October 2010: September 2010 Archives
Deadline: October 1, 2010 and April 1, 2011
Length: 1-3 weeks
Comments: Grants of up to $2,500 are awarded biannually and are intended to enable graduate students, post-doctoral scholars and other researchers to come to the Harry S. Truman Library for one to three weeks to use its collections. Preference will be given to projects that have application to enduring public policy and foreign policy issues and that have a high probability of being published or publicly disseminated in some other way.
URL: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/#ressDeadline: Internal UChicago deadline is October 1, 2010
Length: 8-12 months
Comments: Fellowship of 8-12 months for study or research abroad in 1-3 countries; criteria vary widely by country and applicants should review requirements associated with proposed country prior to application; award covers expenses for travel, living, research, insurance, tuition and/or language training (if applicable); applicants can also qualify for concurrent Special Program Grants in selected countries, fields, and languages including the Critical Languages Enhancement Awards and English Teaching Assistantships. Eligibility: U.S. citizens who hold a B.A. degree at the time of the grant; some countries have requirements regarding foreign language proficiency and/or previous time spent in country.
URL: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html, http://grad-affairs.uchicago.edu/programs/fulbright.shtml#IIE
Deadline: October 27, 2010
Length: 9 months - 2 years
Comments: The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. This highly competitive program aims to identify the most talented researchers conducting dissertation research related to education. Candidates should be interested in pursuing further research on education once the doctorate is attained.
URL: http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/dissertation-fellowships-in-education-program
