==================== HES POSTING ==================== 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. ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]