Fellowships and Grants Info

>ACLS Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship in the Humanities >Approximately 65 new one-year fellowships in support of Ph.D. dissertation >completion in the humanities. No citizenship requirements. Award >includes stipend of $25,000; $5,000 toward tuition (matched by Cornell to >provide full tuition); and a $3,000 research allowance. The Graduate >School pays health insurance. Deadline November 12, 2008. Application >available at <http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm>www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm . > >ACLS/Henry Luce Foundation Fellowship in American Art >Ten fellowships are available for a non-renewable, one-year term beginning >between June and September 2009 for the 2009-2010 academic year for >dissertations focused on a topic in the history of visual arts in the >United States. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents >enrolled in a program/department of art history. Stipend of $25,000 but >no tuition or health insurance. Grants may be carried out in residence at >the Fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for >the research. The fellowships, however, may not be used to defray tuition >costs or be held concurrently with any other major fellowship or >grant. Deadline November 12, 2008. Application available at ><http://www.acls.org/>www.acls.org. > >ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in East European Studies >(travel grants and language awards also available) >Dissertation fellowships focused on East European studies in all >disciplines of the humanities and the social sciences. Stipend of up to >$18,000. Applications should be for work on Eastern Europe: Albania, >Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, >Hungary, Kosovo/a, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, >Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Applicants may propose >comparative work considering more than one country of Eastern Europe or >relating East European societies of those of other parts of the >world. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. All requirements >except the dissertation to be completed by June 2009. Deadline November >12, 2008. Applications available at <http://www.acls.org/>www.acls.org. > >American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowships >Approximately 50 1-year fellowships for women doctoral students in all >fields of study except Engineering. (Women in Engineering programs should >apply for the Selected Fellowships program.) Candidates are evaluated on >scholarly excellence, teaching experience, and active commitment to >helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, >or fields of research. Limited to U.S. citizens and permanent >residents. Award includes stipend of $20,000. The Graduate School will >provide tuition and health insurance to match the stipend award. Deadline >is November 15, 2008. Applications are available at ><http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/American.cfm>www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/American.cfm. > >American Association of University Women Selected Professions Fellowships >One-year fellowships for women in M.Arch, M.S. Arch, M.S. in Computer >Science, Engineering (M.Eng., M.S.), M.S. Statistics, and M.S. >Mathematics. Limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Awards >range from $5,000 to $12,000. Deadline January 10, 2009. Applications >available at ><http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/selected.cfm>www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/selected.cfm. > >deKarman Dissertation Fellowships >10 fellowships in any field of study. No citizenship requirements. Must >be ready to defend dissertation by June 2010. $22,000 stipend. Deadline >January 31, 2009. Application at <http://www.dekarman.org/>www.dekarman.org. > >Department of Homeland Security Fellowships >Approximately 60 three-year fellowships annually for early-career master's >and doctoral students in the physical sciences, mathematical sciences, >computer and information sciences, life sciences, social sciences, >psychology, selected humanities, and engineering. Limited to U.S. >citizens. Award includes a stipend of approximately $2,300 per month, >full tuition and fees. Deadline late January. Applications available at ><http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/>http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/ > >Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships >Approximately 60 new three-year fellowships annually in a wide range of >disciplines. Foundation focuses on increasing diversity in the >academy. Limited to U.S. citizens and nationals (native residents of a >commonwealth or territory of the United States). Membership in one or >more of the following groups whose underrepresentation in the American >professoriate has been severe and longstanding will be considered as a >positive factor in choosing successful candidates: Alaska Natives (Eskimo >or Aleut); Black/African American; Mexican American/Chicanas/Chicanos; >Native American Indians; Native Pacific Islanders >(Polynesian/Micronesian); Puerto Ricans. The award carries an annual >stipend of $20,000 (to be used over 9 or 12 months, at the students >discretion); $2,000 toward tuition (matched by Cornell to provide full >tuition), and expenses paid for one Ford Fellows conference. The Graduate >School will provide health insurance for the duration of the >award. Deadline November 14, 2008. Applications are available at >www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/. > >Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships >Approximately 35 new 1-year fellowships designed to increase diversity in >the academy in a wide range of disciplines. Limited to U.S. citizens and >nationals (native residents of a commonwealth or territory of the United >States). Membership in one or more of the following groups whose >underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and >longstanding will be considered as a positive factor in choosing >successful candidates: Alaska Natives (Eskimo or Aleut); Black/African >American; Mexican American/Chicanas/Chicanos; Native American Indians; >Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian); Puerto Ricans. Award >carries an annual stipend of $21,000 and an expense-paid conference of >Ford Fellows. The Graduate School will provide tuition and health >insurance for the duration of the award. Deadline November 28, >2008. Applications are available at www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/. > >Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships >Academic-year and summer awards for students in any degree program or >field to assist in the development of knowledge, resources, and trained >personnel for modern foreign language and area/international >studies. Limited to US citizens and permanent residents. Fellowships >include a stipend of $15,000 and a $12,000 tuition allowance (matched by >Cornell to provide full tuition). Ph.D. students receive a stipend >supplement to bring the award to the 9-month assistantship minimum as well >as student health insurance coverage paid by the Graduate School. Deadline >mid- January. Applications available at ><http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/flas.asp>www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/flas.asp. > >Fulbright Grants for Study Abroad >One-year awards in all fields of study and all graduate degree programs to >encourage overseas research and study at other universities. Limited to >U.S. citizens. Award covers travel, living costs, and necessary tuition >at overseas universities. Deadline September 12, 2008. Applications are >available at ><http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/fulbright.asp>www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/fulbright.asp. > >Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grants >Awards of 6 to 12 months in duration for international dissertation >research. Proposals should focus on modern foreign languages and area >studies in Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, >the Near East, East central Europe and Eurasia, or the Western Hemisphere >(Canada, Central and South American, Mexico and the Caribbean). Limited >to U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents. Deadline typically >early October; applicants should contact the Einaudi Center prior to >beginning the application. Applications available at ><http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/fulbright_hays.asp>www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/fulbright_hays.asp. > >Javits Fellowships >Four-year fellowships for students in PhD and MFA programs in the arts, >humanities and social sciences. Students may apply in the first year of >their PhD program. Llimited to US citizens, US nationals (native >residents of a commonwealth or territory of the United States), permanent >residents, and citizens of the Freely Associated States (the Federated >States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the >Republic of Palau.) The award includes an annual stipend of $30,000 and a >tuition allowance. The Graduate School provides the balance of tuition >and health insurance for all four years of the award. Deadline is October >3, 2008. Application is available at ><http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html>http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html. > > >Liebmann Fund Fellowships >Three-year fellowships for graduate students in any field of study, but >with a particular emphasis on the humanities and biological >sciences. Limited to U.S. citizens who will be pursuing studies in the >United States. Award includes a stipend of $18,000 per year and full >tuition and fees. Application deadline is mid-January. The Liebmann >Fund sends paper applications to the Graduate School in December for >distribution to students; contact Sarah Hale at 255-5810 or >ssh2@cornell.edu to request an application. > >Mellon Mays Fellowship Program >Dissertation grants of $20,000 available to students who participated in >the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program. Deadline typically >late- to mid-December. Application at www.woordrow.org/fellowships/. > >National Security Education Program Boren Fellowships >Awards of up to two years to support the study of languages, cultures, and >world regions that are critical to U.S. interests. Limited to U.S. >citizens. The maximum level of support is $30,000. Deadline January 29, >2009. Applications available at <http://www.iie.org/nsep>www.iie.org/nsep. > >Newcombe/Woodrow Wilson Fellowship >Dissertation fellowships to support the significant study of ethical or >religious values in all fields of the humanities and social >sciences. There are no citizenship requirements. Awards include a >stipend of $24,000. Deadline November 14, 2008. Applications available >at <http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe/index.php>http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe. > >Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans >Thirty new two-year fellowships annually to provide opportunities for new >Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. Open to holders >of green cards, naturalized citizens, or children of two naturalized >citizen parents in any field of study. Fellowship includes an annual >stipend of $20,000 per year and half of graduate tuition (up to $16,000) >per year. Deadline November 1, 2008. Applications available at ><http://pdsoros.org/>http://pdsoros.org. > >Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Field Research >Fellowship >Up to 75 one-year fellowships to support social scientists and humanists >conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the >world. No citizenship requirements. Individual awards will be >approximately $20,000. Deadline November 5, 2008. Applications available >at <http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/>http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/. > >Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies >Award of $3,000 for dissertation research. Applications must have >completed all pre-dissertation requirements and expect to complete the PhD >by Summer 2010. Deadline October 15, 2008. Application at ><http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/women_gender/index.php>http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/women_gender/index.php > > > >Language/International Study > >ACLS Travel Grants and Language Awards in East European Studies >For study focused on East European studies in all disciplines of the >humanities and the social sciences. Stipend of up to >$18,000. Applications should be for work on Eastern Europe: Albania, >Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, >Hungary, Kosovo/a, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, >Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Applicants may propose >comparative work considering more than one country of Eastern Europe or >relating East European societies of those of other parts of the >world. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. All requirements >except the dissertation to be completed by June 2009. Deadline November >12, 2008. Applications available at <http://www.acls.org/>www.acls.org. > >Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships >Academic-year and summer awards for students in any degree program or >field to assist in the development of knowledge, resources, and trained >personnel for modern foreign language and area/international >studies. Limited to US citizens and permanent residents. Fellowships >include a stipend of $15,000 and a $12,000 tuition allowance (matched by >Cornell to provide full tuition). Ph.D. students receive a stipend >supplement to bring the award to the 9-month assistantship minimum as well >as student health insurance coverage paid by the Graduate School. Deadline >mid- January. Applications available at ><http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/flas.asp>www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/flas.asp. > >Fulbright Grants for Study Abroad >One-year awards in all fields of study and all graduate degree programs to >encourage overseas research and study at other universities. Limited to >U.S. citizens. Award covers travel, living costs, and necessary tuition >at overseas universities. Deadline September 12, 2008. Applications are >available at ><http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/fulbright.asp>www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/fulbright.asp. > >Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grants >Awards of 6 to 12 months in duration for international dissertation >research. Proposals should focus on modern foreign languages and area >studies in Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, >the Near East, East central Europe and Eurasia, or the Western Hemisphere >(Canada, Central and South American, Mexico and the Caribbean). Limited >to U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents. Deadline typically >early October; applicants should contact the Einaudi Center prior to >beginning the application. Applications available at >www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/fulbright_hays.asp. > >IREX Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program >Awards of 1 to 9 months in duration for master's and doctoral students for >overseas research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or >cultural developments relevant to US foreign policy. Limited to U.S. >citizens and permanent residents. Airfare, a monthly stipend, and a >monthly housing allowance are included in the award. Deadline typically >late October. Applications available at ><http://www.irex.org/programs/grants.asp>http://www.irex.org/programs/grants.asp. > >Japan Foundation Fellowships >Four to 12-month awards for doctoral students to conduct research in >Japan. Award includes a monthly stipend; airfare; insurance; enrollment >fees; and allowances for settling in, departure, research and dependents. >Deadline typically early November. Applications available at ><http://www.jfny.org/>http://www.jfny.org/. > >National Security Education Program Boren Fellowships >Awards of up to two years to support the study of languages, cultures, and >world regions that are critical to U.S. interests. Limited to U.S. >citizens. The maximum level of support is $30,000. Deadline January 29, >2009. Applications available at <http://www.iie.org/nsep>www.iie.org/nsep. > >Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Field Research >Fellowship >Up to 75 one-year fellowships to support social scientists and humanists >conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the >world. No citizenship requirements. Individual awards will be >approximately $20,000. Deadline November 5, 2008. Applications available >at <http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/>http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/