Graduate Student Grant/Fellowship Blog

Deadline: May 9
Length: one year
Comments: Applicant must “have in hand, or be very near the completion of, a PhD in a relevant discipline concentrated upon the study of the texts, traditions and traditional languages of Judaism”; position reference number 1245806
URL: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5042238&ownertype=fair

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Deadline: April 24
Length: one year, renewable
Comments: “for a scholar in classics with a specialization in Early Modern Latin”; “awarded in conjunction with the research project, ‘The Writing of Deaf- Muteness and the Construction of Norms.’”
URL: http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/jobs.html

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Deadline: April 20
Duration: one semester or longer
Description: Dr. Elka Klein (1965-2005) was passionate about her profession as a historian and a teacher.  Her untimely death in the spring of 2005 was a great loss to all who knew her, whether personally or professionally.  In her memory, her friends and professional colleagues in the fields of History and Jewish Studies have created a fitting memorial to honor her dedication to and her achievements in her academic life.

A cash grant of $1500 will be awarded in Dr. Klein’s memory to a doctoral candidate preparing to spend a semester or more of the 2012-13 academic year abroad conducting historical research towards his/her dissertation. The grant recipient will be selected by a panel of scholars based on the relevance and potential contribution of the proposed work to the fields and concerns important to Dr. Klein, such as Sephardic culture, medieval history, gender studies, and Jewish studies.

Applicants for the grant are asked to submit four copies of the following information by April 20, 2012.  Alternately, all materials other than the recommendation letter may be submitted by e-mail:
*        A c.v.
*        A copy of the applicant’s dissertation proposal
*        A description of the specific research to be undertaken abroad
*        A working budget, including what other funds have already been secured
*        A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s dissertation supervisor, addressing the applicant’s qualifications and the significance of the research s/he will be undertaking.

Applications should be mailed to:

Dr. Elka Klein Memorial Travel Grant
c/o Dr. Gail Labovitz
American Jewish University
15600 Mulholland Drive
Bel Air, CA  90077

To submit an application by e-mail, or for more information, please contact Dr. Gail Labovitz, mailto:glabovitz@uj.edu

The selected applicant will be expected to acknowledge the grant in the dissertation and in any subsequent publications that result from the research subsidized by the grant.  We thank the Association for Jewish Studies for their help in fund-raising and administration to make this grant possible.

URL: http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-Judaic&month=1204&week=a&msg=SV/fNajD5cyQxzqfVbMhRQ&user=&pw=

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Deadline: April 15
Duration: one year
Description: The University of Pennsylvania invites applications for the first Predoctoral Fellowships for Excellence Through Diversity. This program is designed to provide mentorship and access to Penn’s resources for doctoral students in the humanities or social sciences, enrolled at universities other than Penn, as they complete their dissertations. It supports scholars from a wide range of backgrounds, who can contribute to the diversity of Penn and the higher education community. The Fellowships support graduate students in the final stages of dissertation research or writing for residency at Penn for an academic year, normally September through August. They offer an opportunity for scholars who plan an academic career to take advantage of Penn programs and faculty expertise and to have access to libraries and the resources of the Philadelphia region.   Each scholar will be hosted by a department or program and assigned a faculty mentor.  Recipients can be in the stage of either dissertation research or writing.

The Fellowship provides a stipend of $27,000, health and dental insurance, office space, library privileges, and a $3000 research and travel fund.  The application deadline is April 15, 2012.

This year, three of these new Fellowships will be awarded.  Candidates must:

• Be a U.S citizen or permanent resident.
• Be enrolled in a PhD program in the humanities or social sciences at an institution other than Penn, have passed their PhD qualifying examinations, and have an approved dissertation proposal.
• Be a student of exceptional academic merit who belongs to a group underrepresented in higher education;  and/or comes from a socially, culturally, or educationally disadvantaged background or have faced other significant personal obstacles; and/or pursues academic research on cultural, societal, or educational problems as they affect disadvantaged segments of society.

Applications consist of:

• A personal statement describing the student’s work, dissertation, and any other information that the student would like to present to the selection committee.  The statement should begin by addressing the importance of the student’s topic and approach and then explain the dissertation’s aims, methodologies (how the student will conduct the research), originality, and contribution to its field.
• A dissertation abstract.
• Two letters of recommendation, one which must come from the dissertation advisor, commenting on the student’s performance, potential, and expected time to degree.  At least one of the letters must address the student’s contribution to diversity in higher education.  These can be sent separately by the recommenders.
• Official graduate transcript(s).
• Current curriculum vitae.

These materials should be sent to Stephanie King in the Office of the Provost at stking@upenn.edu. They can be transmitted in more than one email.  Statements of endorsement, reference letters and transcripts should be sent as PDFs. Correspondence must be signed and on official letterhead.

Questions can be addressed to the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty at provost-fac@upenn.edu.

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Deadline: March 15
Duration: 2 years
Comments: Applicants should have “research programs on any aspect of learner language development (including revitalization contexts and untutored environments)”; must have earned PhD between January 1, 2010 and July 31, 2012
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~dsls/publications/PostdocSLS.pdf

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Deadline: April 11 (for nominations; check with home department for internal deadline)
Duration: two years
Comments: Fellowship provides funding for PhD students in their fifth and sixth years; must apply during fourth year; must be ABD by the start of fifth year; ”Gray Fellows must complete their pedagogical teaching requirements.  Other employment, either at the University or off-campus, will not be permitted….[S]tudents holding Gray Fellowships will be ineligible for subsequent funding through the University upon completion of the award.”
URL: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/current/#grants|hanna-holborn-gray-fellowship

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Deadline: February 24
Duration: n/a

The Division of the Humanities is pleased to invite applicants for the Schiff Foundation Fellowship for Critical Architectural Writing. This award, in its seventh year, is administered by the Department of Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago. The program is designed to recognize young, talented writers and engage them in critical discussions about the built environment.

The award for 2011 is $5,000 which will be given to one student enrolled in a degree-granting, graduate-level program at a Chicago-area university.  Each school is allowed 2 submissions from students enrolled in courses during the 2011-12 academic year.  Students must have taken a course in Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, or be taking a course in Winter 2012 that includes critical writing about the built environment.

Humanities student applications are due to the Humanities Dean of Students Office by Friday, February 24^th.  Students should email their application as a word attachment to Michael Beetley mrbeetle@uchicago.edu.  Two students will be chosen from among applicants to the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Divinity Schools to forward to the competition, along with a letter of support from each student’s department chair.  

Each application must include:

1. An unpublished, original text, not to exceed 10 pages or 3,000 words (300 words per page), which is a critical /analytical commentary on an aspect (of their choosing) of the built environment.  The text should have originated as an essay for a course taken in Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, or Winter 2012.  The texts must be double-spaced in 12 pt Times New Roman font, with no less than one-inch margins.  All citations must appear as endnotes on separate pages and are not counted in the page or word limits.  Students may choose to write on any regional, national, or international topic related to architecture or the built environment.  Students may choose to include up to two pages of images as an appendix at the conclusion of the paper. 
2. The student’s name and university affiliation should not appear on any of the text pages.  Instead, s/he should create a simple cover page that includes the title, author’s name, school’s name, and program/department of study. 
3. The submission must also include a one page resume with the student’s telephone number and an email address and information on the Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, or Winter 2012 course (class, seminar, or independent study) in which the student was/is enrolled.

 The winning student will be notified in May 2012 and the award will be presented at a luncheon on a date to be determined.  The prize or fellowship award may be used for any purpose towards the winner’s education.

Questions may be directed to Miranda Swanson, Office of the Dean of Students in the Humanities at miranda@uchicago.edu or at 702-8498.

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Deadline: March 2
Duration: 6 weeks
Comments: Program to spend 6 weeks in Alexandria, Egypt or Changchun, China studying “intermediate and advanced-level Arabic and chinese”; “only for non-native speakers of the target languages”; “program is open to current K-12 teachers and community college instructors of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese, as well as to students enrolled in education programs who intend to teach these languages”
URL: http://www.americancouncils.org/program/3g/ISLI/

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Deadline: March 2
Duration: two years
Comments: Based at Cambridge’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities; program “is aimed at researchers working in any field of the arts, social sciences or humanities”; applicants ”must have been awarded a PhD by the application deadline (2 March 2012) and should normally have been awarded it not more than five years prior to taking up their fellowship”; “Research proposals must related to the Centre’s theme for 2011-13, Cultures and Politics of the Transregional”
URL: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/1084/mellonnewton-fellowships-2012.htm

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Deadline: February 15
Length: 6 months
Comments: Fellowship is “to support junior researchers carrying out a defined research project at Freie Universitaet Berlin”; PhD must have been awarded within the last 10 years
URL: http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/dhc/news/IRF2012.html

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