*All Funding Opportunities: January 2011 Archives

Deadline: 2/18/2011

Length: 1 year

Comments: Resources for the Future (RFF) will award one research grant for the 2011-2012 academic year in honor of the late John V. Krutilla, a renowned environmental economist who served as a senior fellow at RFF for most of his career.The grant is intended for young scholars who have been awarded a doctoral degree in the past five years. The focus of the award is research related to environmental and resource economics. Special attention will be given to applications that seek to pursue research into one or more of the areaspioneered by John Krutilla. The award is open to young scholars who have received their doctoral degrees since June 30, 2006. One award for $5,500 will be made each year. It can be used for summer salary support, to pay for research assistance, or for any other legitimate research expenses.
 
URL: http://www.rff.org/About_RFF/Pages/JohnVKrutillaResearchStipend.aspx


Deadline: 2/25/2011

Length: One year

Comments: 2 fellowships are offered to postdoctoral students to conduct research related to Asian American studies. Fellows will be expected to participate in research, teaching, and service. Awards support one year of research and are non-renewable. Stipend of $42,000 plus $5,000 provided for research, travel, and related expenses.


For More Information:
Post Doc Review Committee
Asian American Studies Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1208 West Nevada Street, MC 142
Urbana, IL  61801
(217) 244-9530
aasp@illinois.edu
www.aasp.illinois.edu
Deadline: 3/1/2011

Length: Up to two years

Comments:  Individuals who have recently earned their doctoral degrees are invited to apply for a unique fellowship experience which combines working on cutting-edge ETS research projects and conducting independent research that is relevant to ETS' goals. The fellowship is carried out in the ETS offices in Princeton, N.J. The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program seeks to significantly increase the involvement of highly skilled individuals in research and development in the fields listed below.
  • educational measurement and psychometrics
  • validity
  • natural language processing and speech technologies
  • cognitive psychology
  • learning theory
  • linguistics and computational linguistics
  • teaching and classroom research
  • statistics
  • assessment design and development
The fellowship is for a period of up to two years, renewable after the first year by mutual agreement. Salary is competitive.

URL: http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships
Deadline: 3/1/2011

Length: One year

Comments:

In 1976, the Feris Foundation of America established the Gallatin Fellowships in honor of Geneva native and distinguished U.S. statesman Albert Gallatin to support advanced doctoral candidates in international studies to complete their studies either at the Graduate Institute for International Studies (for U.S. students) or at an appropriate U.S. university (for Graduate Institute students). The terms of the Gallatin fellowship are as follows: a stipend of $26,000 (US) for the academic year as well as free trans-Atlantic travel (one round-trip). U.S. citizens and permanent residents enrolled in a U.S. doctoral institution are eligible to use the Gallatin Fellowship to study at the Graduate Institute while doctoral candidates at the Graduate Institute are eligible to use the Fellowship to study at an appropriate US institution. The Gallatin Fellowship is intended for advanced work on the doctoral dissertation in the broad field of international affairs and is open as to discipline.



URL: http://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/pdf/ssddos/Gallatin-web-info.pdf
Deadline: 3/1/2011

Length: One year

Comments: The UC White Mountain Research Station (WMRS) graduate student research awards provide up to $2,000 per year to support living and travel expenses to do thesis research based out of WMRS (i.e. in the White-Inyo Range, nearby eastern Sierra Nevada mountains and Owens Valley.  Living expenses may include room and board at WMRS and limited support for living in the field. Travel expenses may not include airfare. 

Applicants may be part of a faculty member's research project or team, but the project should be independent from that of the senior research worker.  University faculty members are intended to direct the research of the student, but it is expected that students will submit for publication a single- or senior-author manuscript from their WMRS-supported research with WMRS in the by-line. Awardees are expected to be in residence for some part of their research at the Station so they can interact with other researchers and students. Awardees are also strongly encouraged to participate in a public outreach activity to share their research at the annual WMRS open house or seminar.


URL: http://www.wmrs.edu/student/student%20minigrant/default.htm
Deadline: 2/11/2011

Length: Multi-year

Comments: Point Foundation (Point) provides financial support through multi-year scholarships, leadership training, mentoring and hope to LGBTQ students who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. The organization provides its scholars with the financial ability to attend the nation's foremost higher educational institutions and its donors and mentors with the rare satisfaction of directly investing their resources and time in future generations of leaders.

URL: http://www.pointfoundation.org/instructions.html
Deadline: February 4, 2011

Length: Summer 2011

Comments: For summer 2011, the American Research Institute in Turkey will offer fellowships for up to 15 advanced students for participation in the summer program in intensive advanced Turkish language at Bogaziçi University* in Istanbul.  This intensive program offers the equivalent of one full academic year of study in Turkish at the college level. The fellowships cover round-trip airfare to Istanbul, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend.  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:  Full-time students and scholars affiliated at academic institutions are eligible to apply. To be a fellowship applicant, you must:
  1. Be a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States.
  2. Be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate level academic program, or be faculty
  3. Have a minimum B average in your studies, if still a student; and
  4. Perform at the high-intermediate level on a proficiency-based admissions examination.

URL: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/ARITSummerLanguageProgram.html
Deadline: February 11, 2011

Length: Up to 4 years (up to 2 years for MA programs)

Comments: The Diversifying Faculty in Illinois Fellowship application for the 2011-2012 academic year is now available online at this link: http://www.ibhe.org/DFI/application.htm.  If a student plans on applying they should confirm with rrios@uchicago.edu  via email to receive the application code necessary to complete the required online application. The application deadline for the University of Chicago is February 11, 2011. All materials should be submitted to Ronnie Rios at 5710 S. Woodlawn Ave. before the building closes at 11PM.  For more information, please see the requirements outlined below and visit the IBHE website listed above.
 
DFI REQUIREMENTS:
ELIGIBILITY
·         IL resident
o   Graduated from IL high school or post secondary degree
o   3+ years of IL residency
·         Underrepresented Groups
o   Traditionally underrepresented groups
o   African American, Hispanic/Latino(a), Native American, Asian American
·         Academic Ability
o   Unconditional admission to a post-baccalaureate degree program
o   Bachelor's degree
o   Minimum gpa of 2.75 in last 60 hours of undergraduate work
o   3.2 or higher in at least 9 hours of graduate study
·         Academic Pursuit
o   All academic disciplines
o   In pursuit of doctorate, terminal master's, or master's degree
o   Full time enrollment while on fellowship
·         Financial Need
o   FAFSA filed each year to maintain eligibility
§  FAFSA filed by February 15, 2011
§  Copy of your SAR submitted with your application by February 15, 2011
o   Application Deadline:  February 11, 2011

URL: http://www.ibhe.org/DFI/application.htm