Scholarships and Grants

Art

The John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund

The purpose of the Scholarship, in accordance with the clear stipulation of the Stacey’s will, is to foster high standard in the study of form, color, drawing, painting, design, and technique, as these are expressed in modes showing patent affinity with the classical tradition of western culture. ONLY THOSE SHOULD APPLY WHO ARE SKILLED AND DEVOTED TO THIS CLASSICAL OR CONSERVATIVE TRADITION. It is open to United States citizens only, both men and women, single or married, irrespective of race creed or color. The age limit is between 18 and 35 years. Appointments will normally be for one year and the amount available for distribution will approximate $5,000.00.

Deadline: February 1 of each year (do not send before November 1).

http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/education/staceyfund/default.aspx

Film & Fiction Scholarships

Up to $10,000 are awarded by the Institute for Humane Studies to students pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree and who share an appreciation for the potential and promise of a free society.

Deadline: January 15, 2010

http://www.theihs.org/ContentDetails.aspx?id=468

Politics and Policy

The Rita Mae Kelly Endowment Fund

Established by her friends and colleagues in affiliation with the Women's Caucus for Political Science, the Latina Caucus for Political Science, The Committee for the Status of Latino/Latina in the Profession, the Women and Politics Research Organized Section and the Race, Ethnicity and Politics Organized Section. The Fund will support research on the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, and political power. Income from the endowment will be used to support, but not be limited to, research grants for pre-dissertation graduate students, an award, or public presentation addressing the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, and politics.

Deadline: Rolling basis

http://www.apsanet.org/content_14801.cfm

Psychology

American Psychological Association Diversity Dissertation Scholarship
Deadline: May 14, 2010

The Nancy B. Forest and L. Michael Honaker Master’s Scholarship for Research in Psychology

This $1500 award funds thesis research in the field of psychology at the Master’s level. In addition to the monetary award, the recipient will receive a certificate acknowledging this accomplishment.

http://www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html#masters

The Scott Mesh Honorary Scholarship for Research in Psychology

Scott Mesh, PhD, was one of the founding co-chairs of APAGs in 1988. This $1500 scholarship is named in his honor as appreciation for his initial work in launching APAGS and is intended to support dissertation research leading to a doctoral degree in the field of psychology. In addition to the monetary award, the recipient will receive a certificate acknowledging this accomplishment.
http://www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html#mesh

Deadline: May 14, 2010

The Ellin Bloch and Pierre Ritchie Honorary Scholarship

Deadline: May 14, 2010
http://www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html#bloch

APAGS-LGBT Dissertation Scholarship

The LGBT Dissertation Scholarship was established to encourage outstanding research in the area of LGBT concerns and is awarded to a student who demonstrates promise as a researcher as evidenced by a research proposal addressing the unique concerns facing LGBT individuals. This $1500 scholarship must be used to support proposed research

Deadline: May 14, 2010

http://www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html#lgbt

Various Fields

Humane Studies Fellowships (Economics,Politics and Policy,Philosophy,Etc.)

Deadline: December 31, 2009
http://www.theihs.org/ContentDetails.aspx?id=491

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Mathematics, Psychology, Etc.)

Deadline: Mathematics: November 4, Psychology: November 5.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=NSF

The Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship

Deadline: January 29, 2010

http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dpdf-fellowship/

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

The Program is open to individuals who retain loyalty and a sense of commitment to their country of origin as well as to the United States, but is intended to support individuals who will continue to regard the United States as their principal residence and focus of national identity. The applicant must either have a bachelor's degree or be in her/his final year of undergraduate study. Those who have a bachelor's degree may already be pursuing graduate study and may receive Fellowship support to continue that study. Individuals who are in the third, or subsequent, year of study in the same graduate program are not, however, eligible for this competition. Each year the Fellow receives a maintenance grant of $20,000 (paid in two installments) and a tuition grant of one-half the tuition cost of the US graduate program attended by the Fellow (up to a maximum of $16,000 per academic year).

Deadline: November 1, 2009

http://www.pdsoros.org/overview/

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

To assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. This program aims to encourage timely completion of the Ph.D. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure and no later than August 31, 2011. Stipend: $25,000, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000.

Deadline: November 11, 2009
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=512

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. These fellowships of $15,000 each are designed to contribute to the support of the doctoral candidate to enable him or her to complete the thesis in a timely manner, and it is only appropriate to apply for support for the final year of Ph.D. work. Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, interstate warfare, crime, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence.

Deadline: February 1

http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm

Jacob K. Javits Fellowships Program (English, History, Art, Philosophy, Religion, Economics, Cultural Studies, Politics and Policy, Psychology)

This program provides fellowships to students of superior academic ability—selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise—to undertake study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in selected fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences. Subject to the availability of funds, a fellow receives the Javits fellowship annually for up to the lesser of 48 months or the completion of their degree. The fellowship consists of an institutional payment (accepted by the institution of higher education in lieu of all tuition and fees for the fellow) and a stipend (based on the fellow's financial need as determined by the measurements of the Federal Student Assistance Processing System.

Deadline: Closed on October 5 for current year, but held annually

http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html

The National Science Foundation awards Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in selected areas of the biological sciences.

These grants provide partial support of doctoral dissertation research to improve the overall quality of research. Allowed are costs for doctoral candidates to participate in scientific meetings, to conduct research in specialized facilities or field settings, and to expand an existing body of dissertation research.

Deadline: November 20, 2009 (third Friday in November annually)

National Physical Science Consortium Dissertation Support Program (Computational Science, Biology, Engineering and Industrial Mathematics, Etc.)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5234&org=NSF

The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (Applied Mathematics, Biology, Computational Science)

Deadline: Applications available starting in late October, 2009. No deadline listed yet.

http://www2.krellinst.org/csgf/index.shtml

Funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration, the DOE CSGF trains scientists to meet the nation’s workforce needs and helps to create a nationwide interdisciplinary community. The fellowship provides support and guidance to some of the nation’s best scientific graduate students, and these graduates now work in DOE laboratories, private industry and educational institutions. Full tuition and required fees will be paid during the appointment period as well as a yearly stipend of $32,400.A $1,000 academic allowance is paid annually to the fellow to be used for duplication expenses, conferences, copies of conference proceedings, travel, or other expenses incurred while doing research or activities directly related to the professional development of the fellow. Fellows are expected to attend an annual fellowship meeting and to complete a 12 week practicum at a participating DOE research laboratory.

Abbott and Fenner Scholarship Program

Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants are pleased to be able to continue with our scholarship program for the 4th year. We will be awarding up to $1,000 to the winner(s) each year.
Scholarship Deadline - June 19, 2010.
Application Process: Students will submit an essay on the topic that appears on the scholarship page of our web site: http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm
Full details are available on our site. http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm

Designed to help early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate more effective doctoral dissertation proposals. Senior tenured faculty serve as research directors who identify research fields for groups of 12 graduate students. The faculty research directors design two workshops: one to prepare students to undertake summer research that will inform the design of their dissertation proposal, held in spring; the other to help students apply their summer research experiences to writing dissertation and funding proposals, held in the fall. The DPDF program is open to second-and third-year graduate students in all disciplines of the social sciences and humanities who are currently enrolled full time in Ph.D. programs at accredited universities in the United States. First and fourth year students may, under exceptional circumstances, be eligible. Student fellows participate in the two workshops and can apply for up to $5,000 to support summer research. The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,654 graduate fellowships in this competition pending availability of funds. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.Humane Studies Fellowships are awarded by the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) to students interested in exploring the principles, practices, and institutions necessary for a free society through their academic work. Previous award winners have come from a range of fields such as economics, philosophy, law, political science, anthropology and literature. Their research focused on a variety of topics: market-based approaches to environmental policy, the legal development of privacy and property rights in 18th-century England, the role of patient autonomy in bioethics, impediments to economic growth in developing countries, and the relationship between U.S. presidential politics, fiscal policies, and economic performance, for example.Ellin Bloch, PhD and Pierre Ritchie, PhD assisted with efforts to establish APAGS within APA in 1988. Each year, the APAGS Committee selects a research topic area that relates to an important social issue or underrepresented group in psychology. The 2010 scholarship topic is "Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology". Funds for this scholarship must be used to support proposed research. This $1500 scholarship is open to doctoral students only. In addition to the monetary award, the recipient will receive a certificate acknowledging this accomplishment.