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External Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students<br />
Current Issue: <strong>March</strong> 2016<br />
LOOK INSIDE!<br />
<strong>Upcoming</strong><br />
<strong>Fellowship</strong> <strong>Deadlines</strong><br />
<strong>March</strong>, April, & May<br />
The Office of Graduate <strong>Fellowship</strong>s & Awards<br />
Florida State University
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About the <strong>Deadlines</strong><br />
Each month, the Office of Graduate <strong>Fellowship</strong>s<br />
& Awards publishes a list of upcoming fellowship<br />
deadlines. You can find more opportunities<br />
using Pivot, or meet with the OGFA to discuss<br />
opportunities that you are interested in.<br />
Note: <strong>Fellowship</strong> opportunities for the current month are<br />
reminders ONLY. These opportunities were also posted in the<br />
January 2016 & February 2016 issues.<br />
Table of Contents:<br />
Travel - Opportunities for graduate students who<br />
want to teach, study, or take their research across<br />
the country or world<br />
Master’s - Opportunities for graduate students<br />
pursuing a master’s degree<br />
Doctoral - Opportunities for graduate students at<br />
any stage of the doctoral degree<br />
Travel<br />
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Research Travel Grants<br />
https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/foundationgrants.asp<br />
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 15, 2016<br />
Description: Grants up to $2,200 in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. The<br />
grant may be used to defray travel costs and living expenses for domestic applicants.<br />
Fields: Any related to the U.S. political process or public policy<br />
Center for Jewish History <strong>Fellowship</strong>s<br />
http://www.cjh.org/p/36<br />
Location: New York<br />
Seminar on Archival and Historical Research<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 31, 2016<br />
Description: The seminar’s focus is on learning a variety of tools for accessing information and<br />
incorporating archival and library research into specific projects. In addition, participants will be<br />
introduced to the vast holdings of the Center’s partner organizations, and the ways those collections<br />
are created, stored, and preserved.<br />
Fields: Master’s students and first and second year PhD candidates in History, Jewish studies,<br />
Literature, Religion, Politics, Sociology, Anthropology, and area/regional studies.<br />
Joseph S. Steinberg Fund for Emerging Jewish Filmmakers<br />
Deadline: Applications accepted at any time<br />
Description: Funding to further existing projects, or to start new projects whose subject matter is in<br />
line with the collections housed at the Center for Jewish History. The goal of this fellowship is to<br />
provide small stipends to emerging filmmakers working on topics related to modern Jewish history,<br />
and is not limited to film students. Recipients are eligible for awards of up to $5000.<br />
Fields: Any<br />
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Travel (Continued)<br />
Summer <strong>Fellowship</strong> Practicum Program<br />
https://www.aier.org/summer-fellowship-practicum-program<br />
Sponsor: American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016<br />
Description: The goal of the program is to provide accomplished graduate students age 21 and over with an<br />
introduction to the Institute’s mission, work, and research principles. Working closely with AIER research<br />
staff, summer fellows are immersed in the economic research process from “conception to completion.” The<br />
AIER Practicum enhances Fellows’ understanding of economic concepts, theories, and real world applications,<br />
and provides an opportunity to develop research, writing, and presentation skills.<br />
Fields: Economics, Finance, Business or related fields<br />
Smithsonian Institution—STRI Short-Term <strong>Fellowship</strong> Program<br />
http://stri.si.edu/english/education_fellowships/fellowships/stri_programs.php<br />
Location: Panama (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)<br />
Deadline: April 15, 2016<br />
Description: Provides support for graduate students and introduces them to tropical research. These<br />
fellowships enable selected candidates to work in the topics and explore research possibilities at STRI.<br />
Fields: Any related to tropical research<br />
American Jewish Historial Society<br />
http://www.ajhs.org/academic-awards<br />
<strong>Deadlines</strong>: Vary<br />
Henry L. Feingold Graduate Student Essay Prize<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 31, 2016<br />
Description: This award is offered for the best paper submitted by a graduatelevel researcher and<br />
includes a $500 award. At the discretion of the editors, the prize essay may also be considered for<br />
publication in the Society’s scholarly journal, American Jewish History.<br />
Fields: Any<br />
Ruth B. Fein Prize<br />
Deadline April 20, 2016<br />
Sponsor: American Jewish Historical Society<br />
Description: A travel stipend established in honor of a past president of the Society, to a graduate<br />
student to help undertake research at the American Jewish Historical Society. The award is up to $1,000.<br />
Fields: Any<br />
Sid and Ruth Lapidus <strong>Fellowship</strong><br />
Deadline: April 20, 2016<br />
Description: Supports one or more researcher(s) wishing to use the collections of the American Jewish<br />
Historical Society. Preference is given to researchers interested in 17th and 18th century American<br />
Jewish history. The available amount for the award is $6,000 annually.<br />
Fields: Any<br />
Fulbright—Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program<br />
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html<br />
Deadline: April 28, 2016<br />
Description: The U.S. Department of Education funds more than $4.4 million in grants for the Fulbright-Hays<br />
International Education Program in support of individual doctoral students who conduct research in other<br />
countries, in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of 6 to 12 months.<br />
Fields: Modern Foreign Languages and area studies<br />
The Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants<br />
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/dissertation-fieldwork-grants<br />
Deadline: May 1, 2016<br />
Description: A maximum of $20,000 awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The program contributes to<br />
the Foundation’s overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline<br />
continues to provide significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity’s cultural and biological<br />
origins, development, and variation.<br />
Fields: Anthropology<br />
German Studies Research Grant<br />
https://www.daad.org/germanstudies2<br />
Sponsor: DAAD<br />
Deadline: May 1, 2016<br />
Description: Research grants to highly-qualified master’s level students in the humanities and social sciences<br />
earning a certificate in German Studies. Applicants must be nominated by their department/program chairs.<br />
The grant may be used for short-term research (one to two months) in Germany. Awards from $2000 - 3000.<br />
Fields: Humanities and Social Sciences<br />
Traveling Scholars Award Program<br />
http://www.smru.org/SMRUTravelingScholarsProgram/<br />
Sponsor: American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Society for Male Reproduction<br />
and Urology (SMRU)<br />
Deadline: May 4, 2016<br />
Description: The objective of this award is to provide an opportunity for trainees to learn more about the<br />
field of male infertility by attending educational activities at the annual meeting of the American Society for<br />
Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). Award reimbursement of up to $2,350 to accommodate for travel expenses.<br />
Fields: Trainee in field of Male Infertility, or trainees who are considering entering the field of male infertility.<br />
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Research <strong>Fellowship</strong><br />
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/fellowships<br />
Location: New York City<br />
Deadline: May 13, 2016<br />
Description: Fellows may conduct research within the archival holdings of any institution located in the five<br />
boroughs of New York City. Awards in the amount of $3000.<br />
Fields: American History<br />
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Master’s<br />
Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program<br />
http://floridafellows.com/<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 20, 2016<br />
Description: Non-partisan program immerses students from public and private universities in key areas of<br />
state government.<br />
Fields: Any<br />
Neotropical Grassland Conservancy (NGC) Student Grant Program<br />
http://conservegrassland.org/our-programs/<br />
Deadline: April 1, August 1, and December 1<br />
Description: The foundation’s mission is promoting the conservation of savannas, gallery forests, wetlands,<br />
and associated ecosystems in Central and South America. The Student Grant Program (SGP) was designed in<br />
response to feedback from Venezuelan professors to support graduate student research projects. Awards of<br />
$1000.<br />
Fields: Any; Latin American students enrolled in a M.S. or PhD. program<br />
German-Canadian Studies Master’s Thesis Prize<br />
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/german-canadian/fellowships.html<br />
Sponsor: University of Winnipeg Chair in German-Canadian Studies<br />
Deadline: April 15, 2016<br />
Description: Prize offered on an annual basis for the most promising master’s thesis project in German-<br />
Canadian history by a student enrolled in the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba’s Joint Master’s Program<br />
in History, working under the supervision of the Chair in German-Canadian Studies at the University of<br />
Winnipeg.<br />
Fields: Any, with emphasis on German/Canadian Studies<br />
ORISE Evaluation <strong>Fellowship</strong> Opportunity at the CDC<br />
http://www.cdc.gov/eval/<br />
Deadline: April 15, 2016<br />
Description: Fellows work under the leadership of CDC’s Chief Evaluation Officer; they are matched with<br />
CDC host programs to work on program evaluation activities for/with those programs. Host programs are<br />
selected through a competitive process to ensure the activities build the knowledge base of the program and<br />
enhance the professional development of the Fellow.<br />
Legacy Scholarship for Graduate Students (ASID)<br />
http://www.asidfoundation.org/SCHOLARSHIPS.html<br />
Deadline: April 18, 2016<br />
Description: $4,000 awards offered to students who are enrolled or accepted for admission to a graduate-level<br />
interior design program at an accredited university. The scholarship will be awarded based on the applicant’s<br />
academic accomplishments, creative goals, and personal statement.<br />
Field: Interior Design<br />
Student Leadership Awards<br />
http://www.greatmindsinstem.org/college/scholarship-application-information<br />
Deadline: April 30, 2016<br />
Description: Sponsored by HENAAC, $1,000 scholarship for STEM graduate students of Hispanic decent that<br />
demonstrate leadership excellence.<br />
Fields: STEM<br />
AsMA Space Medicine Association Jeffrey R. Davis Scholarship<br />
http://spacemedicineassociation.org/jeffrey-r-davis-scholarship/<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016<br />
Description: To encourage students who have demonstrated academic achievement and shown an interest in<br />
Space Biology and Space Medical Operations to further pursue a career in Space Medicine. Scholarships are<br />
open to students who will be enrolled full-time in college, medical school, residency, or a fellowship during<br />
the period of the award and are in good academic standing. Scholarship of $1000.<br />
Fields: Any, with emphasis on Medicine, Space Biology, and Space Medical Operations<br />
Internships with the Middle East Program<br />
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/opportunity/internships-the-middle-east-program<br />
Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016 (summer), July 15 (fall), November 15 (spring)<br />
Description: The Program concentrates on long-term developments and how these issues impact stability and<br />
growth in the Middle East and its relations with the United States.<br />
Richard A. Horovitz Fund<br />
http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Richard-A-Horovitz-Fund-for-Professional-Development<br />
Deadline: Contact sponsor<br />
Description: Dedicated to African artists and scholars that are citizens of a Sub-Saharan African country.<br />
Fields: Humanities and Social Sciences<br />
Clara Mayo Grants<br />
http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=727<br />
Deadline: May 15, 2016<br />
Sponsor: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)<br />
Description: This program was set up to support masters’ theses or pre-dissertation research on aspects of<br />
sexism, racism, or prejudice, with preference given to students enrolled in a terminal master’s program. Grants<br />
of up to $1,000 are awarded. Studies of the application of theory or the design of interventions or treatments to<br />
address these problems are welcome.<br />
Fields: Psychology, Applied Social Science, and related disciplines<br />
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Doctoral<br />
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH)<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 11, 2016<br />
Conservation, Matting and Framing <strong>Fellowship</strong><br />
Description: The purpose of this internship is to teach and develop the skills of archival matting and<br />
framing. Activities are structured to provide the student with a museum-based studio experience<br />
producing work for a dynamic exhibition and loan schedule.<br />
Botstiber <strong>Fellowship</strong> in Austrian-American Studies<br />
http://botstiber.org/austrian/fellowships/fellowship.html<br />
Sponsor: The Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 31, 2016<br />
Description: The fellowship will be awarded to a scholar or professional who seeks funds for a project that<br />
promotes an understanding of the historic relationship between Austria and the United States.<br />
Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program<br />
https://www.instituteforsupplymanagement.org/education/content.cfm?ItemNumber=20838<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 31, 2016<br />
Description: This program exists to encourage and develop doctoral students interested in procurement,<br />
supply management and supply chain management to pursue and complete their dissertation research in these<br />
fields of study. The program welcomes applications from doctoral students in supply management and closely<br />
related areas.<br />
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Funding Opportunities<br />
https://shafr.org/members/fellowships-grants/shafr-dissertation-completion-fellowship<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016<br />
SHAFR Dissertation Completion <strong>Fellowship</strong><br />
Description: SHAFR will make two, year-long awards in the amount of $25,000 each to support the<br />
writing and completion of the doctoral dissertation. Applicants should be candidates for the PhD in a<br />
humanities or social science doctoral program, must have been admitted to candidacy, and must be in<br />
the writing stage.<br />
Curatorial, Art of the Islamic Worlds <strong>Fellowship</strong><br />
Description: The fellow will work with the curator on special and on-going proj<br />
ects including:<br />
- A major upcoming exhibition and catalogue project<br />
- Post-production management of the long-term installation, Arts of Islamic Lands: Selections from the<br />
al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait<br />
- Object research and preparation of future works on paper rotations for<br />
the permanent collection<br />
The Social Psychology Section Graduate Student Investigator Award<br />
http://www.asanet.org/sections/psychology_awards.cfm<br />
Sponsor: American Sociological Association<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 15, 2016<br />
Description: This $1,000 award supports an innovative and outstanding research project that makes a<br />
significant contribution to social psychological scholarship.<br />
Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa Research Grants Program<br />
http://www.asmeascholars.org/resource/awards-research-travel-grants/<br />
Deadline: <strong>March</strong> 15, 2016<br />
Description: To stimulate new and diverse lines of discourse about the Middle East and Africa, ASMEA’s<br />
Research Grants Program will support research on topics that deserved greater attention. Topics: Modes of<br />
Governance, The Plight of Women and Minorities, Jihad and Terrorism, Faith, Defying Tradition-Sex, Drugs,<br />
adn Rock ‘n’ Roll.<br />
North American Conference on British Studies—Dissertation <strong>Fellowship</strong><br />
http://www.nacbs.org/prizes/nacbs-dissertation-year-fellowship/<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016<br />
Description: Supports dissertation research in the British Isles on any topic of British (including Scottish, Irish<br />
and Imperial) history or British Studies. Applicant must need to travel to the British Isles for the purpose of<br />
dissertation research (at least three months duration).<br />
The NASA <strong>Fellowship</strong> in the History of Space Technology<br />
http://www.historyoftechnology.org/about_us/awards/nasa.html<br />
Sponsor: Society for the History of Technology<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016<br />
Description: This fellowship will fund a predoctoral fellow for up to one academic year to undertake a research<br />
project related to the history of space technology including cultural and intellectual history, institutional<br />
history, economic history, history of law and public policy and history of engineering and management.<br />
Israel Institute Doctoral <strong>Fellowship</strong><br />
http://www.israelinstitute.org/programs/doctoral-fellowships<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016<br />
Description: Two-year fellowship to support outstanding research on Israel-related topics or whose work<br />
incorporates an Israeli dimension, for examples as a case study in a comparitive work.<br />
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Doctoral (Continued)<br />
American Musicological Society (AMS)<br />
http://www.ams-net.org/grants/<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016 by 5 p.m.<br />
M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet Fund<br />
Description: A memorial to M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet, one of the foremost scholars of French music from<br />
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is to be awarded annually to one or more doctoral students<br />
at or graduates of universities in the United States and Canada to conduct doctoral or post-doctoral<br />
musicological research in France.<br />
Virginia and George Bozarth Travel Fund<br />
Description: intended to encourage and assist Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral scholars, independent<br />
scholars, and junior faculty to travel to Austria to carry out research.<br />
William Holmes / Frank D’Accone Endowment<br />
Description: The Holmes / D’Accone Endowment encourages and assists Ph.D. candidates, postdoctoral<br />
fellows, independent scholars, and junior faculty working with subject matter associated with the<br />
history of opera.<br />
Jan LaRue Travel Fund<br />
Description: The fund honors the memory of Jan LaRue (1918–2004), a distinguished scholar and AMS<br />
member admired for his pioneering work on style analysis, the eighteenth-century symphony, and early<br />
computer applications in musicology.<br />
Harold Powers World Travel Fund<br />
Description: The fund is intended to encourage and assist Ph.D. candidates, in all fields of musical<br />
scholarship to travel anywhere in the world to carry out the necessary work for their dissertation or<br />
other research.<br />
Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program (Fahs-Beck Scholars)<br />
http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html<br />
Sponsor: Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation<br />
Deadline: April 1 and November 1<br />
Description: Grants to help support dissertation expenses of doctoral students whose studies have the<br />
potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning or well being of children,<br />
adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such<br />
problems.<br />
Graduate Directed Energy Scholarships<br />
http://www.deps.org/DEPSpages/scholarships.html<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016<br />
Description: Candidates must be interested in pursuing or currently studying the DE technology areas of High<br />
Energy Laser (HEL) and High Power Microwave (HPM) Technologies.<br />
Sociologists for Women in Society<br />
https://www.socwomen.org/list-of-committees/awards-programs-2/<br />
Deadline: April 1, 2016<br />
Barbara Rosenblum Cancer Dissertation Scholarship<br />
Description: Scholarship is designed to encourage doctoral research on women’s experience of breast<br />
cancer and other reproductive cancers, as well as the prevention of these cancers. The scholarship also<br />
supports efforts to make sociological research on these topics available to the public.<br />
Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship<br />
Description: Scholarship is awarded to a dissertation writing PhD student who has studied for at least<br />
one full academic year at a two-year college in the U.S., before transferring to complete a BA.<br />
Cheryl Allyn Miller Award<br />
Description: Award recognizes a sociology graduate student, or a recent doctorate, whose research or<br />
activism constitutes an outstanding contribution to the field of women and work.<br />
Esther Ling Nang Chow and Mary Joyce Green Dissertation Scholarship<br />
Description: Scholarship offers support to women scholars who are from underrepresented groups and<br />
are studying concerns that women of color face domestically and/or internationally.<br />
Neotropical Grassland Conservancy (NGC) Student Grant Program<br />
http://conservegrassland.org/our-programs/<br />
Deadline: April 1st, August 1st and December 1st<br />
Description: The foundation’s mission is promoting the conservation of savannas, gallery forests, wetlands,<br />
and associated ecosystems in Central and South America. The Student Grant Program (SGP) was designed in<br />
response to feedback from Venezuelan professors.<br />
Fields: Latin American students enrolled in a M.S. or Ph.D. program<br />
History of Science Society (HSS) <strong>Fellowship</strong> in the History of Space Science<br />
http://hssonline.org/employment/fellowship-in-the-history-of-space-science/2015-16-<br />
hss-fellowship-in-the-history-of-space-science/<br />
Deadline: April 6, 2016<br />
Description: The fellowship, offered by the HSS and supported by the NASA History Division will annually<br />
fund one Fellow, for up to one academic year, to undertake a research project related to the history of space<br />
science.<br />
Eisenhower Transportation <strong>Fellowship</strong> Program Graduate <strong>Fellowship</strong><br />
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tpp/ddetfp.htm#<strong>Fellowship</strong>sFandI<br />
Sponsor: Department of Transportation<br />
`Deadline: April 14, 2016<br />
Description: The EISENHOWER GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP (provides funding for the pursuit of Masters<br />
or Doctorate Degrees in transportation related discipline. The Eisenhower Graduate <strong>Fellowship</strong> Program<br />
encompasses all modes of transportation.<br />
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Doctoral (Continued)<br />
Virginia Military Institute - Dissertation Grant in Cold War History<br />
http://www.vmi.edu/content.aspx/?id=4025<br />
Deadline: April 15, 2016<br />
Description: Grant will be awarded to a graduate student in history or related fields working on a dissertation<br />
in the area of Cold War military history. Proposals are welcome in all subject areas, including international<br />
security affairs, military strategy, leadership, and operations.<br />
Horton Research Grant in Hydrological Sciences<br />
http://honors.agu.org/research-grants-and-awards/the-horton-hydrology-research-grant/<br />
Sponsor: American Geophysical Union<br />
Deadline: April 15, 2016<br />
Description: Supports doctoral students in the hydrological sciences and related policy-oriented social<br />
sciences. One-year grant awarded to one or more students in hydrology, water resources or a closely related<br />
field.<br />
Fields: Appropriate topics may be in hydrology or in water resources policy sciences<br />
(including economics, systems analysis, sociology and law).<br />
Health Policy Research Scholars<br />
http://healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/<br />
Deadline: April 19, 2016<br />
Description: This is a new leadership development opportunity for full-time doctoral students from<br />
underrepresented populations or historically disadvantaged backgrounds training to be researchers—in many<br />
fields—and interested in health policy research. The program selects up to 50 first or second year doctroral<br />
scholars pursuing research focused degrees in disciplines that can advance a Culture of Health.<br />
Head Start Graduate Student Research Grant<br />
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/files/HHS-2014-ACF-OPRE-YR-0785_0.pdf<br />
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<br />
Deadline: April 25, 2016<br />
Description: Funds are provided for Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants to support rigorous<br />
dissertation research by advanced doctoral students who are working in partnership with Head Start or early<br />
Head Start Programs and faculty mentors. The projects should directly address the needs of low-income<br />
children and families and their early childhood educators.<br />
Fields: Social Sciences, Education, Health or other relevant disciplines<br />
Fulbright—Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program<br />
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/applicant.html<br />
Deadline: April 28, 2016<br />
Description: Funds individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign<br />
languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months.<br />
Fields: modern foreign languages and area studies<br />
Graduate <strong>Fellowship</strong> Program for Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Science<br />
http://www.ifer.org/fellowships.php<br />
Sponsor: The International Foundation for Ethical Research<br />
Deadline: April 29, 2016<br />
Description:Provides financial incentives to graduate students in science that encourage them at the earliest<br />
stages of their career to integrate innovation and discovery with ethics and respect for animals<br />
Fields: Any (see website)<br />
Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant<br />
http://www.srcd.org/advancing-field/srcd-awards-research-grants/patrice-l-engle-grant<br />
Sponsor: Society for Research in Child Development<br />
Deadline: April 30, 2016<br />
Description: Provides support for students interested in a career in global early child development who are<br />
from or doing dissertation research in low- or middle income countries.<br />
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation <strong>Fellowship</strong>s<br />
http://www.marineheritage.org/Programs_fellowships.asp<br />
Deadline: May 1 2015<br />
Description: Topics in U.S. military and naval history, as well as history and history-based studies in the social<br />
and behavioral sciences, with a direct relationship to the history of the United States Marine Corps will be<br />
considered.<br />
Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants<br />
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/dissertation-fieldwork-grants<br />
Deadline: May 1st and November 1st<br />
Description: The program contributes to the Foundation’s overall mission to support basic research in<br />
anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that<br />
furthers the understanding of humanity’s cultural and biological origins, development and variation.<br />
Field: Anthropology<br />
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation <strong>Fellowship</strong>s<br />
http://www.marineheritage.org/Programs_fellowships.asp<br />
Deadline: May 1, 2016<br />
Description: Topics in U.S. military and naval history, as well as history and history-based studies in the social<br />
and behavioral sciences, with a direct relationship to the history of the United States Marine Corps will be<br />
considered.<br />
Society for Research in Child Development SECC Dissertation Research Funding<br />
Awards<br />
http://www.srcd.org/advancing-field/srcd-awards-research-grants/secc-dissertation-researchfunding-awards<br />
Deadline: May 2, 2016<br />
Description: Up to ten, non-renewable awards in the amount of $2,000 given for dissertation research<br />
proposals that merit special recognition and display the strong potential to contribute to the field of child<br />
development.<br />
14 The Office of Graduate <strong>Fellowship</strong>s and Awards | Florida State University<br />
http://www.ogfa.fsu.edu | ogfa-info@fsu.edu | (850) 645-0850 | Honors, Scholars, and Fellows House | Suite 4001E15
Doctoral (Continued)<br />
Scholarships in Waste Management Research and Education<br />
http://erefdn.org/index.php/scholarships/index<br />
Deadline: May 4, 2016<br />
Description: Waste management research and education. Scholarships recognize graduate students pursuing<br />
excellence in solid waste management research and education. Recipients are chosen based on credentials and<br />
potential contributions to the solid waste industry and its scientific community.<br />
ACRP: Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues<br />
http://www.trb.org/ACRP/GraduateAwardProgramDetail.aspx<br />
Deadline: May 15, 2016 – Electronic submission of application is due; May 23, 2016 –<br />
Hard copy of the application is due; May 29, 2016 – Last date for receipt of the references and faculty advisor<br />
commitment form.<br />
Description: Stipend for graduate students researching airport and related aviation system issues. The program<br />
is intended to stimulate thought, discussion, and research by those who may become the future airport<br />
managers, operators, designers, and policy makers in aviation.<br />
Laurels Fund<br />
http://www.efwa.org/scholarships_postgraduate.php<br />
Deadline: May 15, 2016<br />
Description: This fund provides one year scholarships up to $5,000 each, for women who are pursuing a Ph.D.<br />
degree in Accounting.<br />
Horovitz Fund for Professional Development for African Artists and Scholars<br />
http://www.naylornetwork.com/iie-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=252356&issueID=26587<br />
Deadline: May 15, 2016 (contact OGFA for application materials)<br />
Description: Dedicated to African artists and scholars that are citizens of a Sub-Saharan African country. The<br />
winners receive an award to defray educational costs for one academic year, renewable for a second year based<br />
on satisfactory academic performance and continued need.<br />
Fields: Humanities and Social Sciences<br />
Contact Information<br />
http://www.ogfa.fsu.edu<br />
ogfa-info@fsu.edu<br />
(850) 645-0850<br />
Honors, Scholars, and Fellows House<br />
Suite 4001E | 127 Honors Way<br />
Learn how the OGFA can help you<br />
locate and apply for external funding!<br />
Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation Award<br />
http://regender.org/MKCAwardInfo<br />
Deadline: May 27, 2016<br />
Description: Award is granted to a first-generation college graduate to continue working on a dissertation<br />
under the close supervision of a senior dissertation advisor over a one year period. Student’s dissertation must<br />
be related to Re: Gender’s mission to end gender inequity and its three program focus areas.<br />
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HSF HOUSE<br />
Council on International Exchange (CIEE) US Study Abroad<br />
http://www.ciee.org/study-abroad/scholarships-grants/academic-excellence/<br />
Deadline: see website<br />
Description: Supports doctoral research projects that examine U.S. undergraduate study<br />
abroad. Fellows are expected<br />
16 The Office of Graduate <strong>Fellowship</strong>s and Awards | Florida State University<br />
http://www.ogfa.fsu.edu | ogfa-info@fsu.edu | (850) 645-0850 | Honors, Scholars, and Fellows House | Suite 4001E17