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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><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>Georgia Ehlers<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 29, 2012 4:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> GRADFUNDING@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> July 2101 GradFunding & Postdoc Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p><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><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>July 2012 GradFunding Newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></u></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 lfo1'><![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"'>Advice: Four Steps to Great Letters of Recommendation<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 lfo1'><![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<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"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></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"'>Four Steps to Great Letters of Recommendation<o:p></o:p></span></u></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"'>Letters of recommendation can be the determining factor in fellowship competitions. Because a good letter of recommendation is so much work to write, you want to do everything you can to make the process easy for your professors. Below you will find tips for getting as supportive letters as possible. <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"'>1.<u> Plan ahead</u>: <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"'>At some point in your career, you will need letters of recommendation from at least three professors. Even if you are just beginning your graduate student career, do your best to cultivate good relationships with at least three professors. <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"'>2. <u>Organize</u>:<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"'>Try to think about writing the letter from your professor’s perspective and prepare a folder of documents that will help make the process easier. The folder should include:<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:l2 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>A summary of the fellowship including the purpose of the fellowship and the criteria by which the competition will be judged.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>A copy of your vita and drafts of the essays you will submit as part of the application.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>A summary of what you would like emphasized in the letter. You might want to include descriptions of volunteer activities, summaries of what you did in their classes, and reminders of other significant interactions. Include <i>details</i> – one letter of recommendation that stood out in a competition I judged described a Christmas party skit (which was relevant to the competition). <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Copies of papers or projects that you did in their classes. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Any forms or links to websites that the professor might need. If the form is online or electronic, be sure to have the correct email address for the professor. Also, give the professor contact information for the help desk. (A recent national competition had numerous issues with their website the week before the deadline.) <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"'><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"'>3. <u>Ask:<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Do <i>not</i> ask a professor to write a letter of recommendation over email or while passing in the hall. Make an appointment to meet in person during their office hours.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Describe the fellowship and ask them if they are able and willing to write a strong letter of recommendation for your application. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Show them the folder of information and ask if there is anything else that you could provide to make the process easier.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Request that the letter be on institutional letterhead if not submitted on an electronic form. Remind the professor to describe his or her academic position and academic affiliation, and his or her relationship to you.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Acknowledge that letters of recommendation are time consuming and thank them for their willingness to write one for you.<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"'><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"'>4. <u>Follow-up <o:p></o:p></u></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 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>You should have asked your writers at least a month (if not two) in advance of the deadline. Do not breathe down their necks, but give them reasonable reminders of the deadline – for example an email a week before the deadline you set could be helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Thank them! Go all out. Go to the bookstore and spend four dollars on a nice card. Writing letters of recommendation is part of a professor’s job, but writing a <i>good</i> letter of recommendation is a big favor to you as a graduate student.<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"'><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"'>Current Funding Opportunities <o:p></o:p></span></u></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><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/more/fellowship_award_overview">Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Foundation encourages all theoretical and experimental research relevant to the study of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies and prevention. <strong><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";font-weight:normal'>Candidates must apply for the fellowship under the guidance of a Sponsor—a scientist (tenured, tenure-track or equivalent position) capable of providing mentorship to the Fellow</span></strong>. In addition to aiding in the planning, execution and supervision of the proposed research, the Sponsor’s role is to foster the development of the Fellow’s overall knowledge, technical and analytical skills, and capacity for scientific inquiry. The Sponsor is also expected to assist the Fellow in attaining his/her career goals. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Deadline August 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#444444'><a href="http://www.ifpri.org/blog/dissertation-research-fellowships-gender-and-agriculture">Dissertation Research Fellowships on Gender and Agriculture</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span class=caps1><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#444444'>The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#444444'> and its partners are pleased to announce a call for applications for Ph.D. dissertation research fellowships on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (<span class=caps1>WEAI</span>). The first of its kind to directly capture women’s empowerment and inclusion levels in the agricultural sector, the purpose of the Index is to understand why women in developing countries face persistent obstacles and economic constraints to inclusion in the agriculture sector though they play a critical role in agricultural growth. The threefold goal of the fellowship is to strengthen understanding and evidence of the <span class=caps1>WEAI</span>; expand understanding of <span class=caps1>WEAI</span> dynamics through complementary qualitative and ethnographic work; and support promising researchers interested in gender and agriculture. Research proposals supported under this call must be focused entirely or mostly on one or more of 19 Feed the Future countries. Applicants must be full-time Ph.D. students in the social sciences or humanities and complete all Ph.D. requirements except dissertation by the time the fellowship begins.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#444444'>Deadline: July 31, 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></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:#00060C'><a href="http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2013_84305B.pdf">Educational Sciences Postdoctoral Research Training Program</a></span><span style='color:#00060C'><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:#00060C'>The U.S. Department of Education established the Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences (Postdoctoral Program) in 2005 to increase the supply of scientists and researchers in education who are prepared to conduct rigorous and relevant education research that advances knowledge within the field and addresses issues important to education leaders and practitioners. Institute is supporting research in ten research topics: Cognition and Student Learning; Early Learning Programs and Policies; Education Technology; Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching; English Learners; Improving Education Systems: Policies, Organization, Management, and Leadership; Mathematics and Science Education; Postsecondary and Adult Education; Reading and Writing; or Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning. The Institute is especially interested in training in the research topics of Education Technology, English Learners, and Postsecondary and Adult Education because these topics are less well served by the current Institute-supported training programs. <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:#00060C'>Deadline: September 2012<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:#00060C'><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:#00060C'><a href="http://www.dreyfus.org/">Environmental Chemistry Postdoctoral Program</a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><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:#00060C'>The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. Applications most likely to be of interest should describe innovative fundamental research in the chemical sciences or engineering related to the environment. Examples include but are not limited to the chemistry associated with: the climate, the atmosphere, aquatic or marine settings, toxicology, soil or groundwater. Also of interest are chemistry-related energy research (renewable sources, sequestration, etc.), and new or green approaches to chemical synthesis and processing, with a clearly stated relation to the environment.</span><span style='color:#00060C'><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:#00060C'>Deadline: August 20<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://www.fulbright.org.il/index.php?id=1317/?www=science360">Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowships</a></span><o:p></o:p></h1><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Program Overview<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=bodytext style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF) plans to award 8 grants to American post-doctoral scholars who are about to begin a program of research at Israeli institutions of higher education which will commence during the 2013/2014 academic year. The total length of the proposed program of work in Israel must be at least two academic years (20 months net in Israel). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";font-style:normal'>Deadline: August 1, 2012</span></em><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><em><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";font-style:normal'><a href="http://www.nmfonline.org/programs-GE.php">GE/NMF International Medical Scholars Program</a></span></b></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><br><b><img border=0 width=1 height=4 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01CD5614.FF3E9AC0"></b>In partnership with GE’s Developing Health Globally Program, National Medical Fellowships (NMF) offers the GE Medical Scholars Program, an international fellowship available to qualified rising 4th year minority medical students. Selected scholars will complete an all expense paid externship in Africa, in either Ghana or Uganda. </span><o:p></o:p></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: October 1, 2012 <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"'><a href="http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/academy_scholars_program.html">Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies</a><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 Academy Scholars Program offers 2-year research support for advanced doctoral and post-doctoral scholars in the social sciences, history and law working in non-Western areas of the world. These are open to scholars of all nationalities. Those in possession of a Ph.D. longer than 3 years are ineligible.<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"'>October 1, 2012<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";color:#00060C'><a href="http://www.ets.org/toefl/grants/jacqueline_ross_dissertation_award">Jacqueline A. Ross Dissertation Award</a></span></b><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'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#00060C'>The purpose of the Jacqueline A. Ross Dissertation Award is to recognize doctoral dissertation research that makes a significant and original contribution to knowledge about second- or foreign-language tests and testing and/or the use and development of such tests and testing. The annual award consists of $2,500 USD and round-trip economy airfare, expenses, and hotel accommodations for three nights at the Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC), where the award is presented.<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:#00060C'>September 1</span><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><em><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";font-style:normal'><a href="http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/kauffman-dissertation-fellowship-program.aspx">Kauffman Foundation - 2012-13 Entrepreneurship Dissertation Fellowship Grants</a></span></b></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><br>Fifteen fellowship grants of $20,000 will be awarded to Ph.D., D.B.A., or other doctoral students at U.S. institutions of higher education in support of dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship.</span><o:p></o:p></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: September 19, 2012<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"'><a href="http://www.amfar.org/In_the_Lab/Research_Grants/">Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research</a><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 Foundation for AIDS Research, is pleased to announce the availability of support for Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research. Krim Fellowship applicants must have a research or clinical doctorate and no more than four years of postdoctoral training at the time of applying, and are expected to secure an independent research position within 2.5 years following the start of fellowship funding.The Krim Fellowship applicant must be mentored during the funding period by an experienced investigator who: (a) is affiliated with the same nonprofit institution; (b) is qualified to oversee the proposed research; (c) has successfully supervised postdoctoral fellows; and (d) is at the associate professor level or higher.<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: August 2<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";color:#0070C0'>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) Andrew M. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships, 2013-2015</span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#333333'>The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire two Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellows in the Humanities for two-year appointments starting in Fall 2013. Fellows spend the two-year term in residence at Illinois; conduct research on the proposed project; and teach two courses per year in the appropriate academic department. Fellows also participate in activities related to their research at the IPRH, in the teaching department, and on the Illinois campus. Each Post-Doctoral Fellow gives a public lecture on his or her research. The search for Mellon Fellows is open to scholars in all humanities disciplines, but they seek applicants whose work falls into one of the following broad subject areas:<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:#333333'>- Race and Diaspora Studies<br>- History of Science/Technology<br>- Empire and Colonial Studies<br>- Memory Studies<br>The fellowship carries a $45,000 annual stipend, a $2,000 research account, and a comprehensive benefits package. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must have received their Ph.D. between January 1, 2008 and August 31, 2012. Detailed eligibility requirements and application guidelines can be found at <a href="http://www.iprh.illinois.edu">http://www.iprh.illinois.edu</a>.<br>The submission period opens September 1, 2012.<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:#333333'>Deadline: October 29, 2012</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"'><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"'><a href="http://research.history.org/Fellowships.cfm">Williamsburg Fellowships</a><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 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is pleased to invite applications for short-term residential fellowships at the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, with its distinguished collection of primary and secondary sources relating to eighteenth-century Williamsburg, the colonial Chesapeake, African American studies, decorative arts and material culture through 1830, archaeology, architectural history, digital history, and historic preservation. An important component of the work of the Foundation’s Division of Research and Historical Interpretation, Rockefeller Library fellowships primarily support research on topics related to British America, the American Revolution, and the Early Republic. Competitions include the Gilder Lehrman Short-Term Residential Fellowships, the Robert M. & Annetta J. Coffelt and Robert M. Coffelt, Jr. Fellowship (focused on topics relating to the American Revolution, Early Republic, or ideas and philosophies of America’s founding fathers), the Fellowship in African and African American History and Culture, and the Fellowship in 3D Visualization.<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"'>Deadlines: November 1<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"'><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/collection/grant-opportunities">Wilson Center’s European Studies Fellowships and Post-Docs</a><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 Wilson’s Center’s European Studies program offers a variety of short and long-term support opportunities for Ph.D. and post-doctoral research in the fields of social sciences and humanities with a regional focus on Central and Eastern Europe, including the Baltic States<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"'>Deadlines: vary<a name=program></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><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;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.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>