September 16, 2009
African American doctoral candidates
Postmarked Application Packet Deadline: November 30, 2009
Erskine Peters Dissertation Fellowship
Fellowship Date: 2009-11-30
Date Submitted: 2009-08-31
Announcement ID: 170293
The Erskine A. Peters Dissertation Fellowship enables outstanding African American doctoral candidates (at the ABD level) to devote their full energies to the completion of the dissertation; and (2) to provide an opportunity for African American scholars at the beginning of their academic careers to experience life at a major Catholic research university.
The fellowship is tenable for a full academic year beginning in August and concluding in May. It carries with it a $30,000 stipend and $2,000 research budget. Fellows have access to all university facilities and are provided office space, use of a personal computer, an official academic home in the department of the Fellow's specialization, and access to a faculty mentor in the fellow's discipline. Fellows also participate in professional development workshops focused on employment strategies and career development.
Fellows are expected to be in residence at the University and to devote most of their time to the completion of the dissertation.
Online application: http://africana.nd.edu/erskine/online-application/
Maria McKenna,
Program Coordinator, Erskine A. Peters Fellowship
327 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Email: Maria.K.McKenna.52@nd.edu
Phone: 574-631-0452
Visit the website at http://africana.nd.edu/erskine/
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September 14, 2009
St. Deiniol's Scholarships, Wales
Deadline: November 1st, 2009
St. Deiniol's Scholarships 2010
Scholarships are awarded for any period from a week to several months and include:
• The Canon Symonds Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to those studying in the fields of Christian Liturgy, Biblical Studies or Church History.
• The Bishop J. R. H. Moorman Scholarship is intended primarily for those researching Francis of Assisi or the Franciscan Order where access to the Moorman Franciscan Library would prove beneficial.
• The Revd Canon Dr Stewart Lawton Memorial Scholarship is awarded for research into one of the following areas: the Liberal Catholic Tradition in Anglicanism; the Interaction of Science and Religion, and European Philosophical Theology.
• The Drew Scholarship is awarded, in the first instance, for research into aspects of the life of William Ewart Gladstone.
• The Dr Daisy Ronco Scholarship is awarded for research into Nineteenth Century Studies.
• The Richard L. Hills Scholarship is awarded for research into Theology and Science / Technology.
• The Ernest Walder Memorial Scholarship is awarded for research into any aspect of Divine Learning.
• The General Scholarship Fund supports research in the Arts and Humanities.
• The Monad Scholarship Fund supports research into issues of inclusivity / exclusion in church and society.
Please note that scholarships cover use of the Library and the cost of dinner, bed and breakfast at St Deiniol’s. They do not cover the cost of travel to and from the Library or any extra charges incurred during your stay e.g. lunch, drinks, telephone calls. A one-off administration fee of £30 is charged once a scholarship booking has been accepted and the dates confirmed.
To apply: write to the Warden, Peter Francis, outlining your specific area of research, what you hope to achieve during your residency at St Deiniol’s and why you are undertaking this research i.e. PhD, Masters, publication, sabbatical project, private study, Open University degree etc. Please give your preferred dates of study at the Library. Finally, attach a brief C.V. with the names of two academic referees.
http://www.st-deiniols.com/the-library/scholarships.htm
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September 03, 2009
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 5, 2009
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program (Federal Register: August 21, 2009 [CFDA# 84.170A])
The purpose of the Jacob K. Javits (JKJ) Fellowship Program is to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded to the selected field of study at accredited institutions of higher education. The selected fields in the arts are: creative writing, music performance, music theory, music composition, music literature, studio arts (including photography), television, film, cinematography, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance. The selected fields in the humanities are: art history (including architectural history), archeology, area studies, classics, comparative literature, English language and literature, folklore, folk life, foreign languages and literature, history, linguistics, philosophy, religion (excluding study of religious vocation), speech, rhetoric, and debate. The selected fields in the social sciences are: anthropology, communications and media, economics, ethnic and cultural studies, geography, political science, psychology (excluding clinical psychology), public policy and public administration, and sociology (excluding the master's and doctoral degrees in social work).
Applications Available: August 21, 2009.
- Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 5, 2009.
- Deadline for Transmittal of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): January 31, 2010.
Eligible Applicants: Individuals who, at the time of application: are eligible to receive a Federal grant, loan or work assistance pursuant to section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA); intend to pursue a doctoral or Master of Fine Arts degree in an eligible field of study selected by the Board at an accredited U.S. institution of higher education; and are a U.S. citizen or national, a permanent resident of the United States, in the United States for other than a temporary purpose and intending to become a permanent resident, or a citizen of any one of the Freely Associated States. Applicants must also either: be entering into a doctoral program in academic year 2010-2011, or have not yet completed the first full year in the doctoral program, in an eligible field of study for which they are seeking support; or be entering a Master of Fine Arts program in academic year 2010- 2011, or have not yet completed the first full year in the Master of Fine Arts program, in an eligible field of study for which they are seeking support.
- Estimated Available Funds: $1,181,385 for new awards.
- Estimated Average Size of Awards: $43,755.
- Estimated Number of Awards: 27.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-3/082109c.html
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June 12, 2009
Fulbright information
University of Michigan: Fulbright Information Session
Tuesday June 16, 2009, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
https://us.fulbrightonline.org/news_events_story.php?id=719
Europe and Eurasia
For information on programs in Europe & Eurasia contact:
IIE Program Manager: Rachel Holskin
212-984-5326, rholskin@iie.org
Applicants, including graduating seniors, are encouraged to consider opportunities in countries that traditionally do not attract large numbers of applicants: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
Grants are not available to Belarus, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Kosovo, or Serbia.
English Teaching Assistantships: Available in Bosnia/ Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic*, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia*, and Slovak Republic.
* Language proficiency is preferred or required.
NOTE: Applicants for English Teaching Assistantships can apply to only one country. Multi-country ETA projects will not be considered.
Multi-country proposals (2 or 3 countries): Only considered for the countries listed in either Eastern Europe or Eurasia Regions:
Eastern Europe Multi-country Region includes: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia.
Dependents: The basic amount of the Fulbright grant is increased by US$100 per month for grantees with one accompanying dependent, and by US$200 for two or more accompanying dependents for selected countries in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. See countries summaries for details. Individual Country Summaries are not available for all countries listed within regional programs. The countries listed are those in which it is anticipated that grants will be available for the 2010-2011 academic year. If the country in which you are interested does not appear, please check with IIE before filing an application.
For a one page statistical synopsis (PDF) of Europe and Eurasia, please see Europe.
NOTE: To search for previous grantee information, please go to the U.S. Fulbright Student Directories.
https://us.fulbrightonline.org/program_students_us_search.html
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June 10, 2009
Research on E. Europe and Eurasia
IREX Grants for research on Eastern Europe and Eurasia:
IARO - The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program provides graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and professionals with funding to conduct field research in up to three of the Title VIII sponsored countries for up to nine months. Applications for 2010-2011 IARO will be due November 17, 2009
STG - The Short-Term Travel Grant Program is a program designed for scholars who currently possess an applicable graduate degree. STG grants provide funding for up to two months of research in up to two countries in the region. Applications for 2010-2011 STG will be due February 2, 2010
For detailed information and to apply visit
http://www.irex.org/programs/us_scholars/index.asp
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May 27, 2009
Partnerships in Collaborative Research (PCR) Travel Grant
IREX is pleased to announce an open competition for the 2009-2010
Partnerships in Collaborative Research (PCR) Travel Grant
The Partnerships in Collaborative Research (PCR) travel grant gives American scholars the opportunity to obtain funding assistance for the travel of a collaborator from Eastern Europe or Eurasia for an approved academic purpose. The grant will cover the cost of international airfare, administrative costs for acquiring a visa and fees for conferences in which the scholars are presenting collaboratively.
For detailed information about grant administration and eligibility, please consult the PCR Applications and Instructions, which can be found at:
http://www.irex.org/programs/us_scholars/programs/uss_pcr.asp
For questions regarding PCR, please email pcr@irex.org
Completed applications are due no later than June 1, 2009
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Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF)
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program assists graduate students in the humanities and social sciences to formulate research proposals for their doctoral dissertations within interdisciplinary research fields of the humanities and social sciences.
Each year, pairs of tenured professors, each at difference U.S. doctoral degree-granting university, are invited to propose interdisciplinary fields of research for student training. The DPDF Selection Committee then selects five research fields. Graduate students who are beginning to plan dissertation research projects, usually in their 2nd and 3rd years of graduate study, apply to one of the five research fields. Sixty applicants (twelve per field) are selected to participate in two workshops designed by the faculty field research directors: one in the late spring, which prepares the students to undertake summer research that will inform the design of their dissertation proposals, and the other in the fall, which helps students to employ their summer research experiences in writing dissertation and research funding proposals. During the summer, between the workshops, students undertake pre-dissertation research with support of up to $5,000 to cover expenses. Each faculty research director is provided $10,000. All costs of faculty and student workshop participation are covered by the SSRC.
The program is administered by the Social Science Research Council and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/
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Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education
United States-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education
Application available: May 8, 2009
Deadline for transmittal of applications: July 7, 2009 Federal Register Notice
Note: The revised notice, below, was published on May 8, 2009. This notice supersedes the announcement published on April 29, 2009, which instructed applicants to apply for grants using the Department of Education's e-Grant system. This notice instructs applicants to apply for grants, under this program, via the government-wide Grants.gov system.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The U.S.-Russia Program encourages cooperative education programs between institutions of higher education (IHEs) in the Russian Federation and the United States of America. The objective of this program is to provide grants that demonstrate partnerships between Russian and American IHEs that contribute to the development and promotion of educational opportunities between the two nations. The aim is to use the educational content as the vehicle for learning languages, cultural appreciation, sharing knowledge, and forming long-term relationships between the two countries. In the context of the modern international society and a global economy, an understanding of the cultural context plays a vital role in education and training.
Thus, this program is designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American and Russian IHEs to encourage mutual socio-cultural-linguistic cooperation; the joint development of curricula, educational materials, and other types of educational and methodological activities; and related educational student and staff mobility (exchanges).
Russian institutions will apply to The Russian Ministry of Education and Science for funding.
Priority: Under this competition, we are particularly interested in applications that address the following priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2009, this priority is an invitational priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not give an application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
Applicants must select one academic discipline as the subject area for their grant proposal in this U.S.-Russia competition. For the year 2009, the Department and the Russian Ministry have jointly decided to make up to three awards, as follows:
(A) Environmental Science Studies--No more than one award.
(B) Biotechnology--No more than one award.
(C) Any discipline, other than (A) and (B)--No more than one award.
Applications are invited from institutions of higher education with the capacity to contribute to a collaborative project in the areas listed with a Russian institution. The consortium partners, through promoting the study of and communication in foreign languages, are expected to increase awareness and understanding of the two cultures, and to strengthen the professional and scholarly ties between the two countries.
The Russian institutions, as part of a U.S.-Russian consortium, will receive separate but equivalent funding from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138-1138d.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $400,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$150,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $133,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $150,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For complete details go to
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-2/050809b.html
Application Contact:
Krish Mathur
Office of Postsecondary Education
U.S.-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education,
1990 K Street, N.W., Room 6155,
Washington, DC 20006-8544
Telephone: (202) 502-7512
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
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May 04, 2009
IREX Partnerships in Collaborative Research Travel Grant
IREX Partnerships in Collaborative Research (PCR) Travel Grant
IREX is pleased to announce an open competition for the 2009-2010
Partnerships in Collaborative Research (PCR) Travel Grant. The
Partnerships in Collaborative Research (PCR) travel grant gives
American scholars the opportunity to obtain funding assistance for the
travel of a collaborator from Eastern Europe or Eurasia for an
approved academic purpose. The grant will cover the cost of
international airfare, administrative costs for acquiring a visa and
fees for conferences in which the scholars are presenting
collaboratively.
For detailed information about grant administration and eligibility, please
consult the PCR Applications and Instructions, which can be found at:
http://www.irex.org/programs/us_scholars/programs/uss_pcr.asp
For questions regarding PCR, please email pcr@irex.org
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May 01, 2009
Funding: Tucker/Cohen prize for dissertation on Soviet Politics and History
Deadline: May 15, 2009
AAASS Robert C. Tucker/ Stephen F. Cohen Prize
Please note that the deadline for the AAASS Robert C. Tucker/Stephen F. Cohen prize for an outstanding doctoral dissertation in Soviet Politics and History has been extended till May 15, 2009.
The Tucker/Cohen prize is awarded annually by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) for an outstanding English-language doctoral dissertation defended
at an American or Canadian university in the tradition of historical political science and political history of the Soviet Union as practiced by Robert C. Tucker and Stephen F. Cohen. The dissertation must be completed and defended during the calendar year prior to the award. The prize carries a $5000 award intended to help the author turn the dissertation into a publishable manuscript.
The next prize will be awarded at the AAASS convention in Boston, Massachusetts, in November 2009, for a dissertation defended in 2008
The dissertation must be defended at a university in the United States or Canada by a US citizen, Canadian citizen or permanent resident of the United States. The dissertation's primary subject and analytical purpose must be in the realm of the history of domestic politics, as broadly understood in academic or public life, though it may also include social, cultural, economic, international or other dimensions. The dissertation must focus primarily on Russia (though the topic may also involve other Soviet republics) during one or more periods between January 1918 and December 1991.
A nomination will consist of a detailed letter from the dissertation's main faculty supervisor explaining the ways in which the work is outstanding in both its empirical and interpretive contributions, along with an abstract of 700-1000 words, written by the candidate, specifying the sources and general findings of the research. A faculty supervisor may nominate no more than one dissertation a year. By May 15, 2009 faculty supervisors should send each committee member listed below their letter and the 700-1000-word abstract. (Candidates may also initiate the nomination, but it must come from their advisers.) The committee will read this material and then request copies of the dissertations that best meet the criteria, as defined in the statement above.
For more information about the Association, please visit:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/index.html
The committee consists of:
Lewis Siegelbaum (Michigan State University), chair, 2008-2010 (mailing address):
Lewis Siegelbaum
453 Rosewood Ave.
East Lansing, MI 48823
Heather DeHaan (Binghamton University, SUNY), 2009-2011 (mailing address till mid-May 2009):
Heather DeHaan
c/o Kennan Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
Janet Elise Johnson (Brooklyn College, CUNY), 2009-2011 (mailing address):
Janet Elise Johnson
357 13th St., Apt. 2
Brooklyn, NY 11215 USA
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Funding: Fulbright Scholar Program
Fulbright Scholar Program
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers grants in more than 125 countries around the world. For the Academic Year 2010-2011, Fulbright lists 144 awards open to all disciplines and 421 awards in 45 discipline specific categories.
The application deadline is August 1, 2009. U.S. citizenship is required. For a full, detailed listing of all Fulbright programs and other eligibility requirements visit our website at www.cies.org, or send a request for materials to scholars@cies.iie.org
Andy Riess
Senior Program Officer for Recruitment
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden St. NW, Suite 5L
Washington, DC 20008-3009
Email: scholars@cies.iie.org
Visit the website at http://www.cies.org
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March 19, 2009
Funding: Postgrad, Belfast
Postgraduate Studentship in History , Queen's University
Belfast, Ireland
Postgraduate Studentships in History are available for Sept. 2009
entry at Queen's University Belfast, funded by AHRC and DEL.
For details please see:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/History/ProspectiveStudents/PostgraduateResearchDegrees/SourcesofFunding/Includes sources of funding for U.S. students
All competitions close 31 March 2009.
Dr Fearghal McGarry
School of History and Anthropology
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Email: f.mcgarry@qub.ac.uk
Visit the website at
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofHistoryandAnthropology/
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March 13, 2009
funding: : Gilman International Scholarship
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Fall 2009/Academic Year 2009-2010 Application Open - Deadline: April 7,2009
The Gilman International Scholarship Program provides awards of up to
$5,000 for U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad for up to one
academic year. The program aims to diversify the kinds of student who
study abroad and the countries and regions where they go. The program
serves students who have been under-represented in study abroad which
includes but is not limited to: students with high financial need,
community college students, students in under-represented fields such as the sciences and engineering, students from diverse ethnic backgrounds, students attending minority-serving institutions, and students with disabilities. The Gilman Program seeks to assist students from a diverse range and type of two-year and four-year public and private institutions from all 50 states.
The Gilman Program is pleased to be able to offer over 1200 scholarships during the Academic Year 2009-2010. Additionally, an increased number of $3000 Critical Need Language Supplements are available for students studying a critical need language for a total possible award of $8000. A list of eligible languages can be found on the Gilman website at
http://www.iie.org/gilman. There has never been a better time to apply for a Gilman Scholarship!
Eligibility: Students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or during the time they are studying abroad and cannot be studying abroad in a country currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.
The Gilman International Scholarship Program is sponsored by the U.S.
Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and
administered by the Institute of International Education.
For more information, full eligibility criteria and the online
application visit: http://www.iie.org/gilman
Gilman International Scholarship Program
Institute of International Education
Houston, TX
Contact for Applicants:
Email: gilman@iie.org
Phone: 1-888-887-5939, ext 25
Contact for Advisors:
Email: gilmanadvisors@iie.org
Phone: 1-888-887-5939, ext 16
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March 12, 2009
GRANTS- IREX US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) Program
GRANTS- IREX US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) Program
2009-2010 FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) Program
IREX is pleased to announce 2009-2010 competition for the US Embassy
Policy Specialist (EPS) Program.
The EPS Program provides fellowships of up to eight weeks to US
scholars and professionals to serve US Embassies as policy
specialists on a chosen topic and pursue their own research project
independently.
EPS Grant covers the cost of travel and housing and provides a living stipend.
Eligible Embassies and Fields:
* Azerbaijan (US Embassy, Baku)
- Environment
- Labor
- Religion
* Georgia (US Embassy, Tbilisi)
- Civil Society
* Kazakhstan (US Embassy, Astana)
- Inter-Ethnic Relations
- Religion
* Moldova (US Embassy, Chisinau)
- Civil Society
- Economics
* Russia (US Consulate, Vladivostok)
- Economics
* Tajikistan (US Embassy, Dushanbe)
- Economics
- Education
- Politics
* Turkmenistan (US Embassy, Ashgabat)
- Environment and Agriculture
The EPS application and supporting materials are available on the IREX website:
http://www.irex.org/programs/eps/index.asp
Completed applications are due no later than April 6, 2009.
Postdoctoral Scholars and Professionals with advanced degrees (MA,
MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD) are eligible to apply for the
EPS Program.
Questions may be addressed to the EPS Program Staff at eps@irex.org
or by telephone at 202-628-8188
EPS is funded by the United States Department of State Title VIII Program
Oksana Jensen
Senior Program Officer
Education Programs Division
IREX www.irex.org
T: (202) 628-8188 x128
F: (202) 628-8189
ojensen@irex.org
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March 05, 2009
KATHRYN W. DAVIS GRADUATE STUDENT KATHRYN W. DAVIS GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT FOR 2009 AAASS CONVENTION
KATHRYN W. DAVIS GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT FOR 2009 AAASS CONVENTION
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Kathryn W. Davis’s generous donation to our organization, combined with matching donations from AAASS members, enables us to help subsidize travel costs for graduate students presenting papers at the 2009 AAASS Convention. We anticipate that we will be able to fund, on a competitive basis, 10 or more awards of up to $500 each. We are especially committed to subsidizing those graduate students who are attending the convention for the first time or who have no local institutional resources for travel support. Students may receive only ONE Davis Graduate Travel Grant over the course of their graduate studies.
Grant Provisions: The Davis Graduate Student Travel Grant is a merit- and need-based open competition. It will fund travel for graduate students presenting papers at the 2009 AAASS National Convention, which will be held in Boston, Massachusetts. Failure to attend the convention and present the paper will result in the forfeiture of the grant.
Eligibility: Two categories of students presenting a paper at the Convention are invited to apply: 1) Ph.D. students in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian fields who have already completed their master’s degrees; 2) students enrolled in a professional master’s program in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Please note that all panelists and roundtable participants must become members of AAASS in order to participate. Preference will be given to first-time presenters, though students who have presented in the past may also apply. Since our funding is limited and we wish to fund as many deserving applicants as possible, we urge applicants to be as practical as possible in estimating their travel and lodging budget – e.g., that they consider sharing a room with another graduate student at the convention hotel where this option is feasible.
Deadline for applications: March 31, 2009. All applicants will be notified of their status by April 30, 2009.
All applicants must submit the following materials:
1) Curriculum vitae;
2) Abstract of the paper to be presented at the convention;
3) Tentative budget;
4) Statement of need, describing anticipated travel costs and potential other sources of funding;
5) Letter of reference from advisor or department chair which includes confirmation that departmental and/or institutional conference travel funds are not sufficient.
Application materials should be sent by e-mail to the members of the selection committee and Wendy Walker at the AAASS office (walker@fas.harvard.edu).
The selection committee includes: Dmitry P. Gorenburg, Harvard U, (gorenbur@fas.harvard.edu), Beth Holmgren, Duke U (beth.holmgren@duke.edu), Cynthia Buckley, U of Texas, Austin, (cbuckley@mail.la.utexas.edu), Robert Weinberg, Swarthmore College, (rweinbe1@swarthmore.edu).
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January 29, 2009
Funding: Film research, UCLA
Deadline: March 31, 2009
To support the work of scholars and encourage access to collections, the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s Research and Study Center is offering a Visiting Researcher Stipend program for 2009. Two stipends in the amount of $2000 will be awarded.
Applications are open to current students, faculty and staff from all academic disciplines. For eligibility and application information, visit the Archive's website at: http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/researchstipend.html. Application materials must be postmarked no later than March 31, 2009.
About the Archive’s Collections
The UCLA Film & Television Archive holds over 250,000 films and television programs produced from the 1890s to the present. The collection includes independent and studio-produced shorts and feature films, advertising and industrial films, documentaries, local and network TV programming, commercials, news and public affairs broadcasts, and 27 million feet of newsreels produced between 1919 and 1971.
Mark Quigley
Manager, Archive Research & Study Center
UCLA Film & Television Archive
Email: arsc@ucla.edu
Visit the website at http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/researchstipend.html
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January 23, 2009
Postdoc: Ukrainian Politics, Culture, and Society, U Toronto
Deadline: March 1, 2009.
Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Politics, Culture, and Society, 2009--2010
The Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES) at the University of Toronto is accepting applications for the Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Politics, Culture, and Society for the year 2008-2009. The objective of the Post-Doctoral Fellowship is to support on an annual basis one of the most promising junior scholars studying contemporary Ukraine and thereby to advance academic understanding of Ukrainian politics, culture, and society. The Fellowship is made possible by generous support of the Petro Jacyk Education Foundation.
Description:
The Fellowship has both research and teaching components. The successful candidate will spend most of the Fellowship period in residence at the University of Toronto, based at the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES). While at CERES, the Fellow will be expected to devote his/her time to preparation of his/her dissertation for publication and/or to start a new research project. The Fellow will work closely with an appointed research supervisor and participate in activities of the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine. These include guest lectures, workshops and conferences, and other events. In addition to research, he/she is expected to teach a one semester course (seminar or lecture) that deals with contemporary Ukraine (possibly from an interdisciplinary and/or comparative perspective).. The Fellow will also be expected to spend a period of time in Ukraine (normally 6-8 weeks and preferably, but not necessarily, in May-June of the fellowship period) based at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where she/he may conduct research and participate in the academic life of the institution. By the end of fellowship year, the Fellow is expected to have a publication (a book manuscript based on a dissertation or an occasional paper from a new research project) ready for submission and provide a report of his/her activities to the Director of CERES. The Fellow should acknowledge Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship in all publications, lectures, and any other activities supported by the program;
Eligibility:
The Fellowship is open to junior scholars in the social sciences and humanities with a teaching and research focus on contemporary Ukraine. The successful candidate must have completed his/her PhD not more than three years prior to the start of the fellowship period and before taking up the Fellowship. There are no restrictions with respect to citizenship.
Fellowship tenure:
The Centre will make one appointment for the calendar year of twelve months beginning July 2009.
Funding:
The Fellowship holder will receive $40,000 Canadian funds plus an allowance for research and travel expenses;
Application Procedure:
Applicants should submit to Ms. Larysa Iarovenko by March 1, 2009 the following materials:
a CV that includes information requested on the application form;
a description of the planned research and writing projects (three pages single spaced or six pages double spaced);
one (or possibly more) course proposals (a one page singled-spaced description along with a selected bibliography or reading list);
and a writing sample (e.g .article or chapter from dissertation or book). In addition, applicants should arrange for three letters of reference to be mailed separately to the address below.
Short-listed candidates may be contacted for an interview. Inquiries may be sent by e-mail to larysa.iarovenko@utoronto.ca or by regular mail to
Larysa Iarovenko
Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
Ukrainian Programs Manager
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3K7
Canada
Tel: (416) 946-8113
Fax: (416) 946-8939
www.utoronto.ca/ceres/
Email: larysa.iarovenko@utoronto.ca
Visit the website at http://www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/postdoctoral%20fellowship/call%20for%20applications.htm
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Funding: Migration Studies, Hamburg
Deadline: February 25, 2009
Bucerius Ph.D. Scholarships in Migration Studies
The Bucerius Ph.D. Scholarships in Migration Studies "Settling Into Motion"
The ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius requests applications for 6-8 Ph.D. Scholarships in migration studies.
The Bucerius Ph.D. scholarship program in migration studies "Settling Into Motion" offers up to eight scholarships for Ph.D. theses addressing migration in changing societies. For 2009 proposals studying "Migration, Development and the Environment" are especially welcome. Qualified Ph.D. students of - in a broad sense - social sciences can apply until 25 February 2009.
Please find further information as well as the online application on the program's website: www.settling-into-motion.de
ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
Anna Hofmann
Feldbrunnenstraße 56
20148 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 40 4133 6785
Fax: +49 40 4133 6777
Email: info@settling-into-motion.de
Visit the website at http://www.settling-into-motion.de
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January 22, 2009
Funding: gendered health disparities
Applications due June 1, 2009
The Sisters Fund SMALL GRANT AWARDS
The University of Michigan
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) invites applications requesting support of scholarly activities directed to global health issues, specifically focused on gendered health disparities. The Sisters Fund seeks to enhance “activist” scholarship or other creative activities that benefit local and global communities experiencing gender-based health disparities. While providing funds for new and emerging work is a priority for this program, requests for support of on-going programs of research are also considered. Applications from all academic disciplines, including the arts, humanities and sciences, are welcome and encouraged.
Awards
Because this program has a very broad scope in terms of types of projects, we anticipate that funding requests will range widely in size. Funds may be requested from $500 to $10,000, depending on the scope of the project. We expect most awards to be in the lower end of the range. We encourage applications from those seeking matching funds or co-sponsorship from other sources, up to our limit. It is hoped that successful applicants will attend a Sisters Fund event in October 2009.
Eligibility
Tenure track, non-tenure track, or emeritus faculty, clinical faculty, research faculty, and librarians are eligible to submit applications. Applicants are encouraged to include students in project plans, but the principal investigator must not be a student. Normally applications will not be accepted from individuals who received awards in the last funding cycle. Members of the Institute’s Executive Committee are not eligible to submit applications.
Applications must be received no later than June 1, 2009 and must be submitted electronically. Please submit one PDF file. Alternatively, you may submit a Microsoft Word file and IRWG staff will convert your file to PDF.
Submit electronic applications to the following email address:
IRWG.Sisters.Fund.Grants@umich.edu
Please direct any questions concerning this program to Patricia Smith (pssmith@umich.edu or 764-9537)
or Dr. Janet Malley (jmalley@umich.edu or 734-764-9537).
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December 09, 2008
Funding: collaborative research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Application Deadline: February 15, 2009.
Collaborative Research Fellowship, ACTR/ACCELS
ACTR/ACCELS and (NCEEER) with support from the National Endowment for
the Humanities, provides up to $40,000 for four to twelve months of
collaborative research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
The Collaborative Research Fellowship supports a wide range of
humanities topics including, but not limited to, linguistics,
literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion,
ethics and the history criticism, and theory of the arts. Applicants
must hold a Ph.D. or other terminal degree and have a working knowledge of one or more of the languages of East-Central Europe or Eurasia, or be able to demonstrate that such language proficiency is not critical for the successful completion of their particular projects. Additionally, all projects must involve at least one collaborator from the region.
Program organizers will make every effort to support the work of U.S.
humanists from fields under-represented in scholarship on East-Central
Europe and Eurasia. In the past, for example, American studies, art
history, comparative literature, cultural anthropology, musicology, and philosophy have been supported through the Collaborative Research Fellowship. All awards place a premium on the potential for further valuable humanistic collaboration beyond the specific award period of the NEH fellowship. American Councils and NCEEER encourage applications from scholars proposing innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to their subjects.
Applicants must propose to conduct at least four months of full-time
research, of which two months must be spent overseas. Scholars who are
able to begin their projects between May 2009 and May 2010 are welcome
to apply to this year's competition. U.S. citizenship, permanent
resident status, or residency in the U.S. for three years before date of application is required.
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Funding: Research and Advanced Language Training Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is now accepting applications for its 2009-2010 Title VIII Grants for Research and Advanced Language Training programs in Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Russia, Southeastern Europe, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine.
Application deadline for Fall 2009 and Academic Year 2009-2010 programs: January 15th, 2009.
Please be aware that this will be the last January 15th deadline, as the Title VIII programs will move to a once-a-year deadline in Fall of 2009. For more information on this, please contact Outbound Programs (contact information listed below).
Applications are available for download at www.americancouncils.org/research
or by contacting the American Councils Outbound Office. Applications must be postmarked by the application deadline date.
For more information, please contact:
Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
Website: www.americancouncils.org
Fellowships will be offered in five categories:
*Title VIII Research Scholar Program: Provides full support for three- to nine-month research trips to Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing and living stipends, visa support, medical insurance, archive access, and logistical support in the field. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Application deadlines: January 15 (Fall and Academic Year Programs).
*Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program: Provides full support for research and up to ten academic hours per week of advanced language instruction for three-to-nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing and living stipends, tuition, visa support, medical insurance, archive access, and logistical support in the field. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Application
deadlines: January 15 (Fall and Academic Year Programs).
*Title VIII Special Initiatives Fellowship: Provides grants of up to $35,000 for field research on policy-relevant topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a policy-relevant field. Scholars must conduct research for at least four months in the field. Application deadline: January 15 (Fall and Academic Year Programs).
*Title VIII Southeastern Europe Research Program: Provides full support for U.S. graduate students, faculty, and post-doctoral scholars seeking to conduct research for three to nine months in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Scholars may apply for support for research in more than one country during a single trip, provided they intend to work in the field for a total of three to nine months. Application deadline: January 15 (Fall and Academic
Year Programs).
*Title VIII Southeastern Europe Language Program: Provides fellowships for graduate students, faculty, and scholars to study language for a semester, academic year or summer in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Open to students at the MA and Ph.D. level, as well as post-doctoral scholars and faculty, who have at least elementary language skills. Application deadline: January 15 (Fall and Academic Year Programs).
Funding for these programs is available through American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) grant support. All competitions for funding are open and merit based. All applications will receive consideration without regard to any non-merit factors such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, age (with authorized exceptions), political affiliation, or disability.
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December 03, 2008
Funding: Religions and Values in Central and Eastern Europe
Religions and Values in Central and Eastern Europe
Call for grants
The FP6 supported research network of REVACERN is publishing a call for a grant in the following topics:
* Changing Religiosity values and moralities
* New religious phenomena and religious renewal
* Orthodoxy in Central and Eastern Europe
* Religion and media
* The correlations of religious and national-ethnic identity
* Social activities of religious communities and civil organisations
* Values and religions in education
* Legal status of religious communities
* Policy making
The topics mentioned are trying to describe the complex process
developing after the Central and Eastern European region after the
political juncture in 1989/1991. The description of the religion and
value-related procedure has not only scientific goals, rather applied
the knowledge and context gathered will be transformed into functional
alternatives and activity guides for decision makers and influential
factors for public opinion within the region and the European Union. The religion is a society-builder factor and potential for conflict at the same time. The discourse of the religious dimensions of a nation, its political and juridical handling needs a constant follow-up of the processes, and from the part of experts of study of religion expects an active participation in public debates and policy makings.
The ideal applicant has a MA degree in study of religion or any social
sciences, is a PhD student or has a recent PhD degree, has experience in scientific research, publication, conference participation. Near
English, knows at least one Eastern European language, is affiliated in a university or research institute.
The application should contain an essay, which should contain the
followings:
- the selected topic, a motivation of the selection at first former
works on the selected topic
- short reference of the international bibliography of the selected topics
- detailed elaboration of the regional relevancy of the topic, with
aspects of comparison
- description of grounded hypotheses
Send your application until Dec. 20. to ep3@revacern.eu!
Applications will be evaluated by the international researcher team of
REVACERN.
Schedule of application:
- call for grant: Nov. 15.
- deadline for application: Dec. 20.
- evaluation and selection: Jan. 20.
- specification of topics and contract signatures Febr. 27.
The winners receive a 6 month grant (from March to August) with a
monthly 500 EUR grant. The winners should participate on the final
conference of REVACERN in September 2009.
Contact: Prof. Máté-Tóth András : matetoth@rel.u-szeged.hu
http://revacern.eu/exchange-programme/exchange-program-3th-round-cacll-for-paper/Call%20for%20Grants.html
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Funding: Boren Awards - 2009-2010
The Institute of International Education is pleased to announce the
opening of the 2009-10 academic year competition for NSEP David L. Boren Scholarships for undergraduate students and NSEP David L. Boren
Fellowships for graduate students. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. students to add important international and language components to their educations.
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to add an important international and language component to their educations. We focus on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year's study abroad. Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 for language study and
international research.
Applications and detailed information on the Boren Scholarships and
Fellowships are now available on www.borenawards.org
- our newly designed website.
The application deadline for the Boren Fellowship is January 29, and the deadline for the Boren Scholarship is February 11.
If you have any questions or comments please contact the IIE Boren
Scholarships and Fellowships staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP.
Lisa Mayorga
Boren Scholarships
Institute of International Education
lmayorga@iie.org
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December 02, 2008
Funding: Grants for Research and Language Training in Southeast Europe
American Councils is pleased to announce that it will once again be
accepting applications for both the Southeast Europe Research Program
and the Southeast Europe Language Program.
American Councils offers academic year, semester and summer programs for independent research and language study in Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.
Application Deadline: Applications for fall 2009 and academic year
2009-10 programs are due on January 15, 2009. Applications are now available at
www.americancouncils.org
AMERICAN COUNCILS SOUTHEAST EUROPE RESEARCH PROGRAM
The American Councils Southeast Europe Research program provides full
support for U.S. graduate students, faculty, and post-doctoral scholars seeking to conduct research for three to nine months in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Scholars may apply for support for research in more than one country during a single trip, provided they intend to work in the field for a total of three to nine months. Fellowships are available for field research through American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) grant
support.
Award Components: The total value of Title VIII Southeast Europe
Research fellowships, administered by American Councils, ranges from $5,000 to $25,000. Typical awards include:
-International roundtrip airfare from the scholar's home city to his/her host city overseas.
-Academic affiliation at a leading local university.
-Visa(s) arranged by American Councils in direct collaboration with
academic host institutions in order to facilitate archive access and guarantee timely visa registration.
-A monthly housing and living stipend.
-Health insurance of up to $100,000 per accident or illness.
-Ongoing logistical support from American Councils offices throughout
the region.
Application Requirements: Scholars in the social sciences and humanities are eligible to apply for the program. While a wide-range of topics receive support each year, all funded research must contribute to a body of knowledge enabling the U.S. to better understand the region and formulate effective policies within it. All applicants should clearly describe the policy-relevance of their work, be it in anthropology, history, international relations, political science, or some other field.
AMERICAN COUNCILS SOUTHEAST EUROPE LANGUAGE PROGRAM
Language programs are designed to maximize linguistic and cultural
immersion into Southeast European society. All academic programs emphasize the development of practical speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Courses in literature and cultural studies may be available depending on the student's language proficiency. All classes, including area studies courses, are taught in the host-country language. Fellowships are available for field
research through American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) grant support.
Fellowships for Language Study typically provide:
-Full tuition at a major university or educational institution in
Southeast Europe
-International roundtrip airfare from the fellow's home city to her/his host-city
-A monthly living and housing stipend
-Health insurance of up to $100,000 per accident or illness
-Visa support as necessary
-Graduate-level academic credit through Bryn Mawr College for programs
providing 7 weeks or more of full-time instruction
-Ongoing logistical support from American Councils offices throughout
the region
Application Deadline: Applications for fall 2009 and academic year
2009-10 programs are due on January 15, 2009.
Applications are now available at www.americancouncils.org.
For more information, please contact:
Russian & Eurasian Outbound Programs Office
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
Website: www.americancouncils.org
Application Requirements:
Applicants must plan to study for at least one month in the region;
study trips for periods of four to nine months are particularly encouraged. Open to students at the MA and Ph.D. level, as well as post-doctoral scholars and faculty, who have at least elementary language skills. All applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applicants should explain how their plans for language training support their overall research goals. While students with a wide range of interests and research goals have received Title VIII support in the past, all applicants should specify how their studies will contribute to a body of knowledge that enables U.S. policy makers to better understand the region.
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November 25, 2008
Funding: Truman Scholarship Foundation
Program Number: 01998
Title: Harry S. Truman Scholarships
Sponsor: Truman (Harry S.) Scholarship Foundation
SYNOPSIS:
The sponsor awards merit-based scholarships to college students who
wish to attend graduate school in preparation for careers in
government or elsewhere in public service.
Deadline(s): 02/03/2009
Established Date: 06/07/1983
Follow-Up Date: 11/01/2009
Review Date: 11/19/2008
Contact:
Address: 712 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
U.S.A.
E-mail: office@truman.gov
Web Site: http://www.truman.gov/
Program URL:
http://www.truman.gov/candidates/candidates_show.htm?cat_id=777&doc_id=2
92206
Tel: 202-395-4831
Fax: 202-395-6995
Deadline Ind: Receipt
Deadline Open: No
*See Restrictions for further information.
DEADLINE NOTE
Schools may have an earlier deadline.
Award Type(s): Student Scholarship
Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution:
U.S.A. Citizenship (including U.S. Territories)
U.S. Non-Citizen National
Locations Tenable: Any/No Restrictions
Appl Type(s): Undergraduate Student
College, 2-year
College, 4-year
Colleges/Universities
Target Group(s): NONE
Funding Limit: $30,000
Duration: 4 YEAR(s)
Indirect Costs: Unspecified
Cost Sharing: No
Sponsor Type: Federal
Geo. Restricted: NO RESTRICTIONS
CFDA#:
OBJECTIVES:
Sixty to sixty-five students will be awarded Truman Scholarships in
2009. They will receive leadership training, graduate school
counseling, preferential admission and merit-based aid to some premier
graduate institutions, and internship opportunities with federal
agencies. They will establish friendships with persons sharing similar
values and interests.
ELIGIBILITY
Each nominee must be: a full-time junior-level student at a
four-year institution pursuing a bachelor's degree during the
2008-2009 academic year. "Junior" here means a student who plans to
continue full-time undergraduate study and who expects to receive a
baccalaureate degree between December 2009 and August 2010, a student
in his or her second or third year of collegiate study who expects to
graduate during the 2008-2009 academic year, or a senior-level student
who is a resident of Puerto Rico or the Islands; committed to a career
in public service as defined above; in the upper quarter of his or her
class, and; a United States citizen or a United States national from
American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Resident aliens (green card holders) are not eligible. In 2009, one or
more scholarships will be available to a qualified resident nominee in
each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and,
considered as a single entity, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (the
Islands).
FUNDING
Scholars are eligible to receive up to $15,000 for the first year
of graduate study. They are eligible to receive up to $15,000 for the
final year of graduate study. Scholars are required to work in public
service for three of the seven years following completion of a
Foundation funded graduate degree program as a condition of receiving
funding. The award may be used only for tuition, fees,books, and room
and board or other specifically approved expenses. Payments from the
sponsor may be received to supplement, but not to duplicate, benefits
from the educational institution or from other foundations,
institutions, or organizations. The combined benefits from all sources
may not exceed the costs of tuition, fees, books, and room and board
as prescribed by the institution's cost-of-attendance budget.
(cas)
KEYWORDS: Agriculture
History
BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES
Economics
Public Planning/Policy
Environmental Planning/Policy
Political Science
Government Studies
International Relations/Diplomacy
Social Services
Public Affairs
EDUCATION
ENGINEERING
Public Health
LAW
Public Administration
Management/Not-for-Profit Organizations
Human Resources
Biological Sciences
Environmental Conservation
Physical Sciences
Technology Planning/Policy
Environmental Management
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October 16, 2008
Funding: CIBE Doctoral Student Funding
Doctoral student funding guidelines for 2009
The Center for International Business Education (CIBE) announces its awards for the support of doctoral students in international business. There are two types of awards: (1) tuition and living support for the fifth year, and (2) funding for dissertation research. Proposals from all University of Michigan colleges, schools and departments are eligible.
Awards are for up to $5,000. For more information contact Brad Farnsworth, CIBE Director, at 936-3917 or at bradleyd@umich.edu. Applications are due on or before 17 November 2008.
Allowable Expenses
Students applying for dissertation funds may request funding to cover the following expenses:
1. Data collection expenses, such as the purchase of publications, duplication costs, and on-line search charges. (Purchases of equipment are not allowable.)
2. Travel, both domestic and international, including transportation, meals, and accommodations.
Application Procedure
The application has five parts:
1. Research proposal, maximum fifteen hundred words, describing the theoretical motivation for your research, the methodology to be used, and the anticipated significance of the research findings.
2. Curriculum vitae.
3. Doctoral program transcript (unofficial is acceptable but subject to verification).
4. Detailed budget and justification. See allowable expenses above. A budget is not necessary for fifth-year funding requests. Applicants for either type of funding must show all other committed and potential funding sources.
5. Letter of support from dissertation committee chair.
Mail proposals to:
Vicki Simon
Center for International Business Education
Ross Business School
701 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Or email proposals to vicsimon@umich.edu
The deadline for proposals is 17 November 2008. Proposals received before this date will not be reviewed ahead of schedule.
Funds for fifth-year support are only available for the Winter 2009 semester. Dissertation funding is available beginning 1 January 2009 and must be expended by 31 December 2009.
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October 15, 2008
Funding: sociolegal studies, Rutgers
Jan. 5, 2009 deadline
1. The Center for Law, Society, and Culture at the Indiana
University School of Law—Bloomington will appoint up to three
Jerome Hall Postdoctoral Fellows per year beginning with the
2009-2010 academic year. We invite applications from pre-
tenure scholars, recently awarded PhDs, and those with
equivalent professional degrees to conduct research at Indiana
University and participate in the activities of the Center, which
include an annual symposium, a colloquia series, and regular
workshops and lectures.
Scholars of law, the humanities, or social sciences working in the
field of sociolegal studies are encouraged to apply. Advanced
graduate students may also apply, but evidence of completion
of the doctoral degree or its equivalent is required before
beginning the fellowship. Fellows will devote a full academic
year to research and writing in furtherance of a major scholarly
project. The stipend will be $23,000 plus a research allowance,
health insurance, other benefits, and workspace at Indiana Law.
Fellows are expected to be in full-time residence in Bloomington
in order to take advantage of the rich intellectual life of the
Center, the School of Law, and Indiana University.
Completed applications must be received by Jan. 5, 2009, in order
to ensure full consideration. The award will be announced around
March 1, 2009.
Archana Sridhar, Assistant Dean for Research and Special Projects
Email: asridhar@indiana.edu.
Visit the website at
http://law.indiana.edu/curriculum/programs/centers/lawsociety/
2. This seminar seeks to combine the temporal and narrative
energies of social and cultural historians with questions central to
anthropology, philosophy, linguistics, ethnomusicology, and religion.
We invite applications and queries from scholars interested in finding creative ways to research and narrate histories based on forms of knowledge which diverge from, challenge, entangle, and complicate fundamental categories or apparatuses of post-Enlightenment European thought. For 2009-10 our seminar will focus on the theme of "Body and Soul/Mind." AA/EOE. Closing date for fellowship applications is December 15, 2008. Applicants and those interested in presenting a paper related to this project during 2009-10 should contact the project directors: Profs. Indrani Chatterjee and Julie Livingston, Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, 88 College Avenue,
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901-8542, USA.
Lynn Shanko
Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis
88 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-932-8701
Email: rcha@rci.rutgers.edu
Visit the website at http://rcha.rutgers.edu
A complete application consists of: (1) a research proposal (up
to 10 pages); (2) curriculum vitae (with address and complete
contact information), and (3) three letters of recommendation
(must be sent separately)
Applications should be sent to: Jerome Hall Postdoctoral Fellowship
Program Center for Law, Society, and Culture c/o Archana Sridhar,
Assistant Dean for Research and Special Projects Indiana University
School of Law—Bloomington 211 S. Indiana Avenue Bloomington,
IN 47405
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October 07, 2008
Funding: Deadline for Gilman International Scholarship Extended to October 13, 2008!
The deadline for the Gilman International Scholarship has been extended to October 13, 2008!
Students participating in study abroad programs during the Spring 2009
semester must submit an online application by 11:59 pm central time on
October 13th. The online application is available at
https://gilmanapplication.iie.org
This year the Gilman Program will award over 1,200 scholarship to
students participating in study abroad programs during the 2008-2009
academic year, which will be the highest number of scholarships awarded by the program since its inception in 2001. There has never been a better time to apply!
To review eligibility, deadlines and profiles of past scholarship
recipients please visit the Gilman website at www.iie.org/gilman
https://mail2.iie.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp
Critical Need Languages include:
* Arabic (all dialects)
* Chinese (all dialects)
* Turkic (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgz, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek)
* Persian (Farsi, Dari, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajiki)
* Indic (Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi,
Gujarati, Sindhi)
* Korean
* Russian
Contact Information
Applicants:
gilman@iie.org
1-888-887-5939 ext 25
Advisors:
gilmanadvisors@iie.org
1-888-887-5939 ext 16
We've moved! Please note our new address.
Institute of International Education
Gilman International Scholarship
1800 West Loop South, Suite 250
Houston, TX 77027
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September 04, 2008
Funding: Networks/Mobilities, 6-8 fellowships, Cornell University
Society for the Humanities, Cornell University Fellowships 2009-2010
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/fellowships.html
The 2009-2010 research focal theme at Cornell University's Society for the Humanities is "Networks/Mobilities." Six to eight Fellows will be appointed.
Selected Fellows will collaborate with two Senior Scholars in Residence, Keller Easterling (Associate Professor of Architecture, Yale University), and Brian Massumi, Professor of Communications, University of Montreal.
The Society for the Humanities invites scholars to reflect upon the
theme of "Networks/Mobilities" in order to further understanding of
historical and contemporary flows of peoples, materials, images, and
ideas across physical and virtual boundaries. Relations of mobility and immobility, insofar as they are being reconfigured by broad-ranging new technologies of surveillance, detention, and legal/administrative regulation, are also germane to the theme. The Society encourages applicants to investigate the cultural, social, philosophical, and methodological implications of the theme. Fellows should be working on topics related to the year's theme.
Their approach to the humanities should be broad enough to appeal to
students and scholars in several humanistic disciplines. Applicants must have received the Ph.D. degree before January 1, 2008.
The (postmark) application deadline is October 1, 2008. For complete program information and details on the application process, visit http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/fellowships.html, call 607-255-9274,
or send a message to humctr-mailbox@cornell.edu
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Funding Opportunities in Russia and Eurasia
American Councils is now accepting applications for its 2009-2010 Grants for Research and Advanced Language Training programs in Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Russia, Southeastern Europe, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine and for its 2009-2010 National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research grants in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Fellowships will be offered in four categories:
*Title VIII Research Scholar Program: Provides full support for three- to nine-month research trips to Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fellowships include roundtrip
international travel, housing and living stipends, visa support, medical insurance, archive access, and logistical support in the field. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty.
Application deadlines: January 15 (Fall and Academic Year Programs); October 1 (Spring and Summer Programs).
*Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program: Provides
full support for research and up to ten hours per week of advanced language instruction for three-to-nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing and living stipends, tuition, visa support, medical insurance, archive access, and logistical support in the field. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty.
Application deadlines: January 15 (Fall and Academic Year Programs); October 1 (Spring and Summer Programs).
*Title VIII Special Initiatives Fellowship: Provides grants of up to
$35,000 for field research on policy-relevant topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a policy-relevant field. Scholars must conduct research for at least four months in the field.
Application deadline: January 15 (Fall and Academic Year Programs)
While a wide-range of topics receive support each year, all Title
VIII-funded research must contribute to a body of knowledge enabling the U.S. to better understand the region and formulate effective policies within it. All applicants should clearly describe the policy-relevance of their work, be it in anthropology, history, international relations, political science, or some other field. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
*National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Collaborative Research
Fellowship: NEH grants provide up to $40,000 for four to nine months of research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia for U.S. post-doctoral scholars. Research topics are not restricted to regional or area studies, but must involve at least one collaborator from the region and research in the region itself. Applicants must propose to conduct at least four months of full-time research, of which two months must be spent overseas. Scholars who are able to begin their projects between May 2009 and May 2010 are welcome to apply to this year's competition. Funding is available through American Councils
and NCEEER from National Endowment for the Humanities grant support.
Applications are due February 15.
Funding for these programs is available through American Councils from
U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) and National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) grant support. All competitions for funding are open and merit based. All applications will receive consideration without regard to any non-merit factors such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, age (with authorized exceptions), political affiliation, or disability.
Applications are available for download at www.americancouncils.org/research or by contacting the American Councils Outbound Office. Applications must be postmarked by the application deadline date.
For more information, please contact:
Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
Website: www.americancouncils.org
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