Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 2, 1 Pepeluali 2015 — Mellon-Hawaiʻi academic fellowship [ARTICLE]

Mellon-Hawaiʻi academic fellowship

Deadline is Feb. 24 to apply for the Mellon-Hawai'i Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for the 2015-2016 academic year. The program targets Native Hawaiian scholars early in their aeademic careers and others committed to the advancement of knowledge about the Hawaiian natural and cultural environment, Hawaiian history, politics and society. Doctoral fellows receive $45,000 in support to complete their dissertations before accepting their first academic posts. Postdoctoral fellows receive $55,000 toward the publication of original research early in their academic careers. Fellows also have opportunities to prepare presentations of their research, network with community leaders, mentors and past fellows, and meet academic publishers. "The work of the Mellon-Hawai'i Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows continues to make me proud to not only be an academic, but to be a kanaka (Native Hawaiian)," said Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer, The Kohala Center's incoming president and chief executive officer, himself a postdoctoral fellow in the program's inaugural cohort. "The scholars who are selected for this programreceive support in ways they've probably never imagined or experienced before, and the networks and people they meet will forever change their trajectories as educators, leaders and mentors to future generations." The program is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Kamehameha Schools and is administered by The Kohala Center. For information and application materials, visit kohalacenter. org/mellon-hawaii, or contact Cortney Okumura at cokumura@kohala center.org or (808) 887-6411.

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