Listed in order of approaching
deadline dates.
Important: Please note that IES
makes every effort to be accurate regarding deadlines, but
we encourage each applicant to check with the funding source
directly to verify each year's approaching deadline. (Many
funding sources are also administered by or listed on the Graduate
Division Fellowship Office's website.
Please consult it as well.)
January 2008 Deadlines:
February 2008 Deadlines:
March 2008 Deadlines:
April 2008 Deadlines:
May 2008 Deadlines:
Open Deadline:
Contributing to the
IES Fellowship Fund
January
Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly qualified,
early-stage researchers from abroad, who hold doctorates,
to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany.
Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays
of at least 6 and at most 12 months; an extension of up
to 24 months is possible. Researchers of all nationalities
and disciplines may apply to the AvH directly at any time.
There are no quotas for individual countries and disciplines.
Funding is not available for short-term study visits, participation
in conferences, or training courses. Research fellowships
are offered world-wide on a competitive basis.
The most important
criteria for selection are the applicant's (international)
publications to date and the quality and feasibility
of the research proposal. Applicants choose their own research
projects and their own German hosts. Details of the research
project and the time-schedule must be agreed upon with
the prospective host in advance. Applications to continue
a research stay which has already begun may be considered
in exceptional cases.
Qualifications: Applicants must have earned a doctoral
degree with distinction, be less than 40 years of age, and
have publications in prestigious journals. Detailed eligibilty
available
here.
Deadline: January 4, 2008.
Foreign Language and
Area Studies Awards: Academic Year and Summer
The Graduate Fellowship Office has begun accepting
applications for the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)
awards for Academic Year 2008-09 and Summer 2009.
FLAS awards enable students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents to
acquire a high level of competence in one or more foreign languages. Fellowships
are awarded to students in modern foreign language and area studies, with priority
given to students in the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields.
Eligible languages for the IES include Breton, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish,
French, German, modern Greek, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese,
Spanish, Swedish, Welsh, and Yiddish. Priority is given to advanced study
in the least commonly taught languages to students in the social sciences and
professional schools. Please note that past recipients may reapply.
For academic year awards, entering students must submit the combined Graduate
Application for Admission and Fellowships by the departmental deadline.
Continuing students should apply directly to the Graduate Fellowships Office,
318 Sproul Hall. See the Graduate
Division Web site for complete program details and the online application
form.
Deadline: January 28 , 2008.
Postdoctoral Residential Fellowships
in Public Law and Political Science, Madrid
The Centro de Estudios Políticos
y Constitucionales (Madrid) is offering three-year postdoctoral
residential fellowships in Public Law and Political Science
for scholars who have defended their Ph.D since Jan. 31,
2001 (or 2000 for individuals with circumstances warranting
an extension, e.g., maternity leave).
Candidates should prove that they have spent at least
12 months in a research institution different to the one
awarding the doctorate degree. The current research programs
of the CEPC include: 1) Territorial structure of the State,
2) European Union, 3) Democratic governance: Democratisation,
rule of law, constitutional reform.
Deadline: January 31, 2008.
More information is available at:
Nominations Invited for Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights
The Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health
and Human Rights is presented annually to honor a
leading practitioner in health and human
rights, and to help call attention to the vital links between health
and human rights. The award program is supported by the
Association François-Xavier
Bagnoud, Doctors of the World, and the Global Health Council.
The award
will be presented to a practitioner in health and human rights, be it
an individual or organization. The award is a substantial cash prize
and is intended to allow its recipients a measure of freedom to pursue
their work in the area of global health and human rights.
In reviewing the nominees,
the following criteria will be considered and evaluated: practical work
in the field and in difficult circumstances; actual relevance to the
linkage of health with human rights; predominant activities in developing
countries and with marginalized people; evidence of serious and long-term
commitment; potential of the award to strengthen nominees' work; potential
for receipt of the award to raise the profile of the award itself; potential
of funding to enhance visibility and public awareness of the issue or
project the awardee is addressing; and potential for attracting additional
resources toward resolution of the issue.
An effort is made to cast broadly for award
candidates to ensure individuals and organizations working at the grassroots
level are given the same attention and opportunities of those operating
at the national or international level.
See
the Global Health Council Web site for complete program details and
the online nomination form. Additional
RFPs in Health... And more
RFPs in Human Services...
Deadline: January 31, 2008.
February 2008 Deadlines
IES
& CGES (General) Predissertation
Fellowships
Summer/Fall 2008
Fellowships for short-term
(two to three months) predissertation research in Europe
during summer/fall 2008 for graduate students working on
modern European topics and enrolled at any UC campus. Graduate
students often find that a first separate visit improves
their chances of efficient and successful dissertation
research abroad. This permits a network of academic support
and contacts to be built up before the major stay. This
Predissertation Research Program is designed to provide
such opportunities and is not intended to be a supplement
or substitute for regular dissertation support. Under normal
circumstances, students receiving the grants will be expected
to return to their home institution following the grant
period for the purpose of defining and/or refining their
dissertation project in anticipation of their subsequent
dissertation research abroad. The Center is unable to support
predissertation projects that are purely literary, philosophical,
or theoretical in character. It also cannot support projects
in early modern history outside the Central European field
or those that deal exclusively with Russian history. Applicants
should be in the process of preparing their dissertation
proposals, and there should be a gap of at least one semester
or two quarters between the completion of their predissertation
fellowship and the beginning of their field work abroad.
These fellowships of $3,000 each are expected to cover
two or three months' research in Europe.
Download
the CGES/IES
Predissertation Information Sheet Download
the CGES/IES
Predissertation Application
Deadline: February 1,
2008.
IES Berkeley-Vienna Pre-Dissertation,
Dissertation, and Berkeley-Viadrina Fellowships
For more information and application
forms, click here...
Deadline: February 1, 2008.
IES UC European
Proseminar Program
Visiting European Professor
Fall 2008 / Spring 2009
The Institute of European Studies invites applications from
UC departments and professional schools who wish to fund a visiting
European professor for
fall 2008/Spring 2009.
Download
the Proseminar Application Information
Deadline: February 1, 2008.
IREX Short-Term Travel Grants Program
E-mail: irex@irex.org
Website: www.irex.org
IREX (the International Research & Exchange Board) is an international
nonprofit organization specializing in education, independent media, Internet
development, and civil society programs. Through training, partnerships,
education, research, and grant programs, IREX develops the capacity of individuals
and institutions to contribute to their societies.
Since its founding in 1968, IREX has supported nearly 20,000 students, scholars,
policymakers, business leaders, journalists, and other professionals.
IREXs US scholar programs are funded by the US Department of State (Title VIII
Program), and Nancy Lee Roberts, and IREXs own Scholar Support Fund. IREX supports
the following programs.
Short-Term Travel Grants Program
Grants of up to $3,500 for short-term independent
or collaborative research with a policy-relevant focus in Europe and Eurasia
for postdoctoral scholars
and professionals with terminal degrees.
Deadlines: February
1, 2008.
Stanford - Center for International Security and Cooperation, Hamburg
Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships
These fellowships
fund one year in residence for studies
related to peace and international security, including Europe, Asia
and the FSU.
Contact: Barbara Platt, Fellowship Coordinator,
Stanford University, CISAC, 320 Galvez St, Stanford CA 94305-6165;
tel: 650-723-9626; Fax: 650-723-0089; barbara.platt@stanford.edu;
cisac.stanford.edu.
Deadline: February 1, 2008.
March 2008 Deadlines
UC
Berkeley, UC San Diego & UC System — Entering Graduate
Fellowships in Modern European Studies
The Center for German and European Studies announces the availability
of fellowships in the amount of $10,000 ($5,000 each semester), Fall 2008 and
Spring 2009 for outstanding entering graduate students who demonstrate an
interest in modern European studies. The sponsoring unit must agree to provide
tuition and fee waivers for students who are selected. The Center will also
provide a matching grant of $5,000 for a third semester (Fall 2009), provided
that the nominating department continues the tuition and fee waiver support
and agrees to provide an additional $5,000 to the student. The department’s
contribution can come in the form of a GSI or GSR appointment. The student’s
graduate advisor is required to write a brief narrative report on their progress
each semester.
Nominations should be submitted by the sponsoring department or professional
school. All campuses other than UC Berkeley and UC San Diego must route the
nominations through their Contracts and Grants office. Nominations should
include the student’s complete application file—transcripts,
GRE scores, statement of purpose, letters of reference—and a letter
of nomination from the department. These should be sent to:
John Efron, Director
Entering Graduate Fellowship Competition
Institute of European Studies
Center for German and European Studies
University of California
207 Moses Hall #2316
Berkeley, CA 94720-2316
If you need any additional information regarding these awards, please contact
Gia White-Forbes at (510) 642-4555
or by e-mail at gia@berkeley.edu
Deadline: March 7, 2008
Intensive Dutch Language Summer Study Fellowships at Indiana University
Indiana University's European Union Study Center of Excellence is offering
Euro 2000 graduate fellowships for summer study of Dutch at Indiana University's
Summer Dutch Institute from May 21-June 29, 2008
Graduate students with an interest in public policy or those needing language
training before embarking upon a professional internship in the EU are elligible.
Applicants should state the relevance of their language study in the application.
Graduates in other disciplines such as history or popular culture may apply
a broad definition of policy studies, but need to explain convincingly how
their interests are relevant to EU policy as a whole or to policy debates
and research.
Both US and non-US citizens are eligible.
For more information, visit the EU Center site at http://www.indiana.edu/~eucenter/langfellows.shtml
More information on Dutch studies is also available at http://www.iub.edu/~sdi
Deadline: March 23, 2008.
April Deadlines
Finnish Studies Scholarship
HELEN S. BLAIR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND
This fund memorializes Helen S. Blair (1915-1999), beloved wife of Lawrence
R. Blair and mother of Jack R. Blair, James L. Blair, Jeffrey A. Blair and
Jane M. (Blair) Garman.
Helen Blair was a first generation American. Her parents emigrated to the
United States of America from Finland in the early 1900’s. As a child,
Helen learned to read and write the Finnish language at home before mastering
English at school. Helen led a full, rich life, enjoying her marriage, her
children, her grandchildren and her many friends. She was a tireless correspondent
who kept in touch with her relatives in Finland, despite having never met
most of them. Her pride in her Finnish heritage remained undiminished throughout
her life, which is the principal reason her family has established this scholarship
fund in her memory.
Applicants for the Helen S. Blair Memorial Scholarship Fund must:
- Be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited U.S. college or
university or graduate level program;
- Have a minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale for college/university applicants;
A minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) for high school graduate
applicants;
- Aspire to a degree which includes a minimum of 12 semester hours in
the Finnish language, Finnish culture and/or Finnish studies. Applications
may also be submitted for accredited study abroad assistance programs;
- Submit the accompanying application form with attachments.
While applicants need not demonstrate economic need in order to apply for
the scholarship, priority may be given to applicants who document financial
need.
Submit the attached application for
consideration (.doc).
Amount of Awards in 2005: $2,000 total
Amount of Awards in 2006: $4,000
total
Amount of Awards in 2007: $4,000 total
Range of all Awards: $2,000
Deadline: April
1 ,
2008.
Berkeley Faculty
Foreign Language Teaching Grants
IES is pleased to announce a competition for a $1,500 travel grant for Berkeley
foreign language instructors of Western European languages to support the acquisition
of new information and training in language pedagogy, second-language acquisition,
and applied linguistics. The competition is open to lecturers, tenure-track,
and tenured faculty. Applications should include the following:
- A proposal statement describing the applicant’s planned travel
and how it will enhance language instruction at UCB Berkeley
- A budget
- A curriculum vitae
Please submit these items by April 30, 2008, to
Beverly Crawford, Associate Director, Institute of European Studies, 202
Moses Hall #2316, Berkeley, CA 94720-2316.
Deadline: April 30, 2008
May 2008 Deadlines
European Summer Institute
2008 (ESI 2008) on
the Future of Europe: Lobbying in Brussels
The Prague's Centre for Public Policy
(Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP) is honored to invite students to the European
Summer Institute, ESI 2008.
Where: Prague, Czech Republic
When: July 17-26
Who: The founders of the European Spring/Summer Institute
2004 (ESI2004) have teamed up with the Prague's Centre for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP) and INstrategy -
Institute for European and National Strategies, to
organize the third European Summer Institute 2008 (ESI 2008).
What is it about: The
European Summer Institute 2008 is a ten-day academic program designed to bring
together 30 undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and
academic backgrounds from the USA, Eastern and Western Europe to enjoy their
summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment.
Why: The aim of the
program is to provide students with an opportunity to deepen their own expertise,
thereby enhancing their knowledge of the EU politics and exchanging their ideas
with academics, EU policy practitioners and fellow students from different cultural
environment. The summer program combines intensive academic courses with cultural,
social, and recreational opportunities.
We invite you to visit our website http://www.cpvp.cz/esi/ to
discover all the details about the ESI 2008. The website contains updated information
about the Institute, application process and on-line application.
We also suggest students to submit
their applications by the Early Bird Application Deadline of May 19, 2008. The
Final Deadline is May 30, 2008.
Should you have any questions regarding
the Institute or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us:
European Summer Institute 2008
Centrum pro verejnou politiku
Vyjezdova 510
190 11 Prague 9
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 737 679 605
Fax: +420 281 930 584
www: http://www.cpvp.cz/esi/
E-mail: esi@ cpvp.cz
We are looking forward to your application!!!
Deadline: 5/19/08
(Earlybird) and 5/31/08
National Italian American Foundation.
Culture and Heritage Grants.
Available to individuals or organizations pursuing projects to promote, research,
educate or preserve Italian American culture, history or heritage. More Info: http://www.niaf.org/grants/index.asp
Deadline: 5/30/08
Open Deadline
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship
Program
The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
(short-term) is for North American and
European
researchers, and is being offered through
the Japan Society for Promotion of
Science. This
program provides opportunities to postdoctoral
researchers from two regions to conduct,
under
the guidance of
their hosts, cooperative research with leading
research groups in universities and other
Japanese
institutions. Contact information: JSPS
San Francisco Office, email: webmaster@jspsusa-sf.org,
Tel: (510) 665-1890,
Fax: (510)-665-1891.
Deadline: None.
Your donations help sustain our
support to deserving graduate students. Please consider
contributing to the IES
Fellowship Program. Thank
you.
