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Hellman Fellows Program

I am pleased to announce the 1999-2000 Hellman Fellows Program,
funded through the generosity of Mr. F. Warren Hellman and the
Hellman Family. The purpose of the Hellman Program is to substantially
support the research and creative activities of promising assistant
professors who show capacity for great distinction in their work. A
total of $120,000 will be available for awards during the 1999-2000
academic year. In accordance with the wishes of the Hellman family, at
least two-thirds of the available funds will be awarded in the physical
sciences, life sciences, and engineering, and up to one-third in the
arts, humanities, and social sciences. It is anticipated that from four
to six awards will be made in 1999-2000.

Awards are intended to assist the progress of highly promising junior
faculty towards tenure. Eligible applicants are full-time, regular,
non-tenured ladder rank faculty. Awards will be based on promise and need,
with preference given to assistant professors who are not recipients of
other young investigator awards. However, the guidelines do not preclude
eligible faculty from applying for a competitive renewal of a Hellman
Fellowship. Prior to receiving a Hellman Fellowship, faculty would normally
be expected to have served at least two years as an assistant professor,
but not yet have been recommended for tenure.

Application packets for the 1999-2000 Hellman Fellows Program were
distributed to all Assistant Professors last week. If you did not
receive a copy, you can download a copy at
http://academicaffairs.ucsd.edu/hellman or call my office (Lillian Conat, x40098) to request one.

Marsha A. Chandler Senior Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs