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Humanities and Social Sciences

Deadlines: May 2009 - October 2009

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

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR MEMBERS OF UNDERREPRENSENTED GROUPS

(by deadline)


National Academies of the National Research Council

Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowships
DEADLINE: November 9, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: The following are eligible to apply for a dissertation fellowship:
1. All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation (must have become a U.S. citizen by November 28, 2008);
2. Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations);
3. Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level;
4. Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree candidates studying in an eligible research-based discipline at a U.S. educational institution;
5. Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
Membership in one or more of the following ethnicities and races will be considered a positive factor: 1. Alaska Natives (Eskimo/Aleut); 2. Black/African Americans; 3. Mexican American/Chicanas/Chicanos; 4. Native American Indians; 5. Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian); 6. Puerto Ricans.
ABSTRACT: Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs in most major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields.
URL: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/forddiss.html

University of Notre Dame Department of Africana Studies

Dissertation Year Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame
DEADLINE: November 30, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: The program invites applications from African-American doctoral candidates in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and theological disciplines who have completed all degree requirements with the exception of the dissertation.
ABSTRACT: Fellows are expected to be in residence at the university and to devote most of their time to the completion of the dissertation. In addition, fellows participate in a public forum discussing a variety of aspects related to African American and African Diasporan life, culture, and traditions. Many fellows make guest lecture appearances in courses related to their disciplines and participate in short-term mutual learning events for faculty and students (e.g., brown bag series, roundtable discussion, etc.).
URL: http://africana.nd.edu/erskine

Five Colleges, Inc.

Dissertation Fellowship Program for Minority Students
DEADLINE: Review of applications begins December 1, 2009
ABSTRACT: The fellowship program provides one year in residence at one of the campuses (Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, or University of Massachusetts-Anherst) for graduate students who have completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except the dissertation. The program supports scholars from under-represented groups, or scholars with unique interests and histories, whose engagement in the academy will enrich scholarship and teaching. Each Fellow is hosted within an appropriate department or program at one of the member colleges of the Five College consortium.
URL: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/academic_programs/academprog_fellowship.html

PEO International

Scholar Awards
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: An applicant for a P.E.O. Scholar Award is required to be nominated by a local P.E.O. chapter and to be a citizen of the United States or Canada at the time of the nomination. At the time the first award payment is made (August 1), she must be within two years of completing her doctoral level or postgraduate studies or research, and she must have one full academic year of work remaining.
CITIZENSHIP: Women who are citizens of Canada and the United States are eligible to apply.
ABSTRACT: P.E.O. Scholar Awards are one-time competitive, merit-based awards for women of the United States and Canada who are either pursuing a doctoral level degree or are engaged in postdoctoral research at an accredited university. In addition to recognizing and encouraging excellence in higher education, these awards provide partial support for study and research for women who will make significant contributions in their varied fields of endeavor. Priority is given to women who are well established in their programs, study or research.
URL: http://www.peointernational.org/about/

Williams College

Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowship for Minority Graduate Students
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: The Bolin Fellowships are awarded to applicants from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, those who are first-generation college graduates, women in predominantly male fields, or disabled scholars. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who intend to pursue a professorial career in the U.S.A., and who have completed all doctoral work except the dissertation by the end of the current academic year. MFA candidates who will receive their degrees in 2009 are also eligible to apply.
ABSTRACT: The fellowships are designed to promote diversity on college faculties by encouraging students from underrepresented groups to complete a terminal graduate degree and to pursue careers in college teaching. Fellows devote the bulk of the first year to the completion of dissertation work - or in the case of MFA applicants, building their professional portfolios - while also teaching one course as a faculty member in one of the college's academic departments or programs. The second year of residency (ideally with degree in hand) is spent on academic career development while again teaching just one course. During the period of residence at Williams, the Bolin Fellows will be affiliated with an appropriate department or program, and will be expected to teach one one-semester course each year, normally in the fall semester of year one and the spring semester of year two.
URL: http://www.williams.edu/admin/deanfac/fellowships/bolin.php

Hispanic Theological Initiative

Doctoral Grants
DEADLINE: December 7, 2009
ELIGIBILITY: This award is for full-time minority doctoral students (Ph.D., Ed.D., Th.D. or equivalent only) and requires that the student's institution partners with HTI in providing the student with a tuition scholarship.
ABSTRACT: This award is aimed at supporting the student for a maximum of two years of full-time coursework. If an applicant applies during the first year of doctoral coursework, the HTI award will be for a one year period only. This award may not be applied to the year the student is doing his or her doctoral exams while not taking courses. In addition to monetary support, the HTI will provide the doctoral-level awardee with a Latino/a faculty member to serve as a mentor who will monitor and encourage the student's progress in the doctoral process.
URL: http://www2.ptsem.edu/hti/

Marquette University

Mitchem Dissertation Fellowships
DEADLINE: January 5,  2010 –ANTICIPATED DEADLINE
ELIGIBILITY: Persons are eligible to apply who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time or in any field; are U.S. citizens; have completed all other requirements for the Ph.D.; are well into the writing stage of their dissertation work; and belong to a racial-cultural group historically underrepresented in the U.S. professoriate: African American, Native American, and Hispanic American candidates are especially encouraged to apply.
ABSTRACT: The primary goal of the Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program is to help increase the presence of currently underrepresented racial and cultural groups in the U.S. professoriate by supporting doctoral candidates in completing the final academic requirement, the dissertation. Mitchem Fellowships provide one year of support for two students with advanced candidacy in their doctoral programs in other U.S. universities. Fellows are to be in residence at Marquette University for the academic year during which they teach one course in their area of specialization, interact with faculty and undergraduate students, and devote their primary energies to the completion of their dissertations. During their residence, Mitchem Fellows will participate in a mentoring process, collaborating with a senior faculty mentor in the fellow's discipline, who is appointed by the Dean. Consult the web site for a listing of eligible fields for 2010-2011.
URL: http://www.marquette.edu/as/graduate_mitchem.shtml

Hispanic Theological Initiative

Dissertation Year Grant
DEADLINE: January 11, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be citizens of the U.S. or Canada, or legal immigrants.
ABSTRACT: The institute will award six dissertation fellowships per year throughout the life of the program to applicants who are "all but dissertation." The purpose of the award is to help the awardee devote as much time as possible to writing. It is expected that the applicant will complete the dissertation by the end of the award year. The institute will also provide the dissertation year awardee with skilled editorial support in order to facilitate a timely completion of the dissertation; and a mid-year workshop to monitor and encourage the writing process, to provide a time for discussion of dissertation, and to provide collegial support.
URL: http://www2.ptsem.edu/hti/

American Anthropological Association

Minority Dissertation Fellowship
DEADLINE: February 15, 2010
ELIGIBILITY: An applicant must be a U.S. citizen who (1) is a member of an historically underrepresented ethnic minority group, including, but not limited to, African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians or Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latino/as, Chicano/as, and Pacific Islanders; (2) is and has been a member of the AAA at least one month prior to submitting materials for this fellowship; (3) has a record of outstanding academic achievement; (4) is enrolled in a full-time academic program leading to a doctoral degree in anthropology; and (5) will be admitted to degree candidacy before the dissertation fellowship is awarded. The recipient of the fellowship must be in need of a fellowship to complete the dissertation.
ABSTRACT: The AAA invites minority doctoral candidates in anthropology who require financial assistance to complete the write-up phase of the dissertation to apply for a dissertation writing fellowship. The fellowship is intended to encourage members of ethnic minorities to complete doctoral degrees in anthropology, thereby increasing diversity in the discipline and/or promoting research on issues of concern among minority populations. Dissertation topics in all areas of the discipline are welcome.
URL: http://www.aaanet.org/about/Prizes-Awards/Minority-Dissertation-Fellowship.cfm