SMA Other News & Announcments

Fulbright Scholar Grants:

SMA Webmaster — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:15:01 -0700

March 1 is the opening of the Traditional Fulbright Scholar competition. Over 800 grants are available for lecturing, conducting research, or combining both in over 130 countries around the globe. The deadline is August 1. For information on Fulbright Scholar Awards, consult our website at www.cies.org for descriptions of awards and new eligibility requirements. If you are interested in requesting materials, please write to scholars@cies.iie.org

Medical Anthropology at the Intersections Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity

SMA Webmaster — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:15:31 -0700

Sept 24-27 2009 - Yale University

For More Information: Conference Website - Conference Brochure
Announcing Early Closure of Registration - We are happy to report that we have had a much higher than anticipated level of abstract submissions and registrations! However, since venue size and local hotel availability are limited, this unfortunately means that we were forced to close registration for the conference at midnight (EST) on April 15th.

Upcoming Award Deadlines

SMA Webmaster — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:15:38 -0700

The SMA sponsors a number of awards every year, and the deadlines are fast approaching:

SMA Awards - Deadline July 1: see links for details
SMA Awards - Deadline Sept 1: see links for details
- Career Achievement Award and George Foster Practicing Award

Rudolf Virchow Awards (given by the Critical Anthropology for Global Health caucus, a SMA special interest group). Deadline is July 15, 2009. The professional award honors a recent published article, and the graduate and undergraduate student awards honor recent student papers, all deemed by the judges to best reflect, extend, or advance critical perspectives in medical anthropology. (details in the link)