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Length: Three Years
Comments: The Michigan Society of Fellows, under the auspices of the Rackham Graduate School, was established in 1970 with endowment grants from the Ford Foundation and the Horace H. and Mary Rackham Funds. The most distinctive aspect of the Society is its multidisciplinary emphasis. Each year the Society selects four outstanding applicants for appointment to three-year fellowships in the social, physical, and life sciences, and in the professional schools. In 2007, the Mellon Foundation awarded a grant to add four Mellon Fellows annually in the humanities, expanding the number of fellowships awarded each year from four to eight.
The Society invites applications from qualified candidates at the beginning of their academic careers, having received the Ph.D. or comparable professional or artistic degree between June 1, 20011 and September 1, 2014. Applications from degree candidates and recipients of the Ph.D. from the University of Michigan will not be considered. Non-US citizens may apply.
URL: http://www.rackham.umich.edu/sof/Deadline: December 31, 2011
Length: 1 year, renewable
Comments: Humane Studies Fellowships are awarded by the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) to students interested in exploring the principles, practices, and institutions necessary for a free society through their academic work. IHS began the program in 1983 as the Claude R. Lambe Fellowships and in 2009 awarded more than 165 fellowships ranging from $2,000 to $15,000.
Deadline:
December 1, 2011 Length: One
year The Doctoral
Student Research Award promotes research that contributes to a better knowledge
and understanding of Canada, its relationship with the United States, and its
international affairs. The grant is designed to give doctoral students an
opportunity to conduct part of their research in Canada. We welcome efforts to
integrate the research findings into the applicant's conference presentations. We support
projects representing a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and
humanities (see list of recent grant awards: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes/recipients-destinaires.aspx?lang=eng#doctoral-doctorat).
We are particularly interested in projects that focus on policy,
especially in these priority areas: North American economic competitiveness,
energy and environment, security, and Arctic issues. Applications
will be considered in accordance with the procedures, guidelines and conditions
described below. Over the past three years, applicants have had a 24 percent
success rate. http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes/doctoral-doctorat.aspx?lang=eng
Deadline:
December 1, 2011
Length: One
year
During the
academic year, selected fellows study at their universities and carry out
research under the supervision of an academic mentor and in consultation with
ETS research scientists and psychometricians. During the summer, fellows are
invited to participate in the Summer Internship Program for Graduate Students,
working under the guidance of an ETS mentor.
The goal of
this program is to increase the number of well-trained scientists in
educational measurement, psychometrics and statistics.
Each fellow's
university receives the following:
•
$19,000 to
pay a stipend to the fellow
•
$8,000 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
Each fellow
who also participates in the Summer Internship Program in Research for Graduate
Students receives the following:
•
$5,000
compensation
•
$2,500
relocation and housing allowance
At the time
of application, candidates must be enrolled in a doctoral program, have
completed all the coursework toward the Ph.D., and be at the dissertation stage
of their program. Dissertation topics in the areas of psychometrics,
statistics, educational measurement or quantitative methods will be given
priority. At the time of application, candidates will be asked to provide a statement
describing any additional financial assistance such as assistantship or grant
commitment that he/she will have during the fellowship period.
Selection is
based on:
•
Strength of
the applicant's academic credentials. Applicants need to demonstrate superior
academic ability and achievement as well as exceptional promise in the field of
measurement, psychometrics or statistics.
•
Suitability
and the technical strength of the proposed research project. The project must
relate to research currently under way at ETS. The preferred arrangement is
that the proposed project be the applicant's doctoral thesis. Nondissertation
projects may be considered provided that the applicant is doing significant
independent work and is not receiving alternative funding for this work.
ttp://www.ets.org/research/fellowships/gulliksen
Deadline: November 15, 2011
Length: One year
Applications are now being
accepted for the 2012 Committee on Institutional Cooperation and Smithsonian
Institution Predoctoral Fellowship Program.
Fellowships are offered
by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the Smithsonian Institution
to provide opportunities for graduate students to conduct research in
association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff, and to
utilize the resources of the Institution. These one-year fellowships are
offered to support research in residence at Smithsonian Institution facilities.
Fellowships carry a stipend of $30,000. All fields of study that are actively
pursued by the museums and research organizations of the Smithsonian
Institution are eligible.
Application Instructions
To be considered for the CIC/SI Fellowship, applicants must complete the CIC/Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Application form.
A PDF of the completed application must be submitted electronically by November 15, 2011 at 5 PM to the graduate fellowship office at the student's home institution.
Length: One academic year
Comments:The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS) at the University of Michigan invites applications for the Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Post-doctoral Fellowship Program from scholars working on Africa or the African diaspora. Consideration will be given to all disciplines including - but not limited to - the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and professional schools. Scholars from or who study the Gullah speaking Sea islands, Cape Verde islands, the Anglophone Caribbean, the Canary Islands, and Madagascar and/or other less studied areas are especially encouraged to apply. This is a residential fellowship for the academic year. The fellowship package is worth $45,000 plus health insurance coverage. Included in the package is a stipend of $42,000. Health insurance, plus $1,000 for research and up to $2,000 for travel expenses. Successful candidates can expect to maintain affiliations with CAAS as well as departments and research institutes that relate to their projects. Fellows will be expected to conduct a CAAS work-in-progress seminar on their research during one of the semesters in residence.
URL: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/caas
| When: | Thursday, October 6, 2011 12:00 pm |
| Where: |
Classics Building, Room 110 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL |
Students in the social, physical, or biological sciences who have not completed a previous graduate degree or more than 12 months of study are eligible for these prestigious fellowships. For full eligibility requirements, see: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11582/nsf11582.htm.
Interested applicants should this first session to learn more about the application process and get application tips; then join a writing group with your colleagues from throughout the University (not just your department) to get feedback on your essays!
Attendance at this workshop is mandatory for those wishing to participate in the October 11 and November 1 writing groups. If you are unable to attend on October 6, please contact Devin O'Rourke (dorourke@uchicago.edu) in GSA. For one-on-one advising on this fellowship application, please contact Meghan Hammond (mrhammond@uchicago.edu) in GSA.
Length: Short-term
Comments:
The George C. Marshall/Baruch Fellowships are given to encourage doctoral or postdoctoral research in 20th-century U.S. military or diplomatic history and related fields. The fellowships are administered by the George C. Marshall Foundation - a non- profit, non-governmental institution - and generated from a gift provided annually by the Baruch Family Foundation of Encino, California. The fellowships honor the career of George C. Marshall, 20th-century solider-statesman, and the Baruch family.
- Maximum grant: $7,500; requests for smaller grants are encouraged
- Projects to be funded may cover a broad range of studies in U.S. History and related fields pertaining to the changing role of the United States as a world power in the 20th century.
- Research may utilize holdings in the Marshall Research Library or may be conducted elsewhere.
URL: http://www.marshallfoundation.org/education/marshall-baruch.html
Length: 2 years, may lead to permanent position
Comments: Graduate students from all academic disciplines who expect to complete an advanced degree (master's, law, or doctoral-level degree) from a qualifying college or university during the 2011-2012 academic year (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012) are eligible to be nominated by their schools for the upcoming 2011 application period. The purpose of the Program is to attract to the Federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs. The application process requires that the applicant provide a nomination from the institution. In order to be nominated, you must submit the nominating form, a résumé, and a brief statement to Brett Baker in Foster 107 by September 26, 2011. Please direct questions to ssd-fellowships@uchicago.edu.
URL: http://www.pmf.gov/
NOTE: There will be two information sessions about this program:
Wednesday, September 14
3:30 p.m., South Lounge, Reynolds Club
-OR-
Tuesday, September 20
11 a.m., Harris School Room 289A
Length: One Year
Comments: Applicants must have received the Ph.D. degree before January 1, 2011. The Society for the Humanities will not consider applications from scholars who received the Ph.D. after this date. Applicants must also have one or more years of teaching experience which may include teaching as a graduate student.
The Society for the Humanities calls for scholarly reflections on risk. We seek interdisciplinary projects that reflect on historical, theoretical, and global understandings of risk as a concept and a reality that lies at the heart of the humanities and the arts. The Society wishes to open the question of how risk shapes the humanities and how the humanities might dialogue with broader biological, ecological, economic, and technological approaches to risk.
URL: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/society_fellowships.html
