UPCOMING EXTERNAL FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
JANUARY DEADLINES
part of their doctoral research in a French
laboratory for a 4 to 9 month period. The
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Chateaubriand Fellowship allows American
Deadline: Varies by Program
students to benefit from an experience in one
Sponsor: Smithsonian Institute
of the best laboratories in France. The research
Website:
should be performed in a French university,
http://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-
engineering school, national laboratory or private
opportunities/
enterprise. While knowledge of French is not
mandatory, the host institution may require
Smithsonian Institution offers graduate student,
some level of communication. Chateaubriand
postgraduate, postdoctoral fellowships in fields
recipients receive monthly allowances up to
that are actively pursued by the museums and
1400 euros/month and travel and health
research organizations of the Institution (see
insurance support. Priority is given to candidates
below). These fellowships support research in
working toward a “double degree” (cotutelle)
residence at all Smithsonian facilities except the
with their host institution. Students in the field
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Programs:
of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Health
Graduate Student Fellowship (10-week):
Sciences fields are eligible to apply. For more
$
6500 stipend; Predoctoral Fellowship (3-12
information, please visit
months):
http://www.chateaubriand-fellowship.org
up to $ 30,000 annual; $4000
research allowance; Postdoctoral Fellowship (312 months):
up to $45,000 annual; $ 4000
research allowance.
HUMANTIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
CHATEAUBRIAND FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: January 23, 2015 9 a.m. PST
STEM CHATEAUBRIAND FELLOWSHIPS
(EXTENDED DEADLINE)
Deadline: January 23, 2015 9 a.m. PST
Sponsor: French Embassy
(EXTENDED
Website: http://humanities.chateaubriand-
DEADLINE)
fellowship.org/
Sponsor: French Embassy
Website: http://stem.chateaubriand-
The HSS Chateaubriand Fellowship targets
fellowship.org/
outstanding Ph.D. students from American
universities who seek to engage in research in
The STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship program
France. The fellowship is for a period of 4 –
targets outstanding Ph.D. students enrolled in
8 months. Benefits include a monthly stipend of
an American university who wish to conduct
1,500 Euros, health insurance and a round trip
ticket from the United States to France.
$25,000 stipend, paid in six (6) bi-monthly
instalments over the course of the fellowship
year, as well as assistance in securing
reimbursements or waivers in eligible health
MABELLE MCLEOD LEWIS MEMORIAL FUND
insurance and candidacy fees. Winners of the
DISSERTATION COMPLETION AWARDS 2015-
Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships
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will also be expected to participate in a number
Deadline: January 23, 2015
of professional development activities organized
Sponsor: Mabelle McLeod Lewis Memorial Fund
by the Council for European Studies for the
Website:
benefit of its fellows and designed to support
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5019
early career development.
The Mabelle McLeod Lewis Memorial Fund
PDF SUMMER STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS
provides dissertation write-up grants to PhD
Deadline: January 26, 2015
candidates in humanities.
Sponsor: Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
Grants are awarded
to bring about the completion of the
Website:
dissertation. Grants are available only to
http://www.pdf.org/en/grant_funding_fellow#sum
applicants who are in financial need as
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determined by the Trustees upon review of the
applications. Lewis Fellows are awarded a
stipend up to $27,000 plus coverage of some
registration/tuition fees.
Eligibility is limited to
PhD candidates at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC
Santa Cruz and Stanford University who
are completing a dissertation whose focus is
humanistic.
MELLON-CES DISSERTATION COMPLETION
FELLOWSHIPS IN EUROPEAN STUDIES
Deadline: January 26, 2015
Sponsor: Council for European Studies
Website:
http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/grants-andawards/dissertation-completion
The Council for European Studies (CES)
invites eligible graduate students in the
humanities to apply for the 2015 MellonCES Dissertation Completion Fellowships in
European Studies. Each fellowship includes a
PDF’s Summer Fellowship Program is used to
support students – from advanced
undergraduates to medical students – in their
pursuit of Parkinson's-related summer research
projects. The goal of the Summer Fellowship is
to cultivate an early interest in Fellows into the
cause and possible treatments for Parkinson's
disease. Fellows work under the close
supervision of a sponsor who is an expert in
the Parkinson's community and oversees the
project. Typically, summer fellowships are
offered for 10 weeks of clinical or laboratory
work with an award of $4,000. The award is
to be used to support the student's summer
research, for example, to defray tuition costs of
research credits or to supplement living/housing
costs. This award may taxable; an IRS form
1099 will be sent to the recipient at the end
of the calendar year.
PDF STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Deadline: January 26, 2015
Sponsor: Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
Website:
http://www.pdf.org/en/grant_funding_fellow#sum
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The PDF Student Travel Award enables eligible
students working in Parkinson's disease research
to attend and present data at relevant scientific
conferences. Awards are available up to $1,000
and can be used to pay for conference
registration, transportation and hotel. Applicants
must justify the amount requested based on the
projected cost of the above expenses. After the
conference, students will be asked to submit
reports regarding the conference and receipts for
the expenses justified in the application.
national security. Applicants should identify how
their projects, as well as their future academic
and career goals, will contribute to U.S.
national security, broadly defined.
NSEP draws
on a broad definition of national security,
recognizing that the scope of national security
has expanded to include not only the traditional
concerns of protecting and promoting American
well-being, but also the challenges of global
society, including sustainable development,
environmental degradation, global disease and
hunger, population growth and migration, and
economic competitiveness.
BOREN FELLOWSHIPS
DOE COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE GRADUATE
Deadline: January 27, 2015
FELLOWSHIP
Sponsor: National Security Education Program
Deadline: January 27, 2015
Website:
Sponsor: Department of Energy
http://www.borenawards.org/boren_fellowship
Website: http://www.krellinst.org/csgf/
Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 to
The Department of Energy Computational
U.S. graduate students to add an important
Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) is
international and language component to their
an exciting opportunity for doctoral students to
graduate education through specialization in area
earn up to four years of financial support along
study, language study, or increased language
with outstanding benefits and opportunities while
proficiency. Boren Fellowships support study and
pursuing degrees in fields of study that utilize
research in areas of the world that are critical
high performance computing technology to solve
to U.S. interests, including Africa, Asia, Central
complex problems in science and engineering.
& Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and
The DOE CSGF is open to U.S. citizens or
the Middle East. The countries of Western
permanent resident aliens who are planning full-
Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. at an
are excluded. Boren Fellows represent a variety
accredited U.S. university.
of academic and professional disciplines, but all
undergraduate and first-year doctoral students
are interested in studying less commonly taught
(at the time of application) in engineering and
languages, including but not limited to Arabic,
in the physical, computer, mathematical or life
Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and
sciences are eligible to apply. Benefits of the
Swahili. Boren Fellowships are funded by the
Fellowship: $36,000 yearly stipend, tuition and
National Security Education Program (NSEP),
fees, $5,000 academic allowance in first year,
which focuses on geographic areas, languages,
$1,000 academic allowance each renewed year,
and fields of study deemed critical to U.S.
12-week research practicum at a DOE
Senior
Laboratory, yearly conferences, professional and
leadership development.
LINK FOUNDATION ADVANCED SIMULATION &
TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS
Deadline: January 31, 2015
(DEADLINE EXTENDED)
Sponsor: Link Foundation
Website: http://www.linksim.org/
tuition, books, room, and board. Selection
Criteria include:
Full-time enrollment in an advanced program of
study, above average academic achievement,
proven commitment to volunteerism and public
service and have the intent to remain connected
to the Monterey Peninsula through work and/or
residence.
RICKOVER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
The Link Foundation awards up to five
Deadline: January 31, 2015
fellowships to qualified doctoral students per
Sponsor:
year, with each grant totaling $28,000 to
Website: http://scuref.org/rfp-01
U.S. Department of Energy
support students completing their dissertation
research. No limitations have been placed on
The program will assist in preparing students for
citizenship. The objective is to foster advanced
roles in naval nuclear propulsion and will
level study in simulation and training research;
support the broader objective of advancing
to enhance and expand the theoretical and
fission energy development through the research
practical knowledge of how to train the
efforts of the fellows.
operators and users of complex systems and
monthly stipend in the amount of $2,600. The
how to simulate the real-world environments in
fellow’s basic stipend is augmented by an
which they function; and to disseminate the
additional $700 each month that is mailed or
results of that research through lectures,
deposited directly to the fellow. The fellow’s
seminars, and publications.
required tuition and fees are paid directly to the
Fellows receive a
university and health insurance feels are paid
$10,000 INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY
only if they are certified to be a required for
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
all graduate students at the fellow’s university.
Deadline: January 31, 2015
Students with undergraduate degrees in the
Sponsor: Willis W. & Ethel M. Clark
physical sciences or engineering are eligible to
Foundation
apply. The program is open to all individuals
Website: www.theclarkfoundation.org
who will be starting graduate studies or
graduate students who are currently enrolled a
The Investment in Community Fellowship is
awarded each year to a deserving graduate
student who was born, raised or lived on the
Monterey Peninsula and who intends to return
to the area and be of service to the local
community after completing his/her graduate
degree. The award can be used to cover the
ordinary costs of graduate school including
qualified course of study. Applicants must be
U.S. citizens. The principle emphasis is on
students seeking Ph.D. degrees in nuclear
engineering, or in closely related fields.
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FROM
THE CENTER FOR RETIREMENT RESEARCH
AT BOSTON COLLEGE
Deadline: January 31, 2015
(August 1- July 31) is $18,000. In addition,
Sponsor: Center for Retirement Research at
arrangements for the payments of tuition are
Boston College
made with universities or departments. There
Website: http://crr.bc.edu/about-us/grant-
are also limited funds available for travel to the
programs/dissertation-fellowship-program-2/
ASA Annual Meeting each August, regional or
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston
fall, and professional development training
College sponsors the annual Dissertation
Fellowship Program in the field of retirement
income research.
The program is funded by
the U.S. Social Security Administration and
provides funding opportunities for doctoral
candidates to pursue cutting-edge research on
retirement issues. Priority areas include: Social
Security, Macroeconomic analyses of Social
Security, Wealth and retirement income,
Program interactions, International research, and
Demographic research. Up to three fellowships
of $28,000 are awarded to doctoral candidates
enrolled in an accredited program at a U.S.
university. Grant recipients may be required to
present their work to the Social Security
Administration in Washington, DC or Baltimore.
ASA MINORITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: January 31, 2015
Sponsor: American Sociological Association
Website: http://www.asanet.org/funding/mfp.cfm
Through its Minority Fellowship Program
(MFP), the American Sociological Association
(ASA) supports the development and training
of sociologists of color in any sub-area or
specialty in the discipline. In addition to
providing financial support, MFP works with its
Fellows and their faculty mentors to help
prepare the Fellow for a research career. Also,
MFP plans workshops and paper sessions at
the ASA Annual Meeting, offers travel
support to scientific conferences, and fosters the
development of formal and informal networks for
Fellows. The annual stipend for each award
aligned association meetings in the spring or
programs and workshops.
AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES
2015/2016 AADS DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: January 31, 2015
Sponsor: Boston College African & African
Diaspora Studies Program
Website: http://apply.interfolio.com/27372
Boston College’s African & African Diaspora
Studies Program (AADS) announces its
dissertation fellowship competition. Scholars
working in any discipline in the Social Sciences
or Humanities, with projects focusing on any
topic within African and/or African Diaspora
Studies, are eligible to apply. This 2015/2016
fellowship includes a $30,000 stipend; access
to highly subsidized health insurance through
Boston College; a $1,500 research budget; and
a fully equipped, shared office. The fellow must
remain in residence for the 9-month academic
year, deliver one public lecture, and teach one
seminar course. The successful applicant will
have full access to BC’s seven libraries as well
as several rare books and manuscript
collections. Of particular interest is the
Nicholas M. Williams/Caribbeana Collection,
consisting of materials from and about Africa,
Jamaica, and the British West Indies. The
fellow can also benefit from BC’s newly
founded Institute for the Liberal Arts, as well as
events and installations sponsored by programs
in International Studies, American Studies, Asian
American Studies, Islamic Civilization and
Societies, as well as the internationally
renowned McMullen Museum. Eligible applicants
must be currently enrolled in a PhD Program
and be ABD by the start of the fellowship
year. US Citizens, Permanent Residents and
International Students are encouraged to apply.
HUMANE STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS
Deadline: January 31, 2015
Sponsor: Institute for Humane Studies at
George Mason University
Website: https://www.theihs.org/humanestudies-fellowships
The Humane Studies Fellowship is a nonresidency fellowship program that awards up to
$15,000 per year to pursue a liberty advancing
career in academia. The prestigious fellowship
also comes with individual advising and access
to an extensive support network of over 5,000
scholars to help ensure academic success, both
before and long after you receive your degree.
The Humane Studies Fellowship program
supports study in a variety of fields including
economics, philosophy, law, political science,
history, and sociology. As you might expect,
the kinds of research undertaken generally
focuses on that which advances the ideas of a
free society. Research interests from previous
Humane Studies Fellowship recipients included:
Market-based approaches to environmental
policy; the legal development of privacy and
property rights in 18th-century England; The
role of patient autonomy in bioethics;
Impediments to economic growth in developing
countries; the relationship between U.S.
presidential politics, fiscal policies, and economic
performance.
FEBRUARY DEADLINES
HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS
Deadline: February 1, 2015
Sponsor: The Harry Frank Guggenheim
Foundation
Website: http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm
These fellowships of $20,000 each are
designed to contribute to the support of the
doctoral candidate to enable him or her to
complete the thesis in a timely manner and are
only appropriate for students approaching the
final year of their Ph.D. work. Questions that
interest the foundation concern violence and
aggression in relation to social change,
intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and
family relationships, among other subjects.
Dissertations with no relevance to understanding
human violence and aggression will not be
supported. Priority will also be given to areas
and methodologies not receiving adequate
attention and support from other funding
sources. Applicants may be citizens of any
country and studying at colleges or universities
in any country.
NUCLEAR FORENSICS GRADUATE
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: February 2, 2015
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Website: http://scuref.org/nfgf-01
This fellowship opportunity provides fellowships
to graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees
in nuclear, geochemical, and other disciplines
directly relevant to nuclear forensics.
This
program aims to develop the next generation of
highly qualified scientists to meet U.S.
Government’s needs for nuclear forensics
expertise and to build a viable student career
path in nuclear forensics. Students with
undergraduate degrees in the physical sciences,
the life sciences, or engineering are eligible to
apply for the NFGFP.
Graduate students in
these technical disciplines who will have at
least two full years of graduate work remaining
at the beginning of September 2015 are also
eligible.
Applicants must be pursuing or
planning to pursue doctoral study in specialties
directly relevant to technical nuclear forensics.
These specialties include but are not limited to
radiochemistry, geochemistry, nuclear physics,
nuclear engineering, materials science, and
analytical chemistry. The initial award is for one
year and is renewable up to 5 years. The
award includes full tuition and fees, a stipend
of $2,400 per month, a dislocation allowance,
as well as approved travel expenses.
NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS GRADUATE
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: February 2, 2015
Sponsor: Department of Energy – NNSA
Website: http://www.scuref.org/
The objective of the Nuclear Nonproliferation
International Safeguards Graduate Fellowship
program is to meet NNSA’s need for highly
trained scientists and engineers in the technical
areas in which DOE/NNSA has ongoing
research and development programs. At present,
these areas include advancements in analytical
techniques and instrumentation used in
determining inventory and characterization of
nuclear materials, identifying ways to improve
laboratory or in-field instrumentation and
techniques for the physical, chemical, and
radiological analysis of nuclear materials,
development of improved approaches to
integrating international safeguards into the early
design of nuclear facilities, and development of
advanced safeguard approaches and techniques
that can be applied to existing and future
nuclear facilities, including, inter alia, uranium
enrichment, reprocessing, and reactor facilities.
The award is for up to 2 years at $50,000
per year including a $2,200/mo stipend, tuition
and fees and a travel allowance.
THE BANCROFT LIBRARY STUDY AWARD
Deadline: February 2, 2015
Sponsor: Kenneth E. and Dorothy V. Hill
Fellowship Fund
Website:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/fellowships.html
Provides a one year-long fellowship to graduate
students from any University of California
campus who are conducting research that would
benefit from the use of source materials in The
Bancroft Library. The holders of the fellowships,
designated as Bancroft Fellows, will conduct
their research in The Bancroft Library during the
one-year tenure of the fellowship and must
therefore be registered during the academic year
at Berkeley or their home campus under the
inter-campus exchange program. Students must
be beyond the first year of graduate study; in
the past, awards have generally gone to
students who have passed their qualifying
examinations, have exhausted other forms of
support, and are engaged in dissertation
research. In addition, The Friends of The
Bancroft Library will award $15,000 in
fellowships for summer study to graduate
students from any University of California
campus in the form of stipends ranging from
$1,000 (2-4 weeks residence) to $3,000
(6-8 weeks residence).
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS
Deadline: February 2, 2015 5 p.m. MST
Sponsor: The Geological Society of America
Website:
http://geosociety.org/grants/gradgrants.htm
The primary role of the GSA research grants
program is to provide partial support of master's
and doctoral thesis research in the geological
sciences for graduate students enrolled in
universities in the United States, Canada,
Mexico and Central America. ExxonMobil will
sponsor 10 research grants at US$7,500 per
grant. All applicants in the GSA Student
Research Grant Program are eligible for these
awards, regardless of the topic or location of
their research. ExxonMobil will select the top
ten proposals based on merit as recommended
by the GSA Research Grant Review Committee.
NSF SCIENCE OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
POLICY DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
RESEARCH IMPROVEMENT GRANT (SciSIPDDRIG)
Deadline: February 9, 2015
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Website:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=505092&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
The Science of Science & Innovation Policy
(SciSIP) program supports research designed
to advance the scientific basis of science and
innovation policy. Research funded by the
program thus develops, improves and expands
Agriculture may make competitive grants for
fundamental and applied research, extension,
and education to address food and agricultural
sciences as amended, in six priority areas. The
six priority areas include: 1) plant health and
production and plant products; 2) animal health
and production and animal products; 3) food
safety, nutrition, and health; 4) bioenergy,
natural resources, and environment; 5)
agriculture systems and technology; and 6)
agriculture economics and rural communities.
Predoctoral Fellowship applications must not
exceed $79,000 total (including institutional
allowance) for project periods of up to 2
years. Predoctoral Fellowship Grants are not
renewable and are limited to a total of
$39,500 per year, for: stipend support (up
to $20,000 per year); tuition, fees, and fringe
benefits (up to $12,000 per year); supplies
needed to complete the project (up to $5,000
per year); travel (up to $2,500 per year);
and an institutional allowance, in lieu of indirect
costs, not to exceed $2,400 per year, may be
requested within the $79,000 per award
maximum limit. Indirect costs are not permitted
on Predoctoral Fellowship Grant awards.
models, analytical tools, data and metrics that
can be applied in the science policy decision
making process. The grant provides up to
$20,000 in direct costs to support the graduate
student’s doctoral dissertation research.
USDA NIFA AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS
PROGRAM PRE-DOCTORAL
Deadline: February 11, 2015
Sponsor: USDA NIFA
Website:
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/afri.html
The U.S. Department of Agriculture established
the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
(AFRI) under which the Secretary of
NSF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL SCIENCES
PROGRAM – DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
RESEARCH IMPROVEMENT AWARDS (GSSDDRI)
Deadline: February 12, 2015
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Website:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=503621&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
The Geography and Spatial Sciences Program
sponsors research on the geographic
distributions and interactions of human, physical,
and biotic systems on Earth. Investigators are
encouraged to propose plans for research about
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human activity and natural environmental
processes across a range of scales. Projects
on a variety of topics qualify for support if they
offer promise of contributing to scholarship by
enhancing geographical knowledge, concepts,
theories, methods, and their application to
societal problems and concerns. Doctoral
dissertation research improvement (DDRI)
awards may not exceed $16,000. This amount
includes both direct and indirect costs for the
entire duration of the award.
CONFUCIUS CHINA STUDIES PROGRAM
Deadline: February 12, 2015
Sponsor: IIE
Website:
http://www.iie.org/Programs/Confucius-ChinaStudies-Program
The Confucius China Studies Program Joint
Research Ph.D. Fellowship provides generous
funding and support for qualified students who
wish to pursue their Ph.D. research in China.
Funding awards range from six months to two
years. Students from a wide range of academic
areas focusing on China are encouraged to
apply. All expenses will be paid while in the
program. There are currently 15 Chinese
The 2015 Summer Experiential Learning
Fellowship program is an opportunity for
Graduate students in the social sciences and
related disciplines to learn about the current
State of the disability policy debate, pressing
policy issues surrounding the employment of
individuals with disabilities, and to conduct
high-quality research in these areas. During
their experience in summer 2015, fellows will:
Select a policy research topic on which to
conduct an independent research project, and
receive mentoring and guidance from a
Mathematica researcher; Write a research report
summarizing their research by the end of the
program and verbally present their findings to
Mathematica and SSA staff; Participate with
other summer fellows in a weekly discussion
group on selected disability policy readings,
facilitated by a Mathematica researcher; Meet
with Mathematica researchers and SSA research
and policy staff to discuss their research and
other policy topics; Have the opportunity to
attend policy and research forums on a range
of topics at Mathematica and in the DC area.
Fellows will receive a stipend of $6,500 for
their efforts over the 8-week fellowship period.
We expect to award up to four fellowships for
summer 2015. Questions may be directed to
Lynn Fischer at Lynn.Fisher@ssa.gov , Acting
Director, ORDP.
Institutions that are participating in the program.
SUMMER EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Deadline: February 13, 2015
Sponsor: Social Security Administration’s
Disability Research Consortium (DRC)
Website:
http://www.disabilitypolicyresearch.org/~/media/i
BALDWIN FELLOWSHIPS
Deadline: February 15, 2015
Sponsor: The Leakey Foundation
Website:
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/baldwins
Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial
Fellowships are intended for scholars and
students with citizenship in a developing country
who wish to obtain an advanced degree from
an institution outside the student’s home
country. This award is for a program of
approved advanced special training or studies
leading towards an M.A or Ph.D. It is limited
to two years of support. The maximum award
is limited to $15,000 per year. Recipients
include scholars from the following
countries: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran, Kenya,
Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan,
Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, Zimbabwe,
Zambia and the Republic of Congo.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
MARCH DEADLINES
processes. Included is research on organizations
SIERRA NEVADA REGION FELLOWSHIPS FOR
social movements, social groups, labor force
GRADUATE WOMEN IN DOCTORAL
PROGRAMS
Deadline: March 2, 2015
Sponsor: Soroptomist
Website:
http://soroptimistsnr.org/pages/projects/scholarsh
Website:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=505118&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
The Sociology Program supports basic research
on all forms of human social organization -societies, institutions, groups and demography - and processes of individual and institutional
change. The Program encourages theoretically
focused empirical investigations aimed at
improving the explanation of fundamental social
and organizational behavior, population dynamics,
participation, stratification and mobility, family,
social networks, socialization, gender roles, and
the sociology of science and technology. The
grants are for up to $12,000 including both
direct and indirect costs.
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DISABILITY DETERMINATION PROCESS SMALL
An annual Sierra Nevada Region of Soroptimist
Deadline: March 2, 2015
International of the Americas Fellowship is being
offered to women who are in a Doctorial
Graduate school program. To be eligible for this
program, women must be citizens of one of the
127 countries represented in Soroptimist
International and be attending school in the
Sierra Nevada Region (University of California
at Davis, University of Nevada at Reno and
Las Vegas, University of Pacific’s McGeorge
School of Law and California State University,
GRANT PROGRAM
Sponsor: Social Security Administration
Website: http://ddp.policyresearchinc.org/
The Disability Determination Process (DDP)
Small Grant Program is a one-year
$10,000 stipend program awarded to graduatelevel students to conduct supervised independent
research on improving the Disability
Determination Process for the Social Security
Administration’s (SSA’s) two disability programs
Sacramento.)
– Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and
NSF SOCIOLOGY PROGRAM – DOCTORAL
Applicants must be masters, doctoral, or post-
DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT AWARDS (SocDDRI)
Deadline: March 2, 2015
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
doctoral-level graduate students pursuing studies
in accredited programs at the time of the award
with an academic emphasis in topics of interest
to disability programs, including public health,
Website:
social work, economics, occupational medicine,
http://blumcenter.ucdavis.edu/grants/poverty-
vocational and rehabilitation counseling, public
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policy and administration, sociology, psychology,
education, medicine, and law. At the time of
stipend award, selected graduate student
researchers must be citizens or non-citizen
nationals of the United States, or must have
been lawfully admitted to the United States for
permanent residence. Individuals on temporary
The PASS small grants program provides seed
funding to encourage engagement by graduate
students at UC Davis in finding viable, tangible
solutions for reducing poverty in the developing
world. The PASS grants program is intended to
or student visas are not eligible for stipend
help transform solid concepts into pilot projects.
award.
We anticipate successful recipients of a PASS
grant will pursue additional resources from other
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT
GRANT – BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Deadline: March 12, 2015
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Website:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13568/nsf135
funding sources to continue their efforts.
grants are offered campus wide. Any graduate
student may also apply. A faculty
mentor/adviser is required. Awards between
$1,000 up to $4,000 will be made for
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successful grants.
The National Science Foundation awards
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in
selected areas of the biological sciences. These
grants provide partial support of doctoral
dissertation research for improvement beyond the
already existing project. Allowed are costs for
doctoral candidates to participate in scientific
meetings, to conduct research in specialized
facilities or field settings, and to expand an
existing body of dissertation research. Proposals
may request up to $13,000 in Direct Costs
and a have a duration of up to 24 months.
PASS
RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NIH NATIONAL
RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD
Deadline: April 8, 1015
Sponsor: NIH
Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pafiles/PA-14-147.html
Research training fellowship provides 2-3 year
of 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
POVERTY ALLEVIATION THROUGH
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS (PASS)
Deadline: March 15, 2015
Sponsor: UC Davis Blum Center
Institutes and Centers (ICs). The applicant
must be at the dissertation research stage of
their training, show evidence of both high
academic performance in the sciences, and
substantial interest in a research area of high
priority to the participating Institutes. The award
RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NIH NATIONAL
includes full tuition and fees (Graduate Studies
RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD - DIVERSITY
offers a match to pay for the remaining fees
Deadline: April 13, 2015
not covered under the fellowship), an
Sponsor: NIH
Institutional allowance that is used for health
Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-
insurance and research costs as well as a
files/PA-14-148.html
$22,476 stipend per year. Applicant must be a
citizen, non-citizen national or permanent
The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA
resident. Please e-mail
predoctoral fellowship (F31) award is to
dlmccook@ucdavis.edu or klprovost@ucdavis.edu
enhance the diversity of the health-related
to establish an eraCommons I.D. (profile) to
research workforce by supporting the research
apply for this funding opportunity. Electronic
training of predoctoral students from population
submission of the application is required through
groups that have been shown to be
http://grants.gov
underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral,
by the UCD Office of
Graduate Studies Grants Officers.
or clinical research workforce. Such individuals
include those from underrepresented racial and
VIETNAM EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP
ethnic groups, those with disabilities, and those
Deadline: April 9, 2015, 7 p.m. (PST)
from disadvantaged backgrounds. This award
Sponsor: Vietnam Education Foundation
provides a stipend of $22,476 per year with
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$4,200 in Institutional Allowance as well as full
http://home.vef.gov/details.php?mid=6&cid=392
Tuition and Fees with the Graduate Studies
Match. Applicant must be a citizen, non-citizen
VEF is an independent federal agency of the
national or permanent resident. Please e-mail
U.S. Government with the primary purpose of
dlmccook@ucdavis.edu or klprovost@ucdavis.edu
promoting the bilateral relationship between the
to establish an eraCommons I.D. (profile) to
United States and Vietnam through educational
apply for this funding opportunity. Electronic
exchanges. During the Fellow’s first and second
submission of the application is required through
years of study at the U.S. University, VEF
http://grants.gov
provides an annual grant of $27,000, paid
Graduate Studies Grants Officers.
by the UCD Office of
directly to the University, to help support each
VEF Fellow. After the initial two years, Fellows
of the last two cohorts, 2015 and 2016, who
continue
in
transfer
to
a
Ph.D.
the
program
funding
will
and
need
to
immigration
sponsorship of the U.S. University. VEF will
provide
each
Professional
Fellow
a
Development
total
Grant
of
$2,000
funds
in
during
their entire program of study. VEF will provide
a $500 Settling-In Allowance to the Fellow
through the University in the first year.
A PLACE FOR MOM – SENIOR CARE
INNOVATION SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: April 15, 2015
Sponsor: A Place for Mom
Website:
http://www.aplaceformom.com/scholarship
A Place for Mom Senior Care Innovation
Scholarship:
Five $1000 scholarships available
to students enrolled in gerontology, medicine,
nursing, social work, sociology, psychology,
physical or occupational therapy, speech
pathology or long-term care administration.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
HUMANITITES FELLOWSHIPS
Deadline: April 30, 2015
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Website:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships
Fellowships support individuals pursuing
advanced research that is of value to
humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.
Recipients usually produce articles, monographs,
books, digital materials, archaeological site
reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly
resources in the humanities. Projects may be at
any stage of development. Fellowships support
continuous full time work for a period of six to
twelve months. Successful applicants receive a
stipend of $4,200 per month. The maximum
stipend is $50,400 for a twelve-month period.
For More Information or if you have any questions
please contact your External Fellowship Advisor
as determined below:
**Application procedure, forms, listing of external
fellowships and funding resources:
http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/ssupport/externalfellowships-pol-proc.html
External Fellowship Matching Commitments for
External Fellowships Policy &
Procedure:http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/facstaf
f/gradstudiespolicies.html
College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
Graduate Programs:
Deborah McCook – dlmccook@ucdavis.edu
All Graduate Programs other than the College of
Agriculture & Environmental Sciences:
Kristin Provost – klprovost@ucdavis.edu