BRC EDUCATION FELLOWS PROGRAM
The Boston Research Center is pleased to announce a new two-year fellowship program to support doctoral dissertations in humanistic education. The BRC Education Fellows Program honors the educational legacy of global peace activist Daisaku Ikeda, who founded the Boston Research Center (BRC) in 1993. Since 1960, Mr. Ikeda, building upon the Soka (meaning "value-creation") legacy of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871-1944) and Josei Toda (1900-1958), has established a network of Soka schools in Japan as well as Soka educational institutions in the United States and other parts of the world where students receive a humanistic education imbued with Eastern and Western values.
Doctoral dissertations supported by this program might focus on any aspect of the contemporary philosophy and practice of Soka education, including its relation to the philosophy and practice of education more generally. The BRC invites dissertation research that could:
- compare and contrast contemporary Soka education with other systems of education carried out anywhere in the world; or,
- focus entirely on the contemporary practice of Soka education at a particular site or sites; or,
- examine Soka-influenced educational efforts outside of the Soka schools system.
Fellows, who must be living in the United States or Canada during the fellowship period, will be eligible for two years of funding at $10,000 per year, with the second year contingent on proof of progress. In addition to the basic stipend, each fellowship also covers costs of attendance at a one-day, annual seminar in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which fellows will be expected to attend. We will be accepting applications from September 1st through December 1st , 2007.
For more information please email us at info@brc21.org
Click here for the Call for Proposals
Click here for the application form
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