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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Funding: FY 2023 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships Program

Deadline: April 11, 2023

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship program provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula. 

Program features

Students may request funding to support overseas research for a period of no less than six months and no more than 12 months. Funds support travel expenses to and from the residence of the fellow and the country or countries of research; maintenance and dependent allowances based on the location of research for the fellow and his or her dependent(s); an allowance for research-related expenses overseas; and health and accident insurance premiums. Projects may focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).

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Funding: Aleksanteri Institute Visiting Fellowship 2022-2023

Deadline: February 12, 2023

The Aleksanteri Institute, the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European studies at the University of Helsinki, is pleased to invite applications for its Visiting Fellowships for the academic year 2023-2024 from scholars holding a PhD degree and pursuing research that relates to the Institute’s research profile.

The Fellowship carries a monthly grant to cover the expenses related to the research visit. Fellowships are for two months (with some exceptions specified in the call for proposals, for three months). The Visiting Fellowship scheme is intended for scholars who reside outside Finland.

The deadline for applications is 12 February 2023.

Update to the call, Monday 30 January:
For scholars affected by Russia’s invasion, who reside in Ukraine or who have had to leave Ukraine after 24 February 2022, there will be two three-month visiting fellowships with an additional accommodation costs subsidy (up to 1400 € monthly), supported by the University of Helsinki Ukraine Appeal.

Please see call details and application instructions in the Call for Proposals.

You can find more information on the Visiting Fellows Programme here.

Funding: National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship

Deadline: April 25, 2023

NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program supports doctoral research with relevance to criminal or juvenile justice in the United States. This includes criminology, forensic science, technology for law enforcement, and more. Applications from all science and engineering fields are welcome.

The fellowship provides up to three years of support within a five-year period and includes:

  • $40,500/year student salary 
  • $12,000/year cost of education allowance
  • $3,000/year research expenses

We anticipate funding about 20 new fellows this year.

Please share this opportunity, as appropriate, for reaching a grad student and faculty audience:

1-page flyer:                                   https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/grf-flyer

full funding opportunity:              https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-nij-2023-171521

The program is currently accepting applications. The grants.gov deadline is April 25 and the JustGrants deadline is May 2, 2023.

Funding: The Going Abroad Scholarship

Deadline: March 15, 2023

Our mission at Going is to help people travel and experience the world. Since 2017, we’ve expanded this mission through The Going Abroad Scholarship (formerly Scott’s Cheap Flights Study Abroad Scholarship), helping higher education students prepare to seek the unknown.

We are thrilled to announce our scholarship applications are now open for 2023 study abroad programs. Two deserving students will be selected to each win $1,500 scholarships this spring.

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Funding: Temerty Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Holodomor Studies, 2023-2024

Deadline: March 1, 2023

The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is pleased to announce the 2023-24 Temerty Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Holodomor Studies. Offered under the auspices of its Holodomor Education and Research Consortium (HREC) for the academic year of 2023–24, the fellowship supports the study of and expansion of knowledge about the Holodomor. Applications are welcome from scholars in disciplines including but not confined to history, political science, anthropology, sociology, and literature, as well as famine studies, genocide studies, and rural studies. Interdisciplinary and comparative projects will be considered.

Qualified applicants will have received a PhD (or Candidate of Sciences degree) within the past five years at the time of application. Applicants who are scheduled to receive their degree by the end of June 2023 are also eligible to apply, if they submit confirmatory documents. The successful applicant will be expected to take up the post-doctoral appointment at CIUS (University of Alberta) from 1 September 2023, and no later than 30 September 2023. In addition to working on a research project, the Temerty Fellow will assist and participate in the overall program planning and activities of HREC, including the organization of a workshop or conference in the area of her/his research.

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Funding: AAUW Fellowships

Deadline: March 22, 2023

The AAUW Austin Branch is announcing its fellowship competition for 2023-2024.  The Austin Branch will award at least 2-3 fellowships in the amount of at least $2000 each.  This award is to assist women who require financial help to complete their doctoral program.  A prerequisite for consideration is formal candidacy for the doctoral degree with at least a 3.5 GPA.  Both US citizens and non-citizens are eligible.

The information sheet and application form are now on the Branch website at:

http://austin-tx.aauw.net/special-projects/fellowships/

Applications and all references must be submitted office no later than Monday, March 22, 2023.