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Funding Opportunity: Junior Fellows (Harvard University)

Deadline for Applications: August 11, 2017

Title: Society of Fellows – Nominations for Junior Fellows
Sponsor: Harvard University
Amount: $77,000

Description: The purpose of the Society is to give men and women at an early stage of their scholarly careers an opportunity to pursue their studies in any department of the University, free from formal requirements. They must be persons of exceptional ability, originality, and resourcefulness, and should be of the highest calibre of intellectual achievement, comparable to successful candidates for junior faculty positions at leading universities. These Junior Fellows are selected by the Senior Fellows, who with the President of the University and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, ex officio, administer the Society. Those elected receive three year fellowships. Candidates are nominated for Junior Fellowships, generally by those under whom they have studied. Applications are not accepted from the candidates themselves.

How to Apply: Submit nominations directly to the sponsor by August 11. See the grant announcement for a complete list of materials to be submitted with the application.

More Info: http://www.socfell.fas.harvard.edu/nominations.html

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Funding Opportunity: Media Projects-Production Grants (NEH)

Deadline for Applications: July 19, 2017

Title: Media Projects: Production Grants
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Amount: $100,000-$650,000/1-3 yrs.

Description: Media Projects: Production Grants support film, television, and radio projects for general audiences that encourage active engagement with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. All projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship in disciplines such as history, art history, film studies, literature, drama, religious studies, philosophy, or anthropology. Projects must also demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical (rather than celebratory). The approach to the subject matter must go beyond the mere presentation of factual information to explore its larger significance and stimulate critical thinking. NEH is a national funding agency, so the projects we support must demonstrate the potential to attract a broad general audience. Production grants support the production and distribution of films, television programs, and radio programs that promise to engage a broad public audience.

How to Apply (UT): Contact your departmental Grants and Contracts Specialist or Vanessa Lopez (volopez@austin.utexas.edu) in Liberal Arts Grants Services and return the Proposal Review Form by July 19.

More Info: http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/media-projects-production-grants

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Funding Opportunity: Small Research Grants (Spencer Foundation)

Deadline for Applications: July 11, 2017

Title: Small Research Grants
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation
Amount: $50,000

Description: The Foundation currently accepts proposals for small research grants, with a budget limit of $50,000. Small grant proposals covering any topic that falls within Spencer’s mission can be submitted through our general small grants program. Historically, the work that the Foundation has funded through these grants has spanned a range of disciplines, including education, psychology, sociology, economics, history, and anthropology.

How to Apply (UT): Contact your departmental Grants and Contracts Specialist or Vanessa Lopez (volopez@austin.utexas.edu) in Liberal Arts Grants Services and return the Proposal Review Form by July 11.

More Info: http://www.spencer.org/small-research-grants

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Funding Opportunity: Enhancing Students’ Understanding of their Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Criminal Justice System System through Mock Trials (Dept. of State)

Deadline for Applications: June 30, 2017

Title: Enhancing Students’ Understanding of their Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Criminal Justice System System through Mock Trials
Sponsor: Department of State
Amount: $125,000 max. | 1 year

Description: In an effort to strengthen the understanding and appreciation for the criminal and civil court system among the youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina, INL seeks to complement existing USG and international donor efforts to advance the rule of law through an experiential education module to culminate with a mock trial competition.

How to Apply (UT): Contact your departmental Grants and Contracts Specialist or Brook Davis (davis@austin.utexas.edu) in Liberal Arts Grants Services and return the Proposal Review Form by June 30.

More Info: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=293637

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Prof. Devel.: Fall 2017 Data Fellowships (Insight)

Deadline for Applications: May 22, 2017 & June 26, 2017

The Insight Data Fellows Programs are tuition-free professional Fellowships for students and postdocs looking to transition to careers in data science, health data science, data engineering, or artificial intelligence.

800+ Insight alumni are now data scientists and data engineers at Facebook, LinkedIn, The New York Times, Apple, Airbnb, Netflix, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Tesla, Seven Bridges Genomics, Twitter, Bloomberg, NBC, Microsoft, and 200+ other top companies.

Insight Fellowship:

  • 7 week, full-time, post-graduate training Fellowship leading to full-time industry employment
  • Mentorship from leading industry data scientists, data engineers, and AI experts
  • Join an active community of Insight alumni
  • Self-directed, project-based learning with support from Insight throughout the whole process
  • Tuition-free with need-based scholarships available to help cover living costs

Next Insight Fellowships:

Starting July 17th (deadline May 22nd):
Artificial Intelligence in New York
Data Science in Seattle

Starting September 5th (deadline June 26th):
Artificial Intelligence in Silicon Valley
Data Engineering in New York and Silicon Valley
Data Science in Boston, New York, Silicon Valley and remote
Health Data Science in Boston and Silicon Valley Continue reading “Prof. Devel.: Fall 2017 Data Fellowships (Insight)”

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Funding Opportunity: Sofja Kovalevskaja Award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)

Deadline for Applications: July 31, 2017

Title: Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
Sponsor: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Amount: €1,650,000

Description: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is granted to young exceptionally promising researchers from abroad in recognition of outstanding academic achievements. The award is designed to enable them to embark on academic careers in Germany by establishing their own junior research groups at research institutions in Germany. The program is open to scientists and scholars from all countries and disciplines who completed their doctorates with distinction less than six years ago. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation particularly welcomes applications from qualified, female junior researchers.

How to Apply: Apply directly to the sponsor by July 31. See the grant announcement for a complete list of materials to be submitted with the application.

More Info: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/kovalevskaja-award.html

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Funding Opportunity: Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards (NSF)

Deadline for Applications: July 26, 2017

Title: Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $50,000 max.

Description: The National Science Foundation announces an opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities. 

How to Apply: Contact your departmental Grants and Contracts Specialist or Brook Davis (davis@austin.utexas.edu) in Liberal Arts Grants Services and return the Proposal Review Form by July 26. 

More Info: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5321&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

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Funding Opportunity: Cultural Anthropology Program-Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (NSF)

Deadline for Applications: July 25, 2017

Title: Cultural Anthropology Program – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: $20,000 max.

Description: The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support basic scientific research on the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Anthropological research spans a wide gamut, and contemporary cultural anthropology is an arena in which diverse research traditions and methodologies are valid. Recognizing the breadth of the field’s contributions to science, the Cultural Anthropology Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated research in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology. Because the National Science Foundation’s mandate is to support basic research, the NSF Cultural Anthropology Program does not fund research that takes as its primary goal improved clinical practice or applied policy. A proposal that uses anthropological methods to understand a social problem but does not propose to make a theory-testing and/or theory expanding contribution to anthropology will be returned without review.

How to Apply: Contact your departmental Grants and Contracts Specialist or Vanessa Lopez (volopez@austin.utexas.edu) in Liberal Arts Grants Services and return the Proposal Review Form by July 25.

More Info: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505057&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

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Funding Opportunity: Cultural Anthropology Research Funding (NSF)

Deadline for Applications: July 25, 2017

Title: Cultural Anthropology (PD 98-1390)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: Varies

Description: The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support basic scientific research on the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Anthropological research spans a wide gamut, and contemporary cultural anthropology is an arena in which diverse research traditions and methodologies are valid. Recognizing the breadth of the field’s contributions to science, the Cultural Anthropology Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated research in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology. Because the National Science Foundation’s mandate is to support basic research, the NSF Cultural Anthropology Program does not fund research that takes as its primary goal improved clinical practice or applied policy.

How to Apply: Contact your departmental Grants and Contracts Specialist or Brook Davis (davis@austin.utexas.edu) in Liberal Arts Grants Services and return the Proposal Review Form by July 25.

More Info: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5388&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

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Funding Opportunity: Political Science Research Grants (NSF)

Deadline for Applications: July 25, 2017

Title: Political Science (PD 98-1371)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amount: Unspecified

Description: The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions.

How to Apply: Contact your departmental Grants and Contracts Specialist or Brook Davis (davis@austin.utexas.edu) in Liberal Arts Grants Services and return the Proposal Review Form by July 25.

More Info: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5418

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