National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs

This opportunity may well be of interest to CHASS graduate students with research interests in education. Please circulate among any doctoral students and appropriate departmental DGPs. And the postdoctoral fellowship described here is appropriate for junior faculty, and is a non-residential program, so this may be particularly attractive to our junior colleagues.

Dear Colleagues:

We are pleased to share information on the application process for the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs. Please help us widely distribute information on the two fellowship programs to qualified candidates, listservs and other electronic sources by using the paragraphs below. Thank you for your assistance.

The National Academy of Education (NAEd) invites applicants for the following fellowship programs:

Doctoral Research Assistantship in Sustainability Science

Colleagues, Bob Brown, the dean of the College of Natural Resources, very kindly shared this with us. If you have a student with an interest in this field, encourage them to apply ASAP, as the sponsor wishes to locate a student immediately.

Doctoral Research Assistantship in Sustainability Science

Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) at the University of Maine offers unprecedented opportunities for graduate students to experience a truly interdisciplinary learning experience through a $20 million, 5-year program funded by the National Science Foundation's EPSCoR program. The SSI's mission is to create an integrative research program and strong stakeholder partnerships to generate improved solutions to intersecting ecological, social, and economic challenges in and beyond Maine. For more information, visit www.umaine.edu/sustainabilitysolutions.

Public Entity Risk Institute Dissertation Fellowships

This post may be a little self-indulgent, since I've had a student funded by this program, and because it's in my personal area of research. And I had a small role in finding this when I worked at NSF. But I've been pleasantly surprised to learn of the large number of doctoral students in CHASS and other disciplines who are interested in, and researching, issues relating to disasters, risks, or hazards. Due to some changes at PERI, this may be the last year of this program, but I am hopeful that it will continue. Of course, please direct any questions, or students with questions, to me.

The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) and Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) offers a program that awards dissertation fellowships for work in all aspects of natural and human-made hazards, risk, and disasters in all disciplines.

The award is open to individuals in any discipline, including the natural and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, specialties in engineering, or interdisciplinary programs such as environmental studies, who are conducting research in hazards, risk, or disasters. Fellowship candidates must be ABD (all but dissertation) at a U.S. institution by the application deadline with an approved dissertation proposal. Non-U.S. citizens may apply as long as the doctorate degree will be granted by a U.S. institution.

Fellowship Description:

Up to 6 grants each up to $10,000 each will be awarded in 2012 to doctoral students to support their dissertation work on natural and human-made hazards, risk, and disasters in any relevant field of the natural and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, specialties in engineering, or interdisciplinary programs such as environmental studies. The grants are flexible and can be used for data collection, travel for field work, or for presentation of findings at meetings, purchase of software, data entry assistance, statistical analysis services, or a combination of these or other similar purposes (but, NOT for stipends or tuition).

News and Opportunities from the Social Science Research Council

The SSRC has posted its latest council update. It contains important news and opportunities for social scientists, including open competitions for these SSRC programs:

• Training Awards in Higher Education and Social Inequality in Egypt (Deadline: July 6)
• Workshop on Youth and Social Stability in Eurasia(August 15)
• Grants for Collaborative Research on Environment and Health in China (August 22),
• Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (August 31)
• Abe Fellowship (September 1)
• Fellowship for Journalists (September 15)
• Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Faculty Field Competition (September 30). 

HUD Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program--Deadline July 14, 2011

From the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of University Programs (www.oup.org)


Are you a doctoral student pursuing a degree in a housing- or urban development-related field?

The Office of University Partnerships (OUP), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), would like you to know about funding we offer through our
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant (DDRG) program.