Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 6, 1 Iune 2017 — Academic fellowship accepting applications [ARTICLE]

Academic fellowship accepting applications

The Hawaiian Scholars Doctoral Fellowship Program is accepting applications for the 2017-18 aeademic year through June 26. Formerly the Mellon-Hawai'i Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, the academic fellowship is seeking its 10th cohort of Native Hawaiian scholars committed to advancing knowledge of the Hawaiian natural and cultural environment, history, politics and society. Fellows receive $45,000 to help complete their dissertations before accepting their first academic posts, as well as opportunities to

present their research, meet aeademic publishers and network with community leaders, mentors and previous fellows. "This is the most successful program that has supported a new generation of Hawaiian scholars to earn their PhDs, to publish and to join the tenured ranks of the professoriate," said Dr. Noelani Goodyear-Ka'ōpua in a press release. Goodyear-Ka'ōpua, an associate professor of political scienee at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, was a postdoctoral fellow in the program's 20 13-20 14 cohort and serves as a mentor for the 20 1 620 17 cohort. "It has nurtured young scholars through meaningful mentorship, professional development training, and network building. When future generations look back at the flourishing of multidisciplinary Hawaiian scholarship in the early 21 st century, they will be able to see the impact of those who were supported by this program. This is no exaggeration." Application materials are available at http://kohalacenter.org/ hawaiian-fellowship .