MORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS– 9/1/05
From Sponsored Programs Office, Research and Graduate Studies, Kent State University,
Listing by Charmaine Streharsky, Administrator, Sponsored Programs/RAGS, KSU
Dear Students - From time to time additions are made to this listing of external funding opportunities, some of which may be of particular interest to KentStateUniversity graduate students, postdoctoral students, and their advisors. IMPORTANT to note is that even published deadlines and guidelines from funding agency websites or printed materials (sources for this listing, for example) are subject to change, including critical items regarding eligibility criteria and application instructions. Also to err is human, and we may have made a mistake or misjudgment as to the accuracy/legitimacy of the information. Therefore, please seek current information DIRECTLY from the funding source. KSU faculty members also receive periodic notices of funding opportunities from this office and elsewhere. Be sure to seek advice too from advisors, chairs, department and dean’s offices for postings and/or knowledge, if you are looking for funding or other opportunities.
[If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities may also obtain federal, and often other sources’, documents in an alternative format (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) upon request to the program contact persons].
ALWAYS REMEMBER to check www.grants.gov for federal funding opportunities of all kinds!
HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL NOTICES RECEIVED
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
(See NSF website for MULTIPLE fellowships and dissertation improvement opportunities, etc. – consult your faculty advisor for appropriate NSF leads also)
NSF EAST ASIAAND PACIFIC SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR US GRADUATE STUDENTS (EAPSI) – Deadline for application DECEMBER 10, 2005FOR RECEIPT OF FULL PROPOSALS – NSF 03-608 Program Solicitation
EAPSI program manager: eapinfo@nsf.gov – telephone 703-292-8704
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5284
The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes provide US graduate students in science and engineering first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, or Taiwan, an introduction to the culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreigin counterparts in the future. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August and are administered in the United States by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-sponsor the Summer Institute in Japan. This program provides educational opportunities for Graduate Students. Individuals interested in applying for funding should see the program guidelines at the NSF website. Please consult your faculty advisor and/or Dept. for advice and/or assistance as well.
US INSTITUTE OF PEACE DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS
APPLICATION DEADLINE JANUARY 10, 2006
USIP invites applications for Peace Scholar awards intended to support research and writing of doctoral dissertations addressing the sources and nature of international conflict and ways of preventing or ending conflict and sustaining peace. At least 10 Peace Scholar fellowships are expected to be awarded to doctoral students at US universities who will have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except the dissertation by September 2006. Stipends are for $17,000 for 12 months beginning September 2006. Peace Scholars carry out their work at their own universities or at other appropriate research sites. See www.usip.org (telephone 202-429-3886)
THE AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION
58 Park Ave., New York, NY10016, tel. 212-879-9779, www.amscan.org/fellowship.html
DEADLINES FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS BEGIN SEPTEMBER 15, 2005(WITH SOME OTHER DEADLINES LATER IN THE FALL)
Academic Fellowships and Grants
Awards are offered for study in Scandinavia for scholarly research and study or for the creative arts. The ASF’s award program for study and research abroad is the Foundation’s most long-standing commitment to promote educational and cultural exchanges between the USA and the Nordic Countries. In recent years over 75 students per year, professionals and artists, were provided almost $700,000 in total funding. See website for details.
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES’ FELLOWSHIPS - www.acls.org/
ACLS supports scholarship in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. The specifics of the competitions vary; program descriptions, eligibility requirements, and application procedures for each program can be found at the individual program sites which appear as links from the ACLS home webpage www.acls.org. An individual may apply to as many fellowship and grant programs as are suitable, however not more than one ACLS or ACLS-joint award may normally be accepted in any one competition year. Membership in any ACLS constituent society is not a requirement. 2005-2006 Competition Deadlines announced include:
ACLS Fellowships – September 28, 2005
ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships – Sept. 28, 2005
ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships – Sept. 28, 2005
Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship – Sept. 28, 2005
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars – Sept. 28
ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships – (NEW PROGRAM) November 10, 2005
Contemplative Practice Fellowships – November 10, 2005
Contemplative Program Development Fellowships – November 10, 2005
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in African Art – Nov. 10, 2005
Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research in Southeast European Studies – Nov. 10, 2005
Dissertation Fellowships in Southeast European Studies – November 10, 2005
American Research in the Humanities in China – November 15, 2005
Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development – November 15, 2005
Language-Training Grants for Individuals – January 16, 2006
Language-Training Grants for Institutions – January 16, 2006
Advanced-Mastery Language-Training Grants for Institutions – January 16, 2006
MICHIGAN SOCIETY OF FELLOWS, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
The University of Michigan, Michigan Society of Fellows, 3572 Rackham Bldg., 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070 734-763-1259, www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.html
DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
The Society selects 4 outstanding applicants for appointment to 3-year fellowships in the arts and humanities, in the social, physical and life sciences, and in the professional schools. Qualified candidates at the beginning of their academic careers, having received the Ph.D. or comparable professional or artistic degree between June 1, 2003 and September 1, 2006 are invited to apply. Fellows are appointed as Asst. Professors in appropriate departments at the U. of Michigan and as Postdoctoral Scholars in the Michigan Society of Fellows. All are expected to be in residence during the academic year of the fellowship, to teach for the equivalent of one academic year, to participate in the informal intellectual life of the Society, and to devote time to their independent research. Annual stipend will be $47,271. See website for details.
CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE, STUDY CENTRE
1920 rue Baile, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaH3H 2S6, telephone 514-939-7000
web www.cca.qc.ca email stadium@cca.qc.ca – Details regarding applications for the 2006-7 Visiting Scholars Program are offered at this website.
THE METROPOLITANMUSEUM OF ART – ART HISTORY FELLOWSHIPS 2006-7
www.metmuseum.org – , 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY10028-0198
DEADLINE NOVEMBER 4, 2005 for most fellowships
The Metropolitan Museum of Art invites applications to its Art History Fellowship Program from qualified graduate students at the pre-doctoral level, as well as from postdoctoral researchers and senior museum curators, in order to continue this scholarly exploration. All fellowships must take place between September 1, 2006 and August 31, 2007. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PAPER APPLICATIONS FOR MOST FELLOWSHIPS IS NOVEMBER 4, 2005 (NO electronic applications or letters of recommendation are accepted). A few of the list below have later dates posted. Instructions for applications appear on the website. The stipend amount for one year is $40,000 for senior fellows and $30,000 for pre-doctoral fellows, with up to an additional $5,000 for travel and miscellaneous expenses. Announcements of awards for fellowships will be made by March 3, 2006. Fellowship opportunities at the Met include:
The Bothmer Fellowship – outstanding grad student in PhD program – Greek/Roman art
Chester Dale Fellowships- in fine arts of western world with pref. of Americans under age 40
Douglass Foundation Fellowship in American Art – for American art or culture scholars
Annette Kade Fellowship – French and German predoctoral art history students to study in US
Andrew Mellon Fellowships – promising young scholars to use the Museum’s collections
J. Clawson Mills Scholarships – 1 yr or less study/research at Met or abroad – mature scholars
Theodore Rousseau Fellowships–yr or less for future curators - major European collections
Polaire Weissman Fund–Gen. 9 mo. for grads in fine arts or costume to pursue field of costume
Jane & Morgan Whitney Fellowships-fine arts students related to decorative arts pref.under 40
HOWARD FOUNDATION at BrownUniversity
ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
www.brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/howard/ Tel. 401-863-2640
DEADLINE OCTOBER 17 (NOMINATIONS), NOVEMBER 30 (APPLICATIONS), 2005
The Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects in fields selected on a rotational basis. Ten fellowships will be offered for the 2006-7 fellowship year to support persons engaged in independent projects on Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science. Aim is toward those in middle stages of their careers and stipends for one year are normally $25,000. There are no residency requirements. See website.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD (IREX)
INDIVIDUAL ADVANCED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES—EUROPE & EURASIA
2121 K St. NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC20037, 202-628-8188
www.irex.org/programs/iaro/index.asp
DEADLINE OCTOBER 28, 2005
This program provides fellowships to professionals with graduate degrees (MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD), master’s students, and predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars from the USA for individual long-term policy-relevant research in Europe and Asia. Limited funding is available for predoctoral humanities scholars. Countries in Europe include: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia and Slovenia. Countries in Eurasia include: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. There is very limited funding for predoctoral students in the humanities only in Iran. Funding for the following countries is limited: CzechRepublic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia. See website for applicant eligibility criteria and application details.
NEAR EASTERN STUDIES FELLOWSHIP
ProvidenceCollege, Providence, RI02918, Attn. Joan R. Branham, Dept. Art/Art History
Telephone 401-865-1789 – www.aiar.org DEADLINE OCTOBER 15, 2005
Applications for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior fellowships in ancient and premodern Near Eastern studies (with emphasis on anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, literature, history, or religious studies) at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, Israel are offered. See website.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (AAUW)
Multiple programs available for university women
AAUW Educational Foundation, 1111 Sixteenth St. NW, Washington, DC 20036, tel. 202-728-7602, foundation@aauw.org www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/university_scholar.cfm
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm - tel. 215-440-3429
RECEIPT DEADLINES BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER – Check website for particulars!
See the APS’s website for descriptions and application instructions for multiple programs. TWO NEW PROGRAMS have been recently established. Awards are made for non-commercial research only. The Society makes no grants for academic study or classroom presentation, for travel to conferences, for non-scholarly projects, for assistance with translation, or for the preparation of materials for use by students. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution or costs of publication. Grants are made to individuals. APS programs include:
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research – Young scholars/field expenses
John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship – African-American PhD candidate any field
Franklin Research Grants – 8-10 Annenberg grants for research in the Humanities, and a
SHEAR grant for research in American history in the early national period
Sabbatical Fellowships - $30,000 to $40,000; PhD must be 7 to 22 yrs prior to 2005
APS/British Academy Fellowship for Research in London – Post-doctoral fellowships
Daland Fellowships (Sept. 1 deadline listed previously – watch for next).
ARNOLD W. BRUNNER GRANT – AIA NEW YORK CHAPTER
www.aiany.org/72 telephone 212-683-0023x14
Deadline: November 2005
Open to professional architecture degree holders, a $15,000 grant is available for advanced study in any area of architectural investigation which will effectively contribute to the knowledge, teaching, or practice of the art and science of architecture. Applicants must be a US citizen in the profession of architecture or a related field and have a professional background more advanced than five years of architectural training or its equivalent. Contact the chapter and website for details.
AIAAAF Scholarship for Advanced Study and Research
DEADLINE: mid-February expected – www.archfoundation.org/scholarships
This small project grant “scholarship” competition is open to those who have earned a professional degree. It does not support tuition assistance for an advanced degree. It supports meritorious projects with budgets from $1,000 to $2,500. Awards are issued to the individual and the US university under whose direction the project will be carried out. Contact: Mary Felber at mfelber@archfound.org after consulting the website for additional information.
Welcome back (or still!) to all of you for fall semester from Sponsored Programs!
Cheers –
Charmaine