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The Gordon Cain Fellowship in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship. 
 
The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) invites applications for the Gordon 
Cain Fellowship in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship for the 
1999-2000 academic year. The Gordon Cain Fellow will spend the year in 
residence at CHF and will carry out historical research on the development 
of the chemical industries. 
 
The outcome of this research should further our understanding of the 
relationship between science, technology, policy, and entrepreneurship and 
shed light on the complex development of modern society and commerce. For 
example, what are the conditions that forward the growth of certain chemical 
specialties or of biotechnology? What is known about the economic and 
commercial impacts of Nobel Prize-winning work carried out in the United 
States? How best may recent developments in policy study, economics, and 
various historical subdisciplines-history of science, of technology, of 
economics, and of business-illuminate the history of the chemical 
industries? 
 
At the beginning of the fellowship year, the Cain Fellow and CHF will 
convene a committee of leading academics to discuss the historical territory 
around policy, technology, and entrepreneurship, providing counsel and 
feedback to both the fellow and to CHF. 
 
The successful candidate for the Cain Fellowship should have a Ph.D. or 
equivalent in hand at the time of application. Applications should include a 
complete curriculum vitae and a proposal of 500 to 1,000 words outlining the 
applicant's research project, with specific reference to how the work 
advances scholarship and how the outcome might be published. In addition, 
applicants should arrange for two letters of reference to be sent directly 
to CHF. 
 
The fellowship carries a stipend of $50,000 plus a small continuing award 
for research expenses and travel to allow the Cain Fellow to return to CHF 
periodically after the initial term. 
 
Deadline: 
 1 December 1998 
 
Contact: 
 Leo B. Slater, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702 Phone: (215) 925-2222, ext. 224, Fax: (215) 
925-1954, E-mail: [log in to unmask] 
 
 
The Chemical Heritage Foundation seeks to increase public understanding of 
chemical sciences and technologies through the historical study of the 
chemical industries, including petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, 
biotechnology, and polymers and plastics, and of chemical engineering, 
agricultural chemicals, and environmental remediation. 
 
 
The 1998-99 Cain Fellow is Dr. Stephen Adams. He received his Ph.D. from 
Johns Hopkins University and is currently a postdoctoral fellow with AT&T 
archives. A historian of American business and industry, Dr. Adams will 
research the chemical industry and its organizational capabilities, location 
and governmental relations. In addition, Dr. Adams hopes his research will 
serve as a springboard for further historical inquiry into business history. 
 
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