Funding

[Andre Cramblit]

Dear  colleagues,

The  following are some funding opportunities with upcoming deadlines.

1. Applications Invited for International Dissertation Field Research  
Fellowships

Deadlines:  November 1, 2004 (online) - November 8, 2004 (mail-in)

Administered  by the Social Science Research Council (http://ssrc.org/) 
in partnership with  the American Council of Learned Societies, the 
International Dissertation  Field Research Fellowship program provides 
support for social scientists and  humanists conducting dissertation 
field research in all areas and regions of  the world. Up to fifty 
fellowships will be awarded in the year 2005. Funds  are provided by 
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. IDRF awards are designed to  enable 
doctoral candidates of proven achievement and outstanding potential to  
use their knowledge of distinctive cultures, societies, languages, 
economies,  polities, and histories, in combination with their 
disciplinary training, to  address issues that transcend their 
disciplines or area specializations. The program is open to full-time 
graduate students in the humanities and social  sciences, regardless of 
citizenship, enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States.  The 
program invites proposals for field research on all areas or regions of 
  the world, as well as for research that is comparative, 
cross-regional, and cross-cultural.  Proposals that identify the U.S.  
as a case for comparative inquiry are welcome; however, proposals that  
require no substantial research outside the U.S. are not eligible. 
Standard  fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months in 
the field, plus  travel expenses. Funding will rarely exceed $20,000.

See the  SSCR Web site for complete program information and application 
procedures.  RFP Link:
http://ssrc.org/programs/idrf/

2. The Wenner-Gren Foundation: Individual Research Grants for  
anthropological projects

Eligibility:  Scholars from Mexico, Canada, the U.S. and other 
countries.

http://www.wennergren.org/programsirg.html#fieldwork

Programs

The  Wenner-Gren Foundation pursues its two major goals - advancing 
basic research  in anthropology and building an international community 
of
  anthropologists - through several funding programs.

Individual  Research Grants

Description:  Grants for amounts up to $25,000 are available for basic 
research in all  branches of anthropology. Grants are made to seed 
innovative approaches and  ideas, to cover specific expenses or phases 
of a project, and/or to encourage  aid from other funding agencies. The 
foundation particularly invites projects  employing comparative 
perspectives or
  integrating two or more subfields of anthropology. A small number of 
awards  is available for projects designed to develop resources for 
anthropological research and scholarly exchange.

The  foundation, under its Individual Research Grants Program, offers:
	• 	Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
	• 	Post-Ph.D. Grants
	• 	Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Budgetary  Guidelines: Grants cover research expenses directly related 
and essential to  the project (i.e., travel, living expenses during 
fieldwork, equipment, supplies, research assistance, and other relevant 
expenditures). Aid is not  provided for salary and/or fringe benefits 
of applicant, tuition, non-project personnel, travel to meetings, 
institutional overhead, or
  institutional support. Low priority is given to dissertation writeup 
or other  support for writing (except under the Hunt Fellowship), 
publication  assistance, and film- or video-making (unless inherent to 
the research  project). Expenses incurred prior to the effective date 
of an award will not  be covered; budgets should reflect foundation 
deadlines.

Application  information: A formal application must be submitted. Those 
interested in  receiving an application can contact the foundation to 
have the appropriate  forms mailed to them, or (if they know their 
eligibility) individuals can  download the forms directly from this 
website. Please note that our application forms have been revised; 
forms dated prior to year 2000 cannot be  accepted.

Deadlines:  There are two deadlines each year, May 1st and November 
1st. For applications  submitted by the May 1st deadline, funding will 
be available the following  January 1st. Under the November 1st 
deadline, funding will be available the  following July 1st. Applicants 
should meet the most appropriate deadline for  their research plans. 
Decisions for each
  application cycle will be announced six to eight monthes after the 
deadline  date. Only one application may be submitted during any 
twelve-month period.

Dissertation  Fieldwork Grants are awarded to individuals to aid  
doctoral dissertation or thesis research. Applicants must be enrolled 
for a  doctoral degree. Application must be made jointly with a thesis 
advisor or  other scholar who will undertake responsibility for 
supervising the project.  Awards are contigent upon the applicant's 
successful completion of all
  requirements for the degree other than the dissertation/thesis. 
Applications  may be submitted before such requirements have been met; 
however, should an award be approved, the foundation will at that time 
request evidence of that  the applicant is "all-but-dissertation/ 
advanced-to-candidacy".  Qualified students of all nationalities are 
eligible.

Post-Ph.D.  Grants are awarded to individual scholars holding the  
doctorate or equivalent qualification in anthropology or a related  
discipline. Qualified scholars are eligible without regard to 
nationality or  institutional affiliation. Application for Post-Ph.D. 
Grants may be made by  the scholar either as an individual or on behalf 
of an organization. Ph.D.  candidates seeking postdoctoral support 
should file a Dissertation Fieldwork

Grant  application and indicate that support is being requested for 
postdoctoral  research; if an award is approved it will be made after 
the Ph.D. is in hand.

A  limited number of Richard Carley Hunt  Postdoctoral Fellowships, 
nonrenewable awards with a maximum  of $40,000, is available to 
scholars within ten years of receipt of the Ph.D.,  to aid the writeup 
of research results for publication. Qualified scholars  are eligible 
without regard to nationality or institutional affiliation.  Applicants 
must hold the Ph.D. at the time of application.

   

3. CONACyT 2005 Call for Scholarship Applications

Eligibility:  Mexicans wishing to pursue Specializations, Master's or 
Doctoral studies in  the United States or Canada.  Please visit the 
website for more information.

http://www.conacyt.mx/dafcyt/avisos_sol/convocatoria2005_EUyCA.html

4. International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships for doctoral  
students in the United  States. (no citizenship requirement)

The  International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF) 
program provides  support for social scientists and humanists 
conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the 
world. Up to fifty fellowships will  be awarded in the year 2005. The 
program is administered by the Social  Science Research Council in 
partnership with the American Council of Learned  Societies. Funds are 
provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF awards enable 
doctoral candidates of proven achievement and outstanding  potential to 
use their knowledge of distinctive cultures, societies,  languages, 
economies, polities, and histories, in combination with their  
disciplinary training, to address issues that transcend their 
disciplines or  area specializations. The program supports scholarship 
that treats place and  setting in relation to broader phenomena as well 
as in particular historical  and cultural contexts. Standard 
fellowships will provide support for nine to  twelve months in the 
field, plus travel expenses. They will rarely exceed  $20,000. In some 
cases, the candidate may propose fewer than nine months of  overseas 
fieldwork, but no award will be given for fewer than six months. The  
fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the 
eighteen  months between July 2005 and December 2006.

Eligibility

The  program is open to full-time graduate students in the humanities 
and social  sciences - regardless of citizenship - enrolled in doctoral 
programs in the United States.  The program invites proposals for field 
research on all areas or regions of  the world, as well as for research 
that is comparative, cross-regional and  cross-cultural. Proposals that 
identify the U.S.  as a case for comparative inquiry are welcome; 
however, proposals that  require no substantial research outside the 
United States are not eligible.  Proposals requesting support for a 
second year of field research will be  funded only under exceptional 
circumstances. Proposals may cover all periods  in history, but must 
address topics that have relevance to contemporary  issues and debates. 
Applicants must complete all Ph.D. requirements except  fieldwork and 
dissertation by the time the fellowship begins or by December  2005, 
whichever comes first. Standard fellowships will provide support for  
nine to twelve months in the field, plus travel expenses. They will 
rarely  exceed $20,000. In some cases, the candidate may propose fewer 
than nine  months of overseas fieldwork, but no award will be given for 
fewer than six  months. The fellowship must be held for a single 
continuous period within the  eighteen months between July 2005 and 
December 2006.

  http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/

Best  regards,

 




Francisco Marmolejo

Executive Director

Consortium for North American Higher Education  Collaboration (CONAHEC)

University of Arizona

220 W.  6th St.

University Services Annex, Bldg. 300A Rm. 108

PO  Box 210300

Tucson, AZ 85721-0300

USA

Phone: (520) 621-9080

Fax: (520) 626-2675

E-mail: fmarmole at u.arizona.edu

http://conahec.org

 
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