Research Grants: April 2011 Archives
Length: up to 2 years
Comments: Nationality: Applicant must have the nationality of a country which has diplomatic relations with the Japanese government. This applies at such times to stateless persons, too. Applicant who has Japanese nationality at the time of application will not be eligible. Applicant must have been born on or after April 2,1977. Applicant must have BA or equivalent. Must be willing to study Japanese language and receive instruction in it. An essential prerequisite is that applicants be in good physical and mental health. Must contact a Japanese professor and obtain a letter of acceptance from a Japanese university.Allowance: Under the fiscal 2011 budget, each grantee will be provided monthly with 150,000 yen (Research Student course),
152,000 yen (students enrolled in a Master's program or a professional degree program), or 153,000 yen (students enrolled in a doctoral program) (an additional monthly stipend of 2,000 or 3,000 yen may be provided to those undertaking study or research in specially designated regions).
URL: http://www.la.us.emb-japan.go.jp/e_web/e_m05_18.htm
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
Length: Short-term
Comments: The Research Travel Grants will support dissertation research-related travel by advanced graduate students. Grants, up to a maximum of $2,500 but most smaller, will be awarded for academic year 2011-2012, beginning with the summer quarter. The awards are designed to help defray the costs of travel for students who have a specific research goal critical to their dissertations. Advanced students in any of the Social Sciences Ph.D. programs may apply. To be eligible for consideration, a student must have been admitted to Ph.D. candidacy by the tenure of the grant, and preferably by the time of application, and must complete the research project no later than May 1, 2012. Awards will be funded by the Overseas Research Travel Grant Fund, the Orin Williams Fund, the Agnes and Nathan Janco Travel Grant Fund and the Renck Memorial Award Fund. The Agnes and Nathan Janco Travel Grant is made possible by a gift from Joel Janco in honor of Agnes and Nathan Janco in recognition of their love of travel and exploration, their compassion for others, and implacable dedication to science and the arts. The Renck Memorial Award provides $1,000 for a student(s) in Anthropology, Human Development, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology who is engaging in qualitative research related to the media.
URL: http://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/pdf/ssddos/Travel_Grant_announcement11.pdf
