Recently in December 2010 Category
Deadline: 12/31/10
Length: varies, short-term
Comments: Several fellowships support research on Jewish studies or Jewish history. Most awards are for one to three months of research at the YIVO Library & Archives; however, a few special awards are available for travel to Eastern Europe.
URL: http://www.yivoinstitute.org/max_weinreich/index.php?tid=53&aid=434
Length: varies, short-term
Comments: Several fellowships support research on Jewish studies or Jewish history. Most awards are for one to three months of research at the YIVO Library & Archives; however, a few special awards are available for travel to Eastern Europe.
URL: http://www.yivoinstitute.org/max_weinreich/index.php?tid=53&aid=434
Deadline: 12/31/10
Length: short-term
Comments: The library collection is particularly rich in the following areas: Catholic newspapers, history of midwestern Catholicism, Catholic literature, and history of Catholicism in the United States. Manuscripts of historical personages, records of twentieth century Catholic organizations, reports of European missionary societies, and much more material related to the American Catholic community are held in the archives.Grants of up to $2,000 help defray travel and lodging costs are made to scholars of any academic discipline who are engaged in projects which require substantial use of the collections of the library and the archives. Research projects must be related to the study of American Catholicism. Applicants should indicate as specifically as possible how the use of the Notre Dame library and archives are pertinent to this study.
URL: http://cushwa.nd.edu/grant-opportunities/travel-grants/
Length: short-term
Comments: The library collection is particularly rich in the following areas: Catholic newspapers, history of midwestern Catholicism, Catholic literature, and history of Catholicism in the United States. Manuscripts of historical personages, records of twentieth century Catholic organizations, reports of European missionary societies, and much more material related to the American Catholic community are held in the archives.Grants of up to $2,000 help defray travel and lodging costs are made to scholars of any academic discipline who are engaged in projects which require substantial use of the collections of the library and the archives. Research projects must be related to the study of American Catholicism. Applicants should indicate as specifically as possible how the use of the Notre Dame library and archives are pertinent to this study.
URL: http://cushwa.nd.edu/grant-opportunities/travel-grants/
Deadline: 12/1/2010
Length: One year, renewable
Comments: Fellows study at their universities during the academic year and conduct a research project under the supervision of an academic mentor and in consultation with ETS research scientists or psychometricians. Selected fellows are invited to participate in the ETS Summer Internship Program. Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral program, have completed all required coursework, and be working on a dissertation related to statistics, psychometrics, educational measurement or quantitative methods.
URL: http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships
Length: One year, renewable
Comments: Fellows study at their universities during the academic year and conduct a research project under the supervision of an academic mentor and in consultation with ETS research scientists or psychometricians. Selected fellows are invited to participate in the ETS Summer Internship Program. Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral program, have completed all required coursework, and be working on a dissertation related to statistics, psychometrics, educational measurement or quantitative methods.
Each fellow's university receives the following:
- $15,000 to pay a stipend to the fellow
- $7,500 to defray the fellow's tuition, fees and work-study program commitments
- A small grant for the purchase of equipment or software if needed to facilitate work on the fellow's research project (grant must be requested by the university)
URL: http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships
Deadline: 12/15/2010
Length: One year
Comments: In order to encourage such scholars to consider college rather than university teaching, Kenyon College offers the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship. 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.
Length: One year
Comments: In order to encourage such scholars to consider college rather than university teaching, Kenyon College offers the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship. 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.
Kenyon will provide a stipend of $32,500, plus health benefits, housing, and a small moving allowance. The College will also provide some allowance to cover research, travel to conferences and professional expenses. The Fellow is expected to write the dissertation and to teach one course each semester, usually in the Fellow's general research area. Eligibility to apply for the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship is limited to those meeting all of the following four criteria who are citizens or nationals of the United States:
- 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).
- 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.
- Individuals who aspire to a teaching and research career.
Deadline: 12/1/2010
Length: Up to 9 months
Comments: This program is intended for doctoral students at accredited U.S. and Canadian four-year colleges and universities whose dissertations are related in substantial part to the study of Canada or Canada-U.S. relations. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States and should have completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation when they apply for a grant. Applicants are ineligible to receive the same grant in two consecutive years. Applicants may request funding up to US$10,000.
URL: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes/doctoral-doctorat.aspx?lang=eng
Length: Up to 9 months
Comments: This program is intended for doctoral students at accredited U.S. and Canadian four-year colleges and universities whose dissertations are related in substantial part to the study of Canada or Canada-U.S. relations. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States and should have completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation when they apply for a grant. Applicants are ineligible to receive the same grant in two consecutive years. Applicants may request funding up to US$10,000.
URL: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes/doctoral-doctorat.aspx?lang=eng
Deadline: 12/1/2010
Length: 6 or 12 months
Comments: The Scholars-in-Residence Program is designed to (1) encourage research and writing on the history, literature, and cultures of the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora, (2) to promote and facilitate interaction among the participants including fellows funded by other sources, and (3) to facilitate the dissemination of the researchers' findings through lectures, publications, and the ongoing Schomburg Center Colloquium and Seminar Series. Persons seeking support for research leading to degrees are not eligible under this program. Candidates for advanced degrees must have received the degree by December 1 of this year.
URL: http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/64/node/131
Length: 6 or 12 months
Comments: The Scholars-in-Residence Program is designed to (1) encourage research and writing on the history, literature, and cultures of the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora, (2) to promote and facilitate interaction among the participants including fellows funded by other sources, and (3) to facilitate the dissemination of the researchers' findings through lectures, publications, and the ongoing Schomburg Center Colloquium and Seminar Series. Persons seeking support for research leading to degrees are not eligible under this program. Candidates for advanced degrees must have received the degree by December 1 of this year.
Note: This program does not fund dissertation research. Fellowships are awarded for continuous periods of six or twelve
months at the Schomburg Center with maximum stipends of $30,000 for six
months and $60,000 for twelve months.
Deadline: 12/1/2010
Length: 2 years
Comments: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS for up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding six years and have not had more than three years of fellowship support. Fellows receive a progressive stipend of $42,000 in the first year and $46,000 in the second, with an institutional allowance of $6,000 per year.
URL: http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?page_id=0535FDA2-FA7D-AAE8-D7A9A6BCFFE3574B
Length: 2 years
Comments: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS for up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding six years and have not had more than three years of fellowship support. Fellows receive a progressive stipend of $42,000 in the first year and $46,000 in the second, with an institutional allowance of $6,000 per year.
URL: http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?page_id=0535FDA2-FA7D-AAE8-D7A9A6BCFFE3574B
Deadline: December 28, 2010
Length: Up to 5 years
Comments: The University of Chicago seeks applicants for five pre-doctoral fellowships in educational research.The fellowships will prepare outstanding scholars to conduct methodologically rigorous scientific research relevant to pressing challenges facing American education. Fellowship recipients will be new students admitted to the 2011 - 2012 academic year to a PhD program in the Division of Social Sciences, the Harris School of Public Policy or the Social Services Administration who are US citizens or permanent residents.These fellowships are funded by a training grant from the US Department to Education Institute for Education Sciences and provide outstanding support for tuition, a stipend and other expenses.
A complete call for applications can be found here, and the application is available here.
For more information, please contact: Kelly Therese Pollock, Associate Dean of Students, Division of the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, kpollock@uchicago.edu
URL: http://coe.uchicago.edu/pre/
Length: Up to 5 years
Comments: The University of Chicago seeks applicants for five pre-doctoral fellowships in educational research.The fellowships will prepare outstanding scholars to conduct methodologically rigorous scientific research relevant to pressing challenges facing American education. Fellowship recipients will be new students admitted to the 2011 - 2012 academic year to a PhD program in the Division of Social Sciences, the Harris School of Public Policy or the Social Services Administration who are US citizens or permanent residents.These fellowships are funded by a training grant from the US Department to Education Institute for Education Sciences and provide outstanding support for tuition, a stipend and other expenses.
A complete call for applications can be found here, and the application is available here.
For more information, please contact: Kelly Therese Pollock, Associate Dean of Students, Division of the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, kpollock@uchicago.edu
URL: http://coe.uchicago.edu/pre/
Deadline: December 10, 2010
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: 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
Deadline: December 1, 2010
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.
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.
