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Upcoming Funding Opportunities
July-August 2015

East Asia Institute Fellows Program

07/10/2015

 

The primary mission of the EAI Fellows Program is to provide opportunities for East Asia specialists in the area of social sciences, which include political science, international relations, sociology, public policy, and so forth, to conduct research and interact with scholars and students of the countries they visit. This inter-regional and inter-disciplinary approach encourages Fellows to gain first-hand knowledge of the region and build solid commitment to the study of East Asia.

 

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German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Transatlantic Post-Doc Fellowship for International Relations and Security (TAPIR)

07/10/2015

 

The fellowship is open to candidates who have recently received their doctorate in social and political sciences or economics and whose research focuses on topics of international relations and/or international peace and security issues. Fellowships are granted for a duration of 24 months to prepare fellows for a career in policy-oriented and international research at renowned think tanks and political consulting research institutes. Fellows spend three eight-month stays at research institutions or think tanks participating in the program--at least one on the Eastern, and one on the Western side of the Atlantic. See website for list of institutions and application process.

 

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John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress

Kluge Fellowship for the Humanities and Social Sciences

07/15/2015

 

The Library of Congress invites qualified scholars to conduct research in the John W. Kluge Center using the Library of Congress collections and resources for a period of up to eleven months. The Kluge Center especially encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Library's large and varied collections. Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or multi-lingual research is particularly welcome.
 

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United States-Japan Foundation (USJF)

Communication and Public Opinion Grants

07/15/2015

 

The Foundation supports projects that seek to enhance communication and mutual understanding between the American and Japanese people. The Foundation will consider communication/public opinion projects that not only raise awareness about Japan in the US and/or US in Japan, but also deal with concrete issues that affect the bilateral relationship (or are faced by the two nations). As foreign policy increasingly is subject to public opinion (and is often influenced by non-governmental actors), there is a need in both countries for increased and more diversified coverage of international news and current events, as well as strong links between certain non-government organizations to enhance bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Projects on print media, broadcast media, polling/public opinion research, and the internet are encouraged. Submission dates are for letters of inquiry. Full proposals are by invitation only.
   

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United States-Japan Foundation (USJF)

United States-Japan Policy Studies

07/15/2015

 

The United States-Japan Foundation supports US-Japan policy-related studies, initiatives and exchanges that help address issues of significant mutual concern to the United States and Japan. The Foundation seeks to respond to policy-relevant needs as identified by experts and practitioners in US-Japan policy studies field. Projects should emphasize research over dialogue, have lasting and practical relevance to policymakers, encourage growth, education, and interaction of younger scholars and policymakers, disseminate results widely., and focus on the long term. See website for current interest areas and how to apply. Deadlines are for LOIs. Full proposals by invitation only.

 

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United States-Japan Foundation (USJF)

Pre-College Education Program

07/15/2015

 

The United States-Japan Foundation supports innovative education projects that help young Americans and Japanese learn about each other's society, culture, and country as well as learn to work together on issues of common concern. The Foundation focuses on K-12 education and throughout its history has been at the forefront of supporting teacher professional development projects that train US teachers to teach about Japan and Japanese teachers to teach about the United States. In addition, the Foundation funds projects that work directly with students, that develop top quality curriculum materials on America or Japan for educational audiences in the other country, that connect schools and classrooms in the US and Japan, and that develop and improve instruction in Japanese language. Send Letter of Intent by the deadline. Only invited full proposals will be considered.  

 

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Bush Foundation

Bush Fellowship Program

07/30/2015

 

The Fellowship is an opportunity for Bush Fellows to increase their capacity for leadership by pursuing learning experiences that will increase their knowledge and develop important leadership skills and attributes, especially in the areas of communications, self-awareness, creativity, cultural competency and cross-sector leadership. Fellows must be committed to working to benefit people and communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native Nations. Fellows are required to live in the region served by the foundation during their fellowship, unless they are enrolled in a degree-granting program that temporarily takes them outside the region. 

 

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American Friends of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance/Vienna

Radomir Luza Prize

07/31/2015

 

The Radomir Luza Prize is awarded for an outstanding work in the field of Austrian and/or Czechoslovak World War II studies, particularly in the fields of diplomatic history, resistance and war studies. The prize seeks to encourage research in the above mentioned fields focusing on the time period between the Anschluss and Munich Agreement (1938) and the end of the Second World War (1945) and its immediate aftermath in Central Europe.


The book or dissertation must have been published (or a dissertation defended) in the previous calendar year. For example, to be eligible for the 2015 prize, the book or dissertation must have been published between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014. Authors must be citizens or resident aliens (holders of "green cards") of the United States or Canada. Dissertations must have been awarded by a North American University. The language of the work must be English. 

 

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American Nuclear Society

Mark Mills Award for Nuclear Science and Engineering

08/01/2015

 

Award presented to the graduate student author who submits the best original technical paper contributing to the advancement of science and engineering related to the atomic nucleus. Must demonstrate originality and ingenuity and should be in a form suitable for publication. 

 

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Australian-American Fulbright Commission

Professional Scholarship in Australia-U.S. Alliance Studies

08/01/2015

 

This Fulbright Scholarship was established in 2001 by the Australian Government as a contribution to Australia's ANZUS 50th Anniversary commemorations. The scholarship aims to contribute in a practical way to contemporary Australian scholarship on the Australia-U.S. alliance relationship. The scholarship is open to Australian citizens who are junior/middle level academics, and professionals from public and private fields to teach and or conduct seminars, as well as research contemporary aspects of the Australia-U.S. alliance (defense/security) and broader bilateral relationship (trade/economics/politics) of interest to both alliance partners.

 

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grants

08/01/2015

 

The foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world. Questions that interest the foundation concern violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects. Research with no relevance to understanding human problems will not be supported, nor will proposals to investigate urgent social problems where the foundation cannot be assured that useful, sound research can be done. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources.

 

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National Research Council of the National Academies

Postdoctoral & Senior Research Associateship Program

08/01/2015

 

The mission of the NRC Research Associateship Programs is to promote excellence in scientific and technological research conducted by the U.S. government through the administration of programs offering graduate, postdoctoral, and senior-level research opportunities at sponsoring federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. Prospective applicants select a research project or projects from among the large group of opportunities listed on the website. 

 

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Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Core Fulbright Scholar Program

08/03/2015

 

The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. See the website for specifics on how to apply, how to choose a country, and full eligibility requirements.

 

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Open Society Institute Fellowships

08/03/2015

 

The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship funds work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching and probing conversations within the Open Society Foundations and in the world.

A fellowship project might identify a problem that has not previously been recognized, develop new policy ideas to address familiar problems, or offer a new advocacy strategy. Fellows should take advantage of the considerable intellectual and logistical resources of the Open Society Foundations and expect to contribute meaningfully to the Foundations' thinking in return. Among the Foundations' core areas of concern are human rights, government transparency, access to information, access to justice, the promotion of civil society and social inclusion. Project themes should cut across these areas of interest. Applicants are encouraged to explore the OSI website to acquaint themselves with the themes and geographic areas that fall within the Foundations' purview. 

 

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Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Awards

08/03/2015

 

The awards are intended for research or teaching, or a combination of teaching and research activities in India. Depending on the department, it is likely that the grantee will also work with faculty, developing curriculum and conducting workshops and seminars. Applications are welcome from all qualified faculty, researchers and professionals, including scholars in the early stages of their careers. Community college faculties are eligible for affiliation with undergraduate colleges and are highly encouraged to apply. All academic disciplines will be considered.

 

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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants

08/12/2015

 

This grant program supports projects for general audiences that encourage active engagement with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Many different formats are supported, including permanent and traveling exhibitions, book or film discussion programs, historic site or district interpretations, living history presentations, and other face-to-face programs in public venues. All projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship in disciplines such as history, art history, film studies, literature, religious studies, philosophy, or anthropology. Projects must also demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations grants provide support for museums, libraries, historic places, and other organizations that produce public programs in the humanities. Planning grants are used to refine the content, format, and interpretive approach of a humanities project; develop the project's preliminary design; test project components; and conduct audience evaluation.

 

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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions 

08/13/2015

 

Grants for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) support fellowships at institutions devoted to advanced study and research in the humanities. NEH fellowships provide scholars with research time and access to resources that might not be available at their home institutions.

 

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National Science Foundation

Political Science Research Grants

08/15/2015

 

The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions.

  

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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship

08/15/2015

 

The fellowship is intended to support a scholar in the production of a substantial work in the area of foreign intelligence and the presidency or a related topic. The successful candidate will develop at least a portion of her or his work from original research in archival materials from the collections of the Kennedy Library located in Boston, Massachusetts. 

 

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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Research Fellowships

08/15/2015

 

Preference is given to research in either of the following areas: the foreign policy of the Kennedy Presidency, especially in the Western Hemisphere; or the Kennedy Administration's domestic policy, particularly with regard to racial justice or the conservation of natural resources. 

 

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State University of New York, Albany

Fellowship on Women and Public Policy

08/15/2015

 

Through an approach that combines academic instruction, field placement in a New York State-based public policy position, and personal and professional development activities, the program supports fellows to: understand the public policy world with both theoretical and practical instruction from leaders in the policy arena; research, analyze, and advocate for issues of concern to women, children, families and communities in New York State; strengthen skills in writing, public policy analysis and creative and critical thinking, and sharpen interpersonal and critical skills needed to become effective leaders; explore ways to overcome personal and professional barriers to leadership; and develop a professional network of mentors and become part of an expanding community of alumnae Fellows.


Based in Albany, New York, this six-month program runs from the beginning of January through the end of June each year. Fellows are full-time graduate students in the spring semester, and work 30 hours a week in their placement offices.  

 

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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

Abba P. Schwartz Research Fellowship

08/15/2015

 

The Schwartz Fellowship is intended to support a scholar in the production of a substantial work in the areas of immigration, naturalization, or refugee policy. The successful candidate will develop at least a portion of her or his work from original research in archival materials from the collections of the Kennedy Library.

  

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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

Theodore C. Sorensen Fellowship

08/15/2015

 

The Sorensen Fellowship is intended to support a scholar in the production of a substantial work in the areas of domestic policy, political journalism, polling, press relations or a related topic. The successful candidate will develop at least a portion of her or his work from original research in archival materials from the collections of the Kennedy Library.

  

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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Humanities Initiatives at Community Colleges

08/24/2015

 

NEH Humanities Initiatives at Community Colleges are intended to strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities in subjects such as history, philosophy, and literature. These grants may be used to enhance existing humanities programs, resources, or courses, or to develop new ones. Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes. See website for full details. 

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National Science Foundation (NSF)

Political Science Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

08/28/2015

 

The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. Recent program awards have supported research projects on bargaining processes; campaigns and elections, electoral choice, and electoral systems; citizen support in emerging and established democracies; democratization, political change, and regime transitions; domestic and international conflict; international political economy; party activism; political psychology and political tolerance.
 

Proposals may only be submitted by doctoral degree granting universities and colleges accredited in, and having a campus located in, the U.S., acting on behalf of their faculty members. The proposal must be submitted by the dissertation advisor(s) on behalf of the graduate student who is at the point of initiating or already conducting dissertation research. The student must be enrolled at a U.S. institution but need not be a U.S. citizen.


Proposals from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged.

 

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