September 2010 Archives
Tuesday, September 28
4:30 p.m., Ida Noyes Hall 3rd Floor Theater (1212 E 59th Street)
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Thursday, September 30
8 9 a.m., Harris School Room 140C
Length: 4 days
Comments: The research symposium, supported by the United States Department of State (Title VIII Program), will bring American junior and senior scholars and members of the policy community together to examine and discuss gender and women's issues in Eastern Europe and Eurasia from multi-disciplinary perspectives. Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national competition to present their current research on the topic of the Symposium. Grants will be awarded to approximately ten junior scholars. The Symposium is scheduled to take place April 5-8, 2011 in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and will involve two full days of reviews of current research projects, roundtable discussions, and the development of policy recommendations. Eligibility Requirements: Applicants must be US citizens; Applicants must either be currently enrolled in an MA, MS, MBA, JD, or PhD program or have held a graduate degree for 10 years or less. Grant Provisions: Round-trip airfare (provided by IREX through its travel office) and/or surface transportation from anywhere in the United States to the symposium site; Meals and accommodations for the duration of the symposium.
URL: http://www.irex.org/application/regional-policy-symposium-application
Length: 8 weeks
Comments: The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable about the Asian and Pacific regions. The Summer Institutes are hosted by foreign counterparts committed to increasing opportunities for young U.S. researchers to work in research facilities and with host mentors abroad. Fellows are supported to participate in eight-week research experiences at host laboratories in Australia, China, Japan (10 weeks), Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan from June to August. The program provides a $5,000 summer stipend, round-trip airfare to the host location, living expenses abroad, and an introduction to the society, culture, language, and research environment of the host location. The program is intended for U.S. graduate students pursuing studies in fields supported by the National Science Foundation. Applicants must be enrolled in a research-oriented master's or PhD program and be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents by the application deadline date.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5284
Length: 2 Years
Comments: The Earth Institute, Columbia University, is the world's leading academic center for the study, implementation, and teaching of sustainable development. The Earth Institute seeks applications from innovative postdoctoral candidates or recent (within the last five years) Ph.D., M.D., and J.D. recipients interested in a broad range of issues in sustainable development. All doctoral requirements must be fulfilled and the degree awarded before the beginning of the fellowship. The program is open to U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. Candidates for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program should submit a proposal for research that would contribute to the goal of global sustainable development.
URL: http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/postdoc.
Our students in Anthropology, Comparative Human Development, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, Economics, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology are eligible. The fellowship supports students in the early stages of graduate study. Our students have won this award while in their first year of study, and a few even in their second year. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The deadline for submission of an NSF application in the social science disciplines is November 15 or 19 (depending on field). Here is the web site for the NSF if you don't already have it flagged: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=NSF.
If you are interested in the presentation on September 24, it would be useful if you would let Kelly Pollock know by emailing kpollock@uchicago.edu so that we can estimate the likely number of students who might attend.
Deadline: September 1, 2010; January 6, 2011; March 9, 2011
Length: 1 year
Comments: AERA invites education-related dissertation proposals using NCES, NSF, and other federal data bases. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics. The research project must include the analysis of data from at least one of the large-scale, nationally or internationally representative data sets such as those supported by NCES, NSF, and the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the National Institutes of Health. Applicants should be advanced doctoral students at the dissertation writing stage. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. Awards for Dissertation Grants are up to $20,000 for 1-year projects. Grants are not renewable.
URL: http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html
Deadline: December 15, 2010
Length: 9 months
Comments: The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Education Office of the Embassy of France in the United States. Every year, it allows doctorate students enrolled in American universities- to conduct research in France for 9 months. Chateaubriand recipients receive about 1300€/month, a round trip ticket to France, health insurance, and about 30 days per diem for travelling in France for research purposes.
URL: http://france-science.org/chateaubriand3/chateaubriand_/culturel/fellow-intro.php
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Length: 12 weeks - 24 months
Comments: Boren Fellowships provide American graduate students, both at the master's and the doctoral level, with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation, in exchange for their commitment to seek work in the federal government. Boren Fellowships provide support for overseas or domestic study, or a combination of both. The maximum level of support for a combined overseas and domestic program is $30,000 over 24 months. Boren Fellowships are awarded with preference for countries, languages, and fields of study critical to U.S. national security.
URL: http://www.borenawards.org/boren_fellowship
NOTE: Graduate Student Affairs will host a session on this fellowship on September 30.
Deadline: January 3, 2011
Length: 9 months
Comments: Five College Fellowships offer year-long residencies for doctoral students completing dissertations. The program supports scholars from under-represented groups, and/or scholars with unique interests and histories, whose engagement in the Academy will enrich scholarship and teaching. Each Fellow is hosted within an appropriate department or program at Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College or Smith College. The fellowship includes a stipend of $30,000, a research grant, health benefits, office space, housing or housing assistance, and library privileges at all five campuses belonging to the consortium. While the award places primary emphasis on completion of the dissertation, most fellows teach at their hosting institution, but never more than a single one-semester course.
URL: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/academic_programs/academprog_fellowship.html
Deadline: November 2010 (review begins 11/15)
Length: 9 months
Comments: Trinity College invites applications for a one-year pre-doctoral fellowship to promote diversity at our nationally recognized liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Pre-doctoral fellows will teach one course during the year. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who will contribute to enhancing diversity at Trinity College by increasing ethnic and racial diversity, maximizing the educational benefits of diversity, and/or increasing the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of students. Date of fellowship: September 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012. Stipend: Mid-$40,000 plus health benefits, office space, computer, conference travel expenses, and assistance in finding housing near campus.
URL: http://www.trincoll.edu/Academics/DeanOfFaculty/AnnPlatoFellowship.htm
Deadline: December 1, 2010
Length: 2 years
Comments: The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia invites scholars whose work focuses on Africa and/or the African Diaspora to apply for a two-year predoctoral research fellowship, beginning August 25, 2011. Predoctoral fellowships carry an annual stipend of $20,000, plus health insurance. The predoctoral fellow must be in residence at the University of Virginia for the duration of the award period. Fellows are expected to participate in the series of workshops held during the academic year and to present their work periodically to the larger academic community.
URL: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/woodson/fellowship/predoc.htmlDeadline: November 2010 (date not yet announced)
Length: One Year
Comments: The Eurasia Dissertation Support Fellowships provide financial and academic support to graduate students near completion of their doctoral programs in the social sciences and related humanities. The program provides fellowship awards of up to $25,000 for the academic year, designed to allow advanced graduate students concentrated time to devote to the intellectual development of their projects and to write up the results of their research. Proposals and research must pertain to one or more of the regions and countries currently supported by the program: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
URL: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/eurasia-fellowship/Deadline: January 15, 2011
Length: 10 weeks
Comments: These fellowships allow students to conduct research for ten-week periods in association with Smithsonian research staff members. Applicants must be formally enrolled in a graduate program of study, must have completed at least one semester, and must not yet have been advanced to candidacy in a doctoral program. Stipend = $6,000.
Deadline: January 15, 2011
Length: 3-12 months
Comments: These fellowships allow students to conduct research for periods of three to twelve months. Applicants must have completed coursework and preliminary examinations for the doctoral degree, and must be engaged in dissertation research. In addition, candidates must have the approval of their universities to conduct their doctoral research at the Smithsonian. Stipend = $27,000/year.
URL: http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm#fofgDeadline: 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: February 1, 2011
Length: One Year
Comments: Up to two Dissertation Year Fellowship grants of $16,000 are given annually to support graduate students working on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. Applicants should have substantially completed their research and be prepared to devote full time to writing their dissertation. Preference will be given to projects based on extensive research at the Truman Library.
Deadline: 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: January 2011 (was 1/31 in 2009)
Length: One Year
Comments: DeKarman fellowships are open to students in any discipline, including international students, who are currently enrolled in a university or college located within the United States. Only candidates for the PhD who will defend their dissertations by June 2012 are eligible for consideration. Special consideration will be given to applicants in the Humanities. A minimum of ten (10) fellowships, $22,000 for graduate students will be awarded for the regular academic year, paid through the fellowship office of the university in which the recipient is enrolled for study in the United States. To be competitive, graduate applicants should have outstanding letters of recommendation, significant publications, and have completed several chapters of the dissertation at the time of application. Although the competition is open to students from any university or college, the vast majority of awards go to students at top-tier schools.
URL: http://www.dekarman.org/
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
Deadline: November 3, 2010
Length: 9-12 months
Comments: The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research outside of the United States. IDRF promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region but is also informed by interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. Research topics may address all periods in history, but applicants should be alert to the broader implications of their research as it relates to contemporary issues and debates. Seventy-five fellowships are awarded annually. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $18,750. The fellowship includes participation in an interdisciplinary workshop upon the completion of IDRF-funded research.
Deadline: November 15, 2010
Length: One Year
Comments: Dissertation Fellowships are available to women who will complete their dissertation writing between April 15, 2012 and June 30, 2012. Degree conferral must be between April 1 and September 15, 2012. To qualify, applicants must have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposal or plan by Nov. 15, 2010. Students holding any fellowship for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW fellowship year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering and math and also researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply. Grants are for $20,000.
URL: http://www.aauw.org/learn/fellowships_grants/american.cfm
