Funding: pre-dissertation funding
competitions
missed this year's deadlines? keep an eye out for next year's announcements . . .
Wellcome Trust, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
The Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) invites applications from candidates with interests in all areas of history of medicine who would like to be nominated for the Wellcome Trust's annual master's award and doctoral studentship competitions. The Department also invites applications for two doctoral studentships funded by a five-year Wellcome enhancement award in history of medicine. We seek outstanding candidates whose research would fall in the field 'From Generation to Reproduction', i.e. who would investigate some aspect of how, since 1500, our world of reproductive practice and controversy was created.
Deadline: May 1 of each year
Barbara
Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
The Scholars Program brings talented Latino, African American, Asian/Pacific
Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native college seniors and recent graduates
to Washington, DC, where they work in congressional offices and learn about
health policy. Through the nine-week program (June 1 - July 30, 2004), Scholars
gain knowledge about federal legislative procedure and health policy issues,
while further developing their critical thinking and leadership skills.
In addition to an internship in a congressional office, Scholars participate
in seminars and site visits to augment their knowledge of health care issues,
and write and present a health policy research paper. The program is based
at Howard University.
Deadline: January 9, 2006
Individual
Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO), International Research and Exchanges
Board (IREX)
The individual advanced research opportunities (IARO) program provides
fellowships to predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars from the United States
for individual long-term research in Europe and Eurasia. Grants of two to
nine months to predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars for policy-relevant
research at institutions in the host country. Grants of four to nine months
to postdoctoral scholars for research in the humanities at institutions
in the host country. Grants of one to three months are now available for
master's level students to conduct research on policy-relevant topics.
The application deadline for the 2004-2005 IARO Program is November
15, 2006.
National
Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
Deadline for Social Sciences: November 6, 2006
SSRC-Mellon Minority
Fellowships
The MMUF Program aims to increase the number of African Americans,
Latinos/as and Native Americans in core fields within the arts and sciences,
and to diversify the faculties at colleges and universities by providing
support for qualified minority scholars.
Pre-Doctoral Research Grant Application deadline: July 1 - November
15 of each year
Ford
Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships For Minorities
Deadline: November 16, 2006
AAA
Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program 2006-2007
Deadline: February 15, 2007
other programs
CIC Predoctoral Fellowship Program in the Social Sciences
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program (FLAS)
U.S. Fulbright and Related Grants for Graduate Study and Research Abroad
The American
Educational Research Association/Spencer Pre-Dissertation Fellowships
other resources
scholarship search at
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