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Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowships Formal
Application Deadline: Applications must be received by February 15 for
the following academic year. Applicants must be prepared to demonstrate: - Affiliation
and/or employment with an institution in their home country. Budgetary Guidelines: Baldwin Fellowships may be used to cover tuition, travel, living expenses, student fees, insurance, books, and other relevant categories of expenditure. Aid is not provided for family expenses or dependent support, salary and/or fringe benefits of the applicant, nor institutional overhead. For more information please visit: http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/grants/g3.jsp The
Africanist Doctoral Candidate Fellowship Program For more
information visit: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/news/docs/African%20Doctoral%20Candidate%20Fellowship.doc. The Frederick Douglass Institute Predoctoral Fellowship Program Deadlines: Applications are accepted from September 2006 to January 31, 2007. The Predoctoral Fellowship is awarded annually to a graduate student of any university who studies aspects of the African and African-American experience. This fellowship, which carries an annual stipend of $18,000, does not come with any teaching obligation, but will require the Fellow to work with the Institute’s Director in organizing colloquium, lectures, and other events. The principal aim of this award is to expedite the completion of the Fellow’s dissertation. To qualify for this one-year residential fellowship in 2007-2008 academic year, an applicant will need to have completed and passed the following before the end of this (2006-07) academic year: (1) all required courses; (2) qualifying oral and/or written exams; (3) written at least one chapter of the dissertation (the chapter becomes part of the application package). Application checklist: A completed FDI fellowship application form; a curriculum vitae; an official transcript showing completion of all preliminary coursework and qualifying examinations; the dissertation prospectus; a sample chapter from the dissertation; three letters of recommendation to be sent out by the referees, including one from the dissertation supervisor assessing the candidate’s prospects for completing the project within a year. For more information visit http://www.rochester.edu/College/AAS/fellowships.php. top
Application deadline for fellowship terms beginning in August/September 2007 is Dec. 1, 2006. The Woodson Institute invites scholars working in the humanities and social sciences to apply for predoctoral (two-year) and postdoctoral (one-year) fellowships. These residential fellowships are designed to facilitate the completion of dissertations/manuscripts in African American and African Studies and related fields; preference is given to applicants whose research is substantially completed. For more
information, visit the website at http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/programs/fellowships.html. WARA PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION FOR SUMMER 2007 Application deadline: DECEMBER 1, 2006. WARA will grant two pre-doctoral research fellowships for research in West Africa during the summer of 2007. Applications are invited from graduate students who wish to conduct research for a 2 to 3 month period in order to: 1) prepare
a doctoral research proposal; or Funded through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department, this competition is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are currently enrolled in graduate programs at institutions of higher education in the United States . Priority will be given to applicants who are at the pre-dissertation stage, that is, who will be returning to their institution to complete course work, exams, etc. before beginning their fieldwork. Each fellowship will provide round trip travel to a West African country and a stipend of $3,000. The West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal may assist with academic contacts and affiliations and recommendations for lodging in the country chosen by the fellow. Candidates must submit:
Complete applications will consist of one original and three copies of all materials (4 sets total) except letters of reference. Letters should be included in the application packet in envelopes sealed and signed by the referee. Letters of reference sent separately will not be considered. For more information visit http://www.warc-croa.org/wara%20pre-doctoral.htm. WARA POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR SUMMER 2007 Application deadline: DECEMBER 1, 2006. WARA will grant two post-doctoral fellowships for research in West Africa during the summer of 2007. These fellowships are open to persons already holding a Ph.D. who wish to conduct research for a 2 to 3-month period in order to: 1) complete
or elaborate upon an earlier project; Funded through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department, this competition is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who currently hold a teaching position at an institution of higher education in the United States or who work in another related domain (e.g. public health or museology). Each fellowship will provide round trip travel to a West African country and a stipend of up to $3,000. The West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal may assist with academic contacts and affiliations and recommendations for lodging in the country chosen by the fellow. Candidates must submit:
Complete applications will consist of one original and three copies of all materials (4 sets total) except letters of reference. Letters should be included in the application packet in envelopes sealed and signed by the referee. Letters of reference sent separately will not be considered. For more information visit http://www.warc-croa.org/wara%20post-doctoral.htm. West African Research Center Travel Grant 2006-2007 The West
African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal is offering travel bursaries
of up to $3000 ($2000 transportation and $1000 stipend) to West African
scholars and graduate students. This competition is open only to West
African nationals. Travel grant funds may be used to: Applications will consist of : ·
A brief (50-80 word) abstract of the activity to be funded Complete applications will consist of one original and three copies of all materials (4 sets total). Submission period: (neither before nor after dates indicated bellow) For those
who travel between January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007 : July 1st - September
15th 2006 For more information, visit http://www.warc-croa.org/warc%20travel%20grant.htm. African Wildlife Foundation Charlotte Conservation Fellowship Since its founding in 1961, the African Wildlife Foundation has believed that Africans are the ideal stewards of Africa's natural resources. This core belief led AWF to assist in establishing the first school to train African wildlife managers in Tanzania in 1961. During its early decades, AWF helped to establish and support wildlife clubs in several African countries to help raise the awareness and interest of a new generation in the importance of conservation. AWF has also provided scholarships and educated hundreds of African in conservation studies to ensure the survival of Africa's wildlife heritage. Charlotte Fellowships enable recipients to improve their qualifications, update their skills, acquire the latest information on natural resource management and adapt new technologies to their work. The Program is committed to enhancing the effectiveness and impact of African nationals in the field of conservation through the increased knowledge, skills, and credentials obtained through an advanced degree. For more information, visit http://www.awf.org/success/charlotte.php. The Wadsworth South African Fellowships The Wadsworth South African Fellowships are intended to provide support for black African students undertaking study leading to a Ph.D. at a South African University that can provide them with international-level training in anthropology. The annual fellowship is $15,000 and can be used towards travel, living expenses, tuition, student fees, insurance, books, research expenses, etc. The fellowship is renewable for up to two additional years upon successful completion of each preceding year's study. A separate application can be made for an additional year of funding to support dissertation write-up. The application deadline for the Wadsworth South African Fellowship Program is December 15. Final decisions are made by January 15. For more information, visit http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=377114&attrib_id=13232.
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