April 14, 2011
Source for notices except the NIH & Navy Notices: http://www.aera.net/gradfund.htm
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These fellowships are to assist graduate students in the humanities
and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation
writing;
Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the
period of their fellowship tenure;
Stipend: $25,000, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and
for university fees of up to $5,000 (for the tenure of one year)
Ph.D. candidates in a humanities or social science department in the
United States. Applicants from other departments may be eligible if
their project is in the humanities or related social sciences, and their
principal dissertation supervisor holds an appointment in a humanities
field or related social science field.
Deadline: July, 2011
http://www.acls.org/programs/dcf/
The Foundation has a suite of Fellowships that support the development of
future leaders at a variety of career stages in several critical fields including
dissertation and research fellowships in: foreign affairs, conservation,
women & gender, and religion & ethics. The application process is open to:
 US or non-US citizens;
 20 non-renewable Fellowships of $25,000 will be awarded for 12
months of full-time dissertation writing;
 Applicants must be able to fulfill all pre-dissertation requirements by
the application deadline, including approval of the dissertation
proposal;
 They must be in the writing stage of the dissertation. Usually, this
means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has
begun by the time of the award;
 They must have never held a similar national award for the final year
of dissertation writing. Applicants who have won such awards as the
ACLS, AAUW, Ford, MacArthur, Mellon, Pew, Spencer, or Whiting
fellowship are not eligible;
 They must plan to write on topics where ethical or religious values are
a central concern.
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Applications accepted from those who have never applied for the
Fellowship before. Previous applicants may not apply;
Deadline: November the year prior to fellowship start - see
individual fellowships for further details.
http://www.woodrow.org/higher-education-fellowships/index.php
$20,000—dissertation;
Funding for the final year of dissertation writing, not for data
collection;
Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering and math and
also researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply;
Candidates must be US citizens or permanent residents;
Cannot work fulltime;
Deadline: November the year prior to fellowship start - see
webpage for further details;
http://www.aauw.org/learn/fellowships_grants/american.cfm
Seeks to attract, select, and support in-depth field research by US
students, scholars, and experts in policy-relevant subject areas related
to Southeast Europe and Eurasia, as well as to disseminate knowledge
about these regions to a wide network of constituents in the United
States and abroad;
Candidates must be US citizens & permanent residents;
Opportunities for masters students through Postdoctoral students;
Details of the 2011-2012 funding cycle will be available in September
the year prior to the research start date;
http://www.irex.org/programs/iaro/index.asp
Ph.D. candidates, who are conducting research related to Japan
(comparative research included) with methods in the humanities and
social sciences, who, in principle, have completed (or will have
completed by the beginning of the Fellowship) the necessary course
work, and find it necessary to visit Japan to complete their
dissertations;
Duration is 4 to 14 months;
Applicants must be a national/permanent resident of a country that
has diplomatic relations with Japan;
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Deadline: December year prior to fellowship start date.
http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/program/intel.html
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A summer research grant for scholars who conduct research in the
social sciences or humanities focusing on the former Soviet Union
(excluding the Baltic States), and who demonstrate a particular need
to utilize the library, archival, and other specialized resources of the
Washington, D.C., area;
Must be used between May-September 2010, and grant applicants are
required to hold an MA degree or higher;
Grants will provide a stipend of $100 per day;
Deadline: December 1, 2011
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=to
pics.item&news_id=8713#summer
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Dissertation support;
US citizens & permanent residents;
Targeted toward members of racial and ethnic groups historically
underrepresented in higher education;
Full-time students;
$12,000 & $1000 for travel to AERA conference;
Deadline: To Be Announced
http://www.aera.net/fellowships/Default.aspx?menu_id=48&id=88
The competition is open to US citizens and citizens of independent
Latin American and Caribbean countries (except Cuba);
IAF's Fellowships are intended to increase awareness of grassroots
development efforts while building a community of professionals and
scholars knowledgeable in the subject. Fellows examine the efforts of
the rural and urban poor to improve their lives, their methods of
organization and production, and the policies and programs designed
to alleviate their poverty;
IAF Fellowships fund field research in independent Latin American and
Caribbean countries (except Cuba);
Applicants must speak and read the language(s) appropriate to the
research proposal.
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Each applicant must demonstrate a planned, substantive collaboration
during the field research period, with an affiliated development or
applied research institution in the Latin American or Caribbean
country.
Deadline: January prior to the fellowship start date. See webpage for
more information:
http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/IAF-Grassroots-DevelopmentFellowship-Program
The Jennings Randolph program awards Peace Scholar Dissertation
Fellowships to students at US universities researching and writing
doctoral dissertations on international conflict and peace.
Open to all fields & disciplines
US and International students
$20,000 for 10 months starting in September
Deadline: January prior to scholarship start. See website for further
details:
http://www.usip.org/fellows/scholars.html
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For summer research in West Africa;
Awardees will conduct research for a 2 to 3 month period in order to
prepare a doctoral research proposal (pre-doctoral award) or 1)
complete or elaborate upon an earlier project; 2) initiate a new
research project; or 2) enhance their understanding of a particular
topic in order to improve teaching effectiveness or broaden course
offerings (post-doctoral award);
Open to US citizens who are currently enrolled in graduate programs
at institutions of higher education in the United States;
It is advisable that applicants be conversant in an African language
spoken where they will be conducting research;
Each fellowship will provide round trip travel to a West African country
and a stipend of up to $3,500;
Deadline: January prior to summer research; see webpage for further
details:
http://www.bu.edu/wara/fellowship/
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For graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty;
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For research “in all the natural sciences, including: physical,
environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology,
psychology and statistics;”
Awards range between $1,000-$10,000
Deadline: January prior to research start (award announcements are
typically made in July)
http://www.gwis.org/programs.html
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is designed
to help early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social
sciences formulate more effective doctoral dissertation proposals;
Recipients participate in two workshops: one to prepare students to
undertake summer research that will inform the design of their
dissertation proposal, held in spring; the other to help students apply
their summer research experiences to writing dissertation and funding
proposals, held in the fall;
Open to second-and third-year graduate students in all disciplines of
the social sciences and humanities who are currently enrolled full time
in Ph.D. programs;
US and International Students are eligible;
Applications are available beginning November
Deadline: January year prior to fellowship start. See webpage for
further information.
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dpdf-fellowship/
The Swann Foundation seeks to award one fellowship annually (with a
stipend of up to $15,000) to assist in continuing scholarly research and
writing projects in the field of caricature and cartoon. There are no
restrictions on the place or time period covered. To encourage
research in a variety of academic disciplines, any university
department may oversee a project proposed for the fellowship,
provided the subject pertains to caricature or cartoon art.
Depending on the number and quality of proposals, the advisory board
may elect to make multiple, smaller awards.
The applicant must be a resident of the United States and a candidate
for a master’s or doctoral degree at a university based in the United
States, Canada or Mexico. The applicant must be working toward
completion of a dissertation or thesis for that degree or be engaged in
postgraduate research within three years of receiving an M.A. or a
Ph.D.
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Individuals who are not US residents but who otherwise meet these
academic qualifications may also apply and be considered for a
fellowship, contingent upon their visa eligibility.
A fellow is required to be in residence in Washington, D.C., for a
minimum of two weeks, use the Library’s extensive collections and
deliver a public lecture at the Library on his or her work.
Each fellow must also provide a copy of his or her dissertation, thesis
or postgraduate publication upon completion, for the Swann
Foundation Fund files.
Deadline: February prior to fellowship start. See the Swann
Foundation’s website for further information:
www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html
National Institutes of Health Announcements (www.nih.gov)
Minority Students Only:
(Parent F31 - Diversity)
(PA-11-112) (2/10/2011)
URL: (http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-112.html)
The purpose of this individual pre-doctoral research training fellowship is to
improve the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting
the training of pre-doctoral students from groups that have been shown to
be under-represented. Deadlines: April 8 - August 8 - December 8 annually
All Qualified Students:
(Parent F31)
(PA-11-111) (2/10/2011)
URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-111.html
The purpose of this individual pre-doctoral research training fellowship is to
provide support for promising doctoral candidates who will be performing
dissertation research and training in scientific health-related fields relevant
to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
Deadlines: April 8 - August 8 - December 8 annually
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Nurses:
(F31)
(PAR-10-211) (June 4, 2010)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-211.html
The NINR is particularly interested in facilitating the progress of students
who are in research training programs for recent nursing graduates and
students in BSN to PhD programs.
Deadlines: April 8 - August 8 - December 8 Annually
Work with your advisor on this one
Department of Defense
Office of Naval Research
Naval Supply Systems Command
General Information: http://www.nps.edu/About/index.html
NPS Strategic Plan: http://www.nps.edu/About/NPSStratPlan.html
Academic Programs: http://www.nps.edu/Academics/index.html
Research Programs: http://www.nps.edu/Research/index.html
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is interested in receiving proposals for
research initiatives which offer potential for advancement and improvement
in the NPS core mission of graduate education and research. Readers should
note that this is an announcement to declare NPS’s solicitation in
competitive funding of meritorious research initiatives across a spectrum of
science and engineering, business and policy, operational and informational
sciences, and interdisciplinary disciplines that support the NPS’ graduate
education and research mission. Additional information on the Naval
Postgraduate School’s graduate education mission and supporting research
initiatives is available. Prior to preparing proposals, potential offerors are
strongly encouraged to contact an NPS point of contact (POC) whose
program best matches the offeror’s field of interest. The Academic and
Research Programs links above can be used to locate appropriate POC by
exploring the information provided about the faculty members in each of
NPS’s four schools, four institutes and many interdisciplinary centers and
research groups.
This Newsletter is compiled and published by The CSU Graduate Grant Writing Center.
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