CLIR/Library of Congress Mellon Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Original Sources

DEADLINE: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, March 11, 2011

The Library of Congress Mellon Fellowship, offered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), supports dissertation research in the Preservation Research and Testing Division of the Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

Eligibility Requirements:
*Be enrolled in a doctoral program in a graduate school in the United States (master's thesis research is not eligible)
*Complete all doctoral requirements except the dissertation and be ready to start research for it as early as June 1 and no later than September 1, 2011, with approval of the dissertation proposal no later than April 1, 2011
*Plan to do dissertation research with original source material at the Library of Congress
*Write the dissertation and receive the Ph.D. degree in a field of the humanities or in a related element of the social sciences (candidates for the Ed.D, J.D., or D.D. degrees are not eligible).
*An applicant may be of any nationality but must be enrolled in a U.S. graduate school and be studying here, not on a campus abroad even if operated by a U.S. institution.
*Proposed research must be conducted on-site at the Library of Congress for the entire duration of the fellowship.

For a full description and application procedures, visit: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/preservation.html.

Council on Library and Information Resources
1752 N Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Email: mellon@clir.org

Grant Writing Workshop

This workshop is hosted by the Center for Social Science Computation and Research at UW. For more information, see http://julius.csscr.washington.edu/course_list.htm/

Grant-Writing--The Writing Part
This hour is about writing your grant proposal. There are tremendous resources at the UW and our region for finding grantors, but not so much of the actual nuts and bolts of writing a proposal. I'll show you the parts of a grant, how to flaunt your research, and how to transfer your vision to the written page.
Instructor: Dixielynn Gleason
Date: Tuesday, February 8
Time: 9:30am to 10:30am
Place: Savery 121

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program

DPDF Student Fellowship Competition

DEADLINE: January 28, 2011

Brief description from the Social Science Research Council web page:
"The DPDF is s organized to help early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate effective doctoral dissertation proposals.The program offers training within different interdisciplinary fields of study under the leadership of pairs of tenured senior faculty, who define the fields and serve as research directors for groups of 12 graduate students."

For more information, visit: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dpdf-fellowship/

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program.

Deadline: January 28th, 2011

Description from SSRC's webpage:
"The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program assists graduate students in preparing dissertation and funding proposals for research that will contribute to the development of interdisciplinary fields in the humanities and social sciences. We sponsor training workshops and summer research on fields that are selected through annual competitions. Pairs of senior faculty propose the fields and design the spring and fall training workshops. Students apply to participate in the workshops and carry out related summer research. Now in its fifth year, the program annually offers training in five fields to 60 graduate students. For a second year in a row, the 2011 fellowship will offer an international research field, which will pair six U.S.-based graduate students with six students pursuing PhDs in French universities."

For more information, visit: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/dpdf/?gclid=CPvWr43ByaYCFRNSgwodSjUWIA

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Dissertation Fellowship

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Dissertation Fellowship deadline is quickly approaching on February 4, 2011. The Foundation is awarding two Fellowships of $25,000 to support advanced doctoral candidates whose research contributes to the understanding of the educational experiences and pathways of high-achieving, low-income students.

Please note that although the dissertation topic concerns education and human potential, graduate study may be in a diverse range of academic disciplines. Although applicants must be candidates for a doctoral degree at a graduate school in the United States, they need not be US citizens.

Links to the application requirements and guidelines are posted on our website. Recipients will be notified in May 2011. Please visit our website www.jkcf.org for more information about the Fellowship. Questions can be directed to fellows@jkcf.org or via phone at 703-723-8000


Barbara Schmertz, Ph.D.
Program Manager
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
703-723-8000

Project of Interdisciplinary Pedagogy (PIP) Teaching Fellowship

Project for Interdisciplinary Pedagogy
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Bothell
The Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation
2011-2012 Fellowship Opportunity

Deadline: January 24, 2011

Overview
The Project for Interdisciplinary Pedagogy (PIP) provides an opportunity for a diverse, highly motivated cohort of 4 to 6 University of Washington doctoral candidates to develop their teaching skills in the context of an integrative interdisciplinary program that spans the arts and sciences. Project fellows will work closely with faculty mentors in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (IAS) and create teaching portfolios that include evidence of their hands-on experience with various theories and practices of interdisciplinarity and interdisciplinary pedagogy.

Prior to the start of autumn quarter, PIP fellows will participate with their faculty mentors in a day-long workshop focused on interdisciplinarity and interdisciplinary course design and pedagogy. During the autumn, winter, and spring quarters, each fellow will teach one interdisciplinary course (totaling three) in an area related to his or her teaching and research interests, while engaging in quarterly workshops with the other students in the cohort and continuing to work closely with mentors. Further teaching opportunities during the 2012-2013 academic year may also become available.

Award Project fellows will be compensated at the appropriate annual Graduate Student Service Appointment rate, including tuition waivers, and will receive an additional stipend of $750 for their participation in the early fall and quarterly workshops.

Eligibility:
Applicants should be advanced to doctoral candidacy in their academic program at the time of appointment (September 2011) and have at least one year of teaching experience. We encourage applications from any doctoral student with a serious interest in interdisciplinary pedagogy and research. We also strongly encourage applicants with an interest in the theory and practice of community-based learning and/or service-learning course design.

How to Apply:
Please email the following application materials as MS Word or PDF files (please no zip files) to ias-pip@uwb.edu by 5:00 p.m. on January 24, 2011.
1) Cover letter of no more than 500 words outlining your pedagogical experience and research interests, and how they prepare you for teaching in the IAS program. Please include your name, mailing address, primary telephone, email address, department or program, date of advancement to doctoral candidacy, and advisor’s name in the top right corner of your letter.
2) A detailed proposal or syllabus for an interdisciplinary course you have taught or would like to teach.
3) Curriculum Vitae.
4) One letter of support from a UW faculty member familiar with your pedagogy and research. This letter may be written by your advisor, but does not need to be. This letter should be emailed directly to ias-pip@uwb.edu by the recommender with your name in the subject line.

Finalists will be interviewed on campus, with notification of acceptance by March 4, 2011.

Fellows will be compensated at the appropriate annual Graduate Student
Service Appointment rate, including tuition waivers, and will receive an
additional stipend of $750 for their participation in the early fall and
quarterly workshops. For more information about eligibility and application
procedures and the program itself, please go to the PIP website:
http://www.uwb.edu/IAS/about/pip.xhtml. Or, feel free to contact the co-directors of PIP for 2010-2011: Bruce Burgett (burgett@u.washington.edu), David Goldstein (dgoldstein@uwb.edu), and Martha Groom (groom@u.washington.edu).

2011-12 International Research or Study Graduate Fellowships

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 18, 2011 at 12 noon (PST)

For 2011-12 the Graduate School will award Chester Fritz and Boeing International one-quarter fellowships to support international study or research abroad by UW graduate students. These grants are available to fund research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Fellowships include a monthly stipend for the three months, equivalent to the rate of a Predoc Teaching Associate II, currently $1761 per month, and include paid health insurance and UW state tuition. No extra money is included for airfare.

In allocating these awards, PRIORITY will be given to applications with the following:
1. documentation of the relationship between the proposed study/research and the applicant's academic program, and
2. evidence of appropriate language competence, and
3. documentation of the relevance of the university or locale to the planned research, and evidence of affiliation if required to carry out the proposed project, and
4. an indication that the international experience is new, e.g, students returning to their home country or frequent visitors to the proposed site will have lower priority.

Students who have already received a Graduate School Pembroke Award, a Graduate School Fritz, or Western Europe Travel Grant are ineligible to receive an International Research/Study Award.

Graduate students enrolled in fee-based programs through Educational Outreach are not eligible.

For more information and the application form, please go to: http://www.grad.washington.edu/students/fa/fritz/index.shtml
Questions can be directed to the Graduate School Office of Fellowships and Awards: gradappt@uw.edu, 206.543.7152.