[Plsgs] FW: June 2015 GradFunding Opportunities

[Lambert, Georgina M - (glambert)]

From: gradfunding-request at list.arizona.edu [mailto:gradfunding-request at list.arizona.edu] On Behalf Of Shelley Hawthorne Smith
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 1:03 PM
To: gradfunding at list.arizona.edu
Subject: June 2015 GradFunding Opportunities

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Dear Graduate Students,
You will see some opportunities below from familiar sources such as NSF and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. But there are some new and interesting opportunities as well. If you are working on fellowship applications over the summer, don't miss the upcoming workshops offered by our office to help you through the process! See below for more information:

Workshops

  *   Summer Workshop Series on Writing for Fellowships

General Funding Opportunities

  *   Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges: Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships
  *   Fulbright U.S. Student Program
  *   Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (and Humanities) Pre/Post Doctoral Fellowships
  *   National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
  *   Pathways to Federal Careers

Opportunities in the Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences

  *   Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's German Chancellor Fellowship Program
  *   Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Doctoral Fellowship Seminar
  *   Charles Koch Foundation Dissertation Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships
  *   Émigré Memorial German Internship Program (EMGIP)
  *   Fahs-Beck Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program for Research in Human Services
  *   Huntington Research Fellowships
  *   John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Fellowships
  *   Lilly Library Fellowships - Indiana University at Bloomington
  *   NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant - Political Science (see NSF website for DDIGs under other directorates)
  *   Olympic Studies Center Fellowships
  *   Society for the History of Technology Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship

Opportunities in Science, Technology, and Engineering

  *   GEM Fellowship Program
  *   Microwave Engineering Fellowship/Microwave Engineering for Medical Applications Fellowship
  *   WateReuse Arizona Scholarships

Postdoctoral Opportunities

  *   Cardiac Muscle Physiology Postdoctoral Research Associate (UA)
  *   Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Postdoctoral Fellowships
  *   Institute of Current World Affairs Fellowships
  *   Fulbright Scholar Program

Workshops

Summer Workshop Series on Grant Writing
The UA Graduate College Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement is pleased to offer the following series of workshops for students working on fellowship applications. If you have questions about the workshops, contact Shelley Hawthorne Smith (ssmith at grad.arizona.edu<mailto:ssmith at grad.arizona.edu>). To RSVP for any of the workshops, please visit our website:
https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/workshop-and-presentation-materials

Planning a Fellowship Application (more information and RSVP here<https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/workshop-and-presentation-materials>)

  *   Session One: Tuesday, June 9 from 9:00 - 11:00 in University Services Building Room 312
  *   Session Two: Wednesday, June 10 from 9:00 - 11:00 in University Services Building Room 209 (identical to Session One)
The Personal Statement/Description of Previous Research (more information and RSVP here<https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/workshop-and-presentation-materials>)

  *   Session One: Wednesday, June 24 from 9:00 - 11:00 in University Services Building Room 214
  *   Session Two : Thursday, June 25 from 9:00 - 11:00 in University Services Building Room 214 (identical to Session One)
Research Proposals for Fellowships (more information and RSVP here<https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/workshop-and-presentation-materials>)

  *   Session One: Monday, July 6 from 9:00 - 11:00 in University Services Building Room 216
  *   Session Two: Tuesday, July 7 from 9:00 - 11:00 in University Services Building Room 216 (identical to Session One)
Revision and the Review Process (more information and RSVP here<https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/workshop-and-presentation-materials>)

  *   Tuesday, July 28 from 9:00 - 11:00 in University Services Building Room 216
  *   Wednesday, July 29 from 9:00 - 11:00 in University Services Building Room 216 (identical to Session One)

General Funding Opportunities

Consortium for Faculty Diversity in Liberal Arts Colleges: Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Consortium now invites applications for dissertation fellowships and post-doctoral fellowships from those who will contribute to increasing the diversity of member colleges by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximizing the educational benefits of diversity and/or increasing the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of students.
Citizenship: Applicants must be able to provide evidence of U.S. citizenship or unconditional permanent resident status at the time of hire.
Deadline: rolling (before October 31, 2015 preferred)
Website: http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/offices/provost/cfd/

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide. The program currently awards approximately 1,900 grants annually in all fields of study, to go to more than 140 countries worldwide.
If you are interested in applying or simply want more information, contact Emily Kotay, Scholarship Advisor in the Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships. Students must apply through her office. Emily Kotay can be contacted at 520-621-0162 or emkotay at email.arizona.edu<mailto:emkotay at email.arizona.edu>
Citizenship: USA
Campus Deadline: Sept 8, 2015
Website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/types-of-grants

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (and Humanities) Pre/Post Doctoral Fellowships
The purpose of the program is to provide opportunities to young and excellent pre-/post-doctoral researchers from the US, Canada and Europe to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. In so doing, the program is designed to help advance the research of the visiting fellows, while augmenting opportunities for young researchers to come to Japan from the US, Canada and Europe.
Applications for this program are submitted by a host researcher in Japan who wishes to host a foreign postdoctoral fellow. All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are included under this program. Doctoral students can apply under the short-term postdoctoral program.
Citizenship: US, Canada, the European Union Countries, Switzerland, Norway and Russia
Deadline: see website
Website: http://www.jsps.go.jp/english

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
The purpose of the NSF GRFP is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States. The program is a wonderful source of funding for graduate students - providing awardees with $34,000 annually for three years, as well as additional benefits. NSF Fellows at the University of Arizona receive full tuition, mandatory fees, student health insurance for the Fellow, and a $500 travel grant during tenured years

Students at the University of Arizona are eligible to receive application support for this fellowship. Registrants will receive: email updates with advice and links; access to examples of successful applications; feedback on application essays (provided the early internal deadline is met); invitations to information sessions on the fellowship and to workshops on the application process. To sign up for the program, please fill out this registration form.
https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-support-program-registration
Citizenship: USA (or permanent resident)
Deadline: Fall 2015 (TBA)
Website: http://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Deadline: November 1 and April 1
Website: http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html

Pathways to Federal Careers
The Pathways Programs offer clear paths to Federal internships for students from high school through post-graduate school and to careers for recent graduates, and provide meaningful training and career development opportunities for individuals who are at the beginning of their Federal service. As a student or recent graduate, you can begin your career in the Federal government by choosing the path that best describes you and where you are in your academics: Internship Program, Recent Graduates Program, Presidential Management Fellows Program.
Website: https://www.usajobs.gov/studentsandgrads

Opportunities in the Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's German Chancellor Fellowship Program
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's German Chancellor Fellowship Program is targeted at university graduates from the United States, Russia, China, Brazil and India who have an international outlook and initial leadership experience. It addresses prospective decision-makers, multipliers and thought leaders from a broad range of professional fields such as politics, public administration and business as well as society and culture. The fellowships give them the opportunity to spend a year in Germany networking with other prospective leaders from abroad, who are also sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation, and to explore new solutions to the global issues of our times. With this programme Germany once again presents itself as a destination of choice for intercultural dialogue and as a meeting place for the international leaders of tomorrow.
Citizenship: U.S., Russia, China, Brazil, and India
Deadline: September 15, 2015
Website: www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/german-chancellor-fellowship.html<http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/german-chancellor-fellowship.html>

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Doctoral Fellowship Seminar
ARNOVA offers a unique fellowship opportunity for doctoral students writing a dissertation on a topic in nonprofit or philanthropic studies. Fellows will have the chance to get important feedback on their research, and funding to attend the 42nd Annual Conference in Hartford, CT. The research must be focused on a topic related to philanthropy, voluntary action, civil society and the nonprofit sector. Focus areas might include nonprofit institutions (e.g., hospitals, human service agencies, arts organizations, religious groups); or phenomena like civic advocacy, pro-social behavior and social capital; or issues related to nonprofit management, public policy and intersectoral relations. The scope of the studies may include these organizations or activities in the U.S. or other countries.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: August 31, 2015
Website: http://www.arnova.org/?doctoralapp

Charles Koch Foundation Dissertation Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Foundation is accepting research grant proposals from individuals interested in writing dissertations that investigate the role of free societies in advancing well-being. Proposals will be considered for dissertations across a variety of disciplines that examine foundational, system-level, and applied research questions. Accepted dissertation proposals will receive funding and additional resources to expand educational opportunities and career development.
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Deadline: Rolling
Website: http://www.charleskochfoundation.org/graduate-student-grant-information/

Émigré Memorial German Internship Program (EMGIP)
Émigré Memorial German Internship Program (EMGIP) offers internship opportunities for US and Canadian students in the German parliament, the Bundestag. The internships are two months long in positions matching the student's interest and experience. Interns will be placed within the Verwaltung, preferably with a Sekretariat working for their preferred Ausschuss. In addition to contributing to the respective offices, interns have the opportunity to study legislative and administrative procedures in the German parliament.
Citizenship: U.S. and Canadian citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply. International students who are enrolled in a full time course of study in the US or Canada may also apply.
Deadline: September 15, 2015
Website: https://www.daad.org/emgip

Fahs-Beck Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program for Research in Human Services
Grants of up to $5,000 are available to help support dissertation expenses of doctoral students in the United States and Canada whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning or well-being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems. The research for which funding is requested must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the United States and Canada and one or more other countries.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: November 1 and April 1
Website: http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html

Huntington Research Fellowships
The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include seven million manuscripts, 420,000 rare books, 275,000 reference works, and 1.3 million photographs, prints, and ephemera. The Burndy Library consists of some 67,000 rare books and reference volumes in the history of science and technology, as well as an important collection of scientific instruments. Within the general fields listed above there are many areas of special strength, including: Middle Ages, Renaissance, 19th- and 20th-century literature, British drama, Colonial America, American Civil War, Western America, and California. The Art Collections contain notable British and American paintings, fine prints, photographs, and an art reference library. In the library of the Botanical Gardens is a broad collection of reference works in botany, horticulture, and gardening. The Huntington will award to scholars over 150 fellowships for the academic year 2016-2017. These fellowships derive from a variety of funding sources and have different terms. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to be in continuous residence at the Huntington and to participate in and make a contribution to its intellectual life. Fellowship tenure is one to five months and award amount is $3,000/month.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: November 15, 2015
Website: http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=566#fellowships

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Fellowships
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation offers competitive research fellowships every year to scholars and students who wish to make use of the archival holdings (including audiovisual materials) of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Topics include, but are not limited to, foreign intelligence and the presidency; research on immigration, naturalization, or refugee policy; and research on domestic policy, political journalism, polling, or press relations.
Citizenship: not specified
Deadline: August 15
Website: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Grants-and-Fellowships.aspx

Lilly Library Fellowships - Indiana University at Bloomington
The Lilly Library invites applications for visiting fellowships for research in residence in its collections. The Lilly Library is the principal rare book and manuscript library of Indiana University. Its holdings support research in British, French, and American literature and history; the literature of voyages and exploration, specifically the European expansion in the Americas; early printing, and the Church, children's literature, music; film, radio and television; medicine, science, and architecture; and food and drink. The Everett Helm Visiting Fellowship program supports research and provides access to the collections of the Lilly Library for scholars residing outside the Bloomington area. The Mendel Fellowships are intended to support research by scholars from around the world in areas of particular interest to the Mendels, including: the history of the Spanish Colonial Empire; Latin American independence movements; European expansion in the Americas; voyages, travels and exploration; geography, navigation and cartography; German literature and history; and music, including sheet music.
Citizenship: unspecified
Deadline: September 30, 2015
Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant - Political Science (see NSF website for DDIGs under other directorates)
The program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. In recent years, program awards have supported research projects on bargaining processes; campaigns and elections, electoral choice, and electoral systems; citizen support in emerging and established democracies; democratization, political change, and regime transitions; domestic and international conflict; international political economy; party activism; and political psychology and political tolerance. The program also has supported research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations, in the discipline.
Citizenship: see website
Deadline: August 15, 2015
Website: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf15571

Olympic Studies Center Fellowships
The OSC organizes an annual grant program intended for individuals engaged in scholarly research on the Olympic Movement, its history and ideals, and the impact of the Olympic Games on the various aspects of contemporary society and culture. The intention of this program is to support thesis research. Applicants should be preparing a PhD thesis in one or more of the disciplines within the human and social sciences (e.g., anthropology; arts; communications; economics/management; history; law; linguistics; pedagogy; philosophy; political sciences; sociology; sport sciences and urban, cultural, religious or literature studies) and have Olympism, Olympic sports or the Olympic Games as one of the research topics.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: Fall 2015
Website: http://www.olympic.org/content/the-olympic-studies-centre/categories-container/academic-activities-and-network/

Society for the History of Technology Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship
The Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship is presented annually to a doctoral student engaged in the preparation of a dissertation on the history of technology, broadly defined. The $4,000 award is unrestricted and may be used in any way that the winner chooses to advance the research and writing of his or her dissertation. Possible uses include underwriting the costs of travel to archival collections; photocopying or microfilming; translation of documents; and so on. The award may not be used for university tuition or fees.
Citizenship: unrestricted
Deadline: December 15, 2015
Website: http://www.historyoftechnology.org/awards/kranzberg.html

Opportunities in Science, Technology, and Engineering

GEM Fellowship Program
The National GEM Consortium provides three Fellowship Program. The MS Engineering Fellowship Program provides practical engineering summer work experiences through an employer sponsor and a portable academic year fellowship. The Ph.D. Engineering Fellowships offer doctoral fellowships to underrepresented minority students who have either completed, are currently enrolled in a master's in engineering program, or received admittance into a PhD program. The Ph.D. Science Fellowship  aims to increase the number of minority students who pursue doctoral degrees in the natural science disciplines - chemistry, physics, earth sciences, mathematics, biological sciences, and computer science.
Citizenship: Applicants must be U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident at the time of application
Deadline: November 15
Website: http://www.gemfellowship.org/students/gem-fellowship-program/

Microwave Engineering Fellowship/Microwave Engineering for Medical Applications Fellowship
The purpose of fellowship is to recognize and provide financial assistance to graduate students who show promise and interest in pursuing a graduate degree in applying microwave engineering to medical applications. The student must be actively pursuing a graduate degree in electrical engineering, applied physics, biomedical engineering or other appropriate field on a full-time basis at an accredited institution of higher learning. It is expected that the student will be engaged in studies and research or thesis related activities for at least 12 months following the award. Research work must clearly involve the application of RF and microwave techniques to medical problems, supervised by a full-time faculty supervisor.
Citizenship: unrestricted
Deadline: October 15, 2015
Website: http://www.mtt.org/students.html

WateReuse Arizona Scholarships
WateReuse Arizona will award two (2) scholarships of two-thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) each to Arizona university and college students. The purpose of this award is to encourage full-time students with a focus on wastewater reclamation, water reuse, and/or desalination. The scholarships will be awarded in July 2015 at the Water Reuse Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: June 15
Website: https://www.watereuse.org/sites/default/files/u18660/WateReuse%20AZ%20Scholarship%202015.pdf

Postdoctoral Opportunities

Cardiac Muscle Physiology Postdoctoral Research Associate (UA)
We are seeking a talented and highly motivated Postdoc for research projects in the field of cardiac muscle physiology to study the role of myosin binding protein-C (MyBP-C) in the regulation of cardiac contraction. Projects include development and characterization of novel and existing animal models of cardiac myosin binding protein-C, biochemical/biophysical investigations of cMyBP-C function, and molecular mechanisms by which mutations in cMyBP-C cause cardiomyopathies. Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience in accordance with NIH guidelines
Citizenship: Unspecified
Website: http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8b93e7b2046ba66e&q=%22University+of+Arizona%22&l=Arizona&tk=19l74jbcl077l38t&from=ja&alid=e003793a2decbe0d&utm

Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Postdoctoral Fellowships
HFSP postdoctoral fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas for study while working in a new country. HFSP fellowships are for three years. Fellows may choose to stay for up to three years in the host country or use the last year of their fellowship to return to their home country or to move to another HFSPO member country. Long-Term Fellowships (LTF) are for applicants with a Ph.D. in a biological discipline, who will broaden their expertise by proposing a project in the life sciences which is significantly different from their previous Ph.D. or postdoctoral work. Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF) are for applicants with a Ph.D. from outside the life sciences (e.g. in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences), who have had limited exposure to biology during their previous training.
Citizenship: unrestricted
Deadline: August 27, 2015
Website: http://www.hfsp.org/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships

Institute of Current World Affairs Fellowships
The Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA) Fellowships nurture deep expertise in foreign cultures by supporting fellows engaged in self-designed independent study abroad for at least two years.  A proposed fellowship must hold the promise of enriching public life in the US by enhancing understanding of foreign countries, cultures, and trends.  ICWA provides "full financial support" for its fellows during the course of the fellowship experience.  Eligible candidates must be under 36 years of age, have completed at least a bachelor's degree, and possess the necessary language skills to carry out their projects overseas.  Special consideration for fellows in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and for fellows with graduate degrees in forestry or forest-related specialties.
Citizenship: unrestricted
Deadline: September 1 (for initial letter of interest)
Website: http://www.icwa.org/apply/

Fulbright Scholar Program
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. In order to meet the changing needs of academia and develop new options to better accommodate the interests and commitments of today's scholars, the program has introduced several innovations to the 2014-2015 program, including: Fulbright Flex Awards, Fulbright Postdoctoral/Early Career Awards, Salary Stipend Supplements, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language Awards. Interested faculty and professionals are encouraged to learn more about these opportunities, and hundreds of others, by visiting the Catalog of Awards.
Citizenship: U.S. citizenship
Deadline: August 3, 2015
Website: http://global.arizona.edu/resources/fulbright-scholar-program
If you intend to apply for a Fulbright Scholar award, please notify Dale LaFleur, the UA Fulbright Scholar Campus Representative, at dlafleur at email.arizona.edu<mailto:dlafleur at email.arizona.edu>. (For information on the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, visit http://www.honors.arizona.edu/oncs)

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Shelley Hawthorne Smith, PhD
University of Arizona Graduate College
Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement
University Services Building #204E
888 N Euclid Ave
Tucson, AZ 85721
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