowships are typically one-year long, though shorter residencies (e.g. one term) are possible in special circumstances. Teaching is an option for fellows, though the ISM encourages fellows to offer one course.
3. An applicant should typically hold the terminal degree in her or his field, although exceptions to this rule may be made in some artistic disciplines.
4. The work applicants propose to pursue must support the mission of the Institute, and fellows are expected to work primarily on this project during their year in residence.
5. The Institute welcomes applications from a cluster of qualified individuals who wish to work on a common project. Each person must complete a separate application and note in the appropriate place that he or she is part of a cluster.
6. Fellows are urged to teach one course. Courses are proposed as part of the application process and are reviewed by the relevant department. 
7. Courses are proposed as part of the application and are reviewed by the appropriate department or faculty. 
8. Fellows may also be invited to lecture in classes taught by Yale faculty throughout the year.

Funding:

• Stipends for fellowships are typically half of the fellow’s regular annual salary up to 52,000 $ per year. For Fellows from American universities or colleges, Yale will typically pay the stipend directly to the institution. 
• Yale does not provide health benefits except in the case of independent or international scholars. 
• In most cases, fellows receive additional compensation for teaching a course.
• The ISM provides housing at a discounted rate.

About Yale Institute of Sacred Music:

It was founded in 1973 by a grant from the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation of Columbus, Indiana. As the successor to the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary in New York City resituated in one of the world’s great research universities, the ISM has grown from a faculty of three and student body often to a vibrant community of well over 100 students, faculty, fellows, and staff.

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