Hephzibah
Mountain Aster Academy
Interested Potential Mentees
Overview of Hephzibah Mountain Aster Academy
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For graduate students this is a supplement to degree-granting programs, not a replacement; the HMAA Mentoring Programs provide one-on-one interactive sessions intended to bring insight into the research process for the mentee and leading them to produce a high-quality research product useable within their degree program or as an independent publishable research paper.
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For post-doc researchers and professional academics, the HMAA Mentoring Programs provide a personalized creative engagement leading to the production of a publishable piece of humanities-based research.
Process of Application
Step 1: Initial Conversation
Reach out to us through this contact form to begin the conversation.
Step 2: Initial Meeting(s) with HMAA Rector
Step 3: Submission of Application (see the requirements below)
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Interested applicants must pay the non-refundable application fee to submit his/her application.
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Once the Academy has received your application and all relevant supplemental documentation (including hard copies of the reference letters), the Rector will contact you within 3 days.
Step 4: First Mentee Meeting with HMAA Rector
Upon acceptance, the mentee and the HMAA Rector will meet to discuss next steps regarding the program, fees, and other details.
Application Requirements
Before beginning the application itself, applicants are encouraged to first prepare the application fee amount and their supplemental materials listed below:
FOR ALL APPLICANT LEVELS
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Personal Research Mentoring Application
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Curriculum Vitae
Please include in your CV:
- A summary of all university-level studies (the university, your majors, your earned degrees, the dates they were earned)
- A summary of the places/dates of work contexts where you have served
- Any other additional information related to your post-baccalaureate (first university degree) stage of life that may be related to your research project.
- (If applicable) A summary of any thesis, dissertation, or published articles in academic areas related to your research project
- Include in your description the title of your work, its length, the university-level institution where it was written, your supervisor's name, and the date of completion.
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Information about Your References
HMAA requires applicants to have two references who can compose and send hard-copies of reference letters directly to the Academy.
Please have the contact information of your two references for this application ready as well as the date the letters can be expected.
FOR MASTERS LEVEL, PHD LEVEL, & POST-DOC LEVEL APPLICANTS
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A copy of your Research Grant Proposal (must be already approved by grant-offering body)*
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Brief document identifying the portions of the current research to be pursued within an HMAA Mentoring Program*
FOR PROFESSIONAL / FACULTY LEVEL APPLICANTS
*Please also prepare a hard-copy of these documents to be sent to the Academy.
Please be assured that all information that is submitted is confidentially maintained and that we do not share it with any other institution. For those who submit applications online, we maintain an
e-copy of these documents until we receive your hard-copies of the research application and reference letters. Subsequently, these materials are deleted from our website.
When you have all the documentation listed above prepared, begin your personal application through the link below.
Fees & Benefits
Application Fee:
After an initial consultation with the Rector, there is an initial, non-refundable fee for the vetting and assessment of a new application. This will be paid when the application is submitted online.
The HMAA Rector and board will review the application once this payment has been received.
Mentoring Program Fees:
The fees associated with the particular mentoring program identified by the HMAA mentee may be discussed in more detail with the HMAA Rector in both the initial consultation and in the post-application consultation.
The fees associated with the mentee-specific program vary according to:
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The frequency of mentoring sessions
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Normal: Once a week in a two-hour session.
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Intensive: Twice a week in two two-hour sessions.
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The length of the mentoring program
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Normal: From two weeks to five months
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Intensive: From one week to five months
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The associated program fees may be paid within two weeks after the designated schedule for mentoring program has been confirmed,
or in two parts (50% of the total within two weeks after the designated timing of the mentoring program has been confirmed, and the remaining 50% is due upon arrival at the Academy venue for the first mentoring session).
Additional Fees not covered:
The fees associated with the HMAA Mentoring Programs are only related to the initial application and for the whole of the mentoring process and specific assignments and/or practices determined for any one person on a particular research project proposal.
As a consequence, they do not include costs involved in:
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travel to and from the location of the Academy (Colorado, U.S.A.)
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costs for room and board during the period of the mentoring program
At this time, the HMAA does not provide scholarships for prospective mentees or grants to cover any of the other costs.
It is assumed that any confirmed mentee will seek funding from their own institution or from other sources in order to cover all costs related to the mentoring program and their stay