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Fellowship and Grant Opportunities
for Graduate Students

Humanities and Social Sciences

Deadlines: November 2009 – march 2010

NOTE: Many deadlines are anticipated deadlines, based on prior application cycles. Please check deadlines with the funding sources.

RESEARCH ABROAD

(by deadline)

 

Social Science Research Council

International Dissertation Research Fellowship Program
DEADLINE: November 3, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: The program is open to full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences, regardless of citizenship, enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States. Applicants must complete all Ph.D. requirements except on-site research by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2010, whichever comes first. Students enrolled in Ph.D. programs in public policy, public health, and education may be eligible to apply if their research projects engage directly with broader theoretical and analytical issues in the humanities and social sciences.
ABSTRACT: The International Dissertation Research Fellowship program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. The IDRF program is committed to empirical and site-specific research that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. The program will consider applications for dissertation research grounded in a single site, informed by broader cross-regional and interdisciplinary perspectives, as well as applications for multi-site, comparative, and transregional research. Proposals that identify the U.S. as a case for comparative inquiry are welcome; however, proposals that focus predominantly or exclusively on the United States are not eligible. Proposals may cover all periods in history, but must address topics that have relevance to contemporary issues and debates.
URL: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/

American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies

Dissertation Planning Grant
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants will normally be enrolled in a Ph.D. program (or equivalent) in a U.S. university. There are no citizenship requirements, but some of the funds available for this program may only be spent on awards for U.S. citizens. Applicants should have completed most of their graduate coursework by the time they take up their grant.
ABSTRACT: AISLS dissertation planning grants are designed to enable graduate students intending to do dissertation research in Sri Lanka to make a pre-dissertation visit to Sri Lanka to investigate the feasibility of their topic, to sharpen their research design, or to make other practical arrangements for future research. The grant is especially intended for students who are in the process of completing their dissertation proposals and preparing applications for funds to support their dissertation research, but other purposes may be proposed. Although language instruction is not the primary focus of these awards, successful applicants may simultaneously hold an AISLS language instruction grant.
URL: http://www.aisls.org/diss-plan.html

Canadian Embassy—Washington, D.C.

Canadian Studies Grant Program
Doctoral Student Research Award / Graduate Student Fellowship Program
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: This program is intended for doctoral students at accredited U.S. and Canadian four-year colleges and universities whose dissertations are related in substantial part to the study of Canada or Canada-U.S. relations. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States and should have completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation when they apply for a grant.
ABSTRACT: The award promotes research that contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada, its relationship with the United States, and its international affairs. The award is designed to give doctoral students an opportunity to conduct part of their research in Canada. The program welcomes submissions from all fields in the social sciences and humanities. The Canadian Embassy is particularly interested in projects that have policy relevance for Canada-U.S. relations. Topics that are highly relevant to Canada-U.S. relations include smart and secure borders; North American economic competitiveness; regulatory cooperation; Canada-U.S. trade and investment partnership; energy security and sustainability; environmental sustainability; emergency planning and management; Canada-U.S. security and defense cooperation; Canada in Afghanistan; global health policy; and changing demographics in North America. The program strongly encourages projects that include collaboration with researchers at Canadian institutions.
URL: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes

Freie Universitat Berlin

Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: 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 completed all coursework required for the Ph.D. and must have achieved ABD (all but dissertation) status by the time the proposed research stay in Berlin begins. Applicants should show German fluency adequate to complete the project and participate in the seminar at the Freie Universitat Berlin, which is conducted in German.
ABSTRACT: The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies was established at the Freie Universitat Berlin to provide a new generation of young North American scholars with specialized knowledge of modern and contemporary German and European affairs. The program supports scholars in the social and political sciences and economics, modern and contemporary historians, as well as Germanists interested in similar questions. The Berlin Program is a residential program offering a stimulating academic environment that integrates research opportunities with intellectual and cultural interaction. Fellows have access to Berlin's broader intellectual community and extensive libraries.
URL: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram/

American Institute for Maghrib Studies

Grants Program for U.S. Citizens
DEADLINE: December 31, 2009 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
ELIGIBILITY: Graduate students currently enrolled in an M.A. or Ph.D. program are eligible to apply. All applicants must be U.S. citizens and members of AIMS at the time of application. Recipients of AIMS awards in either of the two previous funding cycles are ineligible to apply.
ABSTRACT: The program offers grants to U.S. scholars interested in conducting research on North Africa in any Maghrib country, specifically Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, or Mauritania. These awards are made possible through grants from the U.S. Department of State.
URL: http://aimsnorthafrica.org/fellowships/lstuscitz_grants.cfm?menu=2

American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Cotsen Traveling Fellowship for Research in Greece
DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Graduate students may apply. The school is open to qualified students and scholars at colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada unless otherwise noted. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership.
ABSTRACT: The Gennadius Library offers the Cotsen Traveling Fellowship, a short-term grant awarded once a year for scholars and graduate students pursuing research topics that require the use of the Gennadeion collections. The recipient is expected to take part in the activities of the library and of the school in addition to pursuing research.
URL: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/admission-membership/grants/

American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Jacob Hirsch Fellowship
DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Applications will be accepted from students in the U.S. or Israel, who are Ph.D. candidates writing their dissertations in archaeology or recent Ph.D.s completing a project, such as the revision of a dissertation for publication, which requires a lengthy residence in Greece. Application for admission to the ASCSA should be made in conjunction with application for the Hirsch Fellowship.
ABSTRACT: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens offers the Jacob Hirsch Fellowship to American and Israeli scholars who are completing a project that requires a lengthy residence in Greece.
URL: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/admission-membership/grants/

Kosciuszko Foundation

Graduate Study and Research in Poland
DEADLINE: January 15, 2010 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
ELIGIBILITY: Applicant must be a United States citizen or a legal permanent resident of the U.S. and be a graduate student or university faculty member, and possess the level of Polish language proficiency needed to carry out the proposed research project.
ABSTRACT: The Graduate Studies and Research in Poland Program allows American graduate students and university faculty members to conduct research at universities in Poland with financial support from the Polish Ministry of Education and Sport and the Kosciuszko Foundation.
URL: http://www.thekf.org/EDScholarships_US_Research.html

American Center for Mongolian Studies

Research Fellowship Program
DEADLINE: February 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: All applicants must be current members of the ACMS to be considered for the program. All applicants must be citizens of the United States or Canada. All applicants for dissertation fellowships must be able to demonstrate that they have completed required coursework for their programs and will have an accepted dissertation proposal prior to the start of their fellowship program. All postdoctoral fellows must have completed their Ph.D. within seven years of the start of their fellowship program.
ABSTRACT: The program annually supports fellows conducting doctoral dissertation or postdoctoral research in Mongolia on topics in the social sciences or humanities. The program seeks to promote research opportunities in Mongolia among scholars who have not included the country in their previous research, and to broaden the knowledge base of scholars already working in the country. Previous Mongolian Studies experience is not required, but projects should enhance knowledge of Mongolia and the Mongols within relevant academic disciplines or fields of study. Projects that link research conducted in Mongolia to research in other parts of Asia or across academic fields are especially encouraged. Fellowship recipients must be based in Mongolia for the duration of their fellowship, but research travel in the broader region is encouraged.
URL: http://www.mongoliacenter.org/index.php

American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Advanced Fellowships
DEADLINE: February 19, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: The school is open to qualified students and scholars at colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada.
ABSTRACT: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens offers several predoctoral fellowships to students who have completed the Regular Program or one year as a Student Associate Member.
URL: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/admission-membership/grants