Category: Funding

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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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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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.

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.

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. 

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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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.

Deadline: February 13, 2023

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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.