May 2011: April 2011 Archives
Length: 8 months
Comments: The Women's Research & Education Institute (WREI) offers a fellowship program that places current or recent graduate students in the Washington, D.C., offices of Members of Congress and on House and Senate staffs. WREI Fellows work a minimum of 40 hours per week from January through August as legislative aides on public policy issues. Following a mandatory two-week orientation to Capitol Hill in January, Fellows meet once a week at issue seminars with women's advocates, activists, Congressional staff, researchers, and lobbyists. WREI expects to award at least five Fellowships for 2012, depending on funding. WREI Fellows receive a stipend of approximately $1,450 per month. An additional sum of up to $500 is provided for the purchase of health insurance with submission of a bill from a provider. WREI will also reimburse Fellows up to a maximum of $1,500 ($750 per semester) for the cost of tuition at their home institutions. Please note that WREI will not cover non-degree courses in Washington, DC, student fees, books, or non-tuition expenses.
URL: http://www.wrei.org/FellowsFAQ.htm
Length: Two years
Comments: ACLS invites applications for the inaugural competition of its Public Fellows program. The program will place eight recent Ph.D.s in staff positions at partnering agencies in government and the non-profit sector for two years, beginning in some cases as early as September 2011. Compensation will be commensurate with experience and at the same level as new professional employees of the hosting agency and will include health insurance.
Applicants must:
- possess U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status
- have a Ph.D. in the humanities or humanistic social sciences conferred between January 2008 and March 2011
- not have applied to any other ACLS Fellowship programs in the 2010-2011 competition year, including the New Faculty Fellows program
URL: http://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellows/
Deadline: May 2, 2011, November 2, 2011
Length: Unrestricted
Comments: Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. Dissertation Fieldwork Grants provide a maximum of US $20,000 and the Osmundsen Initiative supplement provides up to an additional $5,000 for a maximum grant of US $25,000. Grants are non-renewable. Students must be enrolled in a doctoral program at the time of application. Students of all nationalities are eligible to apply. There is no time limit on the duration of the grant, and funding may be requested to cover distinct research phases (for example, two summers) if this is part of the research design. Application deadlines are May 1 and November 1. Final decisions are made six months later.
URL: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/dissertation-fieldwork-grants
