Post-Field/Dissertation

Charlotte W. NEWCOMBE Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

29 Dissertation Fellowships ($24,000 for 12 months of full-time dissertation writing) designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertation might consider the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature. Selection committee looks for proposals that illuminate religious or ethical questions of broad significance and elucidate the ways in which these values do or should inform choices and give meaning to people's lives. Dissertations may be in any field and consider any time period, but should be concerned with continuing problems and questions of human life. Connections should be made between specific topics and wider religious or ethical questions. Applicants must expect to submit completed dissertations by August of 2010 - ie these awards are for candidates who are at the writing stage with field work or other research already complete. You may apply only once. Applicants who have held a similar national award for the final year of dissertation writing, such as Ford, Pew, Mellon, ACLS, Spencer, or AAUW are ineligible.

Newcombe Dissertation Fellowships
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
5 Vaughn Drive, Suite 300
Princeton, NJ 08540-6316
Phone: (609) 452-7007 ext 310
Fax: (609) 452-0066
E-mail: Billmaier@woodrow.org (Susan Billmaier)
Web site: http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe (Electronic application is on the Web.)

Deadline (receipt): November 14, 2008

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

A significant new fellowship program providing support ($25,000 + $3000 for research costs + up to $5000 towards tuition/fees) for young scholars in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of dissertation writing. This program (like everything funded by Mellon) aims to encourage timely completion of the PhD - and thus may be held no later than in the 7th year of the program (i.e., applications from the cohort of 2003 or later; not sure how one would argue about a year in MAPSS or having started with an external MA. But the fine print also says "In special circumstances an applicant and his or her advisor may petition to have an application for an 8th year fellowship considered. Such applicants must present a compelling case for eligibility."). Expectation is that fellows will complete their dissertations within the period of the fellowship or shortly thereafter. Application requires, among other materials, one completed chapter and a timeline for the expected completion of dissertation writing and defense. Application is Online.

ACLS, 633 Third Ave., 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017-6795
(212) 697-1505; FAX (212) 949-8058; grants@acls.org
http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm

Deadline (receipt) November 12, 2008 9:00 pm EST

Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for Research Related to Education

Approximately 30 non-renewable fellowships of $25,000 to be awarded for support of completion of dissertations which show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. The stipend must be expended within a time limit of 2 years and in accordance with a work plan provided by the candidate at the time of application. No citizenship requirement. Electronic application is on the Web.

Dissertation Fellowship Program
The Spencer Foundation
875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3930
Chicago, IL 60611-1803
Phone: (312) 274-6526;  fellows@spencer.org
Web site: http://www.spencer.org/programs/fellows/dissertation.htm

Deadline: November 4, 2008 5:00 pm CST

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

51 one-year dissertation fellowships of $20,000 for US citizens and Permanent Residents in all fields who will complete the writing of their dissertations during the year of the award. (Applicants are expected to receive a doctoral degree by the end of the fellowship year.) Students holding a fellowship for the writing of a dissertation (e.g., Newcombe, Spencer, ACLS) in the year prior to the AAUW fellowship are not eligible. Scholars engaged in researching gender issues are encouraged to apply. Application is Online

AAUW Educational Foundation
American Fellowships
Dept. 60, 301 ACT Drive
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
Phone: (319) 337-1716, ext. 60
Web site: http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

Deadline (postmark): November 15, 2008

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships - Dissertation

35 one-year dissertation fellowships of $21,000 each.  All US citizens are eligible to apply, but preference is given to those with the likelihood of using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship and who are members of one or more of the following groups whose underrepresentation in the American proffesorate has been severe and longstanding: Native American (including alaskan and Pacific Island natives), Black/African American, Mexican America/Chicano, Puerto Rican. Applicants must be formally admitted to doctoral candidacy at the time of application. Fellowship is for the final year of write-up. Application is on-line.

Fellowship Office, Keck 576
National Research Council
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 334-2872
E-mail: infofell@nas.edu
Web site: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/forddiss.html

Deadline for the electronic portion: November 28 (in 2008); for supplemental materials Jan 18 (in 2009)

Academy Scholars Program, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (Dissertation and PostDoctoral)

Dissertation support for 2 years of advanced work at Harvard “for outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and law) with command of the language, history or culture of non-Western countries or regions." Target group: "individuals who show promise of becoming leading scholars at major universities." Stipend: $28,000 for Dissertation Write-up, $48,000 for PostDocs.

The Academy Scholars Program
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
1033 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-2137
E-mail: khoover@wcfia.harvard.edu
Web site: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/academy_scholars_program.html

Deadline (receipt): October 10, 2008

US Institute of Peace - Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships
Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace

10 Fellowships of $20,000 to support 12 months of research and writing of dissertations addressing the sources and nature of international conflict and the full range of ways to prevent or end conflict and to sustain peace. Priority given to projects that contribute knowledge relevant to the formulation of policy on international peace and conflict issues. No citizenship requirement, applicants must be admitted to doctoral candidacy by the time they take up the fellowship. Application is Online.

Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
United States Institute of Peace
1200 17th Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036-3011
Phone: (202) 429-1700
Fax: (202) 429-6063
E-mail: jrprogram@usip.org
Web site: http://www.usip.org/fellows/scholars.html

Deadline (receipt): January 5 (in 2009)

Harry Frank GUGGENHEIM Foundation Dissertation Fellowships

Dissertation fellowships of $15,000 to support work in any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Particular questions that interest the Foundation concern violence, aggression and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, drug trafficking and use, family relationships and investigations of the control of aggression and violence. Fellows are expected to complete the dissertation within the award year. There is no citizenship requirement.

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
527 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-4304
Phone: (212) 644-4907
Fax: (212) 644-5110
Web site: http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm

Deadline (receipt): February 1 (strictly enforced)

Josephine de Kármán Fellowships

Approximately 10 awards of $20,000 each for doctoral students entering their final year toward completion of the PhD. No citizenship requirement; funds are administered through the University at which the fellow is enrolled and all study and expenditure of fellowship funds must be in the US.

Attn: Judy McClain, Secretary
Josephine de Kármán Fellowship Trust
P.O. Box 3389
San Dimas, CA 91773
Phone: (909) 592-0607
E-mail: info@dekarman.org
Web site: http://www.dekarman.org/ (Application may be printed from the Website.)

Deadline (postmark): January 31

School of American Research, Santa Fe

Six Resident Scholars per year are chosen, one of which is a Dissertation Write-Up Award, the other five are Post-Docs for scholars at various stages of their careers. The Department may nominate one candidate per year to apply for the Dissertation slot.

Resident Scholar Program
School of American Research
P.O. Box 2188
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 982-2919
E-mail: scholar@sarsf.org
Web site: http://www.sarweb.org/scholars/scholars.htm

Deadline (receipt): November 15 (in-house deadline October 24, 2008)

Law & Society Association Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship and Mentoring Program

Fellowships of $25,000 per year (+$1500 research travel expenses + $2500 relocation expenses) to be held in residence at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, where fellows are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the ABF, including participation in a weekly seminar series.  Application is open to US citizens and permanent residents who are third and fourth year graduate students who specialize in the field of law and social science and whose research interests include law and inequality.  Application instructions are on the Web.

Mary McClintock, Law and Society Association
University of Massachusetts
40 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9244  AND
Tim Watson, Program Associate
American Bar Foundation
750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611
(413) 545-4617
E-mail: LSA@lawandsociety.org
Website:  http://www.lawandsociety.org/fellowship/LSS_Dissertation_Fellowship.htm
http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/index.html

Deadline: December 1 (in 2007)

American Bar Foundation Docotral Fellowships in Law and Social Science

Fellowships to encourage original and significant research on law, the legal profession, and legal institutions.  Applicants must be admitted to candidacy by September 1 of the start-year of the fellowship (PostDocs are also eligible to apply).  Proposed research must be in the general area of sociolegal studies or in social scientific approaches to law, the legal profession, or legal institutions.  Fellowships must be held in residence at the ABF in Chicago and provide $25,000 for 12 months, beginning September 1 (+ up to $1500 to reimburse research, travel, and/or conference expenses and up to $1000 relocation expenses).  Fellows are expected to participate fully in the academic life of the ABF so that they may develop close collegial ties with other scholars in residence.  Application is on the Web.

Tim Watson, Program Associate
American Bar Foundation
750 North Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floow, Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 988-6560
E-mail: timw@abfn.org or  jnadler@abfn.org
Website:  http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/index.html

Deadline: January 7 (in 2008)

Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

Fellowships of up to $10,000/ year for up to a maximum of four years for doctoral students who are admitted to candidacy ("dissertation approved") and are specializing in a Jewish field.  Request application forms from:

Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
50 Broadway, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10004
(212) 425-6606
Website:  http://www.mfjc.org/scholarship/index.htm

Deadline: October 31

Buccerius PhD Scholarships in Migration Studies

Scholarships for students in the social sciences working on "ongoing transformations in societies where migration is a factor among others generating change."  There is an annual topic for the fellowships, which in 2008 was "migration and urban transformations."  Scholarships are for up to 36 months and can be used for research and writing periods but not for course work.

ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
Gunilla Fincke, Project Director
Feldbrunnenstrasse 56
20148 Hamburg, Germany
E-mail:  settling-into-motion@zeit-stiftung.de or  fincke@zeit-stiftung.de
Website:   http://www.zeit-stiftung.de/home/index.php?id=29&lang=en
http://www.zeit-stiftung.de/settling-into-motion/start/

Deadline:  March 31 (in 2008) (Double check. 2008 was the first competition, and the date may shift to being earlier.)

Collegium Budapest Junior Fellowships

Fellowships for 5 to 10 months to be held in residence at the Collegium Budapest.  Fellows must be under 35 years of age and may be "Pre- or post-doctors."  One goal of the Collegium is to encourage research in newly emerging disciplines and in new problem areas that we confront in the 21st century.  The Collegium wishes to promote strong interaction between scholars from various countries who belong to different academic cultures, and encourage them to exploit the opportunity to meet scholars active in other branches of learning.  (This is a "think tank" situation where you just sit and write.  There is a list of preferred areas of study which currently includes Anthropology.  Not clear if the list changes from year to year.)  Applications are on the Web and must be filed electronically.

Collegium Budapest
Szentháromság u. 2
H-1014 Budapest, Hungary
+36 1 224 8300
E-mail:  info@colbud.hu;  kempa@colbud.hu
Website:  http://www. colbud.hu/programme/junior.shtml

Deadline: June 30 (in 2008) [This was for 2009-10 - so you need to think far ahead for this one.]

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Dissertation Fellowships

Twenty-two annual dissertation fellowships of $10,000 each for work which focuses on “some aspect of land and tax policy” with relevance to policy makers throughout the world.  (Preference is for applications in fields that address the Institute's primary interest in areas of valuation and taxation, planning and urban form, and economic and community development. The person in this Dept who won this works on urban space and historical preservation in Havana.)  Fellowships may be used to support the development of a PhD dissertation proposal and/or completion of dissertation research.

Fellowship Applications
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
113 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 661-3016
Fax: (617) 661-7235
E-mail: fellowships@lincolninst.edu
Web site: http://www.lincolninst.edu/education/fellowships.asp

Deadline (receipt): March 1

Graham Foundation Carter Manny Award

One grant of up to $15,000 to support a dissertation directed towards architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, architectural technologies, architectural research, architectural history and theory, urban design and planning and in some circurmstances the fine arts in relation to architectural topics. Award required admission to candidacy. A student may not apply more than once for the Award. (Could possibly support either field research or write-up - Web information is not clear.)  Application is online.

Graham Foundation
4 West Burton Place
Chicago, IL 60610-1416
Phone: 312-787-4071
E-mail: info@grahamfoundation.org
Web site: http://www.grahamfoundation.org

Deadline: March 15

Center for Comparative Immigration Studies UC-San Diego Visiting Research Fellowships

Visiting Research Fellowships at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels to support advanced research and writing on any aspect of international migration and refugee flows, in any of the social sciences, history, law, and comparative literature. All applicants must have had a prior affiliation with one of the University of California campuses as a graduate student, faculty member or researcher. CCIS fellowships must be held in residence at UCSD. They cannot be used to support fieldwork or other primary data collection. Predoctoral applicants are expected to finish writing their dissertation during their fellowship. Recent postdoctoral applicants can request support to turn a dissertation into a publishable manuscript or to prepare shorter publications based on the dissertation project. Stipends currently are $2250/mo for predocs, $3000-$4000 for postdocs depending on seniority. CCIS fellows may be requested to teach a one-quarter (10-week) course in a UCSD department. Scholars whose work deals with Mexican migration to the US can apply jointly to CCIS and the Center for US-Mexican Studies. Application is on the Web.

Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive MC 0548
La Jolla, CA 92093-0548 
(858) 822-4447
E-mail: csis@ucsd.edu
Web site: http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/Programs/fellowships.htm

Deadline: January 15 (in 2009)

Dan David Prize Scholarship (Tel Aviv University)

20 scholarships of US $15,000 annually awarded to outstanding doctoral candidates (students from this Department have held this for both Field Work and for Write-Up) of exceptional promise in the year's chosen fields. (Topics for the fellowships change each year.)  Awarded to students at universities throughout the world and at Tel Aviv University, there are no citizenship restrictions. 
Topics for 2009:
Past:  Astrophysics - History of the Universe
Present:  Leadership
Future: Global Public Health

Ms. Smadar Fisher, Director; Dan David Prize
Eitan Berglas Bldg/119; Tel-Aviv University
PO Box 39040, Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
E-mail:  ddpschol@post.tau.ac.il
Website:  http://www.dandavidprize.org/scholarships.html

Deadline: March 31, 2009

Harper Dissertation Fellowships (University of Chicago)

$15,000 Final-Dissertation-Year Fellowship awarded in the Division of the Social Sciences. Department is allowed to nominate one candidate. Fellows are expected to be in the last year of write up and to receive the PhD within 12-18 months of commencing the award. Nominations are due to the central administration each year in mid-April. Preliminary application will be requested each year in March. (The same application is used for consideration for Harper, Markovitz, Mellon, and Watkins)

Mellon 6th Year Dissertation Fellowships (University of Chicago)

$15,000 Dissertation Completion fellowships funded by the Mellon Foundation for students who will be able to finish a dissertation in their sixth year in the program. (This means that for 2009-10 only students who started the program in 2004 or later and are ready to complete the dissertation will be eligible for consideration. The Department considers its potential nominees along with the Harper and Markovitz nominations.

Markovitz Dissertation Fellowships (University of Chicago)

This is a Division of Social Sciences Dissertation-level fellowship (one per year) which provides tuition and a stipend of $15,000. The dissertation must explore some aspect of the linkages and influences between social and economic behavior. The research should consider from a disciplinary perspective the connection between the social and commercial spheres of life. Each Department in the Division is allowed to nominate one candidate per year; nominees must be in a position to complete the dissertation by the end of the fellowship tenure. The Department consideres its potential nominees along with the Harper and Mellon nominations.

Department of Anthropology Mark Hanna Watkins Dissertation Fellowships

$15,000 stipends for the final year of dissertation write-up. Competition is announced each Spring in March with a due date of Approx. April 1. Harper, Markovitz, Mellon & Watkins all use the same application, which is circulated via e-mail.

SSCD Teaching and Research Fellowships (University of Chicago)

$12,000 Fellowships awarded to post-field students who are selected to be lecturers in the SSCD Common Core sequences. (To be selected as a lecturer, you first have to have served for a year as a Core Intern/TA.) Applicants are first selected to teach in the Core. From that pool, departments nominate one or two students for consideration for the Fellowships - which provides a $12,000 stipend over 3 quarters in return for one quarter of teaching in the Core. This fellowship is targeted at post-field but not yet final-write-up-stage students. Watch annually for postings regarding application for Core TA and Lectureship positions. This is the beginning of the process.

Center for Gender Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship (University of Chicago)

$15,000 dissertation write-up fellowship open to candidates from all disciplines. Any dissertation focusing on matters of gender/sexuality is eligible for consideration, but special consideration will be given to projects that challenge disciplinary boundaries and that attend to racial and/or economic hierarchy. Residence at the Center for Gender Studies during the academic year of the fellowship is required - office space is provided. Fellow is also expected to participate in and present at the Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop.

Center for Gender Studies
Dissertation Fellowship Selection Committee
5733 S. University, Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-9936
E-mail: golson@uchicago.edu
Web site: http://genderstudies.uchicago.edu/grad/fellowships.shtml

Deadline: April 1 (in 2008)

James C. Hormel Dissertation Fellowships in Lesbian and Gay Studies (University of Chicago)

Two Dissertation Fellowships of $14,000 each; sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Studies Project of the U of C Center for Gender Studies. Competition is open to students in all disciplines who are writing dissertations in lesbian, gay, and queer studies. Fellows are provided office space from the LGSP and are expected to participate in the programs of the LGSP and the Center for Gender Studies, to attend the Gender and Sexuaity Studies Workshop, and to present their work to it.

Gina Olson, Center for Gender Studies, Hormel Dissertation Fellowships
5733 S. University, Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-834-4509
E-mail: lgsp@uchicago.edu
Web site: http://genderstudies.uchicago.edu/grad/fellowships.shtml

Deadline: April 11 (in 2008)

Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture Dissertation Fellowship (University of Chicago)

Dissertation write-up fellowship of $18,000 (+$1000 travel/research budget + office space at the Race Center). Application is open to students in all disciplines writing dissertations on topics of relevance to the study of race and ethnicity. CSRPC is committed to moving the study of race and ethnicity beyond the black/white paradigm. Work of faculty affiliated with the Center explores different processes of racialization experienced within groups as well as across groups in sites as diverse as North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Asian pacific, and Europe. There is special interest in work that highlights the intersection of race and ethnicity with other identities such as gender, class, sexuality and nationality, and that interrogates social and identity cleavages within racialized communities. Fellows are expected to be in residence at the Center for the year of the fellowship and to participate and present their work at the Reproduction of Race and Racial Ideologies Workshop.

Dissertation Fellowships, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
5733 S. University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-702-8063
E-mail: csrpc@uchicago.edu
Web site: http://csrpc.uchicago.edu

Deadline: March 14 (in 2008)

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) [Note shift in focus back to Eastern Europe]

Dissertation Writing Fellowships in Eastern European Studies (subject to availability of funding) relating to Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Doctoral candidates who are US citizens or permanent residents may apply for an academic year of support for dissertation research or writing to be undertaken outside of Eastern Europe. Maximum stipend will be $18,000. Applications are on line.

Office of Fellowships & Grants, ACLS
633 Third Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10017-6795
212-697-1505
E-mail: grants@acls.org
Web site: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=532

Deadline : November 12 (in 2008) 9:00 pm EST

SSRC Eurasia Program Dissertation Fellowships

Awards of up to $22,000 for one year of support to students who have completed research for their dissertations and expect to complete the writing of their dissertations during the next academic year. US citizenship or permanent residency required. (Regions & countries supported: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkemenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)

SSRC
810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727
E-mail: eurasia@ssrc.org
Web site: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia/fellowships/

Deadline (receipt): November 13 (in 2007) 9:00 pm EST

American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise - Schusterman Israel Scholar Awards

$10,000 awards to doctoral candidates (US citizens only) writing dissertations related to Israel who intend to pursue academic careers.  Awards may be used for tuition, books, living expenses, travel costs, and other expenses to enable dissertation research.  Fellows must be admitted to candidacy, plan to do research primarily in original source material, and must show proficiency in Hebrew and/or Arabic (prefernece for Hebrew).  This sounds like an award for field research with preference for archival work, but our one winner was at the write-up state and the project was essentially ethnogrphic with the usual library research component.  It seems to be really for either fieldwork or write-up.

AICE, Israel Scholar Awards
2010 Blaine Drive
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Website:  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/isdf/isdfawards.html

Deadline:  March 1 (in 2008)

Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, Univ. of Virginia

Residential research fellowships (dissertation) for support of projects in the humanities and social sciences which concern themselves with Afro-American and African Studies (defined as Africa, Africans, and peoples of African descent in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean, past and present). Predoctoral fellowships are for two years and carry a stipend of $15,000 per year. No citizenship restriction; applicants for the predoctoral fellowships must have been admitted to doctoral candidacy prior to August 1 of the year in which they begin the fellowship (e.g., prior to 8/1/09 to begin a fellowship tenure in August 2009). Applicants for the postdoctoral fellowship must have the PhD in hand by June 30 to assume the fellowship in the Autumn. Fellowship recipients must be in residence at the University of Virginia for the duration of the award period and are expected to contribute to the intellectual life of the University. To this end, predoctoral fellows will become visiting graduate students attached to their respective disciplinary departments.

Selection Committee, Residential Research Fellowships
The Carter G. Woodson Institute
University of Virginia
108 Minor Hall
PO Box 400162
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4162
Phone: (804) 924-3109
Web site: http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/programs/fellowships.html

Deadline : December 1 (receipt of all materials)

Frederick DOUGLASS Institute for African and African-American Studies
University of Rochester - Dissertation Fellowship

Dissertation Fellowship of $23,000 which requires residence at the Frederick Douglass Institute. Open to graduate students of any university who study aspects of the African and African-American experience. The fellowship has no teaching obligation, but requires the Fellow to work with the Institute's Director in organizing colloquia, lectures and other events. Principal aim of the award is to expedite completion of the Fellow's Dissertation.

Director for Research Fellowships
Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies
University of Rochester
RC Box 270440
302 Morey Hall
Rochester, NY 14627-0440
Phone: (585) 275-7235
E-mail: fdi@troi.cc.rochester.edu
Web site: http://www.rochester.edu/College/AAS/fellowships.php

Deadline: January 31, 2009 (apply between September and January 31)

Williams College - Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students

Named in honor of the first black graduate of Williams, the Bolin Fellowships (2 per year) are awarded to minority students nearing completion of a PhD in the humanities, or in the natural, social or behavioral sciences. Applicants must be US citizens. Fellowship provides a stipend of $33,000 (2009-2010), housing assistance, office space, computer and library privileges and an allowance of up to $2500 for expenses. During the year of residence at Williams, the Bolin Fellows will be assigned faculty advisers in the appropriate departments, and will be expected to teach one one-semester course.

William G. Wagner, Dean of the Faculty
GCBDF, Williams College
P.O. Box 141
Williamstown, MA 01267
Phone: (413) 597-4351
Web site: http://www.williams.edu/admin/deanfac/fellowships/bolin.php

Deadline: December 1 (in 2008)

Dissertation Fellowships at Dartmouth College

*Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowships
*Cesar Chavez Dissertation Fellowship
*Charles E. Eastman Dissertation Fellowship

Year-long fellowships at Dartmouth for US citizens who plan careers in college or university teaching. The goal of the Fellowships is to promote student and faculty diverstiy at Dartmouth, and throughout higher eduction, by supporting completion of the doctorate by underrepresented minority scholars (including African-American, Latina/o, and Native American Scholars) and other graudate scholars with a demonstrated commitment and ability to advance educational diversity. The Fellowships provide a stipend of $30,000, office space, library privileges, and a $2500 research assistance fund. Fellows are expected to complete the dissertation during the tenure of the fellowship and to participate in selected activities with undergraduate students. Each fellow will be affiliated with a department or program at the College. Applicants/Fellows may be taking the PhD in any disciple taught in the Dartmouth undergraduate Arts and Sciences curriculum. For further information and application materials, contact:

Sandy Spiegel, Director of Graduate Recruiting and Diversity
Dissertation Fellowship Committee
6062 Wentworth, Room 304
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755-3526
Phone: (603) 646-6578
E-mail: Sandra.J.Spiegel@Dartmouth.edu
Web site: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gradstdy/funding/fellowships/cem.html
(Details of the application process and forms are on the Web.)

Deadlines: February 1

The Ann Plato Fellowship, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

The Ann Plato Fellowship, named for a 19th century African American poet, essayist, and teacher, supports a minority doctoral student engaged in writing his or her dissertation. The Fellow enjoys faculty status, delivers a formal public lecture in the fall semester, teaches one course in the spring semester, and is expected to become engage in the Trinity College community. The Fellowship provides a $40,000 stipend, a campus apartment, an office, a computer, and library privileges at consortial colleges and at Hartford-area archives. Appointment is for one academic year with the possibility of renewal for a second academic year.  Application is online.

Ann Plato Search Committee
c/o Nancy Horton
Williams 232
Trinity College
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 297-2128; ask for Nancy Horton
E-mail: nancy.horton@trincoll.edu
Website:  http://www.trincoll.edu/Academics/DeanOfFaculty/AnnPlatoFellowship.htm

Deadline: November 1 (in 2007)

The Five College Fellowship Program for Minority Students

This Fellowship provides a year in residence at one of the Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith or U Mass-Amherst) for minority graduate students who are in the final stage of completing their degrees (Asian Americans are eligible). Fellows are selected by the host institution, where they reside within an academic department and are provided with a stipend ($30,000 in 2009-10), office space, housing assistance, and library privileges at the Five Colleges. Emphasis is on completion of the dissertation. Most Fellows as asked to do a limited amount of teaching, but no more than a single one-semester course at the host institution. Number of fellowships varies from year to year depending on the availability of institutional funding. Application is online.

Nathan Therien
Five College Fellowship Program Committee
Five Colleges Incorporated
97 Spring Street
Amherst, MA 01002-2324
Phone: (413) 256-8316
E-mail: ntherien@fivecolleges.edu or neckert@fivecolleges.edu
Web site: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/academic_programs/academprog_fellowship.html

Deadline: application review begins December 1, 2008; Fellowship year runs September 1 - May 31

UC Davis Chicana/Latina Dissertation Fellowship

Fellowship of $21,000 (+$1500 research/travel support) for 10 months sponsored by the Chicana/Latina Research Center (C/LRC) at the University of California at Davis, which is dedicated to the development and promotion of Chicana/Latina scholars and scholarship on Chicana/Latina issues covering a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary interests. Applicants' research must focus on questions of concern to Chicanas/Latinas or comparative studies of Chicanas/Latinas and indigenous women. Fellows must have been advanced to candidacy prior to beginning the fellowship; preference is for candidates who have already made substantial progress on the dissertation. Fellows must be in-residence at UC-Davis September-June, must participate regularly in the activities of C/LRC, and must present one public
lecture as part of the yearly C/LRC lecture series. (Fellowship has existed since 1995)

Prof. Ines Hernandez-Avila, Director, Chicana/Latina Research Center
2223 SSH (Social Science and Humanities Building), University of California
One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-8882
E-mail: clrc@ucdavis.edu
Web site: http://www.clrc.ucdavis.edu/fellowships.htm

Deadline: March 3, 2008

Erskine A. Peters Dissertation Year Fellowship at Notre Dame

Honors the life and academic achievements of Dr. Erskine A. Peters (1948-1998), Professor of English at Notre Dame.  Two overall goals exist for the Fellowship:  (1) to enable two outstanding African American doctoral candidates (must be ABD) to devote their full energies to the completion of the dissertation; and (2) to provide an opportunity for African American scholars at the beginning of their academic careers to experience life at a major Catholic research university.  Stipend is $25,000 with a $2000 research budget.  Fellows have access to all university facilities and are provided office space, use of a personal computer, an official academic home in the department of the Fellow's specialization, and access to a faculty mentor in the Fellow's discipline.  Fellows also participate in professional development workshops focused on employment strategies and career development.  Application is online.

Tiwanna DeMoss, Fellowship Program Coordinator
Department of Africana Studies, 327 O'Shaughnessy Hall
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-5628
Website: http://africana.nd.edu/erskine/

Deadline: November 30 (in 2007)

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American Philosophical Society - John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowships

$30,000 dissertation fellowship created to encourage the pursuit of the PhD by African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. The Fellow is expected to spend a significant amount of time in residence at the American Philosophical Society Library (office space will be provided) and therefore all applicants should be pursuing dissertation topics in which the holding of the library are especially strong. Relevant holdings include materials on American Indian linguistics and culture; the development of cultural anthropology including the papers of Franz Boas; the papers of Charles Darwin and his forerunners, colleagues, critics, and successors; 20th century medical research. (Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult the Library website regarding the collections.) Fellows must be admitted to candidacy and be prepared to devote full time for 12 months - with no teaching obligations - to dissertation research and writing.

John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship
American Philosophical Society Library
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
Phone: 215-440-3429
E-mail LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org
Web site: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin.htm

Deadline (receipt): April 1

American Anthropological Association Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program

Dissertation fellowship intended to increase the number of PhDs in anthropology among persons from historically underrepresented populations (including but not limited to US citizens who are African Americans, Alaskan Natives, Native American, Asian Americas, Latino/as, Chicano/as, and Pacific Islanders. Stipend is $10,000 for the final year of write-up of the Dissertation; applicants must be members of the AAA.

American Anthropological Association
Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program
Attn: Kathleen Terry-Sharp
Director of Academic Relations
2200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: (703) 528-1902
E-mail: academic@aaanet.org
Web site: http://www.aaanet.org/committees/minority/minordis.htm (application is available on line)

Deadline (receipt): February 15

Center for East Asian Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowships

Dissertation write-up fellowships for students in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese studies; research for the dissertation must be completed, and priority is given to those who have a chapter or two of the dissertation completed. Formal admission to candidacy is required.

Dianne Yurco
Fellowships Committee
Center for East Asian Studies
Judd Hall 302
5835 S. Kimbark
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-8647
Fax: (773) 702-8260
Web site: http://ceas.uchicago.edu/funding

Deadline: May 1

Toyota Centennial Research Assistantships (University of Chicago)

$12,500 stipend + $2500 salary awards to a postfield/dissertation level students of Japanese culture, society & history made possible by an endowment from the Toyota Foundation to the Center for East Asian Studies. The award is part stipend and part salary (for TA-ing in the Japanese Civilization course and for work with a faculty member on one other course or East Asia-related project).

Center for East Asian Studies
Judd Hall 303
5835 S. Kimbark
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-2715
Fax: (773) 702-8260
E-mail: japan@uchicago.edu or dyurco@uchicago.edu
Web site: http://ceas.uchicago.edu/funding/funding_japan.shtml

Deadline: May 1

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange

CCK Fellowships for PhD Dissertation Research ($15,000) related to the Chinese cultural heritage & Classical studies; the Republic of China from 1912 through the Nanking Period and up to the present, Taiwan area studies (including history, archaeology, socioeconomic, political and cultural aspects); and China-related comparative studies. US citizens and permanent residents, admission to candidacy required. Application is on the web - read all the way to the bottom of the section.

The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
8361 B Greensboro Dr.
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (703) 903-7460
Fax: (703) 903-7462
E-mail: cckfnao@aol.com
Web site: http://www.cckf.org ; http://www.cckf.org/e-americaDF.htm

Deadline (receipt): October 15

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (Citizens of Taiwan)

Dissertation Fellowships for Republic of China Students Abroad - awards of $15,000 for one year to assist ROC students abroad to complete dissertations in the humanities and social sciences. Applicants must have graduated from universities or colleges in Taiwan and cannot be US citizens or permanent residents.

The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
8361 B Greensboro Dr.
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (703) 903-7460/61
Fax: (703) 903-7462
E-mail: cckfnao@aol.com
Web site: http://www.cckf.org/ ; http://www.cckf.org.tw/e-americaDG.htm

Deadline (receipt): Febraury 15

Eisenhower World Affairs Institute/Clifford Roberts Fellowships

Dissertation fellowships of $7500-$10,000 to support study dealing with the role of government in a free society, the relationship between international and domestic issues, and improved understanding of world affairs -- in fields such as history, government, economics, business administration and international affairs -- and in support of promising young Americans who may provide informed leadership in the conduct of our national life. (The fields of interest seem relevant to Anthropology, though the rest of the criteria are obviously less so.)

Division of Social Science can send on one candidate. The internal Chicago deadline for receipt of applications in the Dean of Students Office was February 3, 2007.

MISCELLANEOUS SMALL AWARDS for Dissertation-Stage Students

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies

7 awards of $3000 each to be used for expenses connected with dissertations related to women. Preference is for topics that cross disciplinary, regional or cultural boundaries. Special grants of $3000 each are available for dissertations concerning women's or children's health. Relevant expenses may include, but are not limited to, travel, books, microfilming, taping and computer services. Applicants should expect to complete their dissertations by Summer of 2008. Electronic application is on the Web.

Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Dept WS CN 5281
Princeton NJ 08543-5281
Phone: (609) 452-7007
Fax: (609) 452-0066
E-mail: ws@woodrow.org
Web site: http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/women_gender/index.php

Deadline (receipt): October 13, 2008

Woodrow Wilson Center/East European Studies Short Term Grants

One-month grants of $2400 (or pro-rated at $80 per day) available for advanced graduate students and post docs (US citizens and permanent residents) doing research on any aspect of Eastern Europe or the Baltics who have particular need for the specialized resources of the Washington D.C. area. Grantees must remain in the Washington area and forego other academic and professional obligations for the duration of the grant. The application consists of a concise description of the research project, a CV and 2 letters in support of the research to be conducted. For information and applications contact:

East European Studies
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20004-3027
Phone: 202-691-4000
Fax: 202-691-4001
E-mail: ees@wilsoncenter.org
Web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1422 (Click on "EES Grant Opportunities" on the right.)

Deadlines: December 1, March 1, June 1, September 1 with notification 4 weeks after each closing date

Woodrow Wilson Center/East European Studies/Junior Scholars' Training Seminar

National seminar funded by EES & ACLS for post-field graduate students (US citizens or permanent residents) and young scholars within a year of having received the PhD held at a Center on the Chesapeake Bay each August. Papers must focus on East Europe or the Baltic States (not Russia, the Soviet successor states in Central Asia, nor Germany) and preferably should have some policy relevance.

East European Studies
The Woodrow Wilson International Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20004-3027
Web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1422&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=5989

Deadline (receipt): usually approx. April 15; extended to May 12 in 2008.

SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop

Annual Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop that seeks to create a sustained network of advanced graduate students and faculty by providing the opportunity to give and receive critical feedback on dissertations in progress. It also fosters comparative and multidisciplinary approaches to research. The 2008 workshop took place July 13-14 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Monterey, California and involved 12 students and faculty. Student participants are asked to write a 10-page paper analyzing and linking the research projects of all the participants for circulation prior to the workshop. Dissertation proposals or dissertations-in-progress are discussed and critiqued. In most cases SSRC fully covers participants' travel, lodging and meals for the duration of the workshop

SSRC
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727
E-mail: korea@ssrc.org
Web site: http://fellowships.ssrc.org/korea/

Deadline (receipt): Inquire at SSRC.

Center for East Asian Studies Small Grants for Conference Participation

Travel grants of up to $300 to assist graduate students in offsetting expenses for conferences at which they will present papers. Reimbursement requires presentation of original receipts. For more information consult:

Center for East Asian Studies
Judd Hall 302
5835 S. Kimbark
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-8647
Fax: (773) 702-8260
E-mail: dyurco@uchicago.edu
Web site: http://ceas.uchicago.edu/funding

COSAS (Committee on Southern Asian Studies) Dissertation Support

Annual fellowship competition for students who have completed two years of course work in a program of graduate study directly relevant to Southern Asian Studies. COSAS fellowships are of three kinds:

1. Dissertation support [both abroad and for AR tuition and small stipend support at the time of write-up]. Applicants must have been admitted to candidacy. This category of award has priority over the other two;
2. Summer language study support;
3. Other.

Committee on Southern Asian Studies
University of Chicago
Kelly Hall R, 102
5848 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-8637
Fax: (312) 702-1309
E-mail: so-asian@uchicago.edu

Deadline (receipt): May 1 (check to make sure)

Divinity School Junior Fellows in the Marty Center

This program involves participation in an academic-year-long seminar in the U of C Divinity School . Participation as a Junior Fellow involves commitment to attend the weekly seminar/discussions, which are focused on a chapter of someone's research and a response by another participant in the seminar. The fellowship supplies a modest stipend of $4000 for the year (assuming that one does not already hold a major dissertation grant). Open to PhD candidates in Humanities and Social Sciences whose dissertations address topics in the study of religion. Annual poster or e-mail in late Spring announces the competition.

Dean of Students
Divinity School
Swift Hall 104
1025 East 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-8217
E-mail: tdowens@uchicago.edu
Web site: http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/fellows/marty_dissertation.shtml

Deadline: May 15 (in 2008)  (Varies quite a bit annually, watch for e-mail.)

American Philosophical Society Library, Resident Research Fellowships

One- to three- month fellowships of $1900 per month for doctoral candidates (and post-docs) to use the collections of the American Philosophical Society Library in Philadelphia. Relevant holdings include materials on American Indian languages; anthropology including the papers of Franz Boas; the papers of Charles Darwin and his forerunners, colleagues, critics, and successors; 20th century medical research. (Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult the Library staff by mail or phone regarding the collections.) Fellows are expected to be in-residence during the period of the award. No citizenship requirement.

Resident Research Fellowships
American Philosophical Society Library
105 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
Phone: (215) 440-3443
E-mail: libfellows@amphilsoc.org
Web site: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/

Deadline (receipt): March 1

Library Company of Philadelphia and The Historical Socieity of Pennsylvania Visiting Research Fellowships in Colonial and US History and Culture

Short-term, residence fellowships ($1800 for one month) to use the collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia and/or The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Collections relate to North America, principally in the 18th and 19th centuries and is strong in Afro-Americana, German-Americana, American Judaica, history of women, medicine, agriculture, education; also a significant collection of British and Continental books and pamphlets 17th- 19th centuries. Candidates are encouraged to inquire about the appropriateness of a proposed topic before applying.

James Green, Assistant Librarian
Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 546-3181
Fax: (215) 546-5167
E-mail: jgreen@libertynet.org
Web site: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/american.htm

Deadline: February 1

American Antiquarian Society

Short-term fellowships of $950/month are available for doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research on topics relevant to the holdings of the AAS library (all aspects of American History and culture through the year 1876). Inquiries and requests for application materials:

American Antiquarian Society
185 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609-1634
Phone: (508) 755-5221
Fax: (508) 754-9069
E-mail: cfs@mwa.org
Web site: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/acafellowship.htm

Deadline: January 15

Newberry Library

Library's strengths are in American and European History and Literature (European Discovery, exploration and settlement of the New World, the American West, Native American history and literature, Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian history), Cartography, Early Philology and Linguistics. The Library has a few stipend awards for use of the collection available to doctoral candidates (tho most are for post-docs); it also from time to time sponsors summer seminars (with stipends for selected participants) of relevance to our students. Check out their information if the collection is relevant to your interests:

Committee on Awards
The Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610-3380
E-mail: hoxief@newberry.org
Web site: http://www.newberry.org

Jacobs Research Fund, Whacom Museum Society

Award Grants of up to $3000 supporting anthropological research (socio-cultural or linguistic in content) on the indigenous peoples of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, including Alaska, with a preference for the Pacific Northwest. Grants are given for work on problems in: language, social organization, political organization, religion, mythology, other arts, psychology, and folk science. No citizenship restrictions, open to students at all levels of a degree program so long as the project is relevant. Application instructions on line; apply by e-mail.

Jacobs Research Fund
Whatcom Museum Society
121 Prospect Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
E-mail: JGrant@cob.org
Web site: http://www.whatcommuseum.org/

Deadline: February 15

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