[Plsgs] FW: April 2019 GradFunding Newsletter – Environmental Management, Women’s History, Forensic Sciences, and more

Wed Apr 3 10:47:07 MST 2019

Please consider going to the NSF GRFP information sessions if you would like to apply for an NSF fellowship. See also postdoctoral opportunities in this newsletter.
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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

o   DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service Study Scholarship and Research Fellowship Information Session

o   National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) Information Sessions

o   Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Jobs List

o   Summer 2019 Fellowship Application Support Program

General Funding Opportunities

o   American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grants

o   American Indian Graduate Center Fellowships

o   German Federal Environmental Foundation/ Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) – Doctoral Scholarship Program

o   International Foundation for Ethical (non-animal) Research Fellowship Program

o   Korean American Scholarship Foundation

o   National Institute for Transportation and Communities Dissertation Grants

o   Organization of American States – Rowe Fund Interest Free Loans

o   Southern Arizona Environmental Management Society Graduate Scholarships

o   Science and Humanities Communication Fellowship - UA Museum of Art

o   Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center's Sabla Program for Learning Arabic

Funding Opportunities in the Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences

o   Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts – 2019 Artist-In-Residence

o   Coalition for Western Women’s History Prize for Ph.D. Research

o   Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Dissertation Write Up Fellowships

o   MacDowell Artist Colony Fellowship

o   NSF Antarctic Artists and Writers Program

Opportunities in Science and Engineering

o   American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Graduate Scholarships

o   Bio5 Internships

o   Announcements for internships, grad student & postdoc openings, as well as regular employment

o   Forensic Sciences Foundation Jan S. Bashinski Grant

o   Raptor Research Foundation (RRF) Dean Amadon Grant

o   US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (OS) Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program

o   University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Fellowships

o   WateReuse Arizona Scholarships

Postdoctoral Opportunities

o   Army Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship

o   James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-scale Systems

o   Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowships - US Department of Energy

o   Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Postdoctoral Program

Announcements

DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service Study Scholarship and Research Fellowship Information Session
DAAD Fellowships provide support for study in Germany. The following opportunities through DAAD are generally most relevant for graduate students: study scholarships (provide an opportunity to do independent study in Germany or to complete a full Master's degree), research grants (primarily to do doctoral research). As a partner university, DAAD encourages the UA to select one priority candidate. Priority candidates from partner universities receive preferential status in the general fellowship competitions and have a considerably higher likelihood of being selected. The information session will cover the basics of the study scholarship and research scholarships as well as the priority candidacy process. Contact Shelley Hawthorne Smith with questions (shellh at email.arizona.edu<mailto:shellh at email.arizona.edu>).
Opportunity website: https://www.daad.org/ (please check your eligibility)
Date and time: Monday, April 8 from 12:00 – 1:00 in University Services Building Room 209
RSVP: https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/daad-information-session

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) Information Sessions
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. These information sessions will help you get started on your application. Contact Shelley Hawthorne Smith with questions (shellh at email.arizona.edu<mailto:shellh at email.arizona.edu>).
Opportunity website: http://www.nsfgrfp.org/ (Please check eligibility. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents. There are other eligibility criteria as well)
Dates and times:

·         Wednesday, April 10 from 9:00 – 10:00 in University Services Building Room 209

·         Thursday, April 11 from 9:30 – 10:30 on Zoom

·         Monday, April 15 from 3:00 – 4:00 in Forbes 229
RSVP: https://grad.arizona.edu/ofce/nsf-grfp-information-sessions

Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Jobs List
A new listserv, sbsgradjobs, has been created by Dr. Jane Zavisca for sharing employment, postdoctoral, and professional development opportunities for graduate students. The focus is on post-graduation job placement and careers (not assistantship or other funding opportunities for current students). The list will emphasize opportunities relevant to students in multiple graduate programs housed in in SBS, which cross-cut arts, humanities, social & behavioral sciences, information sciences, and more. Affiliates of related programs beyond SBS are also welcome to subscribe. The list is on an opt-in basis. Any students, faculty, or staff wishing to subscribe should go to htpp://list.arizona.edu and search for sbsgradjobs.

Summer 2019 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>)

General Funding Opportunities

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grants
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AERA Grants Program announces its Dissertation Grants competition. The program seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies, and to increase the number of education researchers using these data sets. The program supports research projects that are quantitative in nature, include the analysis of existing data from NCES, NSF or other federal agencies, and have U.S. education policy relevance.
Eligibility: Must be U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident enrolled in a doctoral program
Deadline: May 15, 2019
Website: http://www.aera.net/Professional-Opportunities-Funding/AERA-Funding-Opportunities/Grants-Program/Dissertation-Grants

American Indian Graduate Center Fellowships
The AIGC Fellowship program provides 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 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: May 1st and June 1st
Website: https://www.aigcs.org/scholarships-fellowships/graduate-students/

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. DBU expects good German skills from foreign applicants to allow their integration into the DBU scholars' network.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: June 15, 2019
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, 2019
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 2019-20 school year, whether U.S. citizens or foreign nationals, are all welcome to apply
Deadline: June 30, 2019
Website: http://www.kasf.org/western

National Institute for Transportation and Communities Dissertation Grants
Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships of up to $15,000 to cover expenses for the recipient while working on a dissertation consistent with NITC's theme of:
Improving the mobility of people and goods to build strong communities.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadlines: June 1, 2019 (expected)
Website: http://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/funding/dissertation-fellowships

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/

Southern Arizona Environmental Management Society Graduate Scholarships
To encourage students planning to work in the environmental field or focus on solutions to environmental problems, each spring SAEMS awards scholarships to students pursuing a career in an environmental field. SAEMS scholarship awards total over $215,000 since the very first awards in 1991. The application is available for current University of Arizona students, who are continuing in the 2019-2020 academic year and pursuing a career in the Environmental, Health, and Safety field.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: April 28, 2019
Website: https://www.saems.org/scholarships/

Science and Humanities Communication Fellowship - UA Museum of Art
Are you an artist, historian, scientist, or researcher looking to share your work with the public? The University of Arizona Museum of Art, a partner in the Portal to the Public Network, is now recruiting science and humanities experts for its Fall program. Become a Science and Humanities Communication Fellow and develop skills and experience to help you connect with your audience and share your work with the broader public. Participants from various research and expertise backgrounds train together to encourage the sharing of ideas, insights, and expertise.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: June 1
Website: http://artmuseum.arizona.edu/science-humanities-communication-fellowship

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: April 21, 2019
Website: https://www.sqcc.org/Arabic-Language-Program/SABLA-Summer-Arabic-Language-Immersion.aspx

Funding Opportunities in the Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences

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. Residents receive a $1,000 monthly stipend to help with materials, supplies, and living expenses while in residency. An unrestricted $750 travel stipend is also provided.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: May 1, 2018
Website: http://www.bemiscenter.org/residency/current_opportunities.html

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: June 15, 2019
Website: http://womenswest.com/awards-prizes/irene-ledesma-prize/

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Dissertation Write Up Fellowships
The Law & Anthropology Department offers writing-up fellowships to enable doctoral candidates in the final stage of their programme to spend up to 6 months at the Institute to take advantage of its resources while finalizing their dissertations. The topic must be of immediate relevance to the Department’s research programme (see: www.eth.mpg.de/2951631/department_foblets<http://www.eth.mpg.de/2951631/department_foblets>). The fellow must be prepared to participate in the activities of the Department during the fellowship period, and is expected to submit a working paper that addresses the topic of his or her research.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: April 30, 2019
Website: https://recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/364/Description/2

MacDowell Artist Colony Fellowship
A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to eight weeks. Three prepared meals a day. Sigh. There are no residency fees. The Colony accepts applications from artists working in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts. The sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence. Location Peterborough, NH.
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: April 15, 2019
Website: https://www.macdowellcolony.org/application-guidelines

NSF Antarctic Artists and Writers Program
Applicants selected to participate in the Artists & Writers Program will be considered for field support in Antarctica beginning no sooner than a year after the specific proposal deadline in which they applied (i.e., if you applied for the July 2019 deadline, field support requests would not be considered until at least July 2020). Proposals will be considered for work aboard vessels in the Southern Ocean beginning no sooner than seven months after the June proposal deadline. The Antarctic research season is focused annually between October to February. Deployment dates are dependent on the research project or location where the successful applicant will be placed.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.
Deadline: July 1, 2019
Website:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19568/nsf19568.htm

Opportunities in Science and Engineering

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Graduate Scholarships
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation has a variety of scholarship competitions for graduate students in the fields of communication sciences and disorders. These include scholarships for doctoral students, international students, minority students, students with disabilities, and other opportunities.
Citizenship: Varies according to scholarship
Deadline: Early May 2019
Link: https://www.ashfoundation.org/apply/#Grants

Bio5 Internships
Announcements for internships, grad student & postdoc openings, as well as regular employment positions.
Website: http://education.bio5.org/internships

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, 2019
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, 2019
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 9, 2019
Website: https://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Fellowships
Intended for graduate students from underrepresented communities, these fellowships provide support for two years of graduate school and the opportunity to spend two summers interning with NCAR and UCAR in either Earth system science, diversity and inclusion, or public policy. The UCAR Next Generation Fellowships offer three distinct tracks: Earth System Science, Diversity & Inclusion, and Public Policy.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: June 3, 2019
Website: https://www.ucar.edu/opportunities/fellowships/ucar-next-generation-fellowships

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 at the Arizona Water Reuse Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: June 15
Website: https://watereuse.org/sections/watereuse-arizona/

Postdoctoral Opportunities

Army Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) invites exceptional young researchers to apply for an ARL Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship (www.nas.edu/arl<http://www.nas.edu/arl>). This fellowship provides recipients the opportunity to pursue independent research while working alongside some of the nation's best scientists and engineers. Applicants must display extraordinary ability in scientific research and show clear promise of becoming outstanding leaders. Successful candidates will have already tackled a major scientific or engineering problem or will have provided a new approach or insight, evidenced by a recognized impact in their field.
Citizenship: Foreign nationals must get further DoD approval, requiring a background investigation.
Deadline: May 31, 2019
Website: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/Fellowships/ARL/index.htm

James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-scale Systems
The JSMF Fellowship is designed to provide students with opportunities to pursue postdoctoral training that might not be otherwise readily available.   The Fellowships are intended to allow students to seek postdoctoral research opportunities aligned with the student’s interest and desire to obtain additional skills and experience that will further their pursuit of careers in complex systems science.     Students should not already have a Ph.D. but be on track to complete all degree requirements and be ready to start their first postdoctoral fellowship between June 2020 and February 28, 2021. $200,000 USD to be expended in 2-3 years
Citizenship: Unrestricted
Deadline: March 11 – June 13
Website: https://www.jsmf.org/apply/fellowship/

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

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Postdoctoral Program
Postdoctoral Scholar awards are offered annually to recipients of new or recent doctorates in the fields of chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and biology as well as oceanography. The competitive awards are designed to further the education and training of the applicant with primary emphasis placed on the individual's research promise. In order to be eligible for one of these awards, applicants must have received their doctoral degree within the past 2-3 years.
Citizenship: Unspecified
Deadline: see website
Website: http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=8021

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University of Arizona Graduate College
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