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Other Grant Information, January/February 2002The following grant information was received at the GradGrants office and is not contained in the IRIS database. More information may be available at the GGC or from the specified contact. The Samuel H. Beer Prize seeks nominations for the best doctoral dissertation in British politics completed in 1999, 2000, or 2001. Nominations must be made by March 1. To be considered for nomination, contact Sharon LaRoche laroches@indiana.edu in Woodburn 210. 2002 COAS Dissertation Year Fellowship announcement and application form, both available here as downloadable MS Word documents. Stanford's project on "Mass Violence and Genocide in the Long 20th Century" seeks advanced graduate students or postdoctoral fellows from any discipline to participate in its seminars during 2002. See Sharon LaRoche laroches@indiana.edu in Woodburn 210 for more information.
2002-2003 UC Santa Barbara Center for Black Studies Dissertation Fellowship
Purpose: Two Fellowships are available to assist
scholars whose
research focuses on areas significant to African,
Caribbean and/or African-American Studies. Applicants
from all disciplines are encouraged, including
humanities, social sciences, sciences and
interdisciplinary fields.
Eligibility:
Advanced to candidacy at an accredited university.
Stipend and Tenure:
The nine-month appointment carries a stipend of $20,000. Office space and library privileges are
provided.
Duties:
The recipient is required to be in residence at UC
Santa Barbara during the academic year, to teach one
undergraduate course and to present two public
lectures. There is an expectation that the
dissertation will be completed during residence.
Application:
Submit curriculum vitae, a brief description of the
dissertation project, a writing sample (approx. 25
pages) and 3 letters of reference to: Dissertation
Fellowship Chair, UCSB Center for Black Studies, UCSB,
Santa Barbara, CA 93106. The deadline is Friday,
February 8, 2002. AA/EO Employer.
Our Fellows in residence for 2001-2002 are Boulou
Ebanda de B'beri, Concordia University, Montreal (Film Studies) and
Suzette A. Spencer, University of California, Berkeley (African-American
Studies).
Indiana University
John H. Edwards Fellowship
The John H. Edwards
Fellowship at Indiana University is a prestigious award, granting a fellowship of
approximately $14,000 to a graduate student who shows "superior
scholastic ability and intellectual capacity, and good citizenship and
character, including attitude toward University and community service as
demonstrated by actual service."
Those eligible must have completed one
year of graduate study by February 2002 and have at least the 2002-2003
year to complete, must be in residence at IU in the fellowship year,
must be pursuing a terminal degree (MFA or Ph.D), and must have the
endorsement of the Department Chair or DGS.
Download the Edwards
Fellowship announcement in MS Word.
Please contact the Director of Graduate Studies in your
department for more information. Each department
can only nominate 2 students. Deadline: Feb. 4, 2002. |