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There are many research grants--large and small--available to graduate students. Ask your departmental advisor to suggest grant opportunities in your specific field. Your program may also have funding for student research expenses. In addition, the following offices on campus can help you in your search for research funding. The Office of Graduate Studies and Research invites applications for Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Research Grants [maximum $300]. Arts & Sciences supplemental conference funding is available [maximum $200] through the A&S Graduate Student Association. William and Mary Student Research Grants [maximum $300] are administered by the Charles Center. The Charles Center also oversees students' applications for various national fellowships, some of which are open to graduate students, such as the Fulbright Fellowship, Luce, and Mellon fellowships programs.The Office of Grants and Research Administration maintains a list of additional funding opportunities for students.

W&M Scholarship Central is a new scholarship site for students. Graduate students interested in scholarship information – both prestigious external scholarships and W&M research awards – should start their search at this portal. The site describes the application process and links students to appropriate supporting information and resources. Under the top heading of "W&M Scholarship Central", click the link for "Subscribe to the Alumni & Grad Student Scholarship listserv" to receive announcements by e-mail.

Other Funding Opportunities

International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. Some of science's most powerful statements are not made in words. From the diagrams of DaVinci to Rosalind Franklin’s x-rays, visualization of research has a long and literally illustrious history. To illustrate is to enlighten. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science created the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge to celebrate that grand tradition--and to encourage its continued growth. The spirit of the competition is for communicating science, engineering and technology for education and journalistic purposes. Judges appointed by the National Science Foundation and the journal Science will select winners in each of five categories: photographs, illustrations, informational graphics, interactive media and non-interactive media. The winners will be published in a special section of the journal Science and Science Online and on the NSF Web site. One of the winning entries will be on the front cover of Science. In addition, each winner will receive a free, one-year print and on-line subscription to the journal Science and a certificate of appreciation. For further information please visit http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/challenge.jsp. Application deadline is September 30, 2011.

Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Travel Grants Program. The Foundation awards grants of up to $2,000 each in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. A grant defrays travel, living, and photocopy expenses of a research trip to the Library. Library collections focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s. Awards are made twice yearly. Application deadlines (postmark deadlines) are SEPTEMBER 15 and MARCH 15. For further questions visit http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/foundationgrants.asp

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) have announced the 2012 competition of the International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program, designed to support distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are conducting dissertation research outside the United States. IDRF promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region but is also informed by interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. Research topics may address all periods in history, but applicants should be alert to the broader implications of their research as it relates to contemporary issues and debates. Seventy-five fellowships are awarded annually. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $19,000. The fellowship includes participation in an SSRC-funded interdisciplinary workshop upon the completion of IDRF-funded research. Applicants to the 2012 IDRF competition must complete all Ph.D. requirements except on-site research by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2012, whichever comes first. Deadline: November 3, 2011. For more detailed information on application procedures and eligibility requirements, please visit the IDRF website at http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf-fellowship/.

The Library Company of Philadelphia’s Program in Early American Economy and Society invites applications for its three types of fellowship awards to be granted for research and scholarship during 2010-2011. Please visit their website for additional information:

http://www.librarycompany.org/economics/efellowships.htm

One post-doctoral research fellowship, carrying a stipend of $40,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013. Deadline for receipt of dissertation fellowship applications is November 1, 2011.
One dissertation research fellowship, carrying a stipend of $20,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013. Deadline for receipt of all application material is March 1, 2012.

Available to scholars at all levels, four one-month fellowships, carrying stipends of $2,000 each, are tenable for a month of research at the Library Company between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013. Deadline for receipt of one-month and dissertation fellowship applications is March 1, 2012.

Congressional Research Award. The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Since 1978, the Congressional Research Awards (formerly the Congressional Research Grants) program has invested more than $840,000 to support over 400 projects. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is March 1, 2012 for the annual selections, which are announced in April. A total of up to $35,000 will be available in 2012. The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States. Application and additional information can be found at http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm#application.

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AERA Grants Program announces its Dissertation Grants competition. The program seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies, and to increase the number of education researchers using these data sets. The program supports research projects that are quantitative in nature, include the analysis of existing data from NCES, NSF or other federal agencies, and have U.S. education policy relevance. AERA invites education-related dissertation proposals using NCES, NSF, and other federal data bases. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics. Applicants for Dissertation Grants may be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens and must be working at a U.S. institution. Applicants should be advanced doctoral students at the dissertation writing stage. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.

The deadline for submission is 11:59pm PST on Thursday, September 1, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals in advance of the deadline. For further information and application please visit http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html.

The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) Awards - Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarships. The science of crystallography has played a key role in the development of X-ray diffraction, electron diffraction and neutron diffraction for the elucidation of the atomic structure of matter. Crystallography is an interdisciplinary branch of science taught in departments of physics, chemistry, geology, molecular biology, metallurgy, and material science. To encourage promising graduate students to pursue crystallographically oriented research, the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) has established a Crystallography Scholarship Fund, known as the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Fund. While the Ewald Prize is awarded every three years to an internationally recognized crystallographer, little effort has been made by science departments to cultivate aspiring crystallographers. Convinced of the beneficial, scientific impact of the proposed scholarships for crystallographically oriented research, the ICDD has solicited funds from private and industrial sectors to support this program. The ICDD has awarded 122 scholarships since 1991. The year 2011 Scholarship Awards were in the amount of $2,500 each. Since the scholarship's inception in 1991, $282,250 has been awarded to aspiring crystallographers. Applications for the year 2012 awards must be received by ICDD no later than 26 October 2011. For application and additional information visit: http://www.icdd.com/resources/awards/frevel.htm.

Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities - Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 2012-2013. We invite applications from qualified candidates who have received the Ph.D. between 1 January 2010 and 1 July 2012. Fellows are appointed as Lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University and as postdoctoral research fellows. The fellowship is renewable for a second and third year. In the first year, Fellows teach one course per semester: at least one of these courses will be in the undergraduate general education program of the University. In years two and three, Fellows teach one course per year. In addition to teaching and research, the duties of Fellows include attendance at the Society's lectures and events as well as active participation in the intellectual life of the Society and of the department with which the Fellow is affiliated. The annual stipend will be $59,000. Each Fellow will also receive a research allowance of $5,000 per annum. Application Deadline: postmark 3 October 2011. For more information visit: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/fellowship.html.

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM
The Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs is the private, non-profit partner of the Harry S. Truman Library. The Institute's purpose is to foster the Truman Library as a center for research and as a provider of educational and public programs. Applications for funding will be considered by the Institute's Committee on Research, Scholarship and Academic Relations. Grants of up to $2,500 are awarded biannually and are intended to enable graduate students, post-doctoral scholars and other researchers to come to the Harry S. Truman Library for one to three weeks to use its collections. Awards are to offset expenses incurred for this purpose only. Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars are particularly encouraged to apply, but applications from others engaged in advanced research will also be considered. Preference will be given to projects that have application to enduring public policy and foreign policy issues and that have a high probability of being published or publicly disseminated in some other way. The potential contribution of a project to an applicant's development as a scholar will also be considered. An individual may receive no more than two Research Grants in a five year period. Deadlines: April 1 and October 1. For application and additional information visit http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/#ress

American Geological Institute's (AGI) Government Affairs Program Spring Semester Internships in Geoscience Public Policy
Representing the geoscience community in Washington DC, the program actively works with Congress and federal agencies to foster sound public policy in areas that affect geoscientists, including water, energy, and mineral resources; geologic hazards; environmental protection; and federal funding for geoscience research and education. AGI seeks outstanding geoscience students (undergraduates and Masters levels) with a strong interest in federal science policy for a semester-long internship in geoscience and public policy. Interns will gain a first-hand understanding of the legislative process and the operation of executive branch agencies. They will also hone both their writing and Web publishing skills. Specific activities for the interns include:

Monitoring and analyzing geoscience-related legislation in Congress.
Updating legislative and policy information on AGI's Web site.
Attending House and Senate hearings and preparing summaries.
Responding to information requests from AGI's member societies.
Attending meetings with policy-level staff members in Congress, federal agencies, and non-governmental organizations such as the National Academy of Sciences.

AGI is planning to accept an intern during the spring semester (January through June timeframe) at a fixed stipend of $5,000. Stipends for the interns are funded jointly by AGI and a generous grant from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Foundation. The internship lasts fourteen weeks, and the starting date will be based on the schedule of the successful candidate. Geoscience students with an interest in energy and resource issues are particularly encouraged to apply. Deadline: October 15, 2011. For application and information visit http://www.agiweb.org/gap/interns/internse.html.

2011-2012 Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship Program
The Technical Minority Scholarship Program was developed to demonstrate Xerox's commitment to the academic success of minority students and to the cultivation and recruitment of qualified minority employees in technical fields. Scholarships are made available to minorities enrolled in a technical degree program at the bachelor level or above. Applicants must be academic high-achievers (3.0 or better GPA). Applicants must be U.S. citizens or visa-holding Permanent Residents of African American, Asian, Pacific Island, Native American, Native Alaskan, or Hispanic descent. They must be enrolled as a full time undergraduate or graduate student in any of the following technical fields: Chemistry, Information management, Computing and software systems, Material science, Printing management science, Laser optics, Physics, Material science, and Engineering (chemical, computer, electrical, imaging, manufacturing, mechanical, optical, or software). Deadline September 30, 2011. For application and information visit http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx/template/009.jsp?view=Feature&Xcntry=USA&Xlang=en_US&ed_name=Careers_Technical_Scholarship

2012-2013: The Institute for Human Studies Fellowship. Humane Studies Fellowships are awarded to graduate students and outstanding undergraduates planning academic careers and engaged in liberty-advancing research. The fellowships support students in variety of fields, including economics, philosophy, law, political science, history, and sociology. Awards range from $2,000 to $15,000 and fellowship winners may re-apply for each year of their studies. In 2010, the Institute for Humane Studies awarded more than $650,000 to 180 students. The program is open to full-time graduate students, including law and MBA students, and undergraduate juniors and seniors with a demonstrated interest in pursuing an academic career. Deadline: Dec. 31, 2011. For application and information visit: http://www.theihs.org/humane-studies-fellowships

SIGMA DELTA EPSILON/GRADUATE WOMEN IN SCIENCE FELLOWSHIPS
To be eligible, the applicant must be enrolled as a graduate student, or engaged in post-doctoral or early-stage junior faculty academic research, and demonstrate financial need for continuation or completion of their research. The major component of the research can be either applied or basic in the areas of physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology and statistics. Membership in SDE/GWIS is not required for application for the GWIS Fellowships. Application deadline is January 15, 2009 and awards will be announced on or before July 1 of the following year. Please direct any questions to the Fellowships Coordinator, Julie Gros-Louis, Julie-gros-louis@uiowa.edu or (319) 384 -1816. For application and additional information please visit http://www.gwis.org/programs.html.

As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to award approximately 200 new three-year graduate fellowships in April 2012, subject to the availability of funds. The DoD will offer these fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated the ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree in, or closely related to, an area of DoD interest within one of the fifteen following disciplines:

Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Biosciences
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences
Computer and Computational Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Geosciences
Materials Science and Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Oceanography
Physics

The NDSEG application will open on September 1, 2011. Visit https://www.asee.org/ndseg/index.cfm for more information.

Previous Announcements

Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics. The purpose of the award is to recognize doctoral thesis research of outstanding quality and achievement in computational physics and to encourage effective written and oral presentation of research results. The award consists of $1,500 and a certificate to be presented at an awards ceremony at the Division of Computational Physics annual meeting and an additional allowance of up to $500 to travel to the meeting. The recipient will be invited to present his or her work in an appropriate session of the meeting. Nominations will be accepted for any doctoral student (present or past) in any country for work performed as part of the requirements for a doctoral degree. Nominees must pass their thesis defense not more than 18 months before the nomination deadline. For further information visit http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/dissertation/metropolis.cfm. Application deadline is November 1, 2010.

International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Some of science's most powerful statements are not made in words. From the diagrams of DaVinci to Rosalind Franklin's x-rays, visualization of research has a long and literally illustrious history. To illustrate is to enlighten. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science created the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge to celebrate that grand tradition--and to encourage its continued growth. The spirit of the competition is for communicating science, engineering and technology for education and journalistic purposes. Judges appointed by the National Science Foundation and the journal Science will select winners in each of five categories: photographs, illustrations, informational graphics, interactive media and non-interactive media. The winners will be published in a special section of the journal Science and Science Online and on the NSF Web site. One of the winning entries will be on the front cover of Science. In addition, each winner will receive a free, one-year print and on-line subscription to the journal Science and a certificate of appreciation. For further information please visit http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/challenge.jsp. Application deadline is September 15, 2010.

Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Travel Grants Program. The Foundation awards grants of up to $2,000 each in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. A grant defrays travel, living, and photocopy expenses of a research trip to the Library. Library collections focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s. Awards are made twice yearly. Application deadlines (postmark deadlines) are OCTOBER 1 and APRIL 1. For further questions contact grants coordinator ford.library@nara.gov or visit http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/foundationgrants.asp

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) have announced the 2010 competition of the International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program, designed to support distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships of approximately $18,750 will be awarded in 2011 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except on-site dissertation research by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2010, whichever comes first. Fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research. The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2011 and December 2012. Deadline: November 3, 2010. For more detailed information on application procedures and eligibility requirements, please visit the IDRF website at http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/.

The Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society invites applications for its three types of fellowship awards to be granted for research and scholarship during 2010-2011. Please visit their website for additional information:

http://www.librarycompany.org/economics/efellowships.htm

One post-doctoral research fellowship, carrying a stipend of $40,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012. Deadline for receipt of dissertation fellowship applications is November 1, 2010.

One dissertation research fellowship, carrying a stipend of $20,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012. Deadline for receipt of all application material is March 1, 2011.

Available to scholars at all levels, four one-month fellowships, carrying stipends of $2,000 each, are tenable for a month of research at the Library Company between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012. Deadline for receipt of one-month and dissertation fellowship applications is March 1, 2011.

Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics
The purpose of the award is to recognize doctoral thesis research of outstanding quality and achievement in computational physics and to encourage effective written and oral presentation of research results. The award consists of $1,500 and a certificate to be presented at an awards ceremony at the Division of Computational Physics annual meeting and an additional allowance of up to $500 to travel to the meeting. The recipient will be invited to present his or her work in an appropriate session of the meeting. Nominations will be accepted for any doctoral student (present or past) in any country for work performed as part of the requirements for a doctoral degree. Nominees must pass their thesis defense not more than 18 months before the nomination deadline. For further information visit http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/dissertation/metropolis.cfm. Application deadline is November 1, 2010.

2010 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award.
Graduate students from all Virginia's colleges/universities are invited to submit an application to the Virginia Water Resources Research Center for the 2010 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award. The Water Center has offered the William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award since 1999. The award of up to $2,500 is intended for individuals preparing for a professional career in water resources. Only individuals pursuing graduate work in a field different from the field of emphasis as an undergraduate, or individuals with work experience returning to graduate school are eligible to apply. For application and additional information please visit http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/walker_fellowship.html

The application deadline is March 31, 2010. Contact: Dr. Tamim Younos (E-mail: tyounos@vt.edu)

The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) invites applications for the Glenn E. and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot Scholarship. The Ullyot Scholarship aims to advance the public understanding of the importance of chemistry and related sciences to the public welfare by supporting graduate or postdoctoral research into the history of chemistry and related sciences. Applications are encouraged for educational media and Web-based projects as well as popular book and magazine publications. Applicants must specify how the outcome of their proposed projects will reach a broad audience. Only one Ullyot Scholarship is available per year. Ullyot Scholars are in residence at CHF for two months during a given academic year or during the following summer. The stipend for the two months is $6,000 paid in biweekly installments. No additional funds are available for research or travel. Application deadline February 15, 2010. For application and additional information please visit http://www.chemheritage.org/research/research-nav4.html.

AT&T Labs Fellowship
The AT&T Labs Fellowship Program (ALFP) offers three-year fellowships to outstanding under-represented minority and women students pursuing PhD studies in computing and communications-related fields, specifically, in computer science, math, statistics, electrical engineering, operations research, systems engineering, industrial engineering, or a related field. AFLP fellows are partnered with a technical staff member to serve as their mentor for the duration of the program. The program emphasizes personal interaction between the ALFP fellow and and their mentor. For the typical recipient, this personal interaction with a mentor is often the most important component of the program. AT&T Labs has research locations in Florham Park and Middletown, New Jersey. Fellowship applications must be submitted and all supporting materials must be received by January 31, 2010. Application and additional information can be found at http://www.research.att.com/internships.

Congressional Research Awards
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is February 1 for the annual selections, which are announced in March. A total of up to $35,000 will be available in 2010. The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States. Application and additional information can be found at http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm#application.

Virginia Historical Society Research Fellowships
To promote the interpretation of Virginia history and access to its collections, the Virginia Historical Society, funded by a matching grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and gifts from individuals, offers fellowships of up to three weeks a year. For the purpose of this program, a week is defined as five days in the VHS library, which is open 10-5, Tuesday through Saturday.

There are five general categories of awards. Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowships cover the broad sweep of Virginia and American history, for example, supporting research on political, constitutional, religious, African American, military, and social issues. Four other awards focus on more specific topics. The Betty Sams Christian Fellowships in business history cover studies in economic history, trade, industrial and commercial subjects, and labor relations. The Frances Lewis Fellowships in Gender and Women's Studies make awards for work in gender roles and the history of women, the Human Rights Fellowships support work on such topics as lesbian and gay studies, civil rights, and First Amendment issues. The Reese Fellowships in American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas covers literary studies, the evolution of book publication, and bibliography. We make awards on the basis of the applicants' scholarly qualifications, the merits of their proposals, and the appropriateness of their topics, as demonstrated by citation to specific sources in our collections. Applicants whose research promises to result in significant publication, including the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, will receive primary consideration. We award a few grants ($150 per week) for mileage to commuting researchers who live outside that area. The majority of awards ($500 per week) go to those who live farther away and incur greater expenses. We welcome applications from doctoral candidates. Undergraduates, master's students, and graduate students not yet admitted to Ph.D. candidacy are not eligible. The deadline for applications to be received by the VHS is 1 February 2010; awards will be announced by 15 March 2010. Application and additional information can be found at http://www.vahistorical.org/research/fellowships.htm.

P.E.O. Scholar Awards
The local P.E.O. chapter plans to nominate a female W&M doctoral student for a scholarship of approximately $15,000 (see eligibility requirements below). Materials should be received by the local chapter before October 15, 2009. The eligibility requirements are as follows: A woman is eligible for nomination by a local chapter if she:

a) is a citizen of the United States or Canada at the time of nomination;
b) at the time the award payment is made
(August 1), is within two years of her graduation date and has at least one full academic year of work remaining to complete her doctoral level degree or postdoctoral research program;
c) is full time in her program at an accredited college, university or institution;
d) demonstrates academic excellence, maturity and seriousness of purpose; and
e) has clearly defined career objectives.

The applications of individuals who satisfy these eligibility criteria will be evaluated on a nondiscriminatory basis without consideration of race, national origin, religious affiliation or disability. A student interested in being nominated should e-mail to Sandra Rogers (local P.E.O. representative, srogers77@cox.net) a C.V. and a one- or two-paragraph statement about why the student thinks that she is qualified for this scholarship. Students who submitted nomination materials last year are encouraged to submit materials again this year if they meet the eligibility requirements above. Candidates will be interviewed by the local Scholar Committee concerning their academic work and goals. The student who is selected as the chapter's nominee will need to complete an application package after mid-November. For more information, please see http://www.peointernational.org/about/ and scroll down to the section on P.E.O. Scholar Awards.

Getty Graduate Internships are offered in the four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust—the Getty Museum, Getty Research Institute, Getty Conservation Institute, and Getty Foundation—for students of all nationalities who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Training and work experience are available in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, information management, public programs, and grantmaking. Please see the list of internship areas and host departments participating in 2010-2011. Approximately 20 graduate internship positions are funded each year. Internships are located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles or the Getty Villa in Malibu. All positions are full-time beginning September 13, 2010. Most internships are for eight months, ending May 20, 2011. Conservation internships are twelve months, ending September 19, 2011. Grant amounts are $17,400 for eight months and $26,000 for twelve months. The grant includes health benefits, but housing and relocation funds are not provided. Deadline: DECEMBER 15, 2009. Materials received after this date will result in an incomplete application. Applications materials can be found at http://www.getty.edu/foundation/funding/leaders/current/grad_internships.html.

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grants
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AERA Grants Program announces its Dissertation Grants competition. The program seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies, and to increase the number of education researchers using these data sets. The program supports research projects that are quantitative in nature, include the analysis of existing data from NCES, NSF or other federal agencies, and have U.S. education policy relevance. AERA invites education-related dissertation proposals using NCES, NSF, and other federal data bases. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics. Applicants for Dissertation Grants may be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. Applicants should be advanced doctoral students at the dissertation writing stage. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. Awards for Dissertation Grants are up to $20,000 for 1-year projects.

Deadline: Wednesday, January 6, 2010. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals in advance of the deadline. For further information and application please visit http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html.

Institute for Advanced Study Visiting Member Awards
The School of Natural Sciences will have several openings for members in theoretical physics and astrophysics for the academic year 2012-2013. The positions are at a postdoctoral or higher level and applicants will be selected on the basis of their ability to do research in the areas of astrophysics, theoretical biology, mathematical physics, quantum field theory, particle phenomenology, string theory and quantum gravity Postdoctoral members frequently collaborate with each other, with faculty members at the Institute or Princeton University, and with researchers at other institutions. Postdoctoral appointments are for three years with full salary support. We also have openings for a few long-term (5 year) members and Bahcall Fellows beginning September 2012. Salary is above post-doctoral level and is commensurate with qualifications. In addition to exceptional qualifications for pursuing his or her individual research, the successful candidate for a long term membership should be interested in talking to, and possibly collaborating with, other post-doctoral members. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For more information write to michelle@ias.edu or Michelle Sage, School Administrative Officer, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. Applications should be made online and received by November 15, unless you are applying to Biology in which case email csb@ias.edu for further information and membership materials. Please ask your referees to send their letters of recommendation in PDF format to snsrecs@ias.edu and include the first and last name of the applicant in the subject line.

The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) Awards - Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarships
The science of crystallography has played a key role in the development of X-ray diffraction, electron diffraction and neutron diffraction for the elucidation of the atomic structure of matter. Crystallography is an interdisciplinary branch of science taught in departments of physics, chemistry, geology, molecular biology, metallurgy, and material science. To encourage promising graduate students to pursue crystallographically oriented research, the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) has established a Crystallography Scholarship Fund, known as the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Fund. While the Ewald Prize is awarded every three years to an internationally recognized crystallographer, little effort has been made by science departments to cultivate aspiring crystallographers. Convinced of the beneficial, scientific impact of the proposed scholarships for crystallographically oriented research, the ICDD has solicited funds from private and industrial sectors to support this program. The ICDD has awarded 122 scholarships since 1991. The year 2011 Scholarship Awards were in the amount of $2,500 each. Since the scholarship's inception in 1991, $282,250 has been awarded to aspiring crystallographers. Applications for the year 2012 awards must be received by ICDD no later than 26 October 2011. For application and additional information visit: http://www.icdd.com/resources/awards/frevel.htm.

2010 MARSHALL SHERFIELD FELLOWSHIPS
The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission will be offering up to two post-doctoral Marshall Sherfield Fellowships in 2010. The first such Fellowships were awarded in 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. The Fellowships, which are funded by the Marshall Sherfield Fellowship Foundation, and administered by the Marshall Commission, enable American scientists or engineers to undertake post-doctoral research for a period of one to two academic years at a British university or research institute. The aim of the Marshall Sherfield Fellowships is to introduce American scientists and engineers to the cutting edge of UK science and engineering. It is intended that this in turn will build longer-term contacts and international links between the United Kingdom and the United States in key scientific areas. To qualify, candidates should be citizens of the United States of America normally resident in the USA and hold a doctorate in a science or engineering subject by the time they take up their Fellowship. These awards are not available for study for a higher degree. Applications must be submitted in complete form and be received at the Marshall Commission, London postmarked no later than 9 October 2009.

Institute for Advanced Study Visiting Member Awards
The School of Natural Sciences (http://www.sns.ias.edu/) will have several openings for members in theoretical physics and astrophysics for the academic year 2010-2011. The positions are at a postdoctoral or higher level and applicants will be selected on the basis of their ability to do research in the areas of astrophysics, theoretical biology, mathematical physics, quantum field theory, particle phenomenology, string theory and quantum gravity. Postdoctoral members frequently collaborate with each other, with faculty members at the Institute or Princeton University, and with researchers at other institutions. Postdoctoral appointments are for three years with full salary support. We also have openings for a few long-term (5 year) members and Bahcall Fellows beginning September 2010. Salary is above post-doctoral level and is commensurate with qualifications. In addition to exceptional qualifications for pursuing his or her individual research, the successful candidate for a long term membership should be interested in talking to, and possibly collaborating with, other post-doctoral members. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For more information write to michelle@ias.edu or Michelle Sage, School Administrative Officer, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Bloomberg Hall, 1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. Applications should be made online at https://applications.ias.edu/ and received by November 15, 2009.

The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) Awards - Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarships
The Ludo Frevel Crystallographic Scholarship is an award to support the education and research program of promising graduate students in crystallography-related fields. The applicant should be a graduate student enrolled in a graduate degree program during the 2010 calendar year, with major interest in crystallography e.g. crystal structure analysis, crystal morphology, modulated structures, correlation of atomic structure with physical properties, systematic classification of crystal structures, phase identification and materials characterization. There are no restrictions on country, race, age or sex. The term of the scholarship is one year. The recipient may make application for one renewal at the end of the first year. Because a limited number of scholarships are awarded, renewal applications will be considered on a competitive basis in conjunction with all applications that have been submitted up to the closing date. The year 2009 Scholarship Awards were in the amount of $2,500 each. Applications for the year 2010 awards must be received by ICDD no later than 30 October 2009. For application and additional information visit: http://www.icdd.com/resources/awards/frevel.htm.

USable Transatlantic Idea Competition: "Mover wanted! Civic Engagement of Generation 50+"
Ideas, projects and initiatives are sought concerning the voluntary civic engagement of generation 50+. It is precisely the "young seniors" of the baby-boomer generation who want to assume responsibility. The Körber Foundation wants to encourage this involvement. A look across to North America can provide inspiration: voluntary civic engagement has a great tradition in the U.S. and Canada. The competition targets initiatives that are oriented towards this philosophy of American public spirit, and perhaps even follow a concrete example from the U.S. or Canada. Deadline: October 31, 2009. For application and additional information visit http://www.koerber-stiftung.de/en/civil-society/usable.html or email usable@koerber-stiftung.de.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master's and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 120 new fellowships by June 30, 2010. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years, usable over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support per fellowship. Close Date: October 22, 2009. For further information please visit: http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_star_gradfellow.html.

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation's 2010 Dissertation Fellowships.

The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. or Th.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose research addresses ethical or religious values. The Newcombe Fellows to be named in 2010 will each receive a stipend of $25,000; their institutions are asked to waive or otherwise cover tuition and fees. All applications and supporting documents must be submitted by November 15, 2009. [http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe]
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies offer $3,000 to help defray expenses of doctoral candidates doing original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional or cultural boundaries. All applications and supporting documents must be submitted by October 11, 2009. [http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies]

National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Graduate Fellowships/Dissertation Support
In the traditional fellowship, initial support may be for two or three years, or for a full six years, depending on the employer-sponsor. If the initial support is for the shorter period, it may be extended up to six years at the discretion of the employer. The Dissertation Support Program covers the period of dissertation research and defense, up to a maximum of four years. Though the fields supported can vary annually depending on employer needs, in general NPSC covers the following: Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Materials Science, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, and their subdisciplines, and related engineering fields: Chemical, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical. Deadline: November 5, 2009. For application and additional information visit http://www.npsc.org/students/info.html

Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities - Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 2010-2011. ELIGIBILITY: Applications are invited from qualified candidates who have received the Ph.D. between 1 January 2006 and 1 July 2010. Fellows are appointed as Lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University and as postdoctoral research fellows. The fellowship is renewable for a second and third year. In the first year, Fellows teach one course per semester: at least one of these courses will be in the undergraduate general education program of the University. In years two and three, Fellows teach one course per year. In addition to teaching and research, the duties of Fellows include attendance at the Society's lectures and events as well as active participation in the intellectual life of the Society and of the department with which the Fellow is affiliated. The annual stipend will be $55,000. Each Fellow will also receive a research allowance of $5,000 per annum. Deadline: OCT 5, 2009. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/fellowship.html.

HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM
The Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs is the private, non-profit partner of the Harry S. Truman Library. The Institute's purpose is to foster the Truman Library as a center for research and as a provider of educational and public programs. Applications for funding will be considered by the Institute's Committee on Research, Scholarship and Academic Relations. Grants of up to $2,500 are awarded biannually and are intended to enable graduate students, post-doctoral scholars and other researchers to come to the Harry S. Truman Library for one to three weeks to use its collections. Awards are to offset expenses incurred for this purpose only. Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars are particularly encouraged to apply, but applications from others engaged in advanced research will also be considered. Preference will be given to projects that have application to enduring public policy and foreign policy issues and that have a high probability of being published or publicly disseminated in some other way. The potential contribution of a project to an applicant's development as a scholar will also be considered. An individual may receive no more than two Research Grants in a five year period. Deadlines: April 1 and October 1. For application and additional information visit http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/#ress

Monitoring and analyzing geoscience-related legislation in Congress.
Updating legislative and policy information on AGI's Web site.
Attending House and Senate hearings and preparing summaries.
Responding to information requests from AGI's member societies.
Attending meetings with policy-level staff members in Congress, federal agencies, and non-governmental organizations such as the National Academy of Sciences.

AGI is planning to accept an intern during the spring semester (January through June timeframe) at a fixed stipend of $5,000. Stipends for the interns are funded jointly by AGI and a generous grant from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Foundation. The internship lasts fourteen weeks, and the starting date will be based on the schedule of the successful candidate. Geoscience students with an interest in energy and resource issues are particularly encouraged to apply. Deadline October 15, 2009. For application and information visit http://www.agiweb.org/gap/interns/internse.html.

2009-2010 Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship Program
The Technical Minority Scholarship Program was developed to demonstrate Xerox's commitment to the academic success of minority students and to the cultivation and recruitment of qualified minority employees in technical fields. Scholarships are made available to minorities enrolled in a technical degree program at the bachelor level or above. Applicants must be academic high-achievers (3.0 or better GPA). Applicants must be U.S. citizens or visa-holding Permanent Residents of African American, Asian, Pacific Island, Native American, Native Alaskan, or Hispanic descent. They must be enrolled as a full time undergraduate or graduate student in any of the following technical fields: Chemistry, Information management, Computing and software systems, Material science, Printing management science, Laser optics, Physics, Material science, and Engineering (chemical, computer, electrical, imaging, manufacturing, mechanical, optical, or software). Deadline September 30, 2009. For application and information visit http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx/template/009.jsp?view=Feature&Xcntry=USA&Xlang=en_US&ed_name=Careers_Technical_Scholarship

International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge
Some of science's most powerful statements are not made in words. From the diagrams of DaVinci to Rosalind Franklin's x-rays, visualization of research has a long and literally illustrious history. To illustrate is to enlighten. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science created the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge to celebrate that grand tradition--and to encourage its continued growth. The spirit of the competition is for communicating science, engineering and technology for education and journalistic purposes. Judges appointed by the National Science Foundation and the journal Science will select winners in each of five categories: photographs, illustrations, informational graphics, interactive media and non-interactive media. The winners will be published in a special section of the journal Science and Science Online and on the NSF Web site. One of the winning entries will be on the front cover of Science. In addition, each winner will receive a free, one-year print and on-line subscription to the journal Science and a certificate of appreciation. For further information please visit http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/challenge.jsp. Application deadline is September 15, 2009.

Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Travel Grants Program
The Foundation awards grants of up to $2,000 each in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. A grant defrays travel, living, and photocopy expenses of a research trip to the Library. Library collections focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s. Awards are made twice yearly. Application deadlines (postmark deadlines) are SEPTEMBER 15 and MARCH 15. For further questions contact grants coordinator ford.library@nara.gov or visit http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/foundationgrants.asp.

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) have announced the 2009 competition of the International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program, designed to support distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships of approximately $20,000 will be awarded in 2010 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except on-site dissertation research by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2010, whichever comes first. Fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research. The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2010 and December 2011. Deadline: November 3, 2009. For more detailed information on application procedures and eligibility requirements, please visit the IDRF website at http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/.

The Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society invites applications for its three types of fellowship awards to be granted for research and scholarship during 2010-2011. Please visit their website for additional information: http://www.librarycompany.org/economics/efellowships.htm

One dissertation-level fellowship, carrying a stipend of $20,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011. It may also be divided between two scholars, who would each receive $10,000 for the periods between Sept. 1, 2010 to January 15, 2011 or January 15, 2011 to May 31, 2011.
Available to scholars at all levels, four one-month fellowships, carrying stipends of $2,000 each, are tenable for a month of research at the Library Company between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011. Deadline for receipt of one-month and dissertation fellowship applications is March 1, 2010.

The National Science Foundation (NSF), Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
The GRFP provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. The GRFP invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the NSF. Eligibility: applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the U.S.; must meet certain degree requirements (see solicitation); must meet certain fields of study criterion (see solicitation). Estimated number of awards: 1,600. Anticipated funding amount: $40,500, per institution, per award, per year.

Deadlines:

11/2/09 - Interdisciplinary Fields of Study
11/4/09 - Mathematical Sciences and Computer & Information Sciences and Engineering
11/5/09 - Social Sciences, Psychology, and Geosciences
11/6/09 - Life Sciences
11/10/09 - Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy
11/12/09 - Engineering

Please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201 for additional information.

Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program
This program provides hands-on paid research experiences for qualified undergraduate and graduate students (rising juniors and above) on-site at NASA Langley Research Center. The summer session is a 10-week internship June 1 – August 7, 2009. The summer deadline is February 1. Women and underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Eligibility requirements include: US Citizenship, full-time college student, rising junior and above by the start of the program, pursuing a discipline of interest to NASA-3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Deadlines: February 1, 2009. Funding: Graduate students - $5,000 scholarship for the 10-week period. For more information go to: http://research.nianet.org/larss.

The Institute for Humane Studies Summer Graduate Research Fellowships
Financial support for graduate students who share an interest in the classical liberal tradition to work on a scholarly paper or dissertation chapter. Open to Law or PhD students. Fellowship winners receive a $3,000 stipend, a travel allowance, and shared accommodations for two conferences at IHS offices in Arlington, Virginia. Fellows receive guidance on their work and advice on academic careers from the IHS program director and other scholars. Where possible, IHS also helps students develop contacts with a network of scholars with similar research interests. Summer Fellows also maintain regular email contact with the program director and with each other to learn more about pursuing an academic career and getting their work published. Conference seminars are interdisciplinary and facilitated by the IHS program director. The deadline for 2009 applications is February 2, 2009. For more information go to http://www.theihs.org/ContentDetails.aspx?id=1906.

2009 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award
Graduate students from all Virginia's colleges/universities are invited to submit an application to the Virginia Water Resources Research Center for the 2009 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award. For eligibility and application material visit the website: www.vwrrc.vt.edu/walker_fellowship.html. The application deadline is March 31, 2009. Contact: Dr. Tamim Younos (E-mail: tyounos@vt.edu; phone: 540-231-8039)

Frederic Ewen Academic Freedom Fellowship
New York University's Tamiment Library is pleased to announce the Frederic Ewen Academic Freedom Fellowship for 2009-2010. This new, interdisciplinary fellowship program is designed to support projects relating to academic freedom, its history, and role in American culture, politics and society. We are interested in proposals that seek to explore the ways that fear of enemies abroad, and/or anxieties over perceived threats at home, have jeopardized the university as an institution that depends on free inquiry and expression. We also invite proposals that will investigate the changing nature of universities and public schools in American life and the ways that these changes may affect academic freedom. Post-doctoral scholars, public historians and documentary media makers Film, video, etc.) working on projects that seek to understand the connections between academic freedom and the broader fabric of democracy are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is February 1, 2009. In order to apply, please send the information listed below to Professor Marilyn Young and Dr. Michael Nash, Tamiment Library, New York University, 70 Washington Square South, New York, N.Y. 10012.

Curriculum vitae
Short project description (approximately five pages)
Statement describing the relevance of the collections of the Tamiment Library to the project.
Two letters of recommendation.
Writing samples are welcome

The Frederic Ewen Fellowship offers a $40,000 stipend and health insurance for a nine- month academic year. Office space will be provided and fellows have a formal affiliation with New York University. For more information or answers to your questions, applicants are encouraged to contact Michael.Nash@nyu.edu, or Marilyn.Young@nyu.edu and visit http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/ewen/.

PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR HISTORIANS OF AMERICAN ART TO TRAVEL ABROAD, 2009-2010
THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE VISUAL ARTS offers up to six fellowships to doctoral students in art history who are studying aspects of art and architecture of the United States, including native and pre-Revolutionary America. This fellowship is for a period of six to eight weeks of continuous travel abroad in areas such as Africa, Asia, or South America, as well as Europe, to sites of historical and cultural interest, including museums, exhibitions, collections, and monuments. The travel fellowship is intended to encourage a breadth of art-historical experience beyond the candidate's major field, not for the advancement of a dissertation. Preference will be accorded to those who have had little opportunity for research travel abroad. The amount of the award is dependent on the travel plan, with a maximum of $4,500. A narrative report at the conclusion of the travel period is required. Individuals currently affiliated with the National Gallery of Art are not eligible for this fellowship. Application for a travel fellowship may be made only through nomination by the chair of a graduate department of art history or other appropriate department. Each department may support two candidates. The application should include a 500-word proposal outlining the objectives and feasibility of the travel plan; a separate, detailed itinerary; and a curriculum vitae. The curriculum vitae should list any previous scholarly or professional travel. In addition, the candidate must submit two letters of support from professors who can evaluate the importance of this travel for the student's professional and intellectual development. A letter of nomination from the chair, which is not considered a letter of recommendation, must accompany each application. Applications must be received on or before February 15, 2009 for the period June 2009 through May 2010. http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvatrv.shtm

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as high-energy-density physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions. Fellows also participate in research at a DOE laboratory. Students must be planning full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. degree at a U.S. university. Students in their first or second year of graduate study in the areas of interest listed above are eligible to apply. Exceptional senior undergraduates who can meet all the requirements listed here may also apply. Students must be either U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens. $32,400 yearly stipend, payment of all tuition and fees, and $1,000 yearly academic allowance. Please visit http://www2.krellinst.org/ssgf/index.shtml for more information. Deadline: January 21, 2009.

CHRIST CHURCH, MERTON COLLEGE AND ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE OXFORD JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2009 (UNITED KINGDOM)
The three Colleges propose, provided that suitable candidates present themselves, to elect in cooperation up to thirteen Junior Research Fellows, four at Christ Church, up to six at St John's and three at Merton, tenable from 1 October 2009. Junior Research Fellows are expected to undertake research in some branch of arts, science or education including Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Modern History, Physics, and Psychology. Fellows must engage in original research and may, with the permission of the appropriate Governing Body, undertake a limited amount of teaching. Please visit http://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/index.shtml for eligibility and application information. Deadline December 8, 2008.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced their National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship program. As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the DoD plans to award approximately 200 new three-year graduate fellowships in April 2009, subject to the availability of funds. The DoD will offer these fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. NDSEG Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree in, or closely related to, an area of DoD interest within one of the following disciplines:

Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Biosciences
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences
Computer and Computational Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Geosciences
Materials Science and Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Oceanography
Physics

Each fellow will receive: full tuition and required fees (not to include room and board), stipends for 12-month tenures, and up to $1,000 in health coverage. For eligibility and application information please visit https://www.asee.org/ndseg/index.cfm. Deadline: January 5, 2009, 1pm.

The National Research Council of the National Academies announces the 2009 Postdoctoral and Senior Research Associateship Programs. The Research Associateship awards are open to doctoral level scientists and engineers (U.S and Foreign Nationals) who can apply their special knowledge and talents to research areas that are of interest to them and to the participating host laboratories and centers. Full-time associateships will be awarded on a competitive basis in the fields of chemistry, earth and atmospheric and space sciences, engineering, applied sciences and computer science, life and medical sciences, mathematics, space and planetary sciences, and physics. Postdoctoral awards are made for one or two years, renewable for a maximum of three years; annual stipends range from $42,000 to $72,000 depending upon sponsoring laboratory and are appropriately higher for senior award recipients. Application deadlines: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1. Prospective applicants are invited to contact the NRC directly at 202-334-2760 or rap@nas.edu or visit http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/.

The Bill and Rita Clements Research Fellowships for the Study of Southwestern America
The William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies welcomes applications for four residential research fellowships. Fellowships are normally for a full academic year but we also welcome applications from scholars interested in a half-year fellowship. Competition is open to individuals in any field in the humanities or social sciences doing research on Southwestern America or the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. The fellowships are designed to provide time for senior or junior scholars to bring book-length manuscripts to completion. One of the four fellowships, funded by the generosity of the Summerlee Foundation, supports work on Texas history. The fellowships cannot be used to complete a dissertation. Fellows will be expected to spend the 2009-2010 academic year or single semester at SMU and to participate in Clements Center activities. Each fellow will receive the support of the Center and access to the extraordinary holdings of the DeGolyer Library. Full-year fellowships carry a stipend of $39,000, benefits where appropriate, a $3,000 allowance for research and travel expenses, and a publication subvention. Single-semester fellowships will receive a $19,500 stipend, benefits where appropriate, a $2,500 research allowance, and a publication subvention. Full-year fellows have the option of teaching one course during the duration of the fellowship for an additional stipend. Applications must be received by January 20, 2009. For additional information please visit http://smu.edu/swcenter/announce.htm.

Wolfsonian-FIU Fellowship Program
The Wolfsonian-Florida International University is a museum and research center that promotes the examination of modern visual and material culture. Fellowship program promotes scholarly research on The Wolfsonian's collections. Since its inception in 1995, the program has supported projects from a wide range of academic fields. Proposals on any theme in the humanities that can be supported by the museum's collections are welcome. Fellowships are awarded for full-time research at The Wolfsonian, generally for periods of three to five weeks. Fellowships include a stipend, accommodations, and round-trip travel. The timing of dates will be negotiated with individual awardees. As a rule, The Wolfsonian prefers to host fellows from September through June. The program is open to holders of master's or doctoral degrees, Ph.D. candidates, and to others who have a significant record of professional achievement in relevant fields. Scholars from outside of the United States are eligible. Fellowships are awarded without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Applications are available upon request from the Fellowship Coordinator (research@thewolf.fiu.edu or 305.535.2613); they may also be downloaded at http://www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu/education/research/index.html. The application deadline is December 31, for residency beginning no earlier than July 1 of the following year. Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their project with the Fellowship Coordinator prior to submitting proposals.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 2009 Scholarship and Fellowship Program
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) realizes that the country's strong science and technology community provides a critical advantage in the development and implementation of counter-terrorist measures and other DHS objectives. The DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program is intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. This education program is intended to ensure a highly talented science and technology community to achieve the DHS mission and objectives. Eligible students must be studying in a homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (HS-STEM) field with an interest, major, or concentration directly related to one of the homeland security research areas. DHS Scholars and Fellows are supported by the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), Office of University Programs. Read more on the DHS Science and Technology enterprise, research at DHS, and the Office of University Programs. This information will be useful in completing your application. Please visit http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/2009pages/fellowship.html for application and additional information. Application deadline: January 6, 2009.

The NURC Visiting Researcher Programme (VRP) offers the best and brightest students and university researchers from NATO nations the opportunity to participate in a dynamic laboratory, conducting research on subjects of interest to both the researcher and to NATO. NURC focuses on the undersea domain and on solutions to maritime security problems. NURC maintains a strong reputation for bringing the best and brightest researchers together through rotational scientific staffing and through extensive partnering with NATO member nations. Visiting Researchers will have access to NURC equipment, facilities, and data, and will gain exposure to the NATO organization and NURC environment through collaboration with NATO staff and scientists at NURC’s location on the beautiful west coast of Italy. This invaluable professional experience provides Visiting Researchers with the opportunity to learn from the NATO/NURC community and get a thorough understanding and balanced view of the Organization while utilizing contemporary theoretical and technical knowledge in practical work assignments. Visiting Researchers fall into three categories: Research Interns, Research Fellows and Visiting Scientists. Application deadline December 31, 2008. Please contact recruitment@nurc.nato.int or visit http://www.nurc.nato.int/employment/vrp.htm for additional information.

Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Fund for Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies
The Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Fund for Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies encourages scholarly research, publication and teaching in the various disciplines of Jewish studies. Established in 1960, we have awarded fellowships to nearly 600 scholars, including many leaders in the field. The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in Jewish Studies are made for one academic year and are given for the final stages of completing a dissertation, typically in the fifth year of study. Applicants should be completed all doctoral requirements, except for the completion of their thesis, and must show evidence of being able to complete their thesis within the fellowship year. The Foundation currently awards five Fellowships at $16,000 per grant.
For more information about the program please contact grants@jewishculture.org or visit www.jewishculture.org. All application materials are due on or before 4 PM on Friday, December 12, 2008.

Organization of American Historians (OAH) Grant
OAH and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) have created a fund to award travel grants in memory of John Higham (1920-2003), past president of both organizations, and a towering figure in immigration, ethnic, and intellectual history. Travel grants of $500 are awarded to three (3) graduate students each year. Funds are to be used by graduate students toward costs of attending the OAH/IEHS annual meeting. The successful candidates will have a preferred area of concentration in American Immigration and/or American Ethnic and/or American Intellectual history. Applicants will be required to include a short statement of no more than 500 words about how they envision attending the annual meeting will help prepare them for a career in history. Application deadline is December 1, 2008. Recipients will be notified after February 1, 2009. Grants will be given to student when he/she attends the 2009 OAH/IEHS annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, March 26-29, 2009. For more details visit http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/higham/index.html.

Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
The basic objective of the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program is to encourage talented students in the physical, engineering, computer, mathematical, or life sciences to enter a period of study and research in computational science accompanied by practical work experience at recognized U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research facilities. The fellowship program is designed to provide incentive and encouragement to students with outstanding academic records to continue their graduate studies in preparation for careers in computational science. The award is limited to a maximum of 48 months and must be renewed each year. The duration of the award is affected by the status of the awardee and projected availability of funds. Renewal of the fellowship is based on excellent academic progress and research consistent with national goals in computational science. Students usually undertake their practicum assignment during the summer and may receive an additional dislocation allowance during the practicum period. Deadline: January 14 2009. A yearly stipend of $32,400 will be paid in monthly increments starting the end of September, 2009. Eligibility: Students must be planning full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. degree at a U.S. university. Students currently in their first or second year of graduate study in the physical, engineering, computer, mathematical, or life sciences are eligible to apply. Applicants must be either U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens. URL for more information: http://www.krellinst.org/CSGF/.

Institute for Advanced Study Visiting Member Awards
The School of Natural Sciences (http://www.sns.ias.edu/) will have several openings for members in theoretical physics and astrophysics for the academic year 2009-2010. The positions are at a postdoctoral or higher level and applicants will be selected on the basis of their ability to do research in the areas of astrophysics, theoretical biology, mathematical physics, quantum field theory, particle phenomenology, string theory and quantum gravity. Postdoctoral members frequently collaborate with each other, with faculty members at the Institute or Princeton University, and with researchers at other institutions. Postdoctoral appointments are for three years with full salary support. We also have openings for a few long-term (5 year) members and Bahcall Fellows beginning September 2009. Salary is above post-doctoral level and is commensurate with qualifications. In addition to exceptional qualifications for pursuing his or her individual research, the successful candidate for a long term membership should be interested in talking to, and possibly collaborating with, other post-doctoral members. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For more information write to michelle@ias.edu or Michelle Sage, School Administrative Officer, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. Applications should be made online at https://applications.ias.edu/ and received by December 1, 2008.

Institute of Physics - The Environmental Physics Group runs an annual essay competition to recognise excellence in communicating the significance, value and rewarding nature of engaging with environmental physics. Entries can cover any aspect of environmental physics including (but not limited to) atmosphere and climate, hydrology, plant physics, waste, energy and the built environment. The competition is open to all, but entries from students are particularly welcome. Essays must be original and will be judged on writing quality and content. They should be written in an accessible way and should be no more than 2000 words. Essays can be purely scientific in content or can adopt a policy-related or other perspective. Entries and inquiries should be emailed to env.essay@physics.org. Deadline is December 31, 2008. Winners will be invited to the Environmental Physics Group's annual meeting March 25, 2009, in London, to receive their awards and to present a short synopsis of their essay. Additional details can be found at: http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/env/Essay_Competition/page_8370.html
for eligibility and application information.

COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS (CAORC) CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INTENSIVE SUMMER INSTITUTES
Sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers(CAORC), the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will offer intensive summer language institutes overseas in eleven critical need foreign languages for summer 2009. The CLS Program was launched in 2006 to offer intensive overseas study in the critical need foreign languages of Arabic, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu. In 2007, Chinese, Korean, Persian, and Russian institutes were added along with increased student capacity in the inaugural language institutes. In 2009, Azerbaijani will be offered at the intermediate and advanced levels. The CLS Program provides fully-funded seven to ten week group-based intensive language instruction and extensive cultural enrichment experiences held overseas at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels (beginning not offered for Azerbaijani, Chinese, Persian or Russian) for U.S. citizen undergraduate, Master's and Ph.D. students. The CLS Program is part of the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI), a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages. Students of diverse disciplines and majors are encouraged to apply. Former CLS participants have applied with various academic backgrounds including business, engineering, law, science, medicine, social sciences and humanities. The CLS Program does not have any government service requirement upon completion, however, it is expected that participants will continue to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period and later apply their critical language skills in their future academic and professional careers. The deadline for submitting your on-line application is Friday, November 14, 2008. Your letters of reference and transcript(s) need to be postmarked by Friday, November 14, 2008. Grant benefits: All program costs are covered for participants. This includes travel between the student's US home city and program location, pre-departure orientation costs, applicable visa fees, room, board, group-based intensive language instruction, program-sponsored travel within country, and all entrance fees for program activities. Note: U.S. passport fees will not be paid by the scholarship. Selected applicants must have a U.S. passport valid through 2010 with at least two blank visa pages by early March 2009. Please plan in advance to avoid visa delays. Application materials are available at https://clscholarship.org/home.php.

School for Advanced Research (SAR) Resident Scholar Fellowships. SAR awards fellowships each year to scholars who have completed their research and analysis and who need time to think and write about topics important to the understanding of humankind. Resident scholars may approach their research from the perspective of anthropology or from anthropologically informed perspectives in such fields as history, sociology, art, law, and philosophy. Both humanistically and scientifically oriented scholars are encouraged to apply. SAR provides Resident Scholars with low-cost housing and office space on campus, a stipend up to $40,000, library assistance, and other benefits during a nine-month tenure, from September 1 through May 31. Deadline: November 1, 2008. Application materials are available at http://www.sarweb.org/scholars/scholars.htm.

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The program contributes to the foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, or integrate two or more subfields. Grants are non-renewable and provide a maximum of U.S. $25,000. There is no time limit on the duration of the grant, and funding may be requested to cover distinct research phases (for example, two summers) if this is part of the research design. There are two application deadlines each year; November 1 for applicants requesting funding starting in July through December of the following year and May 1 for applicants requesting funding starting in January through June of the following year. Application materials are available at http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=367834&attrib_id=13232.

Edward D. and Sally M. Futch Graduate Fellowship
Ducks Unlimited's Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research (IWWR) is seeking applications from qualified students for the Edward D. and Sally M. Futch Graduate Fellowship. The purposes of this fellowship are to assist in the development of talented young professionals who are dedicated to furthering the conservation of wetlands and wetland wildlife, and to advance scientific understanding of the biology of waterfowl and wetlands in North America. The subject matter for the student's research may deal with any aspect of waterfowl or wetland biology that promises to advance conservation. Fellowships will be awarded based on the qualifications of the applicant, the scientific soundness of the student's research proposal, originality and creativity in study design, expected contributions of the research to furthering waterfowl conservation, and the achievability of the work. . One fellowship of up to $7,000 will be awarded. Deadline: November 16, 2008. Application materials are available at http://www.ducks.ca/conserve/research/proposals/index.html

Churchill Scholarships offer American students of exceptional ability, enrolled at one of the institutions participating in the program, the opportunity to pursue graduate studies in engineering, mathematics and the sciences at Cambridge, one of the world's great universities. At least thirteen Churchill Scholarships, tenable for nine or twelve months, depending on the academic program, are offered annually. The Churchill Scholarship is worth between $44,000 and $50,000. It covers all University and College tuition and fees (currently about $25,000). In addition, students receive a living allowance of £10,000 if enrolled in a nine-month academic program and £12,000 if enrolled in a full-year academic program. They also receive an allowance of up to $1,000 for travel to and from the United Kingdom. Deadline: November 12, 2008. Application materials are available at http://www.winstonchurchillfoundation.org/Scholarships.html

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellent in College and University Teaching
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Predoctoral fellowships support study toward a Ph.D. or Sc.D.; Dissertation fellowships offer support in the final year of writing the Ph.D. or Sc.D. thesis; and Postdoctoral Fellowships offer one-year awards for Ph.D. recipients. This year the program will award approximately 60 predoctoral awards at $20,000 per year for up to three years, 35 dissertation awards at $21,000 for one-year and 20 postdoctoral fellowships at $40,000 for one-year. Deadlines: Predoctoral November 14, 2008; Dissertation and Postdoctoral November 28, 2008. Application materials are available at http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/index.html. For further details contact the National Research Council of the National Academies, at infofell@nas.edu or call 202-334-2872.

Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) – ARC, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC). The NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) awards fellowships for graduate study leading to masters or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering related to NASA research and development. This twelve month award includes a required internship at the NASA Center affiliated with the NASA sponsored research. The Ames Research Center (ARC) conducts research activities, technology programs, and flight projects that advance the nation's capabilities in civilian military aeronautics, space sciences, and space applications. This diverse program is organized into aerospace, information sciences and technology, and astrobiology and space research. Training Grants are awarded for one in the amount of $30,000. This amount includes a $21,000 student stipend, a student travel allowance of $4,000, up to $1,000 for health insurance, and a $4,000 university allowance, which typically goes to the Research Adviser, who becomes the Principal Investigator for the Training Grant. Eligibility: An applicant must be sponsored by a faculty advisor or his or her graduate department chair. All applicants must be full-time students enrolled in a United States college or university. Students who apply prior to acceptance in graduate school must submit a list of prospective schools and if selected must provide proof of acceptance prior to the award. Deadline: February 1, 2009. URL for more information: http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/.

National Research Council of the National Academies, Research Associateship Programs. The NRC announces the 2008 Postdoctoral and Senior Research Associate ships Programs to be conducted on behalf of over 120 research laboratories throughout the Unites States representing nearly all U.S. government agencies with research facilities. Full-time Associateships will be awarded on a competitive basis in 2008 for research in the fields of chemistry, earth and atmospheric sciences, engineering, applied sciences and computer sciences, life and medical sciences, mathematics, space and planetary sciences, and physics. Postdoctoral awards are made for one or two years, renewable for a maximum of three years. Deadlines are February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1. Detailed program information, including instruction on how to apply, is available at www.national-academies.org/rap.

Dissertation Fieldwork Grants. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The program contributes to the foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, or integrate two or more subfields. Deadline: November 1, 2008, May 1, 2009. Grants are non-renewable and provide a maximum of U.S. $25,000. There is no time limit on the duration of the grant, and funding may be requested to cover distinct research phases (for example, two summers) if this is part of the research design. Eligibility: Applicants must be currently enrolled for a doctoral degree. Application must be made jointly with a dissertation supervisor or other scholar who will undertake responsibility for supervising the project. Qualified doctoral students are eligible without regard to nationality or institutional or departmental affiliation. Grant funds cannot be released unless the applicant has successfully completed all requirements for the doctoral degree other than the dissertation/thesis. Applications may be submitted before the completion of such requirements; however, all requirements other than the dissertation/thesis must be completed before the start date for the research given by the applicant on the application form. If the application is successful, the foundation will request confirmation that this requirement has been met. URL for more information: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=367834&attrib_id=13232.

Predoctoral Fellowship Program for Summer Travel Abroad for Historians of American Art, National Gallery of Art Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA). The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, a part of the National Gallery of Art, is offering fellowships to doctoral students in art history who study aspects of art and architecture of the United States before 1980, including native and pre-Revolutionary America. The travel fellowship is intended to encourage a breadth of experience beyond the candidate's major field, with preference accorded to those who have had little opportunity for professional travel abroad. The fellowship is not intended for advancement of a dissertation. The fellowship is a period of continuous travel to museums, exhibitions, collections, monuments, and historic sites. Deadline: February 15, 2009. Internal coordination required. Application for travel fellowships may be made only through the chair of graduate departments of art history and other appropriate departments, who should act as a sponsor. Each department may support only two candidates. The center is offering up to ten fellowships. The fellowship period is for two to three months. The award is dependent on the travel plan with a maximum of $4,500. URL for more information: http://www.nga.gov/resources/casvatrv.htm.

Swann Foundation Fellowship, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon
The Swann Foundation awards one fellowship annually to assist ongoing scholarly research and writing projects in the field of caricature and cartoon. Although research must be in the field of caricature and cartoon, there is no limitation regarding the place or time period covered. Since the fund encourages research in a variety of academic disciplines, there is no restriction upon the university department in which this work is being done, provided the subject pertains to caricature or cartoon art. Deadline: February 15, 2009. Amount: Up to $15,000. Eligibility: To be eligible, one must be a candidate for an M.A. or Ph.D. degree in a university in the United States, Canada or Mexico and working toward the completion of a dissertation or thesis for that degree, or be engaged in postgraduate research within three years of receiving an M.A. or Ph.D. Although research must be in the field of caricature and cartoon, there is http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swann-fellow.html.

Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program
This program provides hands-on paid research experiences for qualified undergraduate and graduate students (rising juniors and above) on-site at NASA Langley Research Center. We offer three sessions, summer, fall, and spring. The summer session is a 10-week internship and the spring and fall are 15-week internships. The summer deadline is February. Women and underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Eligibility requirements include: US Citizenship, full-time college student, rising junior and above by the start of the program, pursuing a discipline of interest to NASA-3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Deadlines: Spring Session 2009 - October 31, 2008, Fall Session 2009 - April 15, 2009. Funding: Rising juniors and seniors - $4,500 scholarship for the 10-week period. Graduate students - $5,000 scholarship for the 10-week period. Spring and Fall sessions are prorated according to the 10-week rate. For more information go to: URL http://research.nianet.org/larss.

Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, United States Department of Energy (DOE). The basic objective of the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program is to encourage talented students in the physical, engineering, computer, mathematical, or life sciences to enter a period of study and research in computational science accompanied by practical work experience at recognized U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research facilities. The fellowship program is designed to provide incentive and encouragement to students with outstanding academic records to continue their graduate studies in preparation for careers in computational science. The award is limited to a maximum of 48 months and must be renewed each year. The duration of the award is affected by the status of the awardee and projected availability of funds. Renewal of the fellowship is based on excellent academic progress and research consistent with national goals in computational science. Students usually undertake their practicum assignment during the summer and may receive an additional dislocation allowance during the practicum period. Deadline: January 14, 2009. A yearly stipend of $32,400 will be paid in monthly increments starting the end of September, 2009. Eligibility: Students must be planning full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. degree at a U.S. university. Students currently in their first or second year of graduate study in the physical, engineering, computer, mathematical, or life sciences are eligible to apply. Applicants must be either U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens. URL for more information: http://www.krellinst.org/CSGF/.

Conservation Internships, Smithsonian Institution Museum Conservation Institute. The Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) offers conservation internships to advanced students enrolled in graduate conservation training programs that require the student to have a year of experience. The term is one academic year in length. Deadline: February 1, 2009. URL for more information: http://www.si.edu/ofg/intern.htm#imci.

The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) announces the Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) Program. The IARO program seeks to attract, select, and support in-depth field research by U.S. students, scholars, and experts in policy-relevant subject areas related to Southeast Europe and Eurasia, as well as to disseminate knowledge about these areas to a wide network of constituents in the United States and abroad. Awards provide fellows with the means and support necessary to conduct in-country research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to U.S. foreign policy.
Fellowships will be awarded in each of the four categories: 1) Master's Student IARO: must be enrolled in a Master's program during the grant period. 2) Predoctoral Student IARO: must be enrolled in a PhD program during the grant period. 3) Professional IARO: must have one of the following degrees (MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD) and must not currently be enrolled as a student. 4) Postdoctoral Scholar IARO: must hold a PhD by the application deadline. Eligible countries of research focus: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Deadline: November 17, 2008. Application materials are available at http://www.irex.org/programs/iaro/.

The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. The IDRF Program is administered by the Social Science Research Council in consultation with the American Council of Learned Societies and funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The program is open to full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences—regardless of citizenship—enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States. Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except on-site dissertation research by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2009, whichever comes first. Fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research. Seventy-five fellowships of approximately $20,000 will be awarded in 2009. The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2009 and December 2010. For more detailed information and to apply, visit the http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/. Deadline: November 5, 2008.

Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Travel Grants Program
The Foundation awards grants of up to $2,000 each in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. A grant defrays travel, living, and photocopy expenses of a research trip to the Library. Library collections focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s. Awards are made twice yearly. Application deadlines (postmark deadlines) are SEPTEMBER 15 and MARCH 15. For further questions contact grants coordinator helmi.raaska@nara.gov or visit http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/foundationgrants.asp.

Columbia U. Society of Fellows in the Humanities - Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 2009-2010. ELIGIBILITY: Applications are invited from qualified candidates who have received the Ph.D. between 1 January 2005 and 1 July 2009. Fellows are appointed as Lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University and as postdoctoral research fellows. The fellowship is renewable for a second and third year. In the first year, Fellows teach one course per semester: at least one of these courses will be in the undergraduate general education program of the University. In years two and three, Fellows teach one course per year. In addition to teaching and research, the duties of Fellows include attendance at the Society's lectures and events as well as active participation in the intellectual life of the Society and of the department with which the Fellow is affiliated. FUNDING: The annual stipend will be $55,000. Each Fellow will also receive a research allowance of $4,000 per annum.

Deadline: OCT 6, 2008. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/fellowship.html.

Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities
The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) and the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offer Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the U.S. These fellowships support training and research in science, technology, engineering and mathemetics (STEM) fields in a host institution only in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences within the purview of NSF. Supporting activities are travel grants to graduate students to visit prospective sponsors and starter research grants for Fellows. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13454 Full Proposal Deadline Date: November 3, 2008.

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation's 2009 Dissertation Fellowships
•The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. or Th.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose research addresses ethical or religious values. The 29 Newcombe Fellows to be named in 2009 will each receive a stipend of $24,000; their institutions are asked to waive or otherwise cover tuition and fees. All applications and supporting documents must be submitted by November 14, 2008. [www.woodrow.org/newcombe]
• The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies offer $3,000 to help defray expenses of doctoral candidates doing original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional or cultural boundaries. All applications and supporting documents must be submitted by October 13, 2008. [www.woodrow.org/womens-studies]

The National Science Foundation (NSF), Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
The GRFP provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. The GRFP invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the NSF. Eligibility: applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the U.S.; must meet certain degree requirements (see solicitation); must meet certain fields of study criterion (see solicitation). Estimated number of awards: 900-1,600. Anticipated funding amount: $40,500, per institution, per award, per year.

Deadlines:

11/3/08 - Interdisciplinary Fields of Study
11/5/08 - Mathematical Sciences and Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering
11/6/08 - Social Sciences, Psychology, and Geosciences
11/7/08 - Life Sciences
11/10/08 - Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy
11/12/08 - Engineering

Please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201 for additional information.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced its Collaborative Research Grant program. This grant funding supports original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars or research coordinated by an individual scholar that, because of its scope and complexity, requires additional staff and resources beyond the individual's salary. NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The website, http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/collaborative.html, provides information about eligible projects and how to apply. Deadline: November 5, 2008.

The Library Company of Philadelphia's Program in Early American Economy and Society invites applications for its three types of fellowship awards to be granted for research and scholarship during 2009-2010. Please visit their website for additional information: http://www.librarycompany.org/economics/efellowships.htm

One post-doctoral research fellowship, carrying a stipend of $40,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010. It may also be divided between two scholars, who would each receive $20,000 for the periods between Sept. 1, 2009 to January 15, 2010 or January 15, 2010 to May 31, 2010.

One dissertation-level fellowship, carrying a stipend of $20,000, is tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010. It may also be divided between two scholars, who would each receive $10,000 for the periods between Sept. 1, 2009 to January 15, 2010 or January 15, 2010 to May 31, 2010.
Available to scholars at all levels, four one-month fellowships, carrying stipends of $2,000 each, are tenable for a month of research at the Library Company between June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010. Deadline for receipt of one-month and dissertation fellowship applications is March 2, 2009.

Digital Media and Learning Competition application deadline Oct. 15, 2008. Detailed information on the competition is available online at www.dmlcompetition.net. Awards will be given in two categories:

Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards will support projects that demonstrate new modes of participatory learning, in which people take part in virtual communities, share ideas, comment on one another's projects, and advance goals together. Successful projects will promote participatory learning in a variety of environments: through the creation of new digital tools, modification of existing ones, or use of digital media in some other novel way. Submissions will be accepted from applicants in Canada, People's Republic of China, India, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, countries in which HASTAC or MacArthur have significant experience. Winners will receive between $30,000 and $250,000.
Young Innovator Awards are designed to encourage young people aged 18-25 to think boldly about "what comes next" in participatory learning and to contribute to making it happen. Winners will receive funding to do an internship with a sponsor organization to help bring their most visionary ideas from the "garage" stage to implementation. For this competition cycle, submissions will only be accepted from applicants in the United States. Winners will receive between $5,000 and $30,000.

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) have announced the 2009 competition of the International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program, designed to support distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who are conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships of approximately $20,000 will be awarded in 2009 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except on-site dissertation research by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2008, whichever comes first. Fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research. The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2009 and December 2010. Deadline: November 5, 2008. For more detailed information on application procedures and eligibility requirements, please visit the IDRF website at http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced their East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for Graduate Students (EAPSI) program. EAPSI provides U.S. students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August. Eligibility:

U.S. citizen or permanent resident;
Enrolled in a research-oriented master's or Ph.D. degree program at a U.S. institution located in the United States;
Pursuing studies in fields of science and engineering research and education supported by the NSF; and
Pursuing studies in fields that are supported by the foreign co-sponsoring organization.

The stipend amount for EAPSI 2009 will be $5,000. Deadline: December 09, 2008 (solicitation and application forms will be updated mid-September). Please visit http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5284 for more information.

The Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at American University in Washington DC invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral Schusterman Teaching Fellowship, beginning Fall 2008. This two-year postdoctoral Schusterman Teaching Fellowship is part of the Jewish Studies Expansion Project, a new initiative that aims to expand the number and breadth of Jewish studies courses in order to provide greater opportunity for Jewish learning and engagement at participating schools. Successful applicants will be dynamic individuals with strong academic credentials and a desire to raise the visibility of Jewish studies on campus and beyond. The Jewish Studies Expansion Project is a program of the Foundation for Jewish Culture, supported by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. For more information about the program please contact pzak@jewishculture.org or visit http://www.jewishculture.org. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or have completed their doctorate by August 2008, be prepared to teach, advise, and mentor undergraduate students in Jewish Studies, and have demonstrated excellence in scholarship and teaching in any area of Jewish Studies which complements the strengths of the existing program. Send a letter of application addressing teaching and research interests and experience, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to the Search Committee, Jewish Studies Program, American University, Washington, DC 20016-8042. For best consideration applications should be complete by November 30, 2007. Direct inquiries to Prof. Pamela S. Nadell, pnadell@american.edu. American University is an AA/EEO employer, committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. American University is seeking highly dedicated teachers and scholars who are deeply committed to interdisciplinary learning, the application of new technologies in teaching and scholarship and to the preparation of students for life in a diverse and rapidly changing global society.

The Bernard and Irene Schwartz Postdoctoral Fellows Program was established in 2005 to foster a vibrant relation between the New-York Historical Society and The New School's Eugene Lang College. Post-doctoral Fellows are invited to help build this connection through research, teaching, and public history programming. In the course of a one-year (non-renewable) fellowship, Bernard and Irene Schwartz fellows are expected to develop a major research project with the resources of the New-York Historical Society, to teach two undergraduate courses at Eugene Lang College, and to share in both institutions' commitments to public history. The successful candidate will be a recent Ph.D. (within past three years of starting date), with a strong record of previous teaching (as a TA or otherwise). Candidates must submit a 2-3 page proposal, describing the theme of the major research project the fellow will undertake, and stating specifically why the resources of the New-York Historical Society are critical to the project. Candidates must also submit a C.V., two letters of recommendation (which may be sent directly), a short writing sample, and two detailed syllabi outlining the undergraduate courses they envision teaching at the New School’s Eugene Lang College. While all areas of American history will be considered, the College has a particular interest in imaginative approaches to the survey of U.S. history, as well as in topical courses which address, for example, material culture as history, America in the Age of Revolutions, slavery and its consequences, patterns of leisure and consumption, and history of communication. Candidates may be asked to curate a small exhibition; support various public history projects presently underway at The New School; lead undergraduates on a critical tour of urban monuments, historic districts and museum exhibitions; or give a public lecture. The fellowship requires residency in New York for the year, beginning September 1, 2008. Fellows will receive $60,000 plus benefits. Application Deadline: postmark February 15, 2008. Candidates should send two copies of their application, one to each of the following addresses:

Jean Ashton
Vice President and Library Director
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, New York 10024

The Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University seeks to appoint at least one Postdoctoral Associate for a renewable one year position in the field(s) of Asian American Studies, Latina/o Studies, Native American Studies, or Comparative Ethnic Studies beginning July 1, 2008. Candidates who will complete their doctorates by July 1, 2008, or who have completed their doctorates since 2003, will be considered. Successful applicant(s) will be jointly sponsored by the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Program and the Religious Studies Department, the History of Art Department, the History Department, or the Political Science Department. Scholars are expected to be in residence throughout the term of their appointment and to contribute to the intellectual life of the University. Postdoctoral Associates will teach one undergraduate seminar per year. Salary for postdoctoral associates will be $50,000 per year. Yale University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff and faculty, and strongly encourages applications from women and underrepresented minorities. Send a cover letter (indicating qualifications, plans for research and writing, as well as interest in the Religious Studies Department, the History of Art Department, the History Department, or the Political Science Department), a CV, one or more writing samples up to a total one hundred pages in length, a syllabus of a proposed course, and three letters of reference to Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Scholars Program, the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box 208206, New Haven, CT 06520-8206. Inquiries may be directed to erm@yale.edu. All application materials must be postmarked by November 26, 2007. Contact Info: Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Scholars Program, Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box 208206, New Haven, CT 06520-8206. Inquiries may be directed to rm@yale.edu.