Graduate Student Essay Competition (Jordan Center, NYU)

Deadline: June 1, 2023

The blog of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia is pleased to announce our fourth annual Graduate Student Essay Competition. Enter for a chance to get published on the blog and win cash prizes.

We invite 750-1200 word submissions from full- or part-time M.A. and Ph.D. students from any accredited academic institution in the United States, on any topic and sub-discipline within Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, broadly defined. Cultural criticism; opinion pieces; public-facing treatments of scholarly work; political analysis; book, film, or event reviews; and more are welcome.

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Funding: International Vladimir Nabokov Society Prizes 

Deadline: April 30, 2023

The International Vladimir Nabokov Society is currently seeking submissions for its 2023 Prizes, generously funded by the Vladimir Nabokov Literary Foundation, for excellence in undergraduate and graduate-level work, published articles, and books. Work can be self-nominated. Instructors are invited to nominate students. The deadline for nominations is April 30th, 2023. The list of prizes can be viewed here: http://thenabokovian.org/prizes.

Founded in 1978, the IVNS exists to promote the study and appreciation of Nabokov’s work and awards prizes each year for outstanding essays and books in the field of Nabokov Studies.

Undergraduate Research Competition

Deadline: April 3, 2023

Every year, the Russian Studies department at Macalester College organizes a student research competition. This year, the competition will be in a virtual format and is open to undergrads at all U.S. colleges and universities. Cash prizes awarded!

(1) Submit the title of your project and an abstract by Monday, April 3 by following the link at the competition website. Your project should be based on a term paper, digital project, or part of a senior thesis on any topic relevant to Eastern/Central Europe, Russia, or Central Asia written in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, or work-in-progress from Spring 2023. Your abstract should provide an overview of your project, including its thesis and conclusions, and be no more than 300 words.

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Student Paper Competition: Virtual Edition

Deadline: April 3, 2023

Every year, the Russian Studies department at Macalester College organizes a student research competition. This year, the competition will be in a virtual format and is open to undergrads at all U.S. colleges and universities. Cash prizes awarded!

(1) Submit the title of your project and an abstract by Monday, April 3 by following the link at the competition website (https://sites.google.com/macalester.edu/macalester-russian-studies/home?authuser=0). Your project should be based on a term paper, digital project, or part of a senior thesis on any topic relevant to Eastern/Central Europe, Russia, or Central Asia written in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, or work-in-progress from Spring 2023. Your abstract should provide an overview of your project, including its thesis and conclusions, and be no more than 300 words.

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Czechoslovak Emerging Scholars Prize

Deadline: June 20, 2023

The Czechoslovak Studies Association is pleased to announce the Emerging Scholars Essay Prize. This prize will be awarded to the author of a distinguished article, essay, or chapter on a topic related to the history and culture of Czechoslovakia, its predecessor and successor states, and its peoples. Papers that place these topics in a comparative or transnational context are welcome.

Submissions should be an essay, journal article, book chapter, or chapter of a recently completed dissertation or master’s thesis from 2020, 2021, or 2022 (they may not also be submitted for the Pech Prize). They must be no more than 10,000 words in length inclusive of references/footnotes, and written originally in English. Dissertation or thesis chapters can be edited to meet the maximum word count. Applicants must be current Ph.D. students or have earned a Ph.D. or master’s degree in or after 2020.

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Funding: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Funding

Deadline: March 16, 2023

Call for Letters of Inquiry: Historical Research on the Practices and Institutions of Social and Natural Science

Grants of $75,000 – $250,000 to be awarded for original research in the history of science, technology, economics, and social science, focusing on areas of broad programmatic interest to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation supports basic research and public understanding of science, technology, and economic behavior. We believe that historical scholarship is valuable to understand the contemporary context of scientific research and that historical scholarship can be critically important to informing current and future research and policy practices. The Sloan Foundation is currently soliciting Letters of Inquiry for research projects to advance historical scholarship on thematic areas of interest to the Foundation as discussed below. A small number of full proposals will be invited based on submissions received in response to this Call.

Letters of Inquiry are invited between $75,000 – $250,000 and can be for the following types of research projects:

·         Faculty-led research projects of up to $250,000, with the aim of advancing original scholarship on a topic or theme of interest to the Foundation in the history of science, technology, economics, and social science

·         Dissertation improvement and completion projects of up to $75,000, to specifically support dissertation research expenses including travel, archival fees, and data collection, and up to one year of graduate student stipend (including summer funding, but not tuition) on a topic or theme of interest to the Foundation in the history of science, technology, economics, and social science. A faculty member must serve as the principal investigator for dissertation improvement and completion projects.

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Funding: Global Change Maker Scholarship, UT Austin

Deadline: March 20, 2023

If you are planning to study abroad during Summer 2023 or Fall 2023, Global Change Maker Scholarship applications are open to students of all majors! The Center for Global Business is offering scholarship awards of up to $5,000 to support students pursuing international experience through study abroad or international internships. Applications for travel in Summer 2023 and Fall 2023are now being accepted, and priority applications for Spring 2024 are also being accepted. Global Change Maker Scholarship applications are due Monday, March 20th.

Funding: Senate of College Councils Study Abroad Scholarship

Deadline: March 5, 2023

MUST HAVE A VALID UT EID AND BE ENROLLED AT UT

The Senate of College Councils Academic Enrichment Committee Study Abroad Scholarship is designed to assist a student studying abroad in an upcoming academic year.

To qualify for this scholarship applicants must have attended UT for at least two semesters, or must currently be enrolled in your second semester (classification after completion of the Spring 2023 semester). Students must also currently have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, and must be in good academic standing. Applicants will be scored in consideration of the applicants merit, financial need, and acceptance to a UT affiliated study abroad.

This scholarship is open to all students, including graduate and international students, who are studying abroad in Maymester or Summer 2023 programs.

Students who are currently serving in an elected or appointed Senate Internal or External position and those serving on any Ad-Hoc Committees are not eligible to apply.

The scholarship will close on March 5, 2023 at 11 p.m., CST.

If accepted as a scholarship recipient, you will be ineligible to receive the scholarship a second time.

If you have any questions, please email senateae@gmail.com or Veronica Cantu, Senate Financial Advisor, veronicanc@austin.utexas.edu.

Funding: Texas Global Faculty Funding Opportunities

Deadline: February 27, 2023

Texas Global supports faculty in pursuing global research, teaching, publishing, and event collaborations, with close to $700,000 in awards granted to date across 15 colleges and schools. Texas Global is pleased to announce that applications are open for the following funding opportunities, with a deadline of Monday, February 27. 
   – Faculty Research Seed Grants 
   – Global Career Launch  
   – Global Virtual Exchange  
   – Faculty Travel Planning Grants  
   – Texas Global Publication Fund  

Applications for the Internationalization Event Fund continue to be accepted on a rolling basis. 

For any questions, contact txglobal-grants@austin.utexas.edu

Funding: ACTR Professional Development Fund

Deadline: April 1, 2023

We encourage you to apply/to invite your graduate students to apply for the second round of the ACTR Professional Development Fund in honor of Olga E. Kagan, with a deadline of April 1, 2023. 

The purpose of this award is to support the professional development of Russian language instructors. This year it will offer support to graduate students ($300) to help offset the cost of professional development in language pedagogy. Eligible reimbursable expenses include travel to professional and academic conferences, conference registration fees, pedagogical workshops, and other professional development and/or training activities which focus on language pedagogy. See below for some suggestions (and please feel welcome to email with additional opportunities that we may have missed). 

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