European Union Center of Excellence

The EU Center of Excellence offers Grants for Developing EU Course Modules. Faculty are awarded $~2,500 to use in developing graduate or undergraduate courses to be taught in the Spring.  Faculty applicants may use these grants to hire graduate research assistants to assist in developing the content of these modules. Particularly welcome are modules that focus on : 1) Transatlantic Relations in a Post-Transatlantic World, 2) The Euro, the European Union, and the World, 3) Facing New Challenges: EU-US Collaboration and "Best Practices" to Solve Global Health, Energy, and Environmental Problems in the European Union, 4) Immigration, Integration , and Cultural Change in the European Union. Deadline: 11/1/2009.

The center also provides Dissertation/Pre-dissertation Grants of  €3,000 for 2-3 Months of pre-dissertation/ dissertation research in Europe during Spring and Summer for graduate students working on topics related to the European Union. Particularly welcome are applications for research on policy issues of special relevance falling into these categories: 1) Transatlantic Relations in a Post-Transatlantic World, 2) The Euro, the European Union, and the World, 3) Facing New Challenges: EU-US Collaboration and "Best Practices" to Solve Global Health, Energy, and Environmental Problems in the European Union, 4) Immigration, Integration , and Cultural Change in the European Union. Deadline: 11/1/2009

Contact Info: EU Center of Excellence. 207 Moses Hall #2316. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, CA 94720-2316. (tel) 510 643-4558 ; (fax) 510 643-3372; eucenter@berkeley.edu; http://eucenter.berkeley.edu/grants.html.

Leo Baeck Institute

The Fritz Halbers Fellowship provides up to $3,000 for Ph.D. candidates whose projects are connected with the culture and history of German speaking Jewry. Funding covers research but not travel. Deadline: 11/1/2009. Contact Info: The Leo Baeck Institute, Attn: Halbers Fellowship, 15 W 16th St, New York NY 10011; Tel: 212-744-6400; Fax: 212-988-1305; lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org; http://www.lbi.org/

National Research Council

The Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship provides $20,000 stipend plus tuition and fees for 3 years for U.S. citizens or nationals who have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Members of the following groups are encouraged to apply: Alaska Natives (Eskimo/Aleut), Black/African Americans, Mexican American/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian), Puerto Ricans. Deadline: 11/2/2009.  Contact Info: Graduate Fellowships Office, 318 Sproul Hall # 5900; Tel: 510-642-0672; http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/

Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

The International Dissertation Research Fellowship Program offers up to $20,000 for full-time Ph.D. candidates in US programs studying in the social sciences or humanities. Funding provides support for 9-12 consecutive months of dissertation field research on all world regions. Applicants must have all Ph.D. work completed except fieldwork by the award period. Deadline: 11/3/2009. Contact Info: IDRF, Social Science Research Council. One Pierrepont Plaza, 15th Floor. Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA. Phone: 212-377-2700. Fax: 212-377-2727. info@ssrc.org; http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/.

Soros Foundations Network

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans provide Graduate Fellowships in the amount of $20,000 annual stipend and one-half tuition for up to two years of graduate study in a professional field or academic discipline in the humanities, social sciences, arts, or sciences. Fellowships are for individuals who have applied for naturalization, have been naturalized as US citizens, or are the children of two parents who are both naturalized citizens. Applicants must have Bachelor's degree, be pursuing graduate study, or be in their final year of undergraduate studies at the time of application. Applicants must be at least 20-28 years old. Deadline: 11/1/2009. Contact Info: Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, 400 W 59th St, New York NY 10019; Tel: 212-547-6926; Fax: 212-548-4623; pdsoros_fellows@sorosny.org; http://www.pdsoros.org/

Townsend Center for the Humanities

The Townsend Center offers Dissertation Fellowships of $18,000 to grad students in the humanities advanced to candidacy by next June. Fellows will participate in the Townsend Fellowship Group, meeting weekly. Deadline: 11/16/2009. Contact Info: Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall # 2340; Bridgette Lehrer, Fellowships Coordinator; blehrer@berkeley.edu or 510-643-8082. http://townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/research_support.shtml

University of California

The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program provides $40,000-55,000 including benefits & research expenses. Fellowships are designed to enhance one's prospects for appointment to faculty positions at UC or other institutions. Applicants must obtain the sponsorship of a UC faculty member, other than their thesis advisor, to serve as a mentor during the fellowship. Deadline: 11/2/2009 (Faculty letter uploads are due 12/1/2009).
Contact Info: Office of the President, University of California, 1111 Franklin St 11th Fl, Oakland CA 94607-5200; Tel: 510-987-9500; kadkinson@berkeley.edu http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/ppfp/welcome.html

Wenner-Gren Foundation

The Historical Archives Program encourages the preservation of unpublished records and other materials of value for research on the history of anthropology. HAP grants (maximum $15,000) are offered for two purposes: 1.To assist individuals holding significant records and personal papers with the expenses of preparing and transferring them for archival deposit. Applicants must show evidence that arrangements have been made with an appropriate archival repository. Funds are not provided for curation of materials already in repositories. 2. To aid oral-history interviews with senior anthropologists. A condition of awards is that copies of the audio or video record of interviews be deposited in the foundation's archives. Applicants must present a proposal describing the significance of the subject for the history of anthropology, the topics to be covered, and the interviewer's qualifications. Deadline: rolling.

The Individual Research Grants Program awards up to $15,000 (grad students), $20,000 (post-doc research), $40,000 (Hunt post-doc fellowship, which are available for basic research in all branches of anthropology. Grants are made to seed innovative approaches and ideas, to cover specific expenses or phases of a project, and/or to encourage aid from other funding agencies. The foundation particularly invites projects employing comparative perspectives or integrating two or more subfields of anthropology. A small number of awards is available for projects designed to develop resources for anthropological research and scholarly exchange. Deadline: 11/1/2009 (additional deadline: 5/1). Contact Info: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc., 470 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor New York, NY 10016; Tel: 212-683-5000; Fax: 212-683-9151; http://www.wennergren.org/

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships provide $25,000 funding for 12 months of full-time dissertation writing. Designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. Applicants must be candidates for Ph.D. or Th.D. degrees, and have fulfilled all pre-dissertation requirements and expect to complete their dissertations by the end of the award term. Eligible proposals have ethical or religious values as a central concern. Deadline: 11/15/2009. 

Contact Info: Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Dept WS CN 5281, Princeton NJ 08543-5281; Tel: 609-452-7007(Shelia Walker, Program Associate, ext. 131); Fax: 609-452-0066; ws@woodrow.org ; http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies