FW: CONAHEC Message: Various Funding Opportunities

Mon Oct 25 23:56:58 UTC 2004

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
<http://www.conacyt.mx/dafcyt/avisos_sol/convocatoria2005_EUyCA.html%20>

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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