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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Grad & Postdoc Funding Opportunities [mailto:GRADFUNDING@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shelley Hawthorne Smith<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> GRADFUNDING@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> April GradFunding Newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>April 2012 GradFunding Newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>This GradFunding newsletter includes the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.3in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>What to do when the Dissertation Funding Doesn’t Come Through <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.3in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Current funding opportunities (general funding opportunities, dissertation support, and post-doctoral opportunities)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.3in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Upcoming workshops<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>What to do when the Dissertation Funding Doesn’t Come Through<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>You applied for the Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, the NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant, and for funding from your department. But so far you have only gotten bad news. What is the next step? How do you avoid perpetual ABD status? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Andrew Comrie, Dean of the Graduate College, and Georgia Ehlers, Director of Community Relations and Fellowships, have some advice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Reapply<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>“Many grants and fellowships are awarded to people who re-apply,” Ehlers observes after years of supporting graduate students in their search for funding. She suggests examining the reviewer comments carefully and discussing them with your adviser. She sees many overly ambitious projects that need focus. Also, many students need to speak more directly to the concerns of the reviewers. Ehlers often sees dissertation projects mature in the year between the first and the second application. “Sometimes their methods change, or they add a new element,” she explains, crediting this maturation to the higher success rate of second-time applicants. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Research<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>“Talk to your adviser, DGS, and other faulty for other program-specific possibilities,” Comrie suggests. Often others are aware of funding possibilities that you have not considered. He also recommends applying for several smaller funding opportunities. “Some students have success assembling several smaller awards from multiple sources: once you have a basic proposal, revise it and submit for a range of possible support.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>“New opportunities are constantly turning up,” Ehlers says optimistically. Search Iris, COS, or Grants.gov for opportunities that fit your project. Ehlers also suggests considering ways to reframe your project to fit good funding opportunities. For example, if you are researching water issues in Alaska, you may want to consider how the issues impact women or children. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Revise<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> Comrie recommends reconsidering the scope of the project. “Develop a backup plan for a do-able project that can be completed without external funding,” he recommends. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>“Time is money,” Ehlers agrees. Think about ways to make your project more efficient. For example, if you are interested in researching access to legal advice in South Africa, you may shave a year and thousands of dollars off of your project by examining access to legal advice in Tucson. Focus on the dissertation now and write your book later. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Find another Job<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>There are two approaches to work in relation to your research. Sometimes you can find a job that relates to your research: the obvious example of this is to assist a professor with similar research. But another approach is to look for a job with minimal interference in your life as a researcher. If you are currently a GAT and finding the balance between teaching and finishing your dissertation overwhelming, you might want to consider looking for another job that demands less energy and time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Keep the End in Sight<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> The prospect of finishing a dissertation can be daunting. Set-backs are an inevitable part of the process. Work, family, and other responsibilities will conspire to consume your time. But if you keep moving forward, you will eventually get to the end of the dissertation and the beginning of a more lucrative stage in your career. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>General Funding Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Grand Challenges in Global Health Explorations: Round 9<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'>Grand </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Challenges in Global Health focuses on major global health <a href="http://www.grandchallenges.org/Pages/BrowseByGoal.aspx"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>challenges</span></a> with the aim of engaging creative minds across scientific disciplines — including those who have not traditionally taken part in health research — to work on solutions that could lead to breakthrough advances for those in the developing world. Recognizing that great ideas can come from anywhere and anyone, in 2008 the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched <a href="http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/Introduction.aspx"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Grand Challenges Explorations</span></a>, a $100 million program to encourage even bolder and less conventional<span style='color:#333333'> solutions. Grand Challenges Explorations is an agile, accelerated grant initiative with short two-page applications and no preliminary data required. Anyone with a bold idea that shows great promise can apply. Applications are submitted online, and winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from the submission deadline. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million. The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline, from student to tenured professor, and from any organization – colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Topics for Grand Challenges Explorations Round 9 are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>New Approaches for the Interrogation of Anti-malarial Compounds<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Aid is Working: Tell the World<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Explore New Solutions for Global Health Priority Areas<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Design New Approaches to Optimize Immunization Systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Protect Crop Plants from Biotic Stresses From Field to Market<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: May 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <span style='color:#333333'> </span><a href="http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/ApplicationInstructions.aspx">http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/ApplicationInstructions.aspx</a><span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>International Arid Lands Consortium Wayne Owens Peace Fellowship Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The International Arid Lands Consortium (IALC) Wayne Owens Peace Fellowship Program was created to benefit U.S. and Middle East environment and society, in keeping with the IALC's goal of supporting and researching methods of ecologically sound desert management. The program promotes opportunities for outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to conduct arid lands research and contribute to the Middle East Peace Process. Selected students spend one month or more working in the field with eminent scientists on projects sponsored by the Consortium. This exchange between American universities and researchers in the Middle East fosters an environment in which young people can grow intellectually and contribute to understanding among Israeli, Arab, and U.S. participants. Students are expected to conduct their research in a country other than their home country. Graduate students will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. The exchange is an opportunity for students to contribute to the success of projects that include: desertification, water management, and reforestation. Total awards are up to $5,000.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: rolling<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://ialcworld.org/">http://ialcworld.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Hayek Fund for Scholars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), founded in 1961, is a unique organization that assists students and faculty who have a special interest in individual liberty. The mission of IHS is to support the achievement of a freer society by discovering and facilitating the development of talented students, scholars, and other intellectuals who share an interest in liberty and in advancing the principles and practice of freedom. Through its programs, the Institute promotes the study of liberty across a broad range of disciplines, encouraging understanding, open inquiry, rigorous scholarship, and creative problem-solving. The Hayek Career Development Grants are for students and untenured scholars. The grants can cover travel, application fees, conference fees, and other career-related expenses. Eligible career-advancing activities include, but are not limited to: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>presentations at academic or professional conferences; travel to academic job interviews on a campus or at professional/academic conferences; travel to archives or libraries for research; participation in career-development or enhancing seminars; distribution of a published article to <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>colleagues in your field; and submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book publishers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: rolling<o:p></o:p></span></p><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.theihs.org/" target="_main">http://www.theihs.org/ </a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>National Park Service Office of Risk Management Summer Internship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The National Park Service (NPS), Office of Risk Management is pleased to offer a paid student summer internship for graduate and undergraduate students to work in our parks on a range of<br>injury prevention projects. Students will apply skills in epidemiology, behavioral sciences, risk management, public health, and/or social sciences to enhance NPS injury prevention and control efforts and mitigate unintentional injuries (e.g. drowning, fall injuries, hypothermia, dehydration, carbon monoxide poisoning, animal bites or attacks, and trauma from crashes in cars, boats, bikes, and other forms of transportation, among many other injuries that occur in parks) to park visitors. Students will attend a week long intensive training in the DC metro area before heading to their park for their internship.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.thesca.org/serve/internships/special-programs/nps-risk-management">http://www.thesca.org/serve/internships/special-programs/nps-risk-management</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>NSF-IGERT Program in Comparative Genomics at the University of Arizona <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The NSF-IGERT Program in Comparative Genomics at the University of Arizona is currently accepting applications from Ph.D. students. Students whose research interests are in the areas of evolutionary, functional, or computational genomics may be considered for a fellowship. The IGERT Program in Genomics is a unique interdisciplinary training opportunity. Students in this program earn their Ph.D. in their respective departments but participate in various program activities, including interdisciplinary mentoring from U of A faculty, courses in genomics, training in cutting edge genomics technologies, international symposia, discussion groups, and ethics training. Current students are eligible for one-year awards which provide a stipend of $30,000 plus out-of-state tuition waivers and research and travel funds. Students must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona and must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: April 15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.genomics.arizona.edu/" title="http://www.genomics.arizona.edu/">http://www.genomics.arizona.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Prof. R. Rahamimoff Travel Grants for Young Scientists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Default><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>U.S-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) has issued a new call for proposals for a special program supporting short, research related trips of PhD students and Post-Docs, both Americans to Israel, and Israelis to the U.S. BSF is announcing the availability of funds for short scientific trips by young American or Israeli scientists to the other country. In 2012 the program will have two calls and each will support 10 trips. Grants will be $4,000 each. This is the first call for 2012. The program is open to PhD students and post-doc fellows doing research that requires facilities or expertise that are not available in their home countries. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of their merit in light of the overall aim of the program, and the qualifications of the applicants. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: May 2, 2012 <br><a href="http://www.bsf.org.il/BSFPublic/Default.aspx">http://www.bsf.org.il/BSFPublic/Default.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>USDA Community Forest and Open Space Program <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Community Forest Program is a grant program that authorizes the Forest Service to provide financial assistance to local governments, Tribal governments, and qualified nonprofit entities to establish community forests that provide continuing and accessible community benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: May 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/programs/loa/cfp.shtml">http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/programs/loa/cfp.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Dissertation Support<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=plain style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Junior Research Fellowship, Senior Fellowship and Creative and Performing Arts Fellowships</span></b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><br>The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) supports the advancement of knowledge and understanding of India, its people, and culture. AIIS welcomes applicants from the following disciplines: Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Behavioral Sciences, Communications, Cultural Studies, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Ethnomusicology, Film/Photography, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Geography, History; History of Art, History of Science, Linguistics, Literature, Natural Sciences, Performance Studies, Performing Arts, Philosophy. Political Science, Public Health, Public Policy, Religious Studies, Sociology, Technology Studies, and Urban Planning. Junior Research Fellowships are specifically designed to enable doctoral candidates to pursue their dissertation research in India. Junior Research Fellows establish formal affiliation with Indian universities and Indian research supervisors. Support (per month) includes a maintenance stipend; a research and travel award; a dollar supplement, and a per dependent allowance (all varies per award). Junior Research Fellowships are available to doctoral candidates at U.S. universities in all fields of study. Non-U.S. citizens are welcome to apply for AIIS fellowships as long as they are graduate students at a college or university in the U.S. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=plain style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: July 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=plain style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.indiastudies.org/research-fellowship-programs/">http://www.indiastudies.org/research-fellowship-programs/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Center for Economic Studies (CES) Dissertation Mentorship <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>CES wants to assist doctoral candidates who are actively engaged in dissertation research in economics or a related field using Census Bureau microdata at a Research Data Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Program participants receive two principal benefits: One or more CES staff economists are assigned as mentors and advise the participant on the use of Census Bureau microdata; A visit to CES where they meet with staff economists and present research in progress. Trip expenses (airfare, hotel, and meals) will be paid for by CES.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Eligible candidates must be actively working on a Ph.D. thesis in economics or a related field using Census Bureau microdata at a Research Data Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: rolling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.census.gov/ces/researchprograms/mentorship.html">http://www.census.gov/ces/researchprograms/mentorship.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Gerald R. Ford Dissertation Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>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 on an aspect of the United States political process and public policy, broadly defined. The Selection Committee will consider research in any field related to the study of the United States political process and public policy, broadly defined, during the last half of the 20th century. Of special interest is the role and analysis of public <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>opinion in that process. Doctoral students in political science, history, journalism, communications, public policy, foreign relations, or American studies are encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: May 1<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/fsa.asp">http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/fsa.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></pre><pre><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Research Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History awards short-term Research Fellowships to scholars working in American history at every level, from doctoral candidates to senior faculty, including independent scholars. The fellowships support research within American history archives in New York City, including the following institutions: The Gilder Lehrman Collection; the New-York Historical Society; the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library; and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL). For 2012-13, ten Gilder Lehrman Fellowships of $3,000 will be awarded. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: May 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html">http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Lilly Library Everett Helm Visiting Fellowship <o:p></o:p></span></b></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>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 (up to $1,500) and provides access to the collections of the Lilly Library for scholars residing outside the Bloomington area. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: April 15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/index.php">http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Lilly Library Mendel Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Lilly Library of Indiana University invites applications for fellowships of up to $40,000 during the academic year in support of research in the library's Bernardo Mendel collections. Established through a bequest by the estate of Johanna Lenz Mendel in 1998, 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. The amount of the stipend is based on the length of stay, which may range from one week to a full academic year. The fellowship is intended to cover travel to the Lilly Library and living expenses while in residence.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: April 15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml">http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/fellowships.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Lydia Donaldson Tutt-Jones Memorial Research Grant (African American Success Foundation)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>This grant provides financial support to students and professionals who conduct research to study African American success, particularly in the area of education. It is offered to encourage the building of the science of African American success by studying those attitudes and behaviors that cause people to attain academic success. The research can focus upon early childhood education, student performance in the elementary, middle or high school years, as well as the attitudes and behaviors that help individuals finish college and graduate school. It can also focus upon parental behaviors that contribute to student success, as well as related home and community variables that promote excellence in educational performance. By focusing upon the strategies that are working well for many highly successful African Americans nationwide and spreading the word about these successful </span><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>strategies, the <strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";font-weight:normal'>African American Success Foundation</span></strong> can help educational<span style='color:black'> institutions, social service agencies, public policy makers, and other concerned citizens replicate these successes for many others in the years to come. All proposals must make it clear that the research focus is on high academic achievers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: June 8<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.blacksuccessfoundation.org">http://www.blacksuccessfoundation.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Post-Doctoral Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><pre><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Korea Foundation promotes international understanding through various academic and cultural exchange programs. The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program provides promising and highly qualified recent Ph.D. recipients with the opportunity to conduct research at leading universities in the field of Korean studies so that they can further develop their scholarships as well as have their dissertations published as manuscripts. Eligible fields are in the humanities and social sciences such as: anthropology, archaeology, art history, economics, geography, history, language and literature, linguistics, musicology, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology. Stipend support is for a period of up to 12 months, of an amount to be determined on the basis of country, region and institution where the Fellow will conduct his/her research. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: April 30<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.kf.or.kr/eng/main/index.asp">http://www.kf.or.kr/eng/main/index.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><pre><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards Postdoctoral Fellowships to highly qualified investigators within three years of obtaining their PhD 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 or national facility of their choice. The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential, and provide them with experience in research and education that will establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows. Fellows must affiliate with appropriate research institutions and are expected to devote themselves full time to the fellowship activities during its term. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: July 1<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Link: <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10500/nsf10500.htm">http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10500/nsf10500.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Stanford Molecular Imaging Postdoc</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#2D2D2D'>The Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars (SMIS) program is a diverse training program bringing together more than thirteen departments, predominantly from the Stanford Schools of Medicine and Engineering, in order to train the next generation of interdisciplinary leaders in molecular imaging. Oncologic molecular imaging is a rapidly growing area within molecular imaging which combines the disciplines of chemistry, cell/molecular biology, molecular pharmacology, physics, bioengineering, imaging sciences, and clinical medicine to advance cancer research, diagnosis and management. The goals of SMIS are to train postdoctoral fellows through a diverse group of over 40 basic science and clinical faculty mentors representing 8 program areas, incorporating formal courses in molecular imaging, molecular pharmacology, cancer biology, cancer immunology, virology, and gene therapy, with a clinical component including hematology/oncology rounds. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline: May 7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://mips.stanford.edu/grants/smis/">http://mips.stanford.edu/grants/smis/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Graduate and International Writing Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Graduate Writing Workshops: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Wednesdays 4-5:00 pm -Social Sciences 411 - Dr. Victoria Stefani<br>Apr. 4 Creating Successful Oral Presentations<br>Apr. 11 Tried-and-True Strategies for Written and Oral Exams<br>Apr. 18 Writing Curricula Vitae and Cover Letters<br><br>International Writer’s Workshops: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Thursdays 4-5:00 p.m. –Social Sciences 411 - WSIP Staff<br>Mar. 29 Analyzing and Summarizing a Text<br>Apr. 5 Revision: Editing for Readability and Correctness<br><br>For further information, contact Dr. Donna Rabuck, Asst. Director, 621-5849, or visit <a href="http://wsip.web.arizona.edu" target="_blank">http://wsip.web.arizona.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Internal Review Board (IRB) Investigator Workshop <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Internal Review Board (IRB) Investigator Workshop with Mariette Marsh, Assistant Director of Human Subjects Protection Program, will be held on two different days (but the material will be the same). On Monday April 2nd 2012 the Workshop will be offered at 2:00-3:30pm in SUMC#411 and on Tuesday April 3rd 2012 at 10:00-11:30am in SUMC#411 (Career Services Room). Please sign up for only one of these two days as they are the same presentation just meant to help everyone with different schedules attend one of the two Workshops. Feel free to bring your own brown bag lunch for this event, but no food will actually be served since the Workshop is less than 2 hours long.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Monday Registration Here: <a href="http://gpsc.arizona.edu/workshop2-registration">http://gpsc.arizona.edu/workshop2-registration</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Tuesday Registration Here: <a href="http://gpsc.arizona.edu/internal-review-board-irb-investigator-workshop-4-3-2012">http://gpsc.arizona.edu/internal-review-board-irb-investigator-workshop-4-3-2012</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>NSF DDIG Information Session<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Are you considering applying for an NSF DDIG? This workshop will give an overview of the process including a presentation from Sponsored Projects. DDIG awardees and DDIG reviewers will give tips to improve the success of your application. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Date: Friday, March 30<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Time: 12:00 – 2:00<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Location: Agave Room of the Student Union<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Please rsvp to Shelley Hawthorne Smith (<a href="mailto:ssmith@grad.arizona.edu">ssmith@grad.arizona.edu</a>) if you plan to attend. Include your field of study in the email. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>This newsletter is compiled by Shelley Hawthorne Smith under the direction of Georgia Ehlers in the Graduate College Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>