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The Center: A Look at the Centennial Center for Political Science & Public Affairs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2011

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The Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs is an invaluable resource to political and social scientists. Since its opening in September 2003, the Center has housed more than 100 scholars. The center, located in the APSA headquarters near Dupont Circle, provides a great base of operations for scholars researching in the DC metro area. The Center offers visiting scholars furnished work space, telephone, fax, computers, Internet access, conference space, a reference library, and access to George Washington University's Gelman Library. Visiting scholar stays range from a few days to 12 months. Space is limited to APSA members and is available for faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students from the United States and abroad. Scholars are expected to cover their own expenses and a modest facilities fee for the use of the center. Prospective visiting scholars may apply at any time. Positions are awarded on a space-available basis.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 869
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2011

The Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs is an invaluable resource to political and social scientists. Since its opening in September 2003, the Center has housed more than 100 scholars. The center, located in the APSA headquarters near Dupont Circle, provides a great base of operations for scholars researching in the DC metro area. The Center offers visiting scholars furnished work space, telephone, fax, computers, Internet access, conference space, a reference library, and access to George Washington University's Gelman Library. Visiting scholar stays range from a few days to 12 months. Space is limited to APSA members and is available for faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students from the United States and abroad. Scholars are expected to cover their own expenses and a modest facilities fee for the use of the center. Prospective visiting scholars may apply at any time. Positions are awarded on a space-available basis.

As federal funding sources that support international research continue to diminish (see Washington Insider, this issue), the Association would like to remind members that the Centennial Center endowed funds provide modest resources for international projects in addition to support for domestic travel and office space at APSA's Washington, DC headquarters (all applicants should note that APSA does not provide support for visa arrangements).

The Center has recently allocated funds for projects in Latin America (Shannon Walsh, University of Notre Dame, “Engendering State Institutions: State Response to Violence Against Women in Latin America”) and West Africa (Jamie Bleck, University of Notre Dame, “Can Local Radio Emancipate Rural Women to Become Democratic Agents?). Bleck was awarded her PhD this year and Walsh is a graduate student. As APSA does not have the resources to replicate the important work of Title VI and Fulbright-Hays, the funds are not intended to be the sole source of support needed to underwrite extensive research abroad. Rather, they are meant to provide critical supplemental assistance for emerging scholars who may not have the history of external funding necessary to competitively solicit grants from major donors.

Interested members can find an application form and more information on the 7 funds that support non-residential scholars at:

http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/ApplicationNonResident.pdf

Full details on the center and the Visiting Scholars Program are online at http://www.apsanet.org/centennialcenter. You may also contact Veronica Jones at APSA: (202) 483-2512; .