[Plsgs] FW: April 2018 GradFunding Newsletter – DAAD, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, and Raptor Research Foundation

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Dear Graduate Students,
If you are interested in any of the opportunities below, or just about any other fellowship, and plan to work on the application over the summer, consider joining our Summer Fellowship Application Support Program. The program provides advice, deadlines, and feedback on your drafts. More information is here: https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/summer-fellowship-application-support-program
Shelley

Announcements

  *   National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) Information Sessions
  *   Summer 2018 Fellowship Application Support Program
  *   DAAD (research or study in Germany) Information Session

General Funding Opportunities

  *   American Indian Graduate Center Fellowships
  *   DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Short Term Research Grants
  *   Data Incubator Fellowship in Data Science
  *   Fulbright-Schuman Program in Policy and Technology
  *   German Federal Environmental Foundation/ Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) – Doctoral Scholarship Program
  *   International Foundation for Ethical (non-animal) Research Fellowship Program
  *   Korean American Scholarship Foundation
  *   Organization of American States – Rowe Fund Interest Free Loans
  *   Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center's Sabla Program for Learning Arabic

Funding Opportunities in the Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences

  *   Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
  *   Arts Learning Grants – Arizona Commission on the Arts
  *   Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts – 2019 Artist-In-Residence
  *   Boston Athenæum Short-Term Fellowships
  *   Coalition for Western Women’s History Prize for Ph.D. Research
  *   Family Strengthening Scholars
  *   Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
  *   Women’s Philanthropy Institute Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Opportunities in Science and Engineering

  *   American Water Resources Association – Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarship
  *   Forensic Sciences Foundation Jan S. Bashinski Grant
  *   Raptor Research Foundation (RRF) Dean Amadon Grant
  *   US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (OS) Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program

Postdoctoral Opportunities

  *   Breast Cancer Breakthrough Fellowship Award
  *   Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowships - US Department of Energy
  *   University of Strathclyde Educational Attainment Postdoctoral Position

Announcements

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) Information Sessions
The purpose of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (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. For more information, please review the following website: http://www.nsfgrfp.org. Please check your eligibility on the website before attending an information session.
When: Tuesday, April 11 from 12:00 – 1:00 in University Services Building Room 216
AND Wednesday, April 19 from 3:00 – 4:00 in University Services Building Room 216
RSVP: https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/nsf-grfp-information-sessions

Summer 2018 Fellowship Application Support Program
If you plan to work on a fellowship application for graduate study over the summer, we can help. The Summer Fellowship Application Support Program provides advice, deadlines, and feedback on your drafts.
Deadlines: Application deadlines for the summer support program are Wednesday, April 11 (priority deadline) and May 14th (final deadline).
More information: https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/summer-fellowship-application-support-program
Questions: Shelley Hawthorne Smith (shellh at email.arizona.edu<mailto:shellh at email.arizona.edu>)

DAAD (research or study in Germany) Information Session
Learn about the DAAD, which provides support for research or study in Germany, and the application process. We will also discuss the selection of the UA priority candidate.
When: Tuesday, April 17 from 9:00 – 10:00 in University Services Building Room 216
RSVP: https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/daad-information-session

General Funding Opportunities

American Indian Graduate Center Fellowships
The AIGC Fellowship program provides approximately $1,200,000 in fellowships to over 400 American Indian and Alaska Native graduate and professional students each year.  Graduate fellowships are monetary awards made to American Indian and Alaska Native graduate or professional full-time, degree-seeking students, who meet all eligibility criteria.  The fellowship amount is typically between $1000 and $5000 per academic year (not including summer), and varies from year to year, depending on the number of qualified applicants, the availability of funds and unmet financial need.
Citizenship: enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian or Alaska Native group, or provide documentation of descent (possess one-fourth degree verifiable federally recognized Indian blood) as verified through submission of a Tribal Eligibility Certificate
Deadline: June 1, 2018
Website: https://www.aigcs.org/aigc-scholarship-fellowship-opportunities/graduate-opportunities

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Short Term Research Grants
Short-Term Research Grants are awarded for 1-6 months to highly qualified candidates who have completed a Master’s degree or Diploma, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor’s degree at the latest by the time they begin their grant supported research, or those who have already completed a PhD (postdocs). DAAD will cover health insurance and provide a flat rate subsidy for travel costs. In addition, limited funds are available for a rent subsidy and family allowance.
Citizenship: US or Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Foreign nationals who live in the USA or in Canada must have been living in the US/Canada for a minimum of one year and have their current residence in the US/Canada by the time of the application deadline.
Deadline: May 1, 2018
Website: https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/graduate-opportunities/research-grants/short-term-research-grants/

Data Incubator Fellowship in Data Science
The Data Incubator is an intensive 8 week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The program is free for Fellows and supported by sponsorships from hundreds of employers across multiple industries. In response to the overwhelming interest in our earlier sessions, we will be holding another fellowship. Anyone who has already obtained a masters or PhD degree or who is within one year of graduating with a masters or PhD is welcome to apply.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: See website
Website: https://www.thedataincubator.com/

Fulbright-Schuman Program in Policy and Technology
The Fulbright-Schuman Program, administered by the Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States and Belgium, is jointly financed by the U.S. State Department and the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission. It funds projects exclusively dealing with U.S.-EU relations, EU institutions, or EU policy. More information can be found in the CIES catalog (PhD holders) and the IIE catalog (for non-PhD holders). The purpose of the grant is for candidates to explore the nexus of policy and technology. How can the U.S. and EU work together to adapt to the challenges and opportunities created by new technologies?
Citizenship: U.S and EU citizens
Deadline: Mid-October (earlier campus deadline, contact Karna Walters at oncs at email.arizona.ed<mailto:oncs at email.arizona.ed>)
http://www.fulbrightschuman.eu/grants-for-us-citizens/

German Federal Environmental Foundation/ Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) – Doctoral Scholarship Program
The DBU grants dissertation fellowships each year, for individuals in all disciplines, for advanced research work in the field of environmental protection. The work has to be done mainly in Germany, with a clear reference to the German environmental situation. The chosen topic is expected to be of high relevance and should contribute to solving problems in environmental and conservation efforts. Generally, all environmental issues are welcome who meet the above-mentioned criteria, i.e. in addition to the natural sciences and engineering, also applications from the social sciences, humanities, economics and law. Interdisciplinary topics that support a sustainable development, are especially welcome. The complexity of environmental problems requires interdisciplinary collaboration between different scientific disciplines. Therefore, DBU would like to support individuals with its scholarship programme with as many different environmental issues and in various fields. 60 fellowships are awarded each year. Projects are expected to be completed in a period of up to three years. An individual may not yet have started the doctoral thesis. DBU expects good skills of German from foreign applicants to allow their integration into the DBU scholars' network.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: June 15, 2018
Website: https://www.dbu.de/2821.html

International Foundation for Ethical (non-animal) Research Fellowship Program
The purpose of IFER’s Fellowship Program is to provide financial incentives to graduate students in science that encourage them at the earliest stages of their career to integrate innovation and discovery with ethics and respect for animals. Fellowships are awarded to those candidates whose program of study shows the greatest potential to replace the use of animals in science. Graduate Fellowships to develop alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing and education are open to students enrolled in Master’s and Ph.D. programs in the sciences, and human or veterinary medicine. Fellowships will also be considered for graduate students in other fields, such as education, psychology, humanities, journalism, and the law, for projects that show promise to increase public awareness or to promote changes in the legal system or public policy regarding the use of animals in research, testing, and education.
Citizenship: Not Specified
Deadline: April 30, 2018
Website: http://www.ifer.org/fellowships.php

Korean American Scholarship Foundation
The Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) is a non-profit, volunteer-managed organization established to help meet the financial needs of Korean-American students seeking higher education. KASF scholarships (which range from $500 to $5,000) are offered to the qualified Korea American students (including foreign students from Korea). All applicants must be enrolled in a full time program in the U.S during the scholarship application year. If extra funds are available, other students (non Koreans) may qualify for scholarships. Specifically, descendants of American veterans served during the Korean War may qualify for scholarships (applicable to selective regions)
Citizenship: Students who reside, or will reside, in the U.S. during the 2017-18 school year, whether U.S. citizens or foreign nationals, are all welcome to apply
Deadline: June 30, 2018
Website: http://www.kasf.org/western

Organization of American States – Rowe Fund Interest Free Loans
The Rowe Fund is an educational loan program of the Organization of American States (OAS) that helps citizens from Latin America and Caribbean OAS Member States finance their studies or research in accredited universities across the United States by awarding interest-free loans of up to $15,000 dollars. By financing a portion of their studies in the United States, the Rowe Fund helps students complete their education while at the same time fostering cultural diversity, friendship, and communication among the people of the Americas.
Citizenship: Must be a citizen of an OAS Member State (see website)
Deadline: Rolling
Website: http://www.oas.org/en/rowefund/

Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center's Sabla Program for Learning Arabic
The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center's Sabla Program is an intensive summer language program designed to benefit current university-level students and recent graduates. The program offers courses at four different levels: Advanced Beginning, Low Intermediate, High Intermediate and Advanced. The program emphasizes the instruction of Modern Standard Arabic or MSA (fusha).
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: May 6, 2018
Website: https://www.sqcc.org/Arabic-Language-Program/SABLA-Summer-Arabic-Language-Immersion.aspx

Funding Opportunities in the Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. Entry scripts must be the original work of one writer, or of two writers who collaborated equally, and must be written originally in English. Adaptations and translated scripts are not eligible. Up to five $35,000 fellowships are awarded each year to promising new screenwriters. Screenwriters who have not earned more than $25,000 writing fictional work for film or television are eligible to apply.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: April 10 (deadline), May 1 (late deadline)
Website: http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/about

Arts Learning Grants – Arizona Commission on the Arts
Arts Learning Collaboration Grants enhance the work of arts educators, classroom teachers and school-based arts programs through collaborative projects taking place in-school (during regular school hours), after-school, or during summer/inter-session and in-services. Collaborative projects can take a variety of forms but must be submitted in one of the following categories:

  *   Planning: Future project planning, curriculum development, evaluation, resource development, etc.
  *   Professional Development: Training and learning for certified arts educators, classroom teachers, administration, teacher/artist teams, etc.
  *   Student Learning: Sequential, hands-on learning in, through, and/or about the arts.
Deadline: May 3, 2018
Website: http://azarts.gov/grant/arts-learning-collaboration-grant

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts – 2019 Artist-In-Residence
Applications for its Artist-in-Residence Programs are currently being accepted. Selected applicants enjoy generously sized, private live/work studios located in downtown Omaha’s historic Old Market. The Bemis Center of Contemporary Arts accommodates a broad range of artistic activity. Residencies will take place from September 19 through November 16, 2018. Residents receive a $1,000 monthly stipend to help with materials, supplies, and living expenses while in residency. An unrestricted $500 travel stipend is also provided.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: May 1, 2018
Website: http://www.bemiscenter.org/residency/current_opportunities.html

Boston Athenæum Short-Term Fellowships
The Boston Athenæum offers short-term fellowships to support the use of Athenæum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. Each fellowship pays a stipend for a residency of twenty days (four weeks) and includes a year’s membership to the Boston Athenæum. Scholars, graduate students, independent scholars, teaching faculty, and professionals in the humanities as well as teachers and librarians in secondary public, private, and parochial schools are eligible.
Citizenship: U.S. Citizens or foreign Nationals holding appropriate U.S. government documents
Deadline: April 15, Feb 1, and Feb 15
Website: http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/42

Coalition for Western Women’s History Prize for Ph.D. Research
The $1,000 prize supports travel to collections or other research expenses related to the histories of women and gender in the American West. Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program and be members of the Coalition of Western Women’s History (CWWH) at the time of application. The prize honors the memory of Irene Ledesma, whose contributions to Chicana and working-class history were ended by her untimely death in 1997.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: To be determined, see website
Website: http://womenswest.com/awards-prizes/irene-ledesma-prize/

Family Strengthening Scholars
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), will solicit applications for Family Strengthening Scholars grants to support dissertation research on healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy issues.  These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus on questions that have direct implications for healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. These grants are intended to address issues of significance to inform policy decisions and solutions, particularly for underserved/understudied populations (e.g., low-income families, minority populations), utilize rigorous research methodology (including primary data collection and/or secondary data analysis), and help inform the development of future intervention research.
Citizenship: See announcement
Deadline: April 30, 2018 (letter of intent)
Website: https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2018-ACF-OPRE-PR-1366

Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
Five Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships in the amount of $25,800 each will be awarded to young poets in the U.S. through a national competition sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. Established in 1989 by the Indianapolis philanthropist Ruth Lilly, the fellowships are intended to encourage the further study and writing of poetry.
Citizenship: Must reside in the U.S. or be U.S. citizens
Deadline: April 30, 2018
Website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/prizes-fellowship

Women’s Philanthropy Institute Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
The goals of the WPI Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship are to increase research and understanding of gender and philanthropy, contribute to building the field of study of gender and philanthropy, and support and encourage emerging scholars in their study of gender and philanthropy.
Citizenship: Not specified
Deadline: April 30, 2018
Website: https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/admissions/financial-aid-scholarships/dissertation-fellowship/wpi-fellowship/index.html

Opportunities in Science and Engineering

American Water Resources Association – Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarship
At least one $2,000 scholarship will be awarded to a full-time graduate student enrolled in a program relating to water resources for the 2015-2016 academic year. Scholarships will be awarded to the student most qualified by academic performance. Each applicant must be a national AWRA member. Consider becoming a member! Measures of academic performance include the cumulative grade point average, relevance of the student's curriculum to water resources, and leadership in extracurricular activities related to water resources.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: April 23, 2018
Website: http://www.awra.org/about/scholarships/

Forensic Sciences Foundation Jan S. Bashinski Grant
The award is to provide Graduate Students with financial assistance to complete their thesis or independent research project as required for a graduate degree in Criminalistics/Forensic Sciences. The thesis or research project must be in the field of Criminalistics/Forensic Sciences.
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
Deadline: July 31, 2018
Website: http://fsf.aafs.org/grants-scholarships-awards/jan-s-bashinski-grant/

Raptor Research Foundation (RRF) Dean Amadon Grant
The grant is designed to assist those working in the area of distribution and systematics (taxonomy) of raptors. Systematics covers a wide array of interests from molecular work to differential migration of populations from various geographic regions, for example. Distribution also covers a wide array of interests but should have something to do with where raptors live or why they are there. Applicants should indicate how their project fits into the area of raptor distribution and/or systematics.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: June 30, 2018
Website: http://www.raptorresearchfoundation.org/grants-and-awards/dean-amadon-grant/

US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (OS) Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
The goal of the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is to prepare graduate students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission, by providing graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories. The SCGSR program provides supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory in areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate students' overall doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories.
Citizenship: U.S. Citizens or Permanent Resident Aliens at the time of application
Deadline: May 15, 2018
Website: https://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/

Postdoctoral Opportunities

Breast Cancer Breakthrough Fellowship Award
Breakthrough Fellowship Award supports recent doctoral or medical graduates in pursuit of innovative, high-impact breast cancer research during their postdoctoral fellowship and allows them to obtain the necessary experience for an independent career at the forefront of breast cancer research. Those individuals should be exceptionally talented researchers who have demonstrated that they are the “best and brightest” of their peers. Applicants for this award must exhibit a strong desire to pursue a career in breast cancer research, with clear evidence for a researcher development plan that will lead to a successful independent career in breast cancer. Applicants must also demonstrate that the proposed research has high potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: May 30, 2018
Website: https://www.grants.gov/custom/viewOppDetails.jsp?oppId=302214

Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowships - US Department of Energy
The Postdoctoral (Postdoc) Program offers the opportunity for appointees to perform research in a scientifically rich research and development environment; present and publish research; contribute to the overall research efforts at the laboratory; advance knowledge in the areas of basic and applied research; and strengthen national scientific and technical capabilities. LANL's mission is to develop and apply science and technology to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent; reduce global threats; and solve other emerging national security and energy challenges.
Citizenship: United States
Deadlines: March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1
Website: http://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/postdoc-program/postdoc-appointment-types.php

University of Strathclyde Educational Attainment Postdoctoral Position
The School of Education at the University of Strathclyde is seeking to appoint an outstanding and highly motivated  full-time Research Associate on a fixed term basis  from September 2018 until 28 February 2020, to contribute to the innovative and cutting-edge ESRC funded ‘Social inequalities in educational attainment: an investigation into the mediating role of school absenteeism’ project. This secondary data analysis project will draw on the rich Scottish Longitudinal Study to investigate whether different forms of school absenteeism such as truancy contribute to explaining social inequalities in educational attainment and post school destinations.  It will further explore whether family background moderates the relationship between school absenteeism, educational attainment and post-school destinations.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: May 6, 2018
Website: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/77794/research-associate-school-of-education/?LinkSource=PremiumListing

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