2009-2010 Grant and Fellowship Opportunities

Note: For all deadlines please check online for clarification between postmark and receipt of application.

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
Deadline: Varies Upon Discipline (earliest January 15, 2009, please see Web site below for changes)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
The Social Behavior and Economic Sciences Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants are sponsored by The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS), which awards grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. In an effort to improve the quality of dissertation research, many programs in BCS, SES, and the Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics Program within SRS accept doctoral dissertation improvement grant proposals.

The following Programs support dissertation research:

Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

• Archaeology, January 15, 2009 Deadline
• Cultural Anthropology, January 15, 2009/August 16, 2009 Deadline
• Geography and Regional Science, February 15, 2009/October 15, 2009 Deadline
• Linguistics, January 15, 2009/July 15, 2009 Deadline
• Physical Anthropology, August 16, 2009 Deadline

Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)

• Decision, Risk & Management Science, February 1, 2009/October 15, 2009 Deadline
• Economics, January 18, 2009/August 18, 2009 Deadline
• Law and Social Science, January 15, 2009/August 16, 2009 Deadline
• Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics January 18, 2009/August 18, 2009 Deadline
• Political Science, January 15, 2009 Deadline
• Science, Technology, and Society, February 9, 2009/ August 15, 2009 Deadline
• Sociology, February 15, 2009/October 15, 2009 Deadline

Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS)

• Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics Program, January 16, 2009 Deadline

Estimated Number of Awards: 200 to 300 for the entire SBE Directorate. Anticipated Funding Amount: $2,500,000 annually across all programs, contingent upon the availability of funds. Proposals may only be submitted by the following: The student must be enrolled at a U.S. academic institution, but need not be a U.S. citizen. Proposals from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged.
For guidelines and additional information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund.

Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
Deadline: Varies upon Discipline (Please see Web site for changes.)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
The Social Behavior and Economic Sciences Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants are sponsored by The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS), which awards grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. In an effort to improve the quality of dissertation research, many programs in BCS, SES, and the Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics Program within SRS accept doctoral dissertation improvement grant proposals.
The following are program dissertation research areas and deadlines:

• Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)
• Archaeology, July 15, 2009
• Cultural Anthropology, August 15, 2009
• Geography & Regional Science, October 15, 2009
• Linguistics, July 15, 2009
• Physical Anthropology, August 16, 2009
• Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
• Decision, Risk & Management Science, August 18, 2009
• Economics, August 18, 2009
• Law & Social Science, August 15, 2009
• Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics, August 16, 2009
• Political Science, January 15, 2010
• Science, Technology, and Society, August 1, 2009
• Sociology, October 15, 2009

Estimated Number of Awards: 200 to 300 for the entire SBE Directorate. Anticipated Funding Amount: $2,500,000 annually across all programs, contingent upon the availability of funds. Proposals may only be submitted by the following: the student must be enrolled at a U.S. academic institution, but need not be a U.S. citizen. Proposals from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged.
For guidelines and additional information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund.

Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Scholarship
Deadline: Check with Campus Coordinator of PBK
Sponsor: Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association
Last year, the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association made awards to 12 outstanding graduate students in the amount of $5,000 each. The PBK NCA scholarship awards program begins in January. Any graduate student who is a member of PBK and is enrolled in graduate studies in one of the following Northern California schools may apply:

• Mills College
• San Francisco State University
• Santa Clara University
• Stanford University
• UC Berkeley
• UC Davis
• UC San Francisco
• UC Santa Cruz
• University of the Pacific

Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants must have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa by a chapter in the United States. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate or professional program in Northern California. A student who has previously been awarded a scholarship is ineligible to apply.
For additional information and applications: http://www.pbknca.org/scholarship-info.phi.beta.kappa.pbk.htm.

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
Deadline: Check with Local Rotary Club
Ambassadorial Scholarships provide a flat grant of $24,000 for one academic year of study in another country. These awards are intended to help defray costs associated with roundtrip transportation, tuition and other fees, room and board, and some educational supplies.
For applications: http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_doc/139en.doc.

2009-2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

Note: For all deadlines please check online for clarification between postmark and receipt of application.

Environmental Fellow Postdoctoral Positions
Deadline: Varied
Thanks to support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, in January 2009 the following ACS colleges and universities will each be advertising a two-year Posdoctoral Fellow Position in Environmental Studies. PhDs who have received the doctorate within 5 years of September 2009 are eligible to apply. Look for recruitment ads in the Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as in other discipline-specific journals. Once individual advertisements appear (early January), postdoctoral applicants should contact member institutions directly.

• Centenary College of Louisiana (environmental sociology or related discipline)
• Centre College (environmental policy or environmental ethics)
• Davidson College (environmental geography and/or demography)
• Furman University (human geography or urban planning)
• Hendrix College (environmental lit or policy)
• Millsaps College (environmental sociology or anthropology)
• Rollins College (environmental restoration)
• University of the South, Sewanee (environmental policy or landscape ecology)
• Southwestern University (global ecology)
• Spelman College (energy and environmental policy)
• Trinity University (environmental humanities or policy)
• Washington & Lee University (sustainability – specialization open)

For more information about individual colleges and universities in the consortium, see description at http://www.colleges.org/institutions.html.
For more information about the Environmental Fellow Program: emacnabb@colleges.org.

 

Last Updated: June 26, 2009