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Title:
MMUF Dissertation Grants
Sponsor:
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Deadline:
December 19, 2009
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Upper
Amount:
$20,000
Amount Note:
The dissertation grant offers up to $20,000 for a 12-month period.
Fellows are encouraged to apply for dissertation grants from their home
institutions. Winners who do not receive dissertation support from their
own institutions are eligible to receive the full amount. The grant will be
reduced by funding from other sources to ensure that each awardee
receives a maximum award from all sources of $20,000. Woodrow
Wilson will ask graduate schools to waive tuition for winners of the
MMUF Dissertation Grant. Candidates must arrange for their own health
insurance coverage.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows and candidates
for the Ph.D. degree in fields recognized under the terms of the Mellon
Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program. Candidates must have
completed all pre-dissertation requirements preceding the application
deadline. Specifically, each applicant must have passed all
comprehensive examination, completed all coursework for the degree,
received approval of the dissertation topic, and completed most or all of
the fieldwork and/or research necessary to begin writing.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
United States
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Location:
Requirements:
Graduate Student
The MMUF Dissertation Grants are available to graduate students who
participated in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF)
Program. The grants provide graduate students at the critical juncture of
completing their graduate degrees with support to spend a year finishing
the writing of the dissertation.
Abstract:
Additional Contact
Dr. Richard Hope, Director, MMUF Dissertation Grants
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
P.O. Box 2995
Princeton, NJ 08543-2995
Contact
Name:
Sylvia Sheridan, Assistant Director
Contact
Address:
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
PO Box 5281
Contact City:
Princeton
Contact State:
NJ
Contact Zip:
08543-5281
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (609) 452-7007, ext. 135
Contact Fax:
+1 (609) 452-0066
Contact
Email:
mmufdis@woodrow.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/opportunity/dissertation/index.php
Funding
Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
MMUF Travel & Research Grants
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Sponsor:
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Deadline:
March 20, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Upper
Amount:
$5,000
Amount Note:
The MMUF Travel & Research grants provide up to $5,000 for a period
of one summer or one semester. Grants may be used to cover dissertation
research, travel to or from research sites, and photocopying of documents
or the purchase of access to databases for research purposes. The award
may not be used to purchase computer software or hardware, and may not
be used for general living expenses.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows and candidates
for the Ph.D. degree in fields recognized under the terms of the Mellon
Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program. All candidates must have
passed all comprehensive examinations, completed all course work for
the degree, and selected a dissertation topic that has been approved by the
dissertation advisor.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
United States
Requirements:
Graduate Student
The MMUF Travel & Research Grants are available to graduate students
who participated in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
(MMUF) Program. The grants provide eligible graduate students with the
financial means to complete their research prior to the start of dissertation
writing. Awards are based on the scholarly merit of individual
applications received.
Abstract:
The fundamental objective of MMUF is to increase the number of
minority students (particularly African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans
and Native Americans), and others with a demonstrated commitment to
eradicating racial disparities, who will pursue Ph.D.s in core fields in the
arts and sciences. The program aims to reduce over time the serious
underrepresentation on the faculties of individuals from certain minority
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groups, as well as to address the attendant educational consequences of
these disparities.
The program serves the related goals of structuring campus environments
so that they will be more conducive to improved racial and ethnic
relations, and of providing role models for all youth.
Contact
Name:
Sylvia Sheridan, Assistant Director
Contact
Address:
P.O. Box 5281
Princeton, NJ 08543-5281
Contact City:
Princeton
Contact State:
NJ
Contact Zip:
08543-5281
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (609) 452-7007, ext. 135
Contact
Email:
mmuftr@woodrow.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/opportunity/research/index.php
Funding Type:
Travel
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Sponsor:
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program
Deadline:
November 11, 2009
Upper Amount:
$33,000
Amount Note:
ACLS will award 65 fellowships in this competition for a one-year term
beginning between June and September 2010 for the 2010-2011
academic year. Applicants must be prepared to complete their
dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure and no later
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than August 31, 2011. The total award of up to $33,000 includes a
stipend of $25,000, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for
university fees of up to $5,000. These fellowships may not be held
concurrently with any other fellowship or grant.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be 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. Students completing
master's degrees are not eligible, even if they are the terminal degree in
the field. Applicants must have all requirements for the Ph.D. except the
dissertation completed before beginning fellowship tenure and must be
no more than six years in the degree program; awardees can hold this
fellowship no later than their seventh year. In special circumstances an
applicant and his or her advisor may petition to have an application for
an eighth-year fellowship considered. Such applicants must present a
compelling case for eligibility.
A letter is required from the applicant's institution (preferably from the
applicant's department chair or dean), including (1) a statement attesting
to the viability of the proposed timeline for completion; (2) stipulation
that, in the event of an award, the university will not charge the student
tuition or fees beyond a limit of $5,000 and will provide for any
additional costs, such as health insurance; and (3) a pledge that if an
ACLS award is made, the university will not provide the applicant with
any subsequent aid.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
Unrestricted
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
These fellowships are to assist graduate students in the humanities and
related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. This
program aims to encourage timely completion of the Ph.D. The
fellowship tenure may be carried out in residence at the fellow's home
institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for the research.
Appropriate fields of specialization include, but are not limited to,
American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural
history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and
literatures; legal studies; linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political
science; psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and
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media studies; science, technology, and medicine studies; sociology; and
theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social science
fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly
humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature,
political theory). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary
studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region
or on any cultural or linguistic group.
Contact Name:
Cynthia Mueller, Manager
Contact
Address:
Office of Fellowships and Grants
American Council of Learned Societies
633 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor
Contact City:
New York
Contact State:
NY
Contact Zip:
10017-6795
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (212) 697-1505, ext. 136
Contact Fax:
+1 (212) 949-8058
Contact Email:
cmueller@acls.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=512
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
DRMS Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences (DRMS)
Deadline Note:
Continuous. Dissertation proposals are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Unrestricted
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Location:
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
These grants are designed to cover doctoral dissertation research
expenses such as travel, special equipment, and participation fees.
DRMS does not provide general stipends or cost-of-living support.
Outstanding proposals specify how the knowledge to be created
advances our theoretical understanding of the subject.
Contact Name:
Jacqueline Meszaros, Program Director, Decision, Risk, and
Management Science Program
Contact
Address:
Division of Social and Economic Sciences
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 995
Contact City:
Arlington
Contact State:
VA
Contact Zip:
22230
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (703) 292-7261
Contact Fax:
+1 (703) 292-9068
Contact Email:
jmeszaro@nsf.gov
URL for more
information:
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/drms/ddrip.jsp
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Advanced Fellowships
Sponsor:
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
Deadline:
February 19, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
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Applications must be sent to the ASCSA Director, postmarked by the
deadline.
Amount:
$11,000
Amount Note:
The fellowships provide a stipend of $11,500 plus room at Loring Hall
on the school grounds, board, and waiver of school fees.
Eligibility:
The school is open to qualified students and scholars at colleges or
universities in the U.S. or Canada unless otherwise noted. The American
School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis
of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, national or ethnic
origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of
membership.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Canada
United States
Activity
Location:
Greece
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) offers
several predoctoral fellowships to students who have completed the
Regular Program or one year as a Student Associate Member. Advanced
Fellowships include
- the Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in art and architecture of antiquity;
- the Gorham Phillips Stevens Fellowship in the history of architecture;
- the Ione Mylonas Shear Fellowship in Mycenaean archaeology,
Athenian architecture and/or archaeology;
- the Homer A. and Dorothy B. Thompson Fellowship in the study of
pottery; and
- three fellowships unrestricted as to field: the Edward Capps, the
Doreen Canaday Spitzer, and the Eugene Vanderpool Fellowships.
Additional Contact:
ASCSA
54 Souidias Street
GR-106 76, Athens, Greece
Phone (+30) 210-72-36-313
Fax (+30) 210-72-50-584
ascsa_info@ascsa.edu.gr
Contact
ASCSA
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Address:
54 Souidias Street
Contact City:
Athens
Contact Zip:
GR-106 76
Contact
Country:
Greece
Contact Phone:
(+30) 210-72-36-313
Contact Fax:
(+30) 210-72-50-584
Contact Email:
ascsa_info@ascsa.edu.gr
URL for more
information:
http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/admission-membership/grants
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Dissertation Grants for Graduate Students
Sponsor:
Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS)
Deadline:
November 15, 2009
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Upper Amount:
$2,000
Amount Note:
Grants will be up to $2,000. Funds may be used for travel to research
site, equipment, duplication, or other needs as specified.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be current AABS members, be enrolled currently in a
Ph.D. program, and have completed all requirements for a Ph.D. except
the dissertation. Proposal, budget, and CV should be submitted in
English. Writing samples are preferred in English.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
Unrestricted
Requirements:
Graduate Student
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The AABS invites applications for grants to support doctoral
dissertation research and write-up in any field of Baltic Studies.
Proposals will be evaluated according to the scholarly potential of the
applicant, and the quality and scholarly importance of the proposed
work, especially to the development of Baltic Studies.
Abstract:
Additional Contact:
Dr. Daunis Auers, AABS Vice-President of Professional Development
Department of Political Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Latvia
Lomonosova iela 1A
Riga, LV-1019
Latvia
auers@lu.lv
Contact
Address:
Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies
14743 Braemar Crescent Way
Contact City:
Darnestown
Contact State:
MD
Contact Zip:
20878-3911
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (301) 977-8491
Contact Fax:
+1 (301) 977-8492
Contact Email:
aabs@washington.edu
URL for more
information:
http://www.balticstudies-aabs.org/grants-dissertation.html
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Research Fellowship
Sponsor:
University of Cambridge
Jesus College
Deadline:
September 11, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
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confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Amount Note:
The fellowship is a fixed-term three year Research Fellowship normally
commencing on October 1, 2010, though there may be grounds for a
different starting date as described in the further particulars posted
below. Remuneration for a Research Fellow is set by reference to the
Cambridge general stipend and salary scale. Steps 28 (£19,645 pay
award pending), 30 (£20,834 pay award pending) and 32 (£22,101 pay
award pending) are applied respectively over the three years of the
fellowship, which will incorporate a cap at the year 2 level of Step 30, if
a Ph.D. has not been awarded by the end of that second year. The
remuneration is subject to a deduction if the Fellow is resident in
college. A Research Fellow not resident in college receives a 'living-out'
allowance, currently of £1,456 per annum. Children's allowances are
payable, at present at the rate of £1,213 a year for each child in the
custody of and maintained by a Research Fellow, up to a maximum of
£3,639 a year for three or more such children. Free dinner (or lunch) and
(subject as above) free rooms, light and heat will be provided. A
candidate who holds another award may expect to receive a
supplementary payment from the college, provided this is allowed by the
award-giving body. The college is sometimes able to assist in the
provision of housing for those Research Fellows with spouses or
partners. Research Fellows may join the University's Superannuation
Scheme, and the college is prepared, where appropriate, to make a
contribution to university fees. A Research Fellow may be invited to
undertake a small amount of undergraduate teaching during term, but
will not be permitted to undertake other paid work or to hold other
offices and awards except by permission of the College Council.
Eligibility:
These fellowships are intended for researchers early in their careers.
Successful candidates are expected to be either graduate students,
probably in the latter stages of their research leading to a Ph.D. degree,
or postdoctoral researchers who have recently been awarded their Ph.D.
degree. Candidates who have undertaken more than four years of
research are unlikely to be considered.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
England
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
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Abstract:
Jesus College, University of Cambridge, invites applications for a
research fellowship in research in arts and social sciences.
Contact Name:
Fellows' Secretary
Contact
Address:
Jesus College
Contact City:
Cambridge
Contact Zip:
CB5 8BL
Contact
Country:
United Kingdom
Contact Phone:
+44 01223 760353
Contact Email:
research-fellowships@jesus.cam.ac.uk
URL for more
information:
http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researchfel.html
Funding Type:
Postdoctoral Award
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Mitchem Dissertation Fellowships
Sponsor:
Marquette University
Deadline:
January 12, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Amount:
$35,000
Amount Note:
Marquette University Mitchem Fellows will receive financial support
($35,000 stipend, plus fringe benefits, research and travel monies) for the
2009-2010 academic year. The university will further provide library
privileges, office space, and access to computer and clerical support
equivalent to that enjoyed by regular faculty members in the department
with which he or she is affiliated.
Eligibility:
Persons are eligible to apply who have not earned a doctoral degree at
any time or in any field; are U.S. citizens; have completed all other
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requirements for the Ph.D.; are well into the writing stage of their
dissertation work; and belong to a racial-cultural group historically
underrepresented in the U.S. professoriate: African American, Native
American, and Hispanic American candidates are especially encouraged
to apply.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
Wisconsin
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Minority
Marquette University is pleased to offer a fellowship program named in
honor of Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem, internationally recognized champion
for educational opportunity. The primary goal of the Arnold L. Mitchem
Dissertation Fellowship Program is to help increase the presence of
currently underrepresented racial and cultural groups in the U.S.
professoriate by supporting doctoral candidates in completing the final
academic requirement, the dissertation.
Abstract:
Mitchem Fellowships provide one year of support for two students with
advanced candidacy in their doctoral programs in other U.S. universities.
Fellows are to be in residence at Marquette University for the academic
year during which they teach one course in their area of specialization,
interact with faculty and undergraduate students, and devote their
primary energies to the completion of their dissertations. During their
residence, Mitchem Fellows will participate in a mentoring process,
collaborating with a senior faculty mentor in the fellow's discipline, who
is appointed by the Dean.
Applications for the 2009-2010 Fellowships are invited for the following
academic areas: education, English, foreign languages and literature,
history, mathematics and mathematics education, statistics, and
computer science, philosophy, political science, psychology, social and
cultural sciences, theology, and religious studies.
Contact
Address:
Mitchem Dissertation Fellowships
Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Contact City:
Milwaukee
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Contact State:
WI
Contact Zip:
53201-1881
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (414) 288-7472
Contact Email:
mitchem.fellowship@marquette.edu.
URL for more
information:
http://www.marquette.edu/as/graduate_mitchem.shtml
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Dissertation Write-Up Fellowships
Sponsor:
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) - USA
Eurasia Program
Deadline Note:
The information in this record is based on the most current sponsor
literature. The most recent deadline for this program was
November 13, 2007. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
The Eurasia Program is not offering a fellowships competition and will
not award any fellowships during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Amount:
$22,000
Eligibility:
Fellowships are available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents only.
Applicants must have obtained ABD status (must have completed all of
the requirements for the Ph.D. degree except for the dissertation) by the
application submission deadline.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
Unrestricted
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
Dissertation Write-Up Fellowships provide support to graduate students
near the completion of their doctoral programs in the social sciences and
related humanities. These fellowships are intended for applicants who
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have completed all formal components of their dissertation field
research or data collection, and who have made significant progress in
outlining emergent, innovative contributions to scholarship.
Regions and countries currently supported by the program include
- Armenia,
- Azerbaijan,
- Belarus,
- Georgia,
- Kazakhstan,
- Kyrgyzstan,
- Moldova,
- the Russian Federation,
- Tajikistan,
- Turkmenistan,
- Ukraine, and
- Uzbekistan. Funding is presently not available for research solely on
the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).
Contact
Address:
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
Contact City:
New York
Contact State:
New York
Contact Zip:
10019
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (212) 377-2700
Contact Fax:
+1 (212) 377-2727
Contact Email:
eurasia@ssrc.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies - Request
for Research Proposals in Advanced German and European Studies
Sponsor:
Freie Universitat Berlin
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Deadline:
December 1, 2009
Awards provide 10-12 months of research support and must be held for
a single continuous period.
Amount Note:
The Berlin Program Fellowship stipends are EUR 1100 per month for
fellows working on a dissertation project and EUR 1400 per month for
fellows working on a postdoctoral research project. The program
provides one round-trip airfare for the fellow between the fellow's
residence at the time of award and Berlin. In addition, funds for intraEuropean research travel may be granted upon request.
Approximately 12 fellows are selected.
The program accepts applications from U.S. and Canadian nationals or
permanent residents. Applicants for a dissertation fellowship must be
full-time graduate students who have completed all coursework
required for the Ph.D. and must have achieved ABD (all but
dissertation) status by the time the proposed research stay in Berlin
begins.
Eligibility:
Also eligible are U.S. and Canadian Ph.D.s who have received their
doctorates within the past two calendar years.
Applicants should show German fluency adequate to complete the
project and participate in the seminar at the Freie Universitat Berlin
which is conducted in German.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Canada
United States
Activity
Location:
Germany
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies was
established at the Freie Universität Berlin to promote a new generation
of young North American scholars with specialized knowledge of
modern and contemporary German and European affairs. The program
supports scholars in the social and political sciences and economics,
modern and contemporary historians, as well as Germanists interested
in similar questions.
Fellowships are awarded for doctoral dissertation research as well as
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postdoctoral research leading to completion of a monograph.
The Berlin Program is a residential program offering a stimulating
academic environment that integrates research opportunities with
intellectual and cultural interaction. An essential part of the program is
the bi-weekly seminar, which brings together the North American
fellows and leading German scholars. Fellows have access to Berlin's
broader intellectual community and extensive libraries. Fellows work
closely with colleagues and senior scholars at all three major Berlin
universities, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin,
and Technische Universitat, as well as many of the capital's advanced
study institutions, including Max Planck Institutes and the
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin.
The Berlin Program is administered in partnership with the German
Studies Association (GSA) which supports the program's North
American promotion and transatlantic selection processes.
Contact
Address:
Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
Freie Universität Berlin
Garystraße 45
Contact City:
14195 Berlin
Contact
Country:
Germany
Contact Phone:
+49 30 838 56671
Contact Fax:
+49 30 838 56672
Contact Email:
bprogram@zedat.fu-berlin.de
URL for more
information:
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram/
Funding Type:
Postdoctoral Award
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program
Sponsor:
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) - USA
Deadline:
November 3, 2009
Deadline Note:
Applications will be accepted beginning August 1, 2009.
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Amount Note:
Fellowships provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation
research. No awards will be made for proposals requiring less than nine
months of on-site research. The IDRF-funded research must take place
in a single continuous period within the 18 months between July 2010
and December 2011.
The program is open to full-time graduate students in the humanities
and social sciences, regardless of citizenship, enrolled in doctoral
programs in the United States. Applicants must complete all Ph.D.
requirements except on-site research by the time the fellowship begins
or by December 2010, whichever comes first.
Eligibility:
Students enrolled in Ph.D. programs in public policy, public health, and
education may be eligible to apply if their research projects engage
directly with broader theoretical and analytical issues in the humanities
and social sciences.
The program does not accept applications from Ph.D. programs in law,
business, medicine, nursing, or journalism. Students who have already
received nine months or more of support for dissertation research in one
country are not eligible to apply to the IDRF to extend the research time
in the same country. The IDRF program will not support study at
foreign universities, conference participation, short research trips
abroad, or projects relying primarily on labwork.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
Unrestricted
Requirements:
Graduate Student
The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program
supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social
sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States.
Abstract:
The IDRF program is committed to empirical and site-specific research
that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies
(involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or
quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is
situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged
with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives.
The program will consider applications for dissertation research
grounded in a single site, informed by broader cross-regional and
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interdisciplinary perspectives, as well as applications for multi-sited,
comparative, and transregional research. Proposals that identify the U.S.
as a case for comparative inquiry are welcome; however, proposals that
focus predominantly or exclusively on the United States are not eligible.
Proposals may cover all periods in history, but must address topics that
have relevance to contemporary issues and debates.
Contact Name:
Daniella Sarnoff, Program Director
Contact
Address:
International Dissertation Research Fellowships
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
Contact City:
New York
Contact State:
NY
Contact Zip:
10019
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (718) 517-3641
Contact Fax:
+1 (212) 377-2727
Contact Email:
sarnoff@ssrc.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - NSF 06-605
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
Deadline Note:
Varies. Due dates vary across programs. The due dates are as follows:
1. Archaeology: Full proposals are accepted anytime.
2. Science of Science and Innovation Policy: The full proposal target
date is September 9, 2009, and September 9, annually thereafter.
3. Geography and Spatial Sciences: The full proposal deadline dates are
October 15, 2009, and October 15, annually thereafter; and February 15,
2010, and February 15, annually thereafter.
4. Sociology : The full proposal target dates are October 15, 2009, and
October 15, annually thereafter; and February 15, 2010, and February 15,
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annually thereafter.
5. Political Science: The full proposal deadline date is January 15, 2010,
and January 15, annually thereafter.
6. Linguistics : The full proposal target dates are January 15, 2010, and
January 15, annually thereafter; and July 15, 2010, and July 15, annually
thereafter
7. Cultural Anthropology : The full proposal target dates are January 15,
2010, and January 15, annually thereafter; and August 15, 2010, and
August 15, annually thereafter.
8. Law and Social Science : The full proposal target dates are January 15,
2010, and January 15, annually thereafter; and August 15, 2010, and
August 15, annually thereafter.
9. Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics : The full
proposal target date is January 15, 2010, and January 15, annually
thereafter.
10. Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics : The full proposal target
date is January 16, 2010, and January 16, annually thereafter. The full
proposal deadline date is August 16, 2010, and August 16, annually
thereafter.
11. Economics : The full proposal target dates are January 18, 2010, and
January 18, annually thereafter; and August 18, 2010, and August 18,
annually thereafter.
12. Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences: The full proposal target
dates are January 18, 2010, and January 18, annually thereafter; and
August 18, 2010, and August 18, annually thereafter.
13. Science, Technology, and Society : The full proposal target dates are
February 1, 2010, and February 1, annually thereafter; and August 1,
2010, and August 1, annually thereafter.
14. Physical Anthropology: The full proposal deadline dates are February
9, 2010, and February 9, annually thereafter; and August 16, 2010, and
August 16, annually thereafter.
Amount Note:
A total of $2.5 million is available to fund 200 to 300 awards under this
program. Due to the variation in research techniques and needs across the
social, behavioral, and economic sciences, individual programs vary
widely in award sizes.
Eligibility:
The proposal must be submitted by the dissertation advisor on behalf of
the graduate student who is at the point of initiating or already
conducting dissertation research. The student must be enrolled at an U.S.
academic institution, but need not be an U.S. citizen.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
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Activity
Location:
United States
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
The NSF's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS),
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of
Science Resources Statistics (SRS) award grants to doctoral students to
improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds
for items not normally available through the student's university.
Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake
significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in
settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible.
Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the
theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness
of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the
question. In an effort to improve the quality of dissertation research,
many programs in BCS, SES, and the Research on Science and
Technology Surveys and Statistics Program within SRS accept doctoral
dissertation improvement grant proposals.
Abstract:
The following programs support dissertation research:
1. In BCS: Archaeology; Cultural Anthropology; Geography and Spatial
Sciences; Linguistics; Physical Anthropology; and Science of Science
and Innovation Policy
2. In SES: Decision, Risk, and Management Science; Economics; Law
and Social Science; Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics; Political
Science; Science of Science and Innovation Policy; Science, Technology,
and Society; and Sociology
3. In SRS: Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics
Program; and Science of Science and Innovation Policy
Additional Contacts:
The full contact list is available at
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ddrig_contacts.jsp.
NSF 06-605 replaces NSF 05-574
CFDA 47.075
Contact
Address:
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Contact City:
Arlington
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Contact State:
VA
Contact Zip:
22230
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (703) 292-5111/+1 (800) 877-8339 (FIRS)/+1 (800) 281-8749 (TDD)
URL for more
information:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
ACMS Research Fellowship Program
Sponsor:
American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS)
Deadline:
February 15, 2010
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program information
becomes available.
Deadline
Note:
Upper
Amount:
Amount
Note:
All application materials must be received by the ACMS by the deadline.
Applications must be submitted to fellowship@mongoliacenter.org. Letters of
recommendations and transcripts may be submitted separately from other
documents by e-mail or mail, but they must be received by the application
deadline.
$27,000
Three fellows will be selected. Fellowship recipients must spend a minimum
of 6 months and a maximum of 12 months of continuous time resident in
Mongolia conducting their research projects under the fellowship program.
All research projects must begin between September 2009 and March 2010.
The 12-month term will allow recipients to stay in Mongolia for the academic
year, which runs from September to June, and the summer months, which
offer the best weather for field research. Fellowship awards will include travel
expenses to and from Mongolia, an accommodation and food allowance, and
a stipend to cover research expenses. Awards will be adjusted based on the
length of time spent conducting research in the region with a maximum award
of $27,000 per fellow.
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Award recipients are responsible for paying all taxes related to their awards.
The fellowship funds awarded are generally considered income in the United
States, Canada, and/or Mongolia, and therefore must be reported to the tax
authorities. The ACMS bears no responsibility for withholding or remitting
taxes related to these awards.
Fellows are responsible for ensuring proper medical and evacuation insurance
coverage during their time in the field in Mongolia. Proof of insurance
coverage will be required before disbursement of fellowship funds.
Eligibility:
All applicants must be current members of the ACMS to be considered for the
program. All applicants must be citizens of the United States or Canada, and
must be attending or recently graduated from a university in the United States
or Canada. All applicants for dissertation fellowships must be able to
demonstrate that they have completed required coursework for their programs
and will have an accepted dissertation proposal prior to the start of their
fellowship program. All postdoctoral fellows must have completed their
Ph.D. within seven years of the start of their fellowship program. Applicants
must provide evidence in their applications that these provisions will be met,
and evidence that all requirements have been met before the fellowship funds
will be disbursed.
Citizenshi
p or
Residency:
Canada
United States
Activity
Location:
Mongolia
Requirem
ents:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
The program annually supports fellows conducting doctoral dissertation or
postdoctoral research in Mongolia on topics in the social sciences or
humanities. Projects focused on topics in the natural sciences are not eligible
unless there are clear areas in which the research furthers social, cultural,
political, or policy knowledge relevant to Mongolia or the region. The
program seeks to promote research opportunities in Mongolia among scholars
who have not included the country in their previous research, and to broaden
the knowledge base of scholars already working in the country. Previous
Mongolian Studies experience is not required, but projects should enhance
knowledge of Mongolia and the Mongols within relevant academic
disciplines or fields of study. Projects that link research conducted in
Mongolia to research in other parts of Asia or across academic fields are
especially encouraged. Fellowship recipients must be based in Mongolia for
the duration of their fellowship, but research travel in the broader region is
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encouraged.
Fellowship recipients will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of
programs and projects sponsored by the ACMS. Fellows will have the
opportunity to take intensive Mongolian language courses, select resources
for inclusion in the ACMS Library, and participate in an annual academic
seminar in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, hosted by the ACMS and supported by the
Henry Luce Foundation, that will bring together international, regional, and
local scholars and students. The fellowship recipients will help select the
theme for the seminar, and each will be asked to introduce and discuss their
research work at the seminar. Seminar participants will include international,
regional and local scholars and students. As part of their research work under
the fellowship, fellowship recipients will be asked to contribute to the
development of new electronic academic resources related to Mongolia being
developed by the ACMS, such as online bibliographies, links to information
sources, and information on research materials available in Mongolia.
Contact
Address:
American Center for Mongolian Studies
WWU Center for International Studies
MS 9050
Contact
City:
Bellingham
Contact
State:
WA
Contact
Zip:
98225
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (360) 356-1020
Contact
Email:
info@mongoliacenter.org
URL for
more
informatio
n:
http://www.mongoliacenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogca
tegory&id=94&Itemid=132
Funding
Type:
Postdoctoral Award
Research
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Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Weatherhead Fellowships
Sponsor:
School for Advanced Research (SAR)
Resident Scholar Fellowships
Deadline:
November 1, 2009
Upper Amount:
$40,000
Amount Note:
SAR provides Resident Scholars with low-cost housing and office space
on campus, a stipend up to $40,000, library assistance, and other
benefits during a nine-month tenure, from September 1 through May 31.
SAR Press may consider books written by resident scholars for
publication in its Resident Scholar Series.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
New Mexico
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) awards approximately six
Resident Scholar Fellowships each year to scholars who have completed
their research and analysis and who need time to think and write about
topics important to the understanding of humankind. Resident scholars
may approach their research from anthropology or from related fields
such as history, sociology, art, and philosophy.
Two Weatherhead Fellowships are available for either Ph.D. candidates
or scholars with doctorates whose work is either humanistic or scientific
in nature.
Contact Name:
Director of Scholar Programs
Contact
Address:
Resident Scholar Program
School for Advanced Research
P.O. Box 2188
Contact City:
Santa Fe
Contact State:
NM
25
Contact Zip:
87504-2188
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (505) 954-7200
Contact Email:
scholar@sarsf.org
URL for more
information:
http://sarweb.org/index.php?resident_scholars
Funding Type:
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Katrin H. Lamon Fellowship
Sponsor:
School for Advanced Research (SAR)
Resident Scholar Fellowships
Deadline:
November 1, 2009
Upper Amount:
$40,000
Amount Note:
SAR provides Resident Scholars with low-cost housing and office space
on campus, a stipend up to $40,000, library assistance, and other
benefits during a nine-month tenure, from September 1 through May 31.
SAR Press may consider books written by resident scholars for
publication in its Resident Scholar Series.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
New Mexico
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Minority
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
SAR awards fellowships each year to scholars who have completed their
research and analysis and who need time to think and write about topics
important to the understanding of humankind. Resident scholars may
approach their research from the perspective of anthropology or from
anthropologically informed perspectives in such fields as history,
sociology, art, law, and philosophy. Both humanistically and
scientifically oriented scholars are encouraged to apply.
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The Katrin H. Lamon fellowship provides support for a Native
American scholar, either pre- or postdoctoral, working in either the
humanities or the sciences.
Contact Name:
Director of Resident Scholars
Contact
Address:
Resident Scholar Program
School for Advanced Research
P.O. Box 2188
Contact City:
Santa Fe
Contact State:
NM
Contact Zip:
87504-2188
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (505) 954-7200
Contact Email:
scholar@sarsf.org
URL for more
information:
http://sarweb.org/index.php?resident_scholars
Funding Type:
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Ph.D. Dissertation Awards
Sponsor:
Manitoba Health Research Council (MHRC)
Personnel Awards
Deadline:
February 2, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Upper Amount:
$5,000
Amount Note:
Applications for up to a maximum of $5,000 will be considered.
Eligibility:
The competition is open to any student enrolled in a population health or
health-related social sciences Ph.D. program in Manitoba who has
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completed all relevant course work and whose dissertation proposal has
received approval from the appropriate Ph.D. advisory committee.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
Manitoba
Requirements:
Graduate Student
The mandate of the MHRC is to promote the growth of and the
coordination of the health research enterprise in Manitoba. To this end,
the MHRC provides support for health related basic, clinical and applied
health research in the Province of Manitoba.
Abstract:
Graduate students in population health and health-related social sciences
often work on projects that are not directly related to their supervisor's
research program and, therefore, incur costs in conducting their
dissertation research. In recognition of this, and to encourage excellence
in dissertation research, the MHRC will fund a limited number of Ph.D.
Dissertation Awards. The grant may be used for a variety of purposes,
such as printing, travel, honoraria,
research assistants, equipment and supplies.
Contact
Address:
Manitoba Health Research Council
P216 - 770 Bannatyne Avenue
Contact City:
Winnipeg
Contact State:
Manitoba
Contact Zip:
R3E 0W3
Contact
Country:
Canada
Contact Phone:
+1 (204) 775-1096
Contact Fax:
+1 (204) 786-5401
Contact Email:
info@mhrc.mb.ca
URL for more
information:
http://mhrc.mb.ca/programs/competition.asp
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
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Title:
Marusia and Michael Dorosh Master's Fellowship
Sponsor:
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS)
Deadline:
March 1, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Upper Amount:
$10,000
Amount Note:
The fellowship will provide up to $10,000, and is not renewable.
Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada, who may hold
the fellowship at any institution of higher learning, will receive extra
points, as will foreign students enrolled at the University of Alberta.
Eligibility:
Applicants should be enrolled in a master's degree program.
Because funding is for thesis work only, all other degree requirements
must be completed by the time the award is taken up.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
Unrestricted
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
The fellowship is awarded annually to a student writing a thesis on a
Ukrainian or Ukrainian-Canadian topic in the area of education,
history, law, humanities, arts, social sciences, women's studies or
library sciences.
Contact
Address:
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
430 Pembina Hall
University of Alberta
Contact City:
Edmonton
Contact State:
Alberta
Contact Zip:
T6G 2H8
Contact
Canada
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Country:
Contact Phone:
+1 (780) 492-2973
Contact Fax:
+1 (780) 492-4967
Contact Email:
cius@ualberta.ca
URL for more
information:
http://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS/cius-grants.htm
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Helen Darcovich Memorial Doctoral Fellowship
Sponsor:
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS)
Deadline:
March 1, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Upper Amount:
$13,000
Amount Note:
The value of the fellowship may be up to $13,000. The fellowship
holder may apply for a one-year renewal.
Eligibility:
Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada, who may hold
the fellowship at any institution of higher learning, will receive extra
points, as will foreign students enrolled at the University of Alberta.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
Unrestricted
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
The fellowship is awarded annually to a student writing a dissertation
on a Ukrainian or Ukrainian-Canadian topic in education, history, law,
humanities, arts, social sciences, women's studies or library sciences.
Because funding is for dissertation work only, all other degree
requirements must be completed by the time the award is taken up.
Contact
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
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Address:
430 Pembina Hall
University of Alberta
Contact City:
Edmonton
Contact State:
Alberta
Contact Zip:
T6G 2H8
Contact
Country:
Canada
Contact Phone:
+1 (780) 492-2973
Contact Fax:
+1 (780) 492-4967
Contact Email:
cius@ualberta.ca
URL for more
information:
http://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS/cius-grants.htm
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Fellowship Grant
Sponsor:
Camargo Foundation
Deadline:
January 12, 2010
Eligibility:
Applicants to the foundation may include
- members of university and college faculties, including professors
emeriti, who wish to pursue special studies while on leave from their
institutions;
- independent scholars working on specific projects;
- teachers in secondary schools, public or private, benefiting from a
leave of absence in order to work on some pedagogical or scholarly
project;
- graduate students whose academic residence and general requirements
have been met and for whom a stay in France would be beneficial in
completing the dissertation required for their degree; and
- writers, visual artists, photographers, video artists, filmmakers, media
artists, and composers with specific projects to complete.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
France
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Location:
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
The foundation maintains a study center in Cassis, France, for the
benefit of fellows who wish to pursue projects in the humanities and
social sciences related to French and Francophone cultures, as well as
creative projects by visual artists, photographers, video artists,
filmmakers, media artists, composers, and writers.
Contact
Address:
The Camargo Foundation
1, avenue Jermini
Contact City:
Cassis
Contact Zip:
13260
Contact
Country:
France
Contact Email:
apply@camargofoundation.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.camargofoundation.org/toapply.asp
Funding Type:
Artistic Pursuit
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Equipment or Materials Acquisition or Facility Use
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Sponsor:
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Deadline:
November 15, 2009
Amount:
$25,000
Amount Note:
In the 2010 Newcombe competition, up to 20 nonrenewable fellowships
of $25,000 will be awarded for 12 months of full-time dissertation
writing; in addition, fellows' graduate schools will be asked to waive
tuition and/or remit some portion of their fees. Fellows may undertake no
more than six hours of paid work a week during the tenure of the
fellowship, and then only with the written permission of the director of
the program.
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Eligibility:
Applicants must
- be candidates for Ph.D. or Th.D. degrees in doctoral programs at
graduate schools in the United States: Candidates working on D. Min.,
law, Psy.D., and other professional degrees are not eligible;
- be able to fulfill all pre-dissertation requirements by the application
deadline, including approval of the dissertation proposal, and expect to
submit completed dissertations by summer 2011;
- 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;
- 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;
- plan to write on topics where ethical or religious values are a central
concern; and
- have never applied for the fellowship before.
Any award supported by a national funder, even if it is subsequently
allocated by a local institution, is considered to be a national award.
Newcombe Fellows may not accept other awards that provide similar
benefits. Smaller local awards and/or those involving opportunities to
teach may be permitted, at the discretion of the Newcombe Fellowships
Director.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
United States
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
The fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study
of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social
sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields
complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In addition to topics
in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations
appropriate to the fellowship competition might explore the ethical
implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions,
the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected
in history or literature.
Contact Name:
Susan Billmaier, Assistant Program Director
Contact
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
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Address:
P.O. Box 5281, CWN Department
Contact City:
Princeton
Contact State:
NJ
Contact Zip:
08543-5281
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (609) 452-7007, ext. 310
Contact Email:
Billmaier@woodrow.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/religion_ethics/index.php
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Fellowship Program for Minority Students
Sponsor:
Five Colleges, Inc.
Deadline:
December 1, 2009
Amount:
$30,000
Amount
Note:
The fellowship includes a research grant, health benefits, office space,
housing or housing assistance, and library privileges at all five campuses
belonging to the consortium. The fellowship will run from August 31,
2010, to May 31, 2011.
Citizenship
or Residency:
Unspecified
Activity
Location:
Massachusetts
Requirements
:
Graduate Student
Minority
Abstract:
The fellowship program provides one year in residence at one of the
campuses for graduate students who have completed all requirements for
the doctoral degree except the dissertation. The program supports scholars
from under-represented groups, or scholars with unique interests and
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histories, whose engagement in the academy will enrich scholarship and
teaching. Each Fellow is hosted within an appropriate department or
program at one of the four member colleges of the Five College
consortium, Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, or Smith.
Contact
Name:
Nate Therien
Contact
Address:
Five Colleges Fellowship Program Committee
Five Colleges, Incorporated
97 Spring Street
Contact City:
Amherst
Contact
State:
MA
Contact Zip:
01002-2324
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (413) 256-8316
Contact
Email:
ntherien@fivecolleges.edu
URL for
more
information:
http://www.fivecolleges.edu/academic_programs/academprog_fellowship.
html
Funding
Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Dissertation Fellowships in East European Studies
Sponsor:
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
East European Studies Program
Deadline:
November 11, 2009
Upper Amount:
$18,000
Amount Note:
The stipend will be up to $18,000. The tenure is one year beginning
between June 1 and September 1, 2010. As a condition of the award, the
applicant's home university will be required (consistent with its policies
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and regulations) to provide or to waive normal academic year tuition
payments or to provide alternative cost-sharing support.
Eligibility:
Currently enrolled graduate students who will have completed all
requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation by June 2010 may
apply for one-year support to complete the dissertation. Applicants must
be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Romania
Serbia and Montenegro
United States
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Pending confirmation of funding, the ACLS will offer support for
writing dissertations in East European studies in all disciplines of the
humanities and the social sciences. Applicants may apply for one of two
categories of support:
1. Research Fellowships for use in Eastern Europe to conduct fieldwork
or archival investigations.
2. Writing Fellowships for use in the United States, after all research is
complete, to write the dissertation.
Abstract:
Applications should be for work on Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Kosovo/a, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania,
Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Applicants may propose comparative
work considering more than one country of Eastern Europe or relating
East European societies of those of other parts of the world. Fellowships
will be granted on the basis of the scholarly potential of the applicant,
the quality and scholarly importance of the proposed work, and its
importance to the development of scholarship on Eastern Europe.
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Research and Writing Fellowships are intended as sequenced support for
completion of a dissertation. Recipients are therefore invited to apply the
following year for the next level of funding.
Contact
Address:
American Council of Learned Societies
633 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor
Contact City:
New York
Contact State:
NY
Contact Zip:
10017-6795
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (212) 697-1505
Contact Fax:
+1 (212) 949-8058
Contact Email:
grants@acls.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=532
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Ernest Hemingway Research Grants
Spons
or:
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Office of Presidential Libraries
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Deadl
ine:
November 2, 2009
Amou
nt:
$200
Uppe
r
Amou
nt:
$1,000
Eligib
ility:
Preference is given to dissertation research by Ph.D. candidates working in newly
opened or relatively unused portions of the collection, but all proposals are
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welcome and will receive careful consideration.
Citize
nship
or
Resid
ency:
Unspecified
Activi
ty
Locat
ion:
Massachusetts
Requi
reme
nts:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstr
act:
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation provides funds for the award of a
number of research grants in aid of research in the Hemingway Collection. The
purpose of these grants is to help defray living, travel, and related costs incurred
while doing research in the Hemingway Collection at the library in Boston,
Massachusetts. Grant applications are evaluated on the basis of expected utilization
of the Hemingway Collection, the degree to which they address research needs in
Hemingway and related studies, and the qualifications of applicants.
Conta
ct
Name
:
Grant and Fellowship Coordinator
Conta
ct
Addr
ess:
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Columbia Point
Conta
ct
City:
Boston
Conta
ct
State:
MA
Conta
ct
Zip:
02125
38
Conta
ct
Coun
try:
United States
Conta
ct
Phon
e:
+1 (617) 514-1624
Conta
ct
Fax:
+1 (617) 514-1625
Conta
ct
Email
:
kennedy.library@nara.gov
URL
for
more
infor
matio
n:
http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK+Library+and+Museum/Kennedy+Library+Foundati
on/Programs+and+Library+Support/Research+Grants+and+Fellowships/Ernest+H
emingway+Research+Grants.htm
Fundi
ng
Type:
Research
Travel
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Dissertation Fellowships
Sponsor:
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Educational Foundation
Fellowships and Grants
American Fellowships
Deadline:
November 16, 2009
Deadline Note:
The annual application deadline is November 15. Applications must be
submitted online by the deadline. All supporting documents must be
received via courier or mail at the appropriate Iowa City, IA, office by
the deadline. If an application deadline falls on a weekend or holiday,
applications and supporting documents must be received the next
business day. In 2009, the deadline will be November 16. A
nonrefundable filing fee of $40 must be paid online with a MasterCard or
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Visa at the time of electronic submission of the application.
Amount:
$20,000
These fellowships carry a stipend of $20,000 for the fellowship year,
July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.
Amount Note:
An AAUW American Fellow is expected to pursue her project full time
during the funding period. No partial fellowships are awarded.
Fellowships may not be deferred. Fellows may work up to 10 hours a
week, or teach one course per semester or term, with written permission
from AAUW. The AAUW American Fellowships stipend must be larger
than any other single fellowship or grant (excluding sabbatical support)
received during the year and must be acknowledged as the major award.
Acceptance of any concurrent funds of a lesser amount than the AAUW
award requires prior written approval from AAUW. Dissertation Fellows
cannot hold concurrent dissertation writing fellowships or grants. Any
major changes in plans for the fellowship year must have the prior
written approval from AAUW. AAUW must be notified promptly of any
change in the status of an application resulting from acceptance of
another award. Stipend checks are made payable to fellows, not to
institutions. Fellows are responsible for reporting the fellowship as
income to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Dissertation Fellowships do fund (1) travel to professional meetings,
conferences, or seminars, as long as it does not exceed 10 percent of the
fellowship; and (2) most living and educational expenses. Dissertation
Fellowships do not fund research assistants, laboratory supplies and
equipment, publication costs, tuition for additional coursework,
repayment of loans or other personal obligations (fellowships are not
retroactive), and tuition for a dependent's education (fellowship funds
may, however, be used for dependent care).
Eligibility:
Applicants must be female U.S. citizens or permanent residents as of
November 15, 2009. Applicants must have completed all coursework,
passed all preliminary exams, and had the dissertation research proposal
or plan approved by November 15, 2009. Students already holding a
fellowship for the purpose of writing the dissertation the year before the
fellowship year are not eligible to apply. Applicants may apply up to two
times for a fellowship for the same dissertation project. The American
Fellowships are not open to former American Fellowship recipients.
Also, AAUW and AAUW boards, committees, panels, staff, and current
interns are not eligible to apply for fellowship and grant awards.
Citizenship or
United States
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Residency:
Activity
Location:
Unrestricted
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Women
Abstract:
The purpose of the Dissertation Fellowship is to offset a scholar's living
expenses while she completes her dissertation. The fellowship must be
used for the final year of writing the dissertation. The doctoral degree
must be completed no earlier than April 1, 2011, and no later than June
30, 2011. Degree conferral must be between April 1 and September 15,
2011. Dissertation Fellows are not required to study in the USA. Funds
may not be used for extended field research. American Fellowships are
open to scholars in all fields of study.
This fellowship is part of the American Fellowships, which support
women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking
funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions.
Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, teaching
experience, and active commitment to helping women and girls through
service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.
Contact
Address:
AAUW Educational Foundation
Department 60
301 ACT Drive
Contact City:
Iowa City
Contact State:
IA
Contact Zip:
52243-4030
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (319) 337-1716, ext. 60
Contact Email:
aauw@act.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
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Title:
Centenary Research Fellowship
Sponsor:
University of Cambridge
Selwyn College
Deadline:
September 5, 2011
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Amount Note:
The fellowship is tenable for three years from October 1, 2009. The
initial stipend for a Research Fellow with a Ph.D. will correspond to the
first step of an incremental scale, currently £16,022 - £16,728 - £17,435
(subject to the implementation of an annual cost of living rise). The nonincremental stipend for a Research Fellow without a Ph.D. will be
£14,273. Payments for supervision are additional, and are paid at agreed
university rates. It is expected that accommodation would be available in
college for a single fellow, at a nominal charge of £99 per annum.
College flats, for which a normal economic rent is charged, are often
available for Research Fellows with a partner. Research Fellows enjoy
the same privileges as other fellows; these include seven free meals at
the high table per week, small allowances for travel and other expenses
incurred by fellows in connection with their research, and loans towards
the purchase of personal computers. They are also eligible to join the
college's private health care scheme, in which case the college pays 50
percent of the annual premium.
Eligibility:
Candidates must be completing, or have completed within the past three
years, a Ph.D. degree.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
United Kingdom
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
Selwyn College, Cambridge, invites applications for a three-year
Centenary Research Fellowship. The fellowship is for research in one of
the following subject areas: archaeology (including classical
archaeology), economics, land economy, education, history (including
ancient history), law, criminology, politics, social anthropology, social
psychology, sociology, geography and history and philosophy of
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science.
The Centenary Fellow is expected to reside in Cambridge during term,
except that, with the consent of the college council, periods may be
spent away from Cambridge for the purpose of research. Research
fellows may undertake up to six hours of supervision of undergraduate
students per week.
Contact Name:
Master's Assistant
Contact
Address:
Selwyn College
University of Cambridge
Contact City:
Cambridge
Contact Zip:
CB3 9DQ
Contact
Country:
United Kingdom
Contact Phone:
+44 01223 335890
Contact Email:
masters-assistant@sel.cam.ac.uk
URL for more
information:
http://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/researchposts/CentenaryFellowship.html
Funding Type:
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Junior Research Fellowships
Sponsor:
University of Cambridge
Christ's College
Deadline:
September 25, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new programme
information becomes available.
The fellowships are tenable from October 1, 2010, to September 30,
2013 (unless extended by a period of intermission).
Amount Note:
Junior Research Fellows receive a stipend on a scale of initially £14,867
(without a Ph.D.) or £18,550(with a Ph.D.), rising by two annual
increments to £17,026 or £20,833, respectively. Research Fellows are
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entitled to the use of a room free of charge and to seven free meals per
week. Fellows living out of college will receive a non-pensionable
living-out allowance of £1,882 (without a Ph.D.) or £4,116 (with a
Ph.D.).
The stipend of a fellow who has other emoluments (other than that for
up to six hours teaching) will be reduced by the total amount of pay
received.
Applicants should hold a first degree, or higher degree, qualification
from a university in Britain or Ireland, or should be studying at such a
university for a higher degree.
Eligibility:
Successful applicants are expected to be either graduate students,
probably in the latter stages of their research leading to a Ph.D. degree
(or equivalent), or postdoctoral researchers who have been awarded
their Ph.D. degree after December 1, 2008. Candidates who do not fulfil
these criteria are unlikely to be considered.
Besides applications from people without postdoctoral funding,
applications are also welcomed from candidates holding a fellowship or
other postdoctoral stipendiary awarded by a research council or other
similar body. Applicants should not hold or have held a stipendiary
research fellowship at another Oxford or Cambridge college.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
England
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
Christ's College invites applications for one or two research fellowships
available in any subject and tenable for a period of four years, which
may be split by a period, or periods, of intermission (unpaid) not
exceeding two years duration, to enable the holder to pursue research
away from Cambridge.
Contact Name:
JRF Co-ordinator
Contact
Address:
Christ's College
Contact City:
Cambridge
44
Contact Zip:
CB2 3BU
Contact
Country:
United Kingdom
Contact Phone:
+44 (0) 122-333-4900
Contact Fax:
+44 (0) 122-333-4973
Contact Email:
jrf@christs.cam.ac.uk
URL for more
information:
http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/jrf/
Funding Type:
Postdoctoral Award
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Junior Research Fellowships
Sponsor:
University of Cambridge
Clare College
Deadline:
December 15, 2009
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Amount Note:
The fellowships are tenable for three years. Stipends are payable on the
university's salary scale, starting at spine point 39: £25,888. However,
£5,000 a year will be deducted if resident in college. (All stipends are
reviewed annually.) The payment of an increment after the first year is
conditional upon the Ph.D. degree having been awarded. Research
Fellows may join the University Superannuation Scheme, and the
college is prepared, where appropriate, to make a contribution to
university fees. Research Fellows are entitled to college accommodation
and up to 10 free lunches/dinners per week. The college may grant up to
£1,000 in any one academic year for travel in connection with
attendance at conferences and for essential research expenses, including
publication costs, and up to £2,000 towards the cost of purchasing IT
equipment.
Eligibility:
The fellowships are open to graduates of any university who must have
completed no more than four years' full-time research in the humanities,
or no more than five years' full-time research in the sciences by the start
date of the fellowship.
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Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
England
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
Clare College offers two Junior Research Fellowships, normally one in
sciences and one in humanities. Research Fellows are members of the
governing body and are expected to participate in the governance and
social life of the college. Research Fellows may undertake up to six
hours' teaching a week in university term.
Contact Name:
Junior Research Fellowship Administrator, Clare College
Contact City:
Cambridge
Contact Zip:
CB2 1TL
Contact
Country:
United Kingdom
Contact Phone:
+44 01223 330715
Contact Email:
JRFadministrator@clare.cam.ac.uk
URL for more
information:
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2008-09/weekly/6121/57.html
Funding Type:
Postdoctoral Award
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Research Fellowships
Sponsor:
University of Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College
Deadline:
October 1, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Interviews will be held in January 2010.
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Amount Note:
The fellowships are tenable for four years from October 1, 2010 (the
college will consider granting a year's deferment of the appointment).
The stipend of a research fellow who has no other emoluments except
for college teaching and who is resident in college is at present £19,093
per annum, rising by three annual increments to £21,439 per annum. A
further allowance of £1,292 is payable in respect of the first child.
A research fellow will receive the normal privileges of a fellow,
including the provision of rooms and some meals. Reimbursement of
certain research expenses will also be available.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be graduates of, or research students in, a university in
the British Isles, and should not have been engaged in full-time
postgraduate research for longer than four years, or the equivalent in
part-time research, by October 1 in the year of application.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
England
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, offers research fellowships
open to both men and women to be held in any subject.
Abstract:
Research Fellows are expected to spend the tenure of their fellowship in
Cambridge, and to contribute to the life of the college. Research fellows
are not permitted to undertake paid work or to hold any other
appointment, award or emolument, without the consent of the college
council; but permission is usually given for a limited amount of college
teaching and for occasional lecturing and examining. Permission may be
granted for periods of research away from Cambridge.
Contact
Address:
The Research Fellowship Competition
Gonville and Caius College
Contact City:
Cambridge
Contact Zip:
CB2 1TA
Contact
Country:
United Kingdom
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Contact Fax:
+44 01223 332336
Contact Email:
rfc@cai.cam.ac.uk
URL for more
information:
http://babylon.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk/fellows/rfc/index.php
Funding Type:
Postdoctoral Award
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Study Scholarship
Sponsor:
German Academic Exchange Service / Deutscher Academischer
Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
Short-Term Research Grants
Deadline:
November 1, 2009
November 15, 2009
The application deadline is November 1 (postmark): for all applicants in
the fields of music, visual arts and performing arts who wish to study
during the upcoming German academic year.
Deadline Note:
The application deadline is November 15 for applicants (outside the
fields of music, visual arts and performing arts) who wish to study
during the upcoming German academic year .
Amount Note:
Graduate study scholarships are granted for one academic year (10
months) with the possibility of a one-year extension for students in
degree-granting programs to complete a full degree course in Germany.
Scholarships must take place during the German academic year
(October 2009 to July 2010). A very limited number of scholarship
holders who receive seven- to 24-month grants may be awarded a twomonth language course grant. Monthly stipends are approximately
€750. In addition, DAAD will cover health insurance and travel costs.
Applicants in all academic fields are welcome to apply. For study in the
fields of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, or veterinary medicine, contact
DAAD.
Eligibility:
Graduating seniors (last year of undergraduate studies) must be enrolled
full-time at an accredited university at the time of application. (Those
who have already completed an undergraduate degree do not need to be
currently enrolled.)
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Applicants should be United States or Canadian citizens or permanent
residents. Foreign nationals must have studied at an accredited United
States or Canadian university for at least two years by the time of
application.
At the time of application, applicants must not have been resident in
Germany for more than one year.
Applicants are requested to have a well-defined study project that
makes a stay in Germany essential. Preference will be given to
applicants who have been invited by a faculty member at a German
university to study at a particular university department.
Applicants in the arts, humanities, and social sciences should have a
good command of German.
Applicants may not hold a DAAD grant and a grant from another
German or German-American organization/German-Canadian
organization concurrently for the same project. Prior recipients of a
DAAD grant should contact DAAD New York before applying to
determine their eligibility status.
Study scholarship holders are required to complete two courses per
semester and obtain "Scheine" for them.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Canada
United States
Activity
Location:
Germany
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
Study Scholarships are awarded to highly qualified graduate students of
all disciplines to provide the opportunity to study in Germany or
complete a postgraduate or master's degree course and obtain a degree
at a German university or institution.
Contact
Address:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
871 United Nations Plaza
Contact City:
New York
Contact State:
NY
Contact Zip:
10017
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Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (212) 758-3223
Contact Fax:
+1 (212) 755-5780
Contact Email:
daadny@daad.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.daad.org/?p=47209
Funding Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Doctoral Student Research - Doctoral Student Research Award (DSRA)
Sponsor:
International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS)
Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) Sponsored Programs in Support of
Canadian Studies
Programs for Individuals
Deadline Note:
Varies. Applications must be submitted through the local Canadian
Mission in the applicant's home country or territory for which a given
Canadian Mission has responsibility; application procedures will vary
from country to country.
Upper
Amount:
$7,500
Amount Note:
The maximum value of any award will consist of a contribution towards
international airfare, an allowance of CDN $1,200 per complete month
towards expenses while in Canada, up to a maximum of six months, and
an allocation of CDN $300 upon submission to the appropriate Embassy
of Canada or high commission of a final report on the award. Smaller
awards may also be made.
Eligibility:
Applicants will normally be a citizen of or have legal resident status in
the country where they are submitting an application; and be a graduate
student in a recognized institution of higher education or equivalent
degree-granting institute who will have completed course and courserelated doctoral requirements by the time a graduate student award would
be granted.
Applicants must be proficient in either English or French.
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Citizenship or
Residency:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Gaza Strip
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Paraguay
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
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United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
West Bank
Activity
Location:
Canada
Requirements:
Graduate Student
This program is designed to assist full-time graduate students at degreegranting institutions of higher education, whose dissertations are related
in substantial part to Canada, to undertake doctoral research about
Canada. The purpose is to increase knowledge and understanding of
Canada and to support the development of Canadian studies.
Abstract:
Awards may be granted for research in any of the following categories:
- Although ICCS welcome applications from all disciplines lending
themselves most readily to Canadian Studies research development, the
council are particularly interested in projects that have policy relevance
for Canada and Canada's foreign policy, which include democracy and
rule of law; economic development; environment; managing diversity;
North American Partnership; and peace and security.
- Comparative studies with substantial Canadian content (33 percent or
more).
- Aspects of Canada's bilateral relations with participating countries.
Purely scientific subjects such as physics, chemistry, medicine,
engineering, etc. which would not lead to a better knowledge and
understanding of Canada per se are not eligible, nor are proposals that
focus exclusively on technological or methodological issues.
Contact Name:
Nadyne Lacroix, Canadian Studies Coordinator
Contact
Address:
International Council for Canadian Studies
250 City Centre Avenue, Suite 303
Contact City:
Ottawa
Contact State:
Ontario
Contact Zip:
K1R 6K7
Contact
Country:
Canada
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Contact
Phone:
+1 (613) 789-7834, ext. 242
Contact Fax:
+1 (613) 789-7830
Contact Email:
nadyne.lacroix@iccs-ciec.ca
URL for more
information:
http://www.iccsciec.ca/pages/newweb/sample2/Doct2007_en.asp?shownav=4
Funding Type:
Visiting Personnel
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowship for Minority Graduate Students
Sponsor:
Williams College
Deadline:
December 1, 2009
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Upper
Amount:
$66,000
Amount Note:
The Bolin Fellowships are two-year residencies at Williams, and three
scholars or artists are appointed each year. The annual stipend for the
position is $33,000. The college will also provide health and dental
benefits, housing assistance, academic support including office space and
computer and library privileges, and an allowance of up to $4,000 for
research-related expenses.
Eligibility:
The Bolin Fellowships are awarded to applicants from underrepresented
groups, including ethnic minorities, those who are first-generation
college graduates, women in predominantly male fields, or disabled
scholars. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who
intend to pursue a professorial career in the U.S.A., and must have
completed all doctoral work except the dissertation by the end of the
current academic year. MFA candidates who will receive their degrees in
2009 are also eligible to apply.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
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Activity
Location:
Massachusetts
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Minority
Abstract:
The fellowships are designed to promote diversity on college faculties by
encouraging students from underrepresented groups to complete a
terminal graduate degree and to pursue careers in college teaching.
Fellows devote the bulk of the first year to the completion of dissertation
work - or in the case of MFA applicants, building their professional
portfolios - while also teaching one course as a faculty member in one of
the college's academic departments or programs. The second year of
residency (ideally with degree in hand) is spent on academic career
development while again teaching just one course.
Gaius Charles Bolin was the first black graduate of Williams. The
fellowship program was founded in 1985, on the centennial of his
admission to the College.
During the period of residence at Williams, the Bolin Fellows will be
affiliated with an appropriate department or program, and will be
expected to teach one one-semester course each year, normally in the fall
semester of year one and the spring semester of year two.
Contact Name:
William G. Wagner, Dean of the Faculty - GCBDF
Contact
Address:
Williams College
PO Box 141
Contact City:
Williamstown
Contact State:
MA
Contact Zip:
01267
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (413) 597-4351
Contact Email:
William.G.Wagner@williams.edu
URL for more
information:
http://www.williams.edu/admin/deanfac/fellowships/bolin.php
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Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Graduate Research Fellowships
Sponsor:
Harvard University
Harvard Law School
Program on Negotiations
Deadline:
February 15, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Amount:
$20,000
Amount Note:
The fellowship awards will provide a stipend of $20,000 plus research
support. The final amounts awarded will be based upon a variety of
factors, including the candidate's proposed research budget, matching
support, and the value of the proposed research to advancing theory in
negotiation. In addition to financial support, PON will offer limited
office space and support services.
Eligibility:
Doctoral candidates must have completed all degree requirements except
for the dissertation. Graduate law students are eligible in connection with
scholarly research undertaken to satisfy their SJD thesis requirements.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unspecified
Activity
Location:
Massachusetts
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
The Program on Negotiation (PON) Graduate Research Fellowships are
designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and
professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, or applied
research in negotiation and dispute resolution. Consistent with the PON
goal of fostering the development of the next generation of scholars, this
program provides support for one year of dissertation research and
writing in negotiation and related topics in alternative dispute resolution,
as well as giving fellows an opportunity to immerse themselves in the
diverse array of resources available at PON. The PON Graduate
Research Fellowships allow doctoral students who are writing their
dissertations to be part of the PON community for one year.
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Doctoral candidates in the fields of
- economics,
- psychology,
- sociology,
- anthropology,
- international relations,
- public policy,
- urban planning,
- business, and
- law are encouraged to apply.
Contact Name:
Sarah Whitman
Contact
Address:
Fellowship Program
Program on Negotiation
Harvard Law School
513 Pound Hall
Contact City:
Cambridge
Contact State:
MA
Contact Zip:
02138
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (617) 495-1684
Contact Fax:
+1 (617) 495-7818
Contact Email:
swhitman@law.harvard.edu
URL for more
information:
http://www.pon.harvard.edu/research/fellowship.php
Funding Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Dissertation Fellowship
Sponsor:
DePauw University
Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence at Liberal Arts Colleges
Deadline Note:
Continuous. While there is no deadline, most member schools begin
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review of applications in the fall. Application before November 1 is
strongly encouraged.
Amount Note:
The award amount is unspecified. Dissertation fellowship recipients will
receive compensation equivalent to the compensation of a starting oneyear instructor at the host institution.
Eligibility:
Recipients must be either United States citizens or permanent residents,
and who are committed to and willing to contribute to enhancing the
diversity of consortium colleges and their faculties and should have no
more than five years of teaching or relevant experience before holding a
fellowship.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
United States
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
The dissertation fellowship is intended for scholars who have completed
all requirements for the Ph.D. or the M.F.A. except the dissertation; this
fellowship is intended for scholars in the final stage of their dissertation
and aims, above all, to help the fellow complete the final requirements
for the degree during the year of residency. Modest funds will be made
available to finance proposed research and mentoring of teaching and
scholarship will be provided, subject to the usual institutional procedures.
Dissertation fellowship recipients will be expected to teach the
equivalent of one semester-long course during the academic year, to
participate in functions such as departmental seminars, and to interact
regularly with students.
Contact Name:
Jane Griswold, Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Contact
Address:
DePauw University
305 Harrison Hall
Contact City:
Greencastle
Contact State:
IN
Contact Zip:
46135-0037
Contact
Country:
United States
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Contact
Phone:
+1 (765) 658-6595
Contact Email:
jgriswold@depauw.edu
URL for more
information:
http://www.depauw.edu/admin/acadaffairs/CFD/fellowship.asp
Funding Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship
Sponsor:
Kenyon College
Deadline:
December 15, 2009
Amount:
$32,500
Amount Note:
Kenyon will provide a stipend of $32,500, plus health benefits, housing,
and a small moving allowance. Kenyon will provide an allowance to
cover travel to conferences or for consultation with the dissertation
director. The college will assist the fellow in finding college housing.
The fellow will also be provided an office, a networked computer, and
secretarial support services.
Eligibility:
Eligibility to apply for the fellowship is limited to those meeting all of
the following four criteria who are citizens or nationals of the United
States or otherwise protected individuals as defined in 8 USC
1324b(a)(3)(B).
1. Members of underrepresented groups (e.g., ethnic minorities; women
in fields that attract mostly men, or men in fields that attract mostly
women; and persons who are first-generation college attendees).
2. Individuals who are enrolled in a research-based Ph.D. program in
one of the following fields: African and African American studies,
American studies, anthropology, art, art history, Asian studies, biology,
biochemistry, chemistry, classics, dance, drama, economics, English,
environmental studies, history, humanities, international studies, legal
studies, mathematics, modern languages and literature, music,
neuroscience, philosophy, physics, political science, public policy,
psychology, religious studies, scientific computing, sociology, and
women's and gender studies.
3. Individuals who aspire to a teaching and research career.
4. Persons who have not yet earned a doctoral degree at any time and in
any field.
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Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
Ohio
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Minority
Abstract:
In order to encourage such scholars to consider college rather than
university teaching, the college offers this fellowship program. The
program is for scholars in the final stages of their doctoral work who
need only to finish the dissertation to complete requirements for the
Ph.D. It is hoped that the experience of living and working for a year at
Kenyon College will encourage these fellows to consider a liberal arts
college as a place to begin their careers as teachers and scholars. The
fellow is expected to write the dissertation and to teach one course each
semester, usually in the fellow's general research area. Fellows are also
expected to offer a college lecture or departmental seminar on the
dissertation topic at some point during the academic year in residence.
Kenyon College assumes that the fellow will participate in the
intellectual life of their home department, as well as in the broader
cultural life of the college. The primary expectation, however, and the
main focus of this fellowship, is the completion of the dissertation.
Contact Name:
Professor Theodore O. Mason, Jr., Dissertation Fellowship Search
Committee Co-Chair
Contact
Address:
Kenyon College
Office of Associate Provost
Contact City:
Gambier
Contact State:
OH
Contact Zip:
43022
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (740) 427-5114
Contact Email:
dissertationfellow.search@kenyon.edu
URL for more
information:
http://www.kenyon.edu/x27112.xml
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Funding Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Research Grants for Predoctoral Fellowships
Sponsor:
Getty Trust, J. Paul
Getty Foundation
Deadline:
November 1, 2009
Amount:
$25,000
Amount
Note:
Predoctoral fellows are in residence for the entire academic year (from
September to June), and receive a stipend of $25,000. The fellowship
provides an office at the Research Institute, airfare to Los Angeles, an
apartment in the Getty scholar housing complex, and health benefits.
Eligibility:
Applications are welcome from scholars of all nationalities who are
working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Predoctoral fellowship
applicants must have advanced to candidacy and expect to complete their
dissertations during the fellowship period.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
California
Requirements
:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
Predoctoral fellowships provide support for emerging scholars to complete
their dissertations or expand them for publication. There they have an
opportunity to pursue their own projects, make use of Getty collections,
join their colleagues in a weekly seminar devoted to the scholar-year
theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center.
The theme for 2010-11 is The Display of Art.
Contact
Address:
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Getty Grant Program
1200 Getty Center Drive
Suite 800
Contact City:
Los Angeles
60
Contact
State:
CA
Contact Zip:
90049-1685
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (310) 440-7374
Contact Fax:
+1 (310) 440-7703
Contact
Email:
researchgrants@getty.edu
URL for
more
information:
http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/research_pre_post_fellows.
html
Funding
Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs) in Arts and Sciences - Christ
Church, Merton College and St John's College, Oxford
Sponsor:
University of Oxford
Christ Church
Deadline Note:
The information in this record is based on the most current sponsor
literature. The deadline was December 8, 2008. The record will be
updated when new program information becomes available.
The current salary is £19,842. Junior Research Fellowships are tenable
for three years. At Christ Church and St John's the fellowship may be
extended for a further year.
Amount Note:
Christ Church intends in elect four Junior Research Fellows: equal
numbers in arts and science subjects, so far as practicable. Merton would
hope to elect at least one Junior Research Fellow in the arts and one in a
science subject. St John's proposes to elect two JRFs in the arts and two
in the sciences, and may also make two further appointments.
A Junior Research Fellow is entitled to single accommodation in college
(subject to availability) or to a housing allowance (the sum is determined
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by each college); partnered accommodation may be available. Fellows at
St. John's and Merton are entitled to free lunches and dinners at High
Table; Fellows at Christ Church are entitled to subsidized lunches and
free dinners at High Table. Other allowances (including university fees)
and facilities are offered at the discretion of the governing bodies. A
Junior Research Fellow may be permitted to undertake teaching up to a
maximum of six hours a week during full term. The understanding is
that Christ Church, St John's and Merton will have first refusal of any
teaching offered by a Junior Research Fellow.
Eligibility:
Candidates should
i. have an excellent educational record;
ii. be approaching the end of their doctoral research or have begun
postdoctoral study;
iii. have research expertise demonstrated by published books or articles
in refereed journals, as relevant to the candidate's field; or promise of
such achievement, as relevant to the candidate's field;
iv. have the ability to present research findings effectively to fellow
professionals at national and international conferences or in professional
research seminars;
v. have a coherent plan of research for the duration of the fellowship
which can either be the further development of the doctoral work or an
entirely new area and which promises to make a valuable contribution to
the candidate's field; and
vi. if the research project is laboratory based, provide a letter of support
from the host department confirming that laboratory space can be
provided without cost to the college.
Candidates will not normally be considered who
i. on October 1, 2009, will have accumulated more than six years of fulltime postgraduate study or research, excluding periods of professional
training or preparation for a second undergraduate degree (a candidate
who feels that there are special factors that should be brought to the
college's attention should state them briefly in the application); or
ii. have already held a comparable appointment at a college in the
Universities of Oxford or Cambridge.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
England
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
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The governing bodies of three University of Oxford colleges (Christ
Church, Merton College, and St. John's College) propose to elect in
cooperation up to 13 Junior Research Fellows between the three
colleges. Junior Research Fellows are expected to undertake research in
some branch of arts, science, or education. Fellows must engage in
original research and may, with the permission of the appropriate
governing body, undertake a limited amount of teaching.
Applications will be allocated amongst the colleges this year by subject
as specified in lists A, B and C below.
List A, Merton College:
- English
- Modern languages
- Art history
- Law
- Sociology
- Mathematics
- Physiology and medicine
- Psychology
Abstract:
List B, St John's College:
- Modern history
- Archaeology
- Music
- Geography
- Anthropology
- Chemistry
- Engineering
- Biology
List C, Christ Church
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Economics
- Literae Humaniores
- Theology
- Oriental studies
- Physics
- Computer science
- Biochemistry
- Materials science
- Geology
Applicants whose subjects might be thought to fall into more than one of
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the subject areas listed (e.g. economics and mathematics, or philosophy
and theology) are asked to indicate this fact in their application and are
invited to draw the attention of the college authorities to factors which
they consider relevant to the classification of their research project. No
subject of study is considered to be ineligible and every assurance is
given that applications that cannot easily be classified will be carefully
scrutinised and will be given equal consideration.
Additional Contacts:
1. Warden's Secretary
Merton College
Oxford OX1 4JD
Phone +44 01865 276352
2. Academic Administrator
St John's College
Oxford OX1 3JP
Phone +44 01865 277316
3. JRF Administrator
Censors' Office
Christ Church
Oxford OX1 1DP
Phone +44 01865 276158
Fax +44 01865 276488
Contact
Country:
United Kingdom
URL for more
information:
http://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/index.shtml
Funding Type:
Postdoctoral Award
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
Sponsor:
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
Deadline:
November 13, 2009
Upper
Amount:
$25,000
Amount Note:
The program offers about 15 competitively awarded fellowships a year.
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Each provides a stipend of $2,000 per month for periods ranging from 9
to 12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $1,000 upon
participating in a symposium on research in original sources and
submitting a report acceptable to CLIR on the research experience. Thus
the maximum award will be $25,000. Fellowships must begin between
June 1 and September 1, 2010, and end within 12 months of
commencing. Fellowships cannot be renewed or extended. Fellows are
expected to devote full time to their dissertation research without
holding teaching or research assistantships or undertaking other paid
work. Applicants may apply simultaneously for other fellowships,
including other Mellon awards, but fellows may not hold other
fellowships simultaneously with CLIR's. Fellows may use stipends to
meet living expenses, travel costs, and other expenses that enable
dissertation research to be carried out, but not to defray tuition. Fellows
will make their own arrangements for lodging at and transportation to
the repository or repositories in which they need to work. CLIR cannot
provide assistance in obtaining visas.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, an applicant will (1) be enrolled in a doctoral program in
a graduate school in the United States (master's thesis research is not
eligible); (2) complete all doctoral requirements except the dissertation
and be ready to start research for it as early as June 1 and no later than
September 1, 2010, with approval of the dissertation proposal no later
than April 1, 2010; (3) plan to do dissertation research primarily in
original source material in the holdings of archives, libraries, historical
societies, museums, related repositories, or a combination; and (4) write
the dissertation and receive the Ph.D. degree in a field of the humanities
or in a related element of the social sciences (candidates for the Ed.D,
J.D., or D.D. degrees are not eligible). An applicant may be of any
nationality but must be enrolled in a U.S. graduate school and be
studying in the USA, not on a campus abroad even if operated by a U.S.
institution. Those who are conducting original source research using
online sources in novel or innovative ways are eligible to apply for this
fellowship. Preference is given to applicants who will be studying away
from their home institution.
Because part of the purpose of the fellowships is to help junior scholars
gain experience with primary sources and with the institutions that
provide access to them, and to help institutions gain understanding of the
needs of junior scholars in the humanities, successful applicants will
agree to three special provisions of the fellowship opportunity.
1. First, prior to the fellowship period, all fellows are required to
participate in an introductory workshop about using original sources and
the institutions that hold them. The workshop is held in mid-May at the
Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The fellowship program will
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cover all costs associated with fellows' attendance at the introductory
workshop.
2. Second, within one month of the end of the fellowship period, each
fellow will send to CLIR an acceptable written analysis of the fellowship
experience, covering such questions as these:
a. What aspects of the repository were most helpful to the fellow in
accomplishing research, and what obstacles or complications most
hindered it?
b. What additional measures might facilitate original source research in
the fellow's field?
c. How could graduate study best prepare scholars for such research?
d. How could libraries and archives best make decisions about materials
to acquire, preserve, publicize, and even digitize for meeting scholars'
needs?
3. Third, when fellows complete their fellowship periods, they will
participate in a one-day symposium about their experiences. The
symposium is held in mid-October at the Library of Congress in
Washington, DC. From such feedback, CLIR hopes to help archives and
libraries increase their understanding of the needs of today's new
scholars. The fellowship program will cover all costs associated with
fellows' attendance at the post-fellowship symposium.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
Unrestricted
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
CLIR is pleased to offer fellowships funded by the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation for doctoral dissertation research in the humanities in
original sources. Proposed research may be conducted at a single or
multiple sites abroad, in the USA, or both. Any relevant repository may
be used, including government archives and private collections
accessible to the applicant. The purposes of this fellowship program are
to
- help junior scholars in the humanities and related social-science fields
gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources;
- enable dissertation writers to do research wherever relevant sources
may be, rather than just where financial support is available;
- encourage more extensive and innovative uses of original sources in
libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and related repositories
in the United States and abroad; and
- provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how
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scholarly resources can be developed for access most helpfully in the
future.
Original source material means primary sources such as the following:
1. Records, documents, manuscripts, and other written material
2. Photographs, films, sound recordings, oral histories, and other
audiovisual material
3. Maps, blueprints, drawings, and other graphic material
4. Library special collections, including books used as primary, not
secondary, sources
5. Original artwork, artifacts, and museum objects
6. Born-digital sources such as websites, wikis, and blogs
For purposes of this program, eligible fields of the humanities and
related elements of the social sciences will include
- area studies;
- art history;
- classics;
- comparative literature;
- critical theory;
- cultural anthropology;
- cultural studies;
- economic history;
- ethnic studies;
- ethnomusicology;
- history;
- history and philosophy of mathematics;
- history and philosophy of science and medicine;
- language and cultural linguistics;
- literature in any language;
- music history;
- philosophy;
- political theory;
- religion (exclusive of theological training for the ministry) ;
- rhetoric;
- women's studies; and
- interdisciplinary studies involving fields above.
The fellowship is not meant to support the creation of primary source
material, such as oral histories.
Contact
Address:
Council on Library and Information Resources
1752 N Street NW, Suite 800
Contact City:
Washington
67
Contact State:
DC
Contact Zip:
20036
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (202) 939-4750
Contact Fax:
+1 (202) 939-4765
Contact Email:
mellon@clir.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html
Funding Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Lemmermann Foundation Scholarship Awards
Sponsor:
Fondazione Lemmermann - Lemmermann Foundation
Deadline:
March 15, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Amount Note:
The monthly scholarship amount is €750. As a rule the duration of the
scholarship varies from two to six months. The foundation does not
accept students in August, because in this period almost all important
institutes and libraries are closed.
A travel stipend would be available only in the case of a short stay with
a detailed plan of research.
Applicants should be students holding a B.A. or M.S. who are
attending a recognized university course and have a basic knowledge of
the Italian language.
Eligibility:
Students resident in Lazio are excluded from the award, but for them it
is possible to assign an extraordinary grant for research in the amount
of €500.
There is no age restriction.
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Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
Italy
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
The foundation awards scholarships to university students who need to
study in Rome to carry out research and prepare their theses concerning
Rome and the Roman culture from the pre-Roman period to the present
day in classical studies.
The scholarships are reserved for humanities and classics scholars only,
and are not applicable to language study.
Contact
Address:
Fondazione Lemmermann
c/o Studio Associato Romanelli
via Cosseria 5
Contact City:
I-00192 Rome
Contact
Country:
Italy
Contact Phone:
+39 06.324.3023
Contact Fax:
+39 06.322.1788
Contact Email:
lemmermann@nexus.it
URL for more
information:
http://www.nexus.it/lemmermann/
Funding Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
Sponsor:
National Academies
National Research Council (NRC) - USA
Deadline:
November 9, 2009
Amount:
$21,000
Amount Note:
The tenure of a dissertation fellowship will be no less than nine months
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and no more than 12 months, with tenure beginning no earlier than June
1, 2010, and no later than September 1, 2010.
The award includes a one-year stipend of $21,000; expenses paid to
attend one conference of Ford Fellows; and access to Ford Fellow
Liaisons, a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to
provide mentoring and support to current fellows.
The following are eligible to apply for a dissertation fellowship:
1. All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race,
national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation
(must have become a U.S. citizen by November 28, 2008)
2. Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as
grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations)
3. Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the
college or university level
4. Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree candidates studying in an eligible research-based
discipline at a U.S. educational institution
5. Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any
field
Eligibility:
Membership in one or more of the following ethnicities and races will be
considered a positive factor:
1. Alaska Natives (Eskimo/Aleut)
2. Black/African Americans
3. Mexican American/Chicanas/Chicanos
4. Native American Indians
5. Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian)
6. Puerto Ricans
The term "national of the United States" designates a citizen of the
United States or a native resident of a possession of the United States. It
does not refer to a U.S. permanent resident who is a citizen of another
country.
Fellowships are tenable at any fully accredited, nonprofit U.S. institution
of higher education offering a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in the eligible fields
of study.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
United States
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Requirements:
Graduate Student
Minority
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks
to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by
increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational
benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can
and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all
students. The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for
individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of
Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.
Dissertation fellowships will be awarded in a national competition
administered by the National Research Council (NRC) on behalf of the
Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the
judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic
achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the
college or university level, show promise of future achievement as
scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource
for enriching the education of all students.
Abstract:
Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D.
programs that include the following major disciplines and related
interdisciplinary fields:
1. American studies
2. Anthropology
3. Archaeology
4. Art and theater history
5. Astronomy
6. Chemistry
7. Communications
8. Computer science
9. Earth sciences
10 Economics
11. Education
12. Engineering
13. Ethnomusicology
14. Geography
15. History
16. International relations
17. Language
18. Life sciences
19. Linguistics
20. Literature
21. Mathematics
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22. Performance study
23. Philosophy
24. Physics
25. Political science
26. Psychology
27. Religion
28. Sociology
29. Urban planning
30. Women's studies
Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as
African American studies and Native American studies, and other
interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social
justice.
Contact
Address:
Fellowships Office, Keck 576
National Research Council
500 Fifth Street, NW
Contact City:
Washington
Contact State:
DC
Contact Zip:
20001
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (202) 334-2872
Contact
Email:
infofell@nas.edu
URL for more
information:
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/forddiss.html
Funding Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Three-Year Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Social Sciences
(PPRFs)
Sponsor:
University of Oxford
Nuffield College
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Deadline Note:
The information in this record is based on the most current sponsor
literature. The deadline was November 7, 2008. The record will be
updated when new program information becomes available.
Amount Note:
The appointment will be for up to three years. The salary for a
Postdoctoral Fellow starts at £21,044 a year. A pre-doctoral grant
starting at £11,561 a year is available. The research budget will be
£2,301 a year. Fellows will be entitled to free single college
accommodation or a housing allowance of £5,147 a year, and free lunch
and dinner in college. Child support funds are available.
Eligibility:
The fellowships are intended for scholars from any country, who at the
time of taking up the fellowships will have completed, or be very close
to the completion of, a doctoral thesis, or be at a comparable point in a
research career. To be eligible, candidates should not, by that date, have
spent more than a total of eight years in postgraduate study, teaching or
research in the social sciences, and should not have previously held a
research fellowship similar to that advertised.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
England
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
Nuffield College intends to appoint a number of Postdoctoral Prize
Research Fellows for graduates wishing to undertake research in any
area of the social sciences except economics, for which there is a
separate competition (applicants who wish to undertake interdisciplinary
research that includes economics will also be considered). The main
interests of the college are in economics, politics and sociology, but
these are broadly construed to include, for example, social science
approaches to history, social and medical statistics, international
relations, social psychology, public policy, and social policy.
PPRFs' main responsibility is to engage in independent scholarly
research. They have no teaching or administrative obligations but are
expected to participate in the intellectual life of the college. They will be
expected to organize a seminar or workshop in their subject area during
the three-year term of their appointment and the college can help finance
and organize these activities.
Contact Name:
Administrative Officer
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Contact
Address:
Nuffield College
Contact City:
Oxford
Contact Zip:
OX1 1NF
Contact
Country:
United Kingdom
Contact Phone:
+44 (0)1865 278516
Contact Fax:
+44 (0)1865 278621
Contact Email:
justine.crump@nuf.ox.ac.uk
URL for more
information:
http://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/General/jobs/
Funding Type:
Postdoctoral Award
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
UC MEXUS Grants for Dissertation Research
Sponsor:
University of California, Riverside (UCR)
Institute for Mexico and the United States (MEXUS)
Deadline:
March 30, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Upper
Amount:
$12,000
Amount Note:
Grants of up to $12,000 for periods of up to two years (July 1, 2009, to
June 30, 2011) will be provided to support research leading to the
dissertation.
Eligibility:
University of California graduate students in good academic standing are
eligible if they will be advanced to candidacy for the research doctorate
by June 30, 2009. Successful proposals will not be funded until
advancement to candidacy is attained. Only one proposal will be
accepted from any student. Proposals for renewals of previous UC
MEXUS awards will not be considered.
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Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
California
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
The University of California (UC) Institute for Mexico and the United
States (MEXUS) announces a competition for support of dissertation
research or MFA final projects by University of California graduate
students in the areas of
- Mexico-related studies (all disciplines);
- Latino studies;
- United States-Mexican relations;
- critical U.S.-Mexico issues; and
- Mexican and Latino topics in the arts and humanities.
Projects funded are expected to lead to the completion of dissertations or
MFA degrees in these areas. Preference will be given to projects that
hold significant promise for the advancement of science or scholarship in
areas of interest to UC MEXUS; that involve meaningful collaboration
with a Mexican institution or a Mexican scientist or scholar; or that
address issues of importance to Mexico or the Mexican-origin population
in California or the United States.
Contact Name:
Andrea Kaus, Ph.D., Director of Grants Program
Contact
Address:
UC MEXUS
3324 Olmsted Hall
University of California
Contact City:
Riverside
Contact State:
CA
Contact Zip:
92521
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (951) 827-3519
Contact Email:
andrea.kaus@ucr.edu
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URL for more
information:
http://ucmexus.ucr.edu/funding/grant_dissertation.html
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Jozef Tischner-Stipendien (Jozef Tischner Fellowships for Polish and
Polish-American Researchers)
Sponsor:
Vienna Institute for Human Sciences / Institut fur die Wissenschaften vom
Menschen (IWM)
Deadline:
December 23, 2009
Deadline
Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program information
becomes available.
Amount
Note:
The fellow will be invited for a six-months term from July to December.
The fellow will receive a stipend in the amount of €9,000 to cover
accommodation, living expenses, travel, health insurance and incidentals
during the stay at the institute. Furthermore, the IWM will provide an
office, access to the Internet, in-house research facilities and other relevant
resources in Vienna.
Eligibility:
Candidates for the Józef Tischner Fellowship must be Polish citizens or
permanently reside in Poland. The fellowship is also open to PolishAmerican scholars.
Candidates must be currently pursuing their doctoral degree or have
recently obtained a Ph.D., and must not be older than 35 years.
Citizenship
or
Residency:
Poland
United States
Activity
Location:
Austria
Requirement
s:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
The IWM and the Foundation for Polish Science jointly award one Józef
Tischner Fellowship per year to a young researcher returning to Poland.
The six-month fellowship is open to all academic disciplines relevant to the
IWM and will enable the Fellow to pursue his or her research project in
Vienna while working in residence. The fellow will participate in the
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scholarly community and activities of IWM.
The IWM was established to bring together academics and intellectuals
from Eastern and Western Europe - their ideas, their experiences and
projects - into a common discussion. The IWM seeks to influence more
than the exchange of ideas: its scholarly work and research are ultimately
oriented towards a practical purpose, i.e., to change the societies they
reflect on.
Research at the IWM is currently focused on the following fields:
- The New Europe: In Search of its Intellectual, Social and Political
Identity
- Sources of Inequality
- Cultures and Institutions: Central and Eastern Europe in a Global Context
- United Europe - Divided Memory
- The Philosophical Work of Jan Patocka
Contact
Address:
Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen
Fellowship Coordinator
Spittelauer Lände 3
Contact
City:
1090 Wien
Contact
Country:
Austria
Contact
Phone:
+43 (1) 313-58-0
Contact Fax:
+43 (1) 313-58-30
Contact
Email:
fellowships@iwm.at
URL for
more
information:
http://www.iwm.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Ite
mid=227
Funding
Type:
Visiting Personnel
Equipment or Materials Acquisition or Facility Use
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Scholarships for Foreign Students and Scientists for Study, Research and
Teaching in Germany
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Sponsor:
German Academic Exchange Service / Deutscher Academischer
Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
Deadline Note:
Varies. Information on the various awards available is presented within
DAAD's web-based database, and prospective applicants should consult
the DAAD website for full details, where they can search for appropriate
DAAD awards depending upon their nationality, educational level, and
subject area of interest.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
Germany
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Undergraduate Student
Abstract:
The Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), or German
Academic Exchange Service, regularly offers 200 or more programmes
which range from short-term exchanges for research or teaching
purposes through to doctoral scholarships lasting several years for
graduates from developing countries; from information visits by
delegations of foreign university vice-chancellors through to the longterm regional programmes conceived to establish efficient higher
education systems in less developed countries.
The DAAD supports and promotes all areas relating to science, research,
language, teaching and much more.
Contact
Country:
Germany
URL for more
information:
http://www.daad.de/deutschland/foerderung/02055.en.html
Funding Type:
Collaboration or Cooperative Agreement
Meeting or Conference or Seminar
Visiting Personnel
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Equipment or Materials Acquisition or Facility Use
Research
Travel
Dissertation or Thesis
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Title:
WARA Pre-Doctoral Fellowships
Sponsor:
West African Research Center (WARC) - West African Research
Center/Centre de Recherche Ouest Africa
Deadline:
December 1, 2009
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Upper Amount:
$3,000
Amount Note:
Each fellowship will provide round trip travel to a West African country
and a stipend of up to $3,000. The West African Research Center
(WARC) in Dakar, Senegal, may assist with academic contacts and
affiliations and recommendations for lodging in the country chosen by
the fellow.
Eligibility:
This competition is open to U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled in
graduate programs at institutions of higher education in the United
States. Priority will be given to applicants who are at the pre-dissertation
stage (that is, who will be returning to their institution to complete
course work, exams, etc.) before beginning their fieldwork.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
Algeria
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaire)
Cote d'Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Libya
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Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Applications are invited from graduate students for the WARA PreDoctoral Fellowship Competition 2008-2009, for research in West
Africa. Awardees will conduct research for a two to three month period
in order to prepare a doctoral research proposal; or carry out research
related to the completion of another terminal degree program (e.g., MFA
or MPH).
Abstract:
Additional Contact:
WARC
B P 5456 (Fann-Residence)
Rue E x Leon G Damas
Dakar, Senegal
Phone (221) 865-22-77
Fax (221) 824-20-58
warc_croa@yahoo.fr
Contact
Address:
WARA
African Studies Center
Boston University
270 Bay State Road
Contact City:
Boston
Contact State:
Massachusetts
Contact Zip:
02215
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (617) 353-8902
Contact Fax:
+1 (617) 353-4975
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Contact Email:
wara@bu.edu
URL for more
information:
http://www.bu.edu/africa/wara/fund_predoc.htm
Funding Type:
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Visiting Research Fellowships
Sponsor:
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS)
Deadline:
January 15, 2010
Deadline Note:
Anticipated deadline. A deadline for the next cycle has not been
confirmed. The record will be updated when new program
information becomes available.
Amount:
$20,250
The duration of the fellowship is usually 9 to 10 months, although
shorter stays may also be possible. No summer-only fellowships will be
awarded, but self-funded Guest Scholars may request appointment for
summer months. Visiting Research Fellows are provided with shared
office space and a computer, as well as full access to all UCSD
academic, institutional, and recreational resources.
Amount Note:
Stipends are $2,250 per month for predoctoral fellows and $3,000$4,000 per month for recent postdoctoral fellows (Ph.D. received within
the last six years), depending on seniority. Stipends for more senior
scholars are negotiable. Fellows will also receive full UCSD employee
benefits and an allowance for health insurance. CCIS fellowships may
be supplemented with compensation from other fellowships, research
grants, sabbatical leaves, or other sources.
Eligibility:
Due to funding constraints, CCIS is able to award fellowships only to
scholars who have a current or former affiliation with a University of
California campus (as a graduate student, faculty member, or
researcher). Self-funded Guest Scholars are not required to have a UC
affiliation.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
California
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Location:
Requirements:
Abstract:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS) at the
University of California at San Diego (UCSD) CCIS will offer a limited
number of Visiting Research Fellowships at both the predoctoral and
postdoctoral levels for the 2009-10 academic year. These awards are to
support advanced research and writing on any aspect of international
migration and refugee flows, in any of the social sciences, history, law,
and comparative literature. CCIS fellowships must be held in residence
at UCSD (commuting arrangements from outside of San Diego cannot
be permitted).
Predoctoral applicants are expected to finish writing their dissertations
during their fellowship tenure. Recent postdoctoral applicants can
request support to turn a dissertation into a publishable manuscript or to
prepare shorter publications based on the dissertation project. More
senior scholars can propose any major research or writing project.
Contact
Address:
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California-San Diego
Contact City:
La Jolla
Contact State:
CA
Contact Zip:
92093-0548
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (858) 822-4447
Contact Fax:
+1 (858) 822-4432
Contact Email:
ccis@ucsd.edu
URL for more
information:
http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/Programs/fellowships.htm
Funding Type:
Visiting Personnel
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
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Title:
Awards for Study in Scandinavia
Sponsor:
American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF)
Deadline:
November 2, 2009
Deadline Note:
The deadline is for receipt of fully documented applications and a $20
nonrefundable application fee.
Amount:
$5,000
Upper
Amount:
$23,000
Amount Note:
The number of awards varies each year according to total funds
available. Over $300,000 is available for the 2009-10 competition.
Projects should be planned to fall within the summer 2009-summer 2010
period. Fellowships are up to $23,000 and are intended to support a yearlong stay. Grants are normally $5,000 for visits of one to three months
duration. The awards support project-related costs, including
maintenance, trans- Atlantic round-trip travel, in-country travel, tuition
and fees (where applicable) and materials expenditures (e.g., books,
photocopying, art supplies). ASF awards may require supplementation
from other sources, but they should not duplicate the benefits of
additional awards (and vice versa). Candidates must notify the ASF if
they have received other award offers. The ASF will not provide funds
if, in its judgment, a proposal can be carried out without its assistance.
Applicants must have a well-defined research or study project that makes
a stay in Scandinavia essential. Applicants must be United States citizens
or permanent residents. Applicants must have completed their
undergraduate education by the start of their project in Scandinavia.
Team projects are eligible, but each member must apply as an individual,
submitting a separate, fully documented application. First priority will be
given to applicants who have not previously received an ASF award.
Only in exceptional cases will a third award be considered.
Eligibility:
Grants are considered especially suitable for postgraduate scholars,
professionals, and candidates in the arts to carry out research or study
visits.
Priority for fellowships is given to candidates at the graduate level for
dissertation-related study or research.
The ASF considers it desirable that all candidates have at least some
ability in the language of the host country, even if it is not essential for
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the execution of the research plan. For projects that require a command
of one or more Scandinavian (or other) languages, candidates should
defer application until they have the necessary proficiency.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional
Abstract:
The ASF offers fellowships and grants to individuals to pursue research
or study in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year. Awards
are made in all fields.
Contact
Address:
The American-Scandinavian Foundation
Attn: Fellowship Program
58 Park Avenue
Contact City:
New York
Contact State:
NY
Contact Zip:
10016
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (212) 879-9779
Contact Email:
info@amscan.org
URL for more
information:
http://www.amscan.org/study_scandinavia_details.html
Funding Type:
Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Erskine A. Peters Dissertation Year Fellowship at the University of
Notre Dame
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Sponsor:
University of Notre Dame
Department of Africana Studies
Deadline:
November 30, 2009
Amount:
$32,000
Amount Note:
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.
Eligibility:
The program invites applications from African-American doctoral
candidates in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and theological
disciplines who have completed all degree requirements with the
exception of the dissertation.
Citizenship or
Residency:
United States
Activity
Location:
Indiana
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Minority
The fellowship, established in 1999, honors the life and academic
achievements of one of the the University of Notre Dame's most
distinguished and beloved professors, Dr. Erskine A. Peters (19481998). Dr. Peters taught English at the university and also became
legendary for his commitment to scholarship, community service, and
graduate education in the College of Arts and Letters.
Abstract:
In keeping with the values that Dr. Peters held dear, two overall goals
exist: (1) to enable two 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. Fellows are
expected to be in residence at the university and to devote most of their
time to the completion of the dissertation. In addition, fellows
participate in a public forum discussing a variety of aspects related to
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African American and African Diasporan life, culture, and traditions.
Many fellows make guest lecture appearances in courses related to their
disciplines and participate in short-term mutual learning event for
faculty and students (e.g., brown bag series, roundtable discussion,
etc.). The program is administered by both the Office of the Provost and
the Department of Africana Studies at the University.
Contact
Address:
Department of Africana Studies
University of Notre Dame
327 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Contact City:
Notre Dame
Contact State:
IN
Contact Zip:
46556
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact Phone:
+1 (574) 631-5628
Contact Fax:
+1 (574) 631-3587
Contact Email:
astudies@nd.edu
URL for more
information:
http://africana.nd.edu/erskine/
Funding Type:
Dissertation or Thesis
Title:
Research Fellowship Program - Dissertation Fellowships
Sponsor:
University of Texas, Austin
Ransom Humanities Research Center, Harry
Deadline:
February 1, 2010
Amount:
$1,500
Amount Note:
Six fellowships are available. Dissertation fellowship residencies must be
taken up during the period from September 1, 2010, through August 31,
2011. There is not a specific required length of residency for dissertation
fellowships.
Eligibility:
Fellowships are designated for graduate students who are working on
doctoral dissertations. United States citizens and foreign nationals are
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eligible to apply. Individuals who have previously received a Ransom
Center fellowship are eligible to reapply after one year has passed.
Citizenship or
Residency:
Unrestricted
Activity
Location:
Texas
Requirements:
Graduate Student
Abstract:
The Harry Ransom Center announces its 2010-2011 Research Fellowship
program. The Ransom Center awards fellowships to support scholarly
research projects in all areas of the humanities, including literature,
photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history.
Six fellowships jointly sponsored by the Ransom Center and The
University of Texas at Austin Office of Graduate Studies are designated
for graduate students who are working on doctoral dissertations.
Additional Contacts:
A full listing of contacts is available on the Web page.
Contact
Address:
Harry Ransom Center
ATTN: Research Fellowships
The University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Drawer 7219
Contact City:
Austin
Contact State:
TX
Contact Zip:
78713-7219
Contact
Country:
United States
Contact
Phone:
+1 (512) 471-8944
Contact Fax:
+1 (512) 471-9646
URL for more
information:
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/application/
Funding Type:
Equipment or Materials Acquisition or Facility Use
Research
Dissertation or Thesis
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