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Doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships

NSF HEGS Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award (HEGS-DDRI)

The primary objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS) Program, formerly the Geography and Spatial Sciences (GSS) Program, is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes across a range of scales. Projects about a broad range of topics may be appropriate for support if they enhance fundamental geographical knowledge, concepts, theories, methods, and their a1 ...


NSF ARCH Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award (ARCH-DDRI)

The Archaeology Program supports anthropologically relevant archaeological research. This means that the value of the proposed research can be justified within an anthropological context. The Program sets no priorities by either geographic region or time period. It also has no priorities in regard to theoretical orientation or question and it is the responsibility of the applicant to explain convincingly why these are significant and have the potential to contribute to anthropological knowledge1 ...


AMNH Chapman Collection Study Grant

AMNH (American Museum of Natural History) Collection Study Grants are awarded, competitively, to avian systematists without other funds who wish to perform research on the specimens in the Ornithological Collections of the AMNH. These grants are designed to supplement funding from the investigator's own institution. There is no deadline for application for these grants; they are considered when they are received. However, it normally takes a month or more to evaluate and process the application1 ...


Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter

The Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter is an annual award given to a doctoral student to support dissertation research and writing in any field related to any aspect of the United States political process and public policy during the last half of the 20th century. The Gerald R. Ford Scholar will be required to conduct at least a portion of his or her research at the Gerald R. Ford Library, and, if appropriate, will be encouraged to make full use of the Robert M. Teeter Pa1 ...


Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship

Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society. Through its award and grant programs, Phi Kappa Phi distributes more than $1 million each biennium to outstanding students, Phi Kappa Phi members, and chapters. The Dissertation Fellowship supports students in the dissertation writing stage of doctoral study. Awards are for 12 months of dissertation writing. All pre-dissertation requirements should be met by the application deadline, including ap1 ...


Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research

The Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archaeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, paleontology, and population genetics, but grants will not be restricted to these fields. The committee will consider proposals that involve a small1 ...


Graduate College Doctoral Research Support Fellowship

Doctoral Research Support Fellowships are competitive fellowships offered by The Graduate College to support doctoral student dissertation research. These fellowships are given as grants-in-aid and may not cover the full costs of students' dissertation research. Funds must be used only to cover expenses directly related to dissertation research. Applicants may request up to $5,000 to help defray some of the expenses directly related to conducting dissertation research. The fellowships are avail1 ...


AIIS Junior Fellowship

The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) awards the Junior Fellowships to graduate students in all fields of study conducting research for their doctoral dissertations in India. Junior Research Fellows establish formal affiliation with Indian universities and Indian research supervisors. The AIIS fellowship competition is not restricted to those from its member institutions. Non-U.S. citizens may apply as long as they are either graduate students or full-time faculty at colleges and univ1 ...


BAEF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

The Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) is the leading independent philanthropy in the support of exchanging university students, scientists, and scholars between the United States and Belgium. Through its Exchange Fellowship Program, the BAEF offers numerous fellowships for Belgian citizens for graduate study or research in the U.S. Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in the U.S. are outright non-renewable grants of $50,000 plus health insurance for postdoctoral fellows. Fellows are e1 ...


BAEF Ph.D. Fellowship

The Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) is the leading independent philanthropy in the support of exchanging university students, scientists, and scholars between the United States and Belgium. Through its Exchange Fellowship Program, the BAEF offers numerous fellowships for Belgian citizens for graduate study or research in the U.S. The BAEF Fellowships are non-renewable grants for one academic year; up to $70,000 will be awarded for a Ph.D. (a $20,000 stipend and up to $50,000 for1 ...


BAEF Doctoral Research Fellowship

The Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) is the leading independent philanthropy in the support of exchanging university students, scientists, and scholars between the United States and Belgium. Through its Exchange Fellowship Program, the BAEF offers numerous fellowships for Belgian citizens for graduate study or research in the United States. The fellowships are outright non-renewable grants of $30,000 for doctoral fellows; the Foundation also pays for coverage of health insurance o1 ...


NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship (EAR-PF)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) to recent recipients of doctoral degrees to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education. The research and education plans of each fellowship must address scientific questions within the scope of EAR disciplines. The program supports researchers for a period of up to two years with fellowships that can be taken to the institution of their choice (including facilit1 ...


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