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Deadline: 1/3/11
Length: 12 months
Comments: The TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Research Fellowship was established to honor the memory and outstanding work of the late Dr. Ruth Simms Hamilton, the former Michigan State University professor and TIAA Trustee. Professor Hamilton served as a Trustee from 1989 to 2003 and during her 35-year career at Michigan State University, she was a highly regarded sociology professor and a faculty member of the African Studies Center, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Center for Advanced Study of International Development. She was an early pioneer of research concerning the African Diaspora, the dispersion and settlement of African people once they left Africa. Fellowships are awarded to one or more graduate students enrolled in a social science program at an accredited U.S. college or university and studying the African Diaspora. The fellowships are awarded based on evaluation of submissions by an objective panel of judges.
URL: http://www.tiaa-crefinstitute.org/awards/hamilton.html
Length: 12 months
Comments: The TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Research Fellowship was established to honor the memory and outstanding work of the late Dr. Ruth Simms Hamilton, the former Michigan State University professor and TIAA Trustee. Professor Hamilton served as a Trustee from 1989 to 2003 and during her 35-year career at Michigan State University, she was a highly regarded sociology professor and a faculty member of the African Studies Center, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Center for Advanced Study of International Development. She was an early pioneer of research concerning the African Diaspora, the dispersion and settlement of African people once they left Africa. Fellowships are awarded to one or more graduate students enrolled in a social science program at an accredited U.S. college or university and studying the African Diaspora. The fellowships are awarded based on evaluation of submissions by an objective panel of judges.
URL: http://www.tiaa-crefinstitute.org/awards/hamilton.html
Deadline: October 11, 2010 (Spring 2011); January 14, 2011 (Fall 2011)
Length: 6-9 months
Comments: The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, established in 1987, is a highly-competitive national fellowship program that provides college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security. Twice yearly, the Fellowship's Board of Directors selects a group of outstanding individuals to spend six to nine months in Washington. Supported by a stipend, the Fellows serve as full-time junior staff members at the participating organization of their choice. The program also arranges meetings for the Fellows with policy experts. Many former Scoville Fellows have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in international relations and related fields and taken prominent positions in the field of peace and security with public-interest organizations, the Federal Government, and in academia. To date, 128 fellowships have been awarded.
URL: http://www.scoville.org/
Length: 6-9 months
Comments: The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, established in 1987, is a highly-competitive national fellowship program that provides college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security. Twice yearly, the Fellowship's Board of Directors selects a group of outstanding individuals to spend six to nine months in Washington. Supported by a stipend, the Fellows serve as full-time junior staff members at the participating organization of their choice. The program also arranges meetings for the Fellows with policy experts. Many former Scoville Fellows have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in international relations and related fields and taken prominent positions in the field of peace and security with public-interest organizations, the Federal Government, and in academia. To date, 128 fellowships have been awarded.
URL: http://www.scoville.org/
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/