Fellowships/Grants With No Specific Regional Focus

Ford Foundation International Graduate Fellowships

The foundation supports a major international graduate fellowship program and a complementary undergraduate initiative to help prepare a new generation of future leaders for the environmental, social, economic, and resource, challenges of the 21st century. The $330 million commitment features a new Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP), which will provide $280 million through 2010 to support post-baccalaureate study for Fellows from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Russia. The graduate fellowships will support up to three years of master's or doctoral study at universities anywhere in the world. Fellows will be selected on the basis of their leadership potential, academic excellence and commitment to community or national development.

For information contact: http://www.fordfound.org/news/more/11272000ifp/index.cfm#elig.

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Graduate Scholarships for Foreign Language Study, the Foreign Language Enhancement Program (FLEP)

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) awards scholarships to graduate students at CIC universities to pursue foreign language study during the summer. This program is intended to help students take advantage of language offerings not available to them at their home university. Scholarships in the amount of $2,000 are awarded to cover living expenses incurred while attending another CIC host institution.

For more information contact the Foreign Language Liaison on campus Professor Magdalena Hauner, African Languages and Literatures, hauner@facstaff.wisc.edu. A list of foreign languages that would be taught at the CIC Institutions Summer 2004 will be available at the web site www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/FLEP/. FLEP is only available to full time graduate students (including international students) enrolled in a CIC institution. A second program through CIC is called the Traveling Scholar Program, which enables doctoral candidates at any CIC institution to take advantage of educational opportunities–specialized courses, unique library collections, unusual laboratories–at any other CIC institution without change in registration or increase in tuition. For more information on this program go to http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/TravelingScholars/index.shtml. The UW-Madison contact for this program is Deborah Gibson, Assistant Dean & Director of Admissions, Graduate School, gibson@bascom.wisc.edu, 262-7798

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Hayek Fund for Scholars

Applications are accepted year-round, on a rolling basis.

The Hayek Fund for Scholars makes strategic awards of up to $1,000 to graduate students and untenured faculty members for career-enhancing activities such as:

· Presentations at academic or professional conferences
· Travel to academic job interviews (on campus or at professional/academic conferences)
· Travel to and research at archives or libraries
· Participation in career development or enhancing seminars
· Distribution of a published article to colleagues in your field
· Submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book publishers

Application Instructions: Applicants must apply online, and include the following items:

  • A 1- to 2-page cover letter that explains how participation in the activity advances your career and advances an understanding of the principles of the classical liberal/libertarian tradition
  • An abstract or copy of the paper (if you intend to present at a conference)
  • An itemized list of expected expenses
  • A curriculum vitae or resume

Applications are accepted year-round, on a rolling basis. Applicants will be notified of committee's decision within four to six weeks. Awards are disbursed after presentation of original receipts.

For more information, please visit: http://www.theihs.org/grants_and_contest/id.712/default.asp.

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Institute for Humane Studies Summer Graduate Research Fellowships

Summer 2007 applications are now online!

Spend the summer completing your own writing project. Graduate students who share an interest in the classical liberal tradition get financial support to work on a paper or dissertation chapter.

  • $3,000 stipend and travel expenses for two IHS seminars
  • Opportunity to present your work at academic seminars with other Summer Fellows
  • Mentoring and critical comment on your project
  • Interaction with a community of scholars

If you have any questions regarding Summer Graduate Research Fellowships, please visit: http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/id.793/default.asp.

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) Fellowships


HRW, the international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization, invites applications for its fellowship program for recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs in journalism, international relations, area studies, or other relevant disciplines from any university worldwide.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Fellows work full time for one year with one or more divisions of Human Rights Watch, based in New York or Washington, DC. Fellows monitor human rights developments in various countries, conduct one or more on-site investigations, draft reports on human rights conditions, and engage in advocacy efforts aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations. Past fellows have conducted fact-finding missions to Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India (including Kashmir and Punjab), Iran, Kenya, Moldova, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uganda, the U.S.-Mexican border, and Venezuela.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have exceptional analytic skills, an ability to write and speak clearly, and a commitment to work in the human rights field in the future on a paid or volunteer basis. Proficiency in one language in addition to English is strongly recommended. Familiarity with countries or regions where serious human rights violations occur is also valued. Fellows must be recent law, journalism, international relations or area studies graduates, or have significant, comparable, relevant work experience.

SALARY AND BENEFITS: The salary is $40,000, plus excellent employer-paid benefits. Applications must include a cover letter, resume, two letters of recommendation, at least one unedited, unpublished writing sample, and an official law or graduate school transcript (applicants in one-year graduate programs should supply an undergraduate transcript with a list of their graduate school courses; applicants without any graduate school training must provide compelling evidence of significant, comparable, relevant work experience).

Contact: Human Rights Watch Att: Fellowship Committee 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10118-3299 http://www.hrw.org/about/info/fellows.html.

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International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) Short-Term Travel Grants Program

The STG application deadline is February 1, 2007.

The Short-Term Travel Grants program provides fellowships for up to eight weeks to US postdoctoral scholars and holders of other graduate degrees for independent or collaborative research projects in Europe and Eurasia. Fellowships are available to applicants who demonstrate how their research will make a substantive contribution to knowledge of the contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments in the region and how such knowledge is relevant to US foreign policy. The US Department of State Title VIII Program, the primary source of support for the STG Program, supports research topics that strengthen the fields of Eurasian and East European studies, and that address US foreign policy interests in the region, broadly defined. Historical or cultural research that promotes understanding of current events in the region is acceptable if an explicit connection is made to policy relevant issues, broadly defined.

Countries Eligible for Research: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Technical Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:

  • Be a US citizen or permanent resident (green card holder) of the US for three consecutive years prior to application.
  • Submit a research proposal on a topic in one of the academic disciplines listed on page 2 of the application.
  • Hold a PhD or other terminal degree.
  • Submit a complete application package by the deadline.
  • Have fulfilled all requirements from previous IREX grants.
  • Not be a current IREX employee or consultant or their immediate family members (spouses, parents, children, and siblings) as they are not eligible to compete in any IREX-administered grant programs, either as individuals or as the responsible party representing an institutional applicant.
  • IREX does not discriminate against grant applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic as established by US law.

Grant Provisions: Grants of up to $5,000 cover:

  • Travel from the United States to the host country.
  • Stipend to cover in-country costs for meals, lodging, and local transportation.
  • Miscellaneous research expenses directly related to the project (including but not limited to in-country travel and photocopying) and deemed to be appropriate by the selection committee and IREX.
  • Visa(s) and letter(s) of invitation fees (IREX will cover expenses related to a visa only if the scholar uses DMS Visa International)
  • Grantees will be required to submit both a final and research report upon completion of the grant. Two hundred dollars will be withheld from the stipend amount until the reports are received.
  • Medical evacuation insurance will be provided by IREX at no cost to the grantee.

For more information, visit http://www.irex.org/programs/stg/index.asp.

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JOSEPHINE DE KARMAN FELLOWSHIPS

Application Deadline: January 31, 2007

Offers a one-year fellowship to graduate students in any discipline entering terminal year of Ph.D. program in fall semester.
Applicants should have manifested exceptional ability and serious purpose. Special consideration will be given to applicants in the Humanities and to graduate students who will have completed their dissertations by the end of calendar 2006.

Students who are not citizens of the United States may apply for Josephine de Kármán Fellowships if they are already enrolled in a university located in the United States and if they will be in the United States by the July preceding the Fall Semester of the academic year for which they have enrolled.

Complete applications, including transcripts of applicant's scholarship records and two letters of recommendation, must be received by the Fellowship Committee postmarked no later than midnight, January 31, 2007. Announcement of awards will be made approximately April 15, 2007.

For further information please visit:http://www.dekarman.org/Qualifications.aspx.

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Johann Jacons Foundation

Offers funding for research on human (especially youth) development, in Eastern Europe and developing countries in Asia, Africa, Middle and South America. Fields covered include the behavioral, educational, and social sciences. Up to $5,000 is available for materials, subject fees, research assistance, personal costs for field work, and other expenses. Young investigator grants are aimed at postdoctoral investigators (normally within four to six years of award of the doctorate) who are initiating their own research in the field of adolescence and youth. Funds are available up to a maximum of US $10,000. Personal stipends (salaries) are not covered by either grant program.. Contact: Johann Jacobs Foundation, Administrative Assistant, Seefeldquai 17, Box 101, CH-8034 Zurich, Switzerland. Phone (41) 1-388-6123; Fax: (41) 1-388-6153.

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National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships

The National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships enable U.S. graduate students to pursue specialization in area and language study or to add an international dimension to their education. Boren Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security but are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students, i.e., areas of the world other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Boren Graduate Fellowships encourage U.S. graduate students to add an international dimension to their curricula. Students already enrolled in internationally oriented programs are encouraged to intensify their study of areas, languages, and cultures. Fellowships provide support for overseas or domestic study, or a combination of both. The maximum award for a combined overseas and domestic study is $30,000. A maximum of $12,000 per semester for up to two semesters is available for overseas study. A maximum of $12,000 is available for a program of domestic study only. Support for domestic study is limited to language or area studies that enhance a degree program.

For further information please visit:http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/graduate/default.htm.

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National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Enhancement

Dissertation enhancement projects support dissertation research conducted by graduate students at a foreign site. Students are expected to work in close cooperation with a host country institution and investigator. The applicant is responsible for making all necessary arrangements with the host country institution and scientist. The doctoral faculty advisor, on behalf of the student, submits the dissertation enhancement proposal. In addition to the international travel and associated living costs, support may be provided for materials and supplies, survey fees, field assistants, specialized research equipment, and other expenses, when justified as necessary for the conduct of the dissertation research. For more information and application details, go to International Opportunities for Scientists and Engineers. As an alternative to an INT proposal, both the Biological Sciences (BIO) and the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorates will support dissertation improvement grants with international collaborative components. These proposals should be submitted to the appropriate BIO or SBE program. INT will co-review such proposals to determine eligibility for additional funding from INT. Students are discouraged from simultaneously submitting similar proposals to INT and the relevant BIO or SBE program. Go to www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/int_opptype.htm#fellgrad for this description and links to detailed information. Or try www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/.

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National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

The NSF's Division of Social and Economic Sciences and Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question.

The NSF Programs that support a Dissertation Research Improvement grant are Archaeology/Archaeometry; Cognitive Neuroscience; Cultural Anthropology; Decision Risk and Management Science; Economics; Geography and Regional Science; Human Cognition and Perception; Law and Social Sciences; Linguistics; Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics; Physical Anthropology; Political Science; Science and Technology Studies; SDEST; Sociology.

Contact information for each Program is located at http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/docdiss and each Program has different deadlines for applications, but generally there are two: one in the fall and one in the spring semesters.

The document with general information on the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants is at www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf01113. Many of the programs have a specific component on international research and general information on the NSF's Office of International Science can be found at www.nsf.gov/sbe/int. 4201 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22230, (703) 292-5111, pubs@nsf.gov to order publications or forms.

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Richard A. Horovitz Fund For Professional Development

Offers scholarships to graduate students, researchers or artists who are citizens of sub-Saharan Africa, already studying at or accepted by an accredited U.S. university or institution; specializing in the social sciences or humanities. Student must hold an F-1 or J visa. Students must demonstrate financial need and must not be currently funded by an established educational program. Deadline is May 31. For application forms and requirements, contact: Patricia S. Link, Program Officer, Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Phone: (212) 984-5390; Fax: (212) 984-5393. E-mail:plink@iie.org

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Russell E. Train Fellowships

Through Russell E. Train Fellowships, EFN invests in the academic training of conservationists in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in a wide variety of disciplines so that they may gain the knowledge and skills necessary to manage natural resources in complex contexts. Train Fellows receive financial support for education-related costs for a period of up to two years. Study can be at the master's or doctoral level and can take place anywhere in the world. Train Fellowships are highly competitive—in 2003 EFN awarded 36 fellowships from a pool of over 700 applicants in 13 countries.

SSRC Abe Fellowships Program

The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. It strives especially to promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American academic and professional communities committed to and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving.

Applicants are invited to submit proposals for research in the social sciences or the humanities relevant to any one or combination of the three themes: a) Global Issues; b) Problems Common to Industrial and Industrializing Societies; c) Issues that Pertain to US-Japan Relations. Research proposals may address issues related to technology and society; consumption, labor and markets; human security; civil society; bioethics; aging societies and other life-span issues; transnational economic relations; sustainable development and global environmental issues; and foreign assistance, among others.

Terms of the Fellowship are flexible. The program provides Abe Fellows with a minimum of 3 and maximum of 12 months of full-time support over a 24 month period. Fellowship tenure may begin between April 1 and December 31 of a given year. Fellowship tenure need not be continuous, but must be concluded within 24 months of initial activation of the Fellowship. This competition is open to citizens of the United States and Japan as well as to nationals of other countries who can demonstrate strong and serious long-term affiliations with research communities in Japan or the United States. More information can be found at www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe . All application materials must be submitted to the SSRC in New York. Applications must be postmarked no later than September 1 annually.

For further information about eligibility or to request an application, please contact: Abe Fellowship Program Social Science Research Council 810 Seventh Avenue New York NY 10019 USA Email: abe@ssrc.org Tel: 212-377-2700 ext. 423 / Fax: 212 377-2727.

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SSRC International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships: These fellowships support humanists and social scientists conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the world. The fellowships enable doctoral candidates of proven achievement and outstanding potential to use their knowledge of distinctive areas, cultures, languages, economies, polities, and historical experiences, in combination with their disciplinary training, to address issues that transcend their disciplines or area specializations. The IDRF Program promotes scholarship that treats place and setting in relation to global and transnational phenomena as well as particular histories and cultures. The program is open to full-time graduate students in the humanities and the social sciences--regardless of citizenship--enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States. The program invites proposals for field research on all areas or regions of the world, as well as for research that is comparative, cross regional, and/or cross-cultural. Applicants should provide evidence of having attained an appropriate level of training and skill to undertake the proposed field research, including evidence of a degree of language fluency adequate to complete the project. Applications should exhibit grounding in the methods and theories of a particular discipline or sub discipline, but also must be of demonstrable cross-disciplinary interest. Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except for the fieldwork component by the time the fellowship begins. Standard fellowships will provide support for 9 to 12 months in the field, plus travel expenses, but they will rarely exceed $20,000.

For more information, visit http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/overview.page.

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SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF)

Application Deadline: March 1, 2007

The DPDF Program supports early-stage graduate students in formulating successful doctoral dissertation proposals that are also competitive in future fellowship competitions. Students in the humanities and social sciences may apply to one of five research fields, each led by two directors. Fellows participate in a spring workshop that prepares them for predissertation research and another in the fall, designed to help them synthesize their summer research into dissertation proposals and future fellowship applications. DPDF Fellows are eligible for up to $5,000 from the SSRC to support summer predissertation research. Approximately 60 fellowships will be awarded. Awards will be announced in early April 2007.

For more information, visit http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/overview.page.

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SSRC Collaborative Grants in Media and Communications

Application Deadline: April 4, 2007

The Collaborative Grants in Media and Communications is a small grants project for academic-advocacy collaboration in the media and communications field. This project will provide grants of up to $7,500 for research that supports efforts to change the media / telecommunications infrastructure, practices, policies or content. The grants are intended for short-term work, completable and usable by advocacy partners within the next 4-12 months. Proposals must be submitted by a US-based nonprofit advocacy, organizing or community group working on media and/or telecommunications issues. Groups with nonprofit fiscal sponsorship are also eligible. Proposals must also be structured as a partnership with an academic researcher, including advanced graduate students, based at a university, college or other research institution. There are no citizenship requirements for participants in these projects. Grant recipients will be announced on April 20, 2007.

For more information, visit http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/overview.page.

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Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

Deadline: November 1, 2006

The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world.

Funding Priorities

In the past, fellowships have been awarded to candidates in anthropology, architecture, art history, economics, education, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, public health, religion, and sociology, but eligibility is not restricted to these academic areas. Candidates should be interested in pursuing further research in education once the doctorate is attained.

Eligibility

Applicants need not be citizens of the United States; however, they must be candidates for the doctoral degree at a graduate school within the United States. These fellowships are not intended to finance data collection or the completion of doctoral coursework, but rather to support the final analysis of the research topic and the writing of the dissertation. For this reason, all applicants must document that they will have completed all pre-dissertation requirements by June 1, 2007 and must provide a clear and specific plan for completing the dissertation within a one or two-year time frame.

Restrictions

Fellows' stipends are to support completion of their dissertations and are to be expended within one or two years and in accordance with the work plan provided by the candidate in his/her application. Fellows may not accept employment other than as described in the application, nor may they accept other awards providing duplicate benefits without the written permission of the Spencer Foundation.

For application procedure, visit http://www.spencer.org/programs/fellows/dissertation.htm.

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The Charles & Kathleen Manatt Democracy Studies Fellowship Program at IFES

The deadline for 2007 Fellowships will be in the spring.

The Charles and Kathleen Manatt Democracy Studies Fellowship Program at IFES invites outstanding students to conduct research in democracy development, election administration and civic participation in the political process.. Established by the former Chair of the Board of IFES and his wife, this fellowship brings students to Washington, D.C. to conduct research while based at the F. Clifton White Applied Research Center for Democracy and Elections. Fellows are selected annually from colleges and universities in the Midwestern region of the United States and receive a stipend of $5,000.

Requirements:The Manatt Fellowship is open to students who have completed their undergraduate studies and who are working towards a graduate degree in international relations, political science, public administration, or a related area in the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, or Wisconsin.

For application details visit:http://www.ifes.org/arc-fellowships-manatt.html.

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The Council of American Overseas Research Centers

2006-2007 application deadline: Friday, January 12, 2007.

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (http://www.caorc.org/), which is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, has fellowship program that supports advanced regional research. The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional significance.

Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. It is anticipated that approximately ten awards of up to $9,000 each will be given to scholars who wish to carry out research on broad questions of multi-country significance in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and related natural sciences. Scholars must carry out research in at least one of the countries which host overseas research centers: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Senegal/West Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank/Gaza Strip and Yemen, as well as in other countries unless subject to official security and/or travel restrictions or warnings. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

For more information, visit http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/multi/.

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The e7 Sustainable Energy Development Scholarship Program

Application deadline for the Post-Doctoral programme: December 1st, 2006; for the Masters programme: March 23, 2007.

The purpose of the e7 scholarship is to support outstanding students in pursuing advanced studies in sustainable energy development and to encourage meaningful contributions to the collective body of knowledge about this subject.
Students from developing countries and economies in transition who plan to undertake studies at the Masters level or Post-Doctoral level in areas directly related to sustainable energy development are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

Scholarships of US$ 23,000 per year for up to two years are offered for Masters level students. Scholarships of US$ 30,000 per year for up to two years are offered for Post-Doctoral students. Up to two Post-Doc and ten Masters scholarships will be awarded annually.

For further information, please visit: http://www.e7.org/Pages/O-Schol.html.

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The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Deadline: August 1/February 1, annually. Applications must be received for research fellowships by August 1 for a decision in December, and by February 1 for dissertation fellowships for a decision in June.

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (http://www.hfg.org/ ) sponsors scholarly research on problems of violence, aggression, and dominance. The foundation provides both research grants to established scholars and dissertation fellowships to graduate students during the dissertation-writing year. Typically, the range for research grants is $15,000 to $30,000 a year, for a period of one to two years. The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase the understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Ten or more dissertation fellowships of $15,000 each are awarded annually to individuals who plan to complete their dissertations by the end of the year. The fellowships are designed to contribute to the support of doctoral candidates in the final year of Ph.D. work so that they can complete their theses in a timely manner. Visit the foundation's Web site for specific program details and application guidelines: http://www.hfg.org/.

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The John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowships 2004

Application deadline: January 10, 2007; announcements of Fellowship awards will be made in mid-March, 2007.

The John Carter Brown Library, an independently funded and administered institution for advanced research in history and the humanities located on the campus of Brown University. Sponsorship of research at the John Carter Brown Library is reserved exclusively for scholars whose work is centered on the colonial history of the Americas, North and South, including all aspects of the European, African, and Native American involvement. Fellowships are of two types:

Short-Term Fellowships--available for periods of two to four months and carry a stipend of $1,800 per month. These Fellowships are open to Americans and foreign nationals who are engaged in pre- or post-doctoral, or independent, research. Graduate students must have passed their preliminary or general examinations at the time of application.

Long-Term Fellowships--for five to nine months (with a stipend of $4,000 per month). The term for these Fellowships will typically begin between June 1 and July 15 or between January 15 and March 15. Applicants for NEH Long-Term Fellowships must be American citizens or have been resident in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Graduate students are not eligible for Long-Term Fellowships.

For more information on how to apply, visit http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/pages/fr_resfellow3.html.

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United States Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph
Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship

Applications are due January 10, 2007.

The Jennings Randolph program awards Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships to students at U.S. universities researching and writing doctoral dissertations on international conflict and peace. These fellowships are intended to support the research and writing of doctoral dissertations addressing the sources and nature of international conflict and ways of preventing or ending conflict and sustaining peace.

Dissertation projects from all disciplines are welcome. Priority will be given to projects that contribute knowledge relevant to the formulation of policy on international peace and conflict issues. USIP expects to award at least ten Peace Scholar fellowships for 20007-2008.

The 2007-2008 Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship:

  • Provides fellowships for dissertation research and writing on projects addressing international peace and conflict resolution at U.S. universities.
  • Awards $17,000 for 12 months beginning September 2007.
  • Is open to citizens of any country.

For more information, visit http://www.usip.org/fellows/scholars.html.

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Wenner-Gren Foundation Conference and Workshop Grants

Conference and Workshop Grants are for amounts up to $15,000. In accordance with the mission of the Foundation, priority is given to events that foster the creation of an international community of research scholars in anthropology and advance significant and innovative anthropological research.

The conference and workshop program has a two-stage application process. The first stage is the preliminary inquiry, which should be made no later than one month before the deadline of June 1 and December 1. If an application is considered eligible, based on the review of the preliminary inquiry, the applicant will be invited to submit a full application. Final decisions are made six months after the application deadlines.

For more information, visit http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=370402&attrib_id=13235.

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Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants

Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. 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. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields.

Grants are non-renewable and provide a maximum of US $25,000. Students must be enrolled in a doctoral program (or equivalent, if applying from outside the United States) 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. Applications are submitted online and are available (below) three months before each deadline.

For more information, visit http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=367834&attrib_id=13232.

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Wenner-Gren Foundation Wadsworth International Fellowships

The Wadsworth International Fellowships are intended to provide support for students undertaking study leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree at universities where they can receive international-level training in anthropology. These fellowships are available only to students from countries where anthropology is underrepresented and where there are limited resources to send students overseas for training.

The annual fellowship is $17,500 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.

For more informatoin, visit http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368103&attrib_id=13232.

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Wenner-Gren Foundation Wadsworth Short-Term Fellowships

Wadsworth Short-Term Fellowships are intended to provide support for doctoral students or post-doctoral scholars who are within ten years of receiving their doctorate to enhance their research capacity in the field of anthropology. The fellowship may be used for the following purposes:

  1. To pursue research in a library outside the applicant's home country.
  2. To take advantage of a training opportunity outside the applicant's home country.

The fellowships provide funding of up to $5000 and are not renewable. The length of the library or training visit should normally be no more than 3 months in duration. The award can be used towards relevant expenses for travel, subsistence, fees, insurance, books, etc.

For more information ,visit http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=376103&attrib_id=13232.

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Wenner-Gren Foundation Anthropology Grants and Fellowships

The Wenner-Gren Foundation pursues its two major goals--advancing basic research in anthropology and building an international community of anthropologists--through several funding programs. The foundation is currently accepting applications for the following programs: Individual Research Grants Program (deadline: November 1, May 1, annually), Conference Grants Program (deadline: December 1, June 1), the International Symposium Program (deadline: open), Professional Development International Fellowships (deadline: open), Historical Archives Program (deadline: open), and International Collaborative Research Grants (deadline: December 1, June 1, annually). The Individual Research Grants Program supports basic research both for students doing dissertation fieldwork as well as post-Ph.D. scholars. To aid international cooperation, the Developing Countries Training Fellowship funds graduate study for students in whose home countries anthropology or specific sub-fields are underrepresented, and the International Collaborative Research Program allows anthropologists from different nations to undertake joint research. Visit the Wenner-Gren Foundation Web site for application guidelines.
Contact:
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.
220 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10001-7708
Tel(212) 683-5000
Fax(212) 683-9151
http://www.wennergren.org

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BENEFITS

In addition to supporting educational costs, EFN offers a full-range of services to its grantees. As part of their awards, Train Fellows receive:
Financial support for tuition, books, travel (to and from training institution), and room and board for their academic programs for up to two years;
Costs for field research when required by the academic institution;
Complimentary copies of EFN News and the WWF publication Focus for the duration of the grant period;
Networking opportunities to meet with other EFN grantees, alumni, and WWF staff through periodic regional gatherings; and
Ongoing professional development support through the EFN Alumni Program.
Because funds are limited, Train Fellows are encouraged to contribute to their educational expenses with personal or family funds when possible. In addition, EFN also strongly advises applicants to seek funding from other sources. Applicants whose total annual educational costs exceed $20,000 must show that they have requested or secured funding from additional sources, or can contribute personally to their education costs. To learn more about other funding opportunities for conservation-related education, please visit EFN's Conservation and Education Funding Source Database.

ELIGIBILITY


To be eligible for a Train Fellowship, applicants must be a citizen or legal resident of a participating country and must have a minimum of two year's work experience in conservation. Applicants must be enrolled, admitted, or have applied to an institution of higher education and must begin their studies within one year from the application deadline for their respective countries. Individuals who have received a fellowship from EFN in the past and who wish pursue a second degree are not eligible. Current Train Fellows wishing to continue the same degree program are eligible to reapply if their respective countries are participating in the program. WWF staff members, including long term consultants to WWF are not eligible for Train Fellowships. Eligibility criteria may vary slightly among countries. Write to efn@wwfus.org for more details.

Visit:http://www.wwf-efn.org/fellowships.html

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Smithsonian Institution: Latino Studies Fellowship Program

Deadline: January 15, 2007 (Please note that January 15 postmark deadline falls on a Monday Holiday so the application may be postmarked on January 16 this year. )

This program offers awards to US Latino/a predoctoral students and postdoctoral or senior scholars to pursue research related to Latino history, art, and culture using Smithsonian resources. Fellowship appointments are for up to twelve months with the opportunity to spend up to a third of the time in the field but not at the home institution. Predoctoral fellowships offer a stipend of $25,000 per year plus allowances and postdoctoral and senior offer a stipend of $40,000 plus allowances.

Stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months.

For information on how to apply, visit http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/LSFELL/LSFELLapp.htm.

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The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies

The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies offers up to one-year of research support at the Freie Universität Berlin. It is open to scholars in all social science and humanities disciplines, including historians working on the period since the mid-19th century. The program accepts applications from U.S. and Canadian nationals or permanent residents. Applicants for a dissertation fellowship must be full-time graduate students who have achieved ABD status by the time the proposed research stay in Berlin begins. Also eligible are U.S. and Canadian Ph.D.s who have received their doctorates within the past two calendar years. The Berlin Program is based at, funded and administered by the Freie Universität Berlin.

The submission deadline for the next fellowship competition is December 1, 2006. Winners are chosen the following February.

Fellowships are awarded for a period between ten to twelve months and must be held for a single continuous period. Approximately twelve fellows are selected. The Berlin Program Fellowship stipends are EUR 1100 per month for fellows working on a dissertation project and EUR 1400 per month for fellows working on a postdoctoral research project. The Program offers fellows EUR 130 per month for each accompanying child and EUR 130 per month as spousal support if the spouse is not working or is on a fellowship. The Program provides one round-trip airfare for each fellow between the fellow’s residence at the time of award and Berlin. In addition, funds for intra-European research travel may be granted upon request.

For more information visit: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram/aboutb/aboutb.htm.

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Stanford University Center for International security and cooperation: Fellowships in International Security

Applications must be received by February 01, 2007

CISAC's pre- and postdoctoral fellowships provide opportunities for concentrated study in a multidisciplinary environment. The Center, part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, serves as a collegial forum for scholars, government officials, military officers, and business leaders to explore innovative solutions to complex international problems. Visiting fellows spend the academic year at Stanford University, where they will participate in seminars, interact with each other and faculty and researchers, and will be expected to produce a research product (e.g., dissertation chapters, draft articles, a book manuscript).

Research Topics
The Center considers applicants working within a broad range of topics related to peace and international security. Suitable topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • regional and global security relationships
  • proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons
  • the United Nations and global governance
  • causes and prevention of conflict
  • the interaction of science, politics, and policy
  • norms of nonproliferation and nonuse of weapons
  • terrorism and counter-terrorism
  • organizational success and failure in avoiding or responding to disaster

Eligibility
Fellowships are available to Ph.D. candidates who have made substantial progress toward the completion of their dissertation and to scholars with Ph.D. or equivalent degrees from the United States and abroad. The Center invites applications from a variety of areas of expertise, including anthropology, economics, history, law, political science, sociology, medicine, and the natural and physical sciences. The Center also seeks applications from professionals, such as military officers or civilian members of the United States government, members of military or diplomatic services from other countries, and journalists interested in international security issues.

Stipend
The value of each fellowship award is determined by the applicant's graduate education and background. Stipends, with health insurance, for the nine-month academic year will be $20,000 for predoctoral fellows. Postdoctoral stipends, with health insurance, start at $35,000. Professional stipends are commensurate with experience.

For information on application process, visit http://cisac.stanford.edu/fellowships/predoctoral_and_postdoctoral_fellowships_in_international_security/.

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Albert Gallatin Fellowship In International Affairs

The Albert Gallatin Fellowship in International Affairs at The Graduate Institute Of International Studies, University Of Geneva, Switzerlandwas established in 1976 by the FERIS Foundation of America. The award for the coming academic year provides for up to nine months of study at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland by an American candidate for the Ph.D. who is actively engaged in dissertation research of the Doctorate within the field of International Relations.

Since 1927, the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland has been a leading center for the study of international relations. It provides doctoral instruction in international law and politics, international economics, international institutions and international development. The Institute maintains close working relations with many international governmental and non-governmental agencies and scholarly bodies in Geneva which deal with a wide variety of international problems, thus providing unique opportunities for doctoral research.

The Fellowship provides a stipend of $15,000 for nine months for living and other expenses for the October - June academic year and round trip travel from New York to Geneva.

Application forms which contain further information on the award and its requirements may be obtained from:
Allen Lynch, Director: al4u@virginia.edu
Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400167
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4167
al4u@virginia.edu

Applications, fully completed in six copies, should be sent to Allen Lynch at the above address. The closing date for receipt of applications is March 1.

It will be appreciated if candidates could give advance notice of their intention to apply. Submission of completed dossiers in advance of the above deadline would also be appreciated.

For more information, visit http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/crees/gallatin1.htm.

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THE E7 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The purpose of the e7 scholarship is to support outstanding students in pursuing advanced studies in sustainable energy development and to encourage meaningful contributions to the collective body of knowledge about this subject.
Students from developing countries and economies in transition who plan to undertake studies at the Masters level or Post-Doctoral level in areas directly related to sustainable energy development are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

Scholarships of US$ 23,000 per year for up to two years are offered for Masters level students. Scholarships of US$ 30,000 per year for up to two years are offered for Post-Doctoral students. Up to two Post-Doc and ten Masters scholarships will be awarded annually.

Applications for the Post-Doctoral programme must be received by the e8 General Secretariat by December 1st, 2006. Applications for the Masters programme must be received by March 23, 2007.

For more information please visit: http://www.e8.org/index.jsp?numPage=79.

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The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies Fellowship Program

The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies has a broad mandate in undergraduate and graduate education, advance research, and exchange within the University community.

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 $23,000, 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.

All Fellows receive office space in the Institute, full access to the University's facilities, and opportunities to interact and collaborate with scholars of their respective disciplines within the University. Fellows must be in full time residence during the tenure of their awards and are expected to be engaged in scholarly activity on a full-time basis. They must, for example, be available for consultation with students and professional colleagues; make at least two formal presentations based upon their research; and contribute generally to the intellectual discourse on African and African-American Studies.

Deadlines: Applications are accepted from September 2006 to January 31, 2007. Predoctoral award will be announced on or about March 15, 2007.

For more information, visit http://www.rochester.edu/College/AAS/fellowships.php.

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American Institute for Yemeni Studies Fellowships for Study and Research in Yemen

The American Institute for Yemeni Studies annually holds three competitions for fellowship programs supporting in-country residence and research in Yemen. Two of these competitions, one for U.S. citizens and one for citizens of the Republic of Yemen, are funded by grants from the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

The annual deadline for the receipt of applications for these fellowships is December 31.

Support for this program comes from a grant from the State Department's Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs (State/ECA) through the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens who are enrolled as full-time graduate students in recognized degree programs or who are post-graduate researchers. Awards are made on the basis of merit as determined by a review committee of scholars from among AIYS' members and member universities. All funds currently available or pending come from US government sources and may be awarded only to US citizens. These fellowships are fully taxable after legitimate deductions for professional expenses.

For more information on how to apply, visit http://www.aiys.org/fellowships.html#uss.com.

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State Farm Dissertation Fellowship

The Doctoral Dissertation Award is designed to stimulate research and development of new knowledge in the fields of insurance and business, and to increase the number of qualified teachers of insurance and business at U.S. colleges and universities.

Each winner receives a $10,000 research grant. Each winner's graduate institution also receives a grant of $3,000. Dissertation awards are given in two categories: (1)Business and (2) Insurance and risk management.

Eligibility:
Eligible doctoral candidates:

  • Have completed a major portion of their coursework
  • Have an approved proposal
  • Have started writing, but have not completed a dissertation
  • Are enrolled in a graduate-degree program
  • Are U.S. citizens

Eligible dissertation topics include: Insurance and risk management topics that directly relate to or benefit the insurance industry
Business topics that relate to general business principles and issues.

For more informaiton, visit http://www.statefarm.com/about/part_spos/grants/doctoral.asp.

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