UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 39, Page 4
August 4, 1994
International Opportunities
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FELLOWSHIPS IN JAPAN (8/4-1)-In
cooperation with the Center for Global Partnership and other Japanese
organizations, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is offering
opportunities for research in Japanese universities, national research
institutes and corporate research facilities. Awards are available for
graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and senior investigators for 3-
to 24-month research visits in Japan. Applicants must be U.S. citizens
or permanent residents. The following awards are available (deadlines
are in parentheses):
* Long- and medium-term research (Nov. 1; April 1, 1995)
* Short-term visits for cooperative research (May 15, 1995)
* Dissertation enhancement (Nov. 1; April 1, 1995)
* Summer institute for graduate students in science and
engineering (Dec. 1)
* Bilateral seminars in Japan or in the U.S. (May 15, 1995)
To apply for these programs, request the program announcement,
"International Opportunities for Scientists and Engineers" NSF 93-51,
available through the Science and Technology Information System
(STIS), described in NSF 94-4, "STIS flyer." To receive a paper copy
of the flyer, call the NSF Publications Section at (703) 306-1130. For
an electronic copy, send an e-mail message to stisfly@nsf.gov
(Internet).
SCHOLARLY EXCHANGE WITH CHINA (7/7-2)-The Committee on Scholarly
Communication with China (CSCC) is accepting applications for exchange
programs with the People's Republic of China for the 1995-96 academic
year.
GRADUATE AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS offer opportunities to graduate
students and scholars in social sciences and humanities for long-
term research in China. Deadline is Oct. 15.
FELLOWSHIPS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH offer opportunities for
individuals in archaeology or related fields with a doctorate or
equivalent level of training to conduct archaeological research in
China. Deadline is Oct. 15.
CHINESE FELLOWSHIPS FOR SCHOLARLY DEVELOPMENT invite nominations
for Chinese scholars in the social sciences or humanities with a
graduate degree from a Chinese institution to conduct research at
an American university for one semester. Nominations must be made
by American scholars. Deadline is Nov. 5.
For applications, write: CSCC, 1055 Thomas Jefferson St., NW,
Suite 2013, Washington, D.C. 20007; telephone (202) 337-1250.
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (SSRC) FELLOWSHIPS-The SSRC is an
autonomous, nongovernmental, non-profit, international association
devoted to the advancement of interdisciplinary research in the social
sciences. The council is an international enterprise in which a
rotating group of 300 social scientists works together on 25-30
council committees, giving attention to topics at the frontiers of
research, training, field development and public policy in both the
U.S. and other regions of the world. In selecting problems for
attention, the council gives priority to those that seem likely to
gain from the contributions of several disciplines, show promise of
responding to collaborative effort and discussion and that might
profit from transnational and/or comparative approaches. The council's
committees sponsor a number of competitive pre-doctoral fellowship and
advanced research grant programs. Selection procedures vary from
committee to committee. In all cases, determination of fellowships and
grants is made by groups of scholars from a variety of disciplines. In
the case of foreign area committees, these scholars also have area
expertise. Following is a list of international fellowships and grants
offered in 1994-95 by the SSRC.
For further information and/or application materials, contact the
corresponding program(s) by using the following address: name of the
program, Social Science Research Council, 605 Third Ave., New York, NY
10158; telephone (212) 661-0280.
ABE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (8/4-3) supports postdoctoral research on
contemporary policy-relevant global affairs by Japanese and
American researchers who hold the doctoral degree or have doctorate-
equivalent professional training. The fellowship is designed to
promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the
Japanese and American academic and professional communities in
order to build a trans-Pacific network of researchers committed to
and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving.
Fellowships are available for up to 12 months of full-time support.
Abe Fellows will be expected to affiliate with an American or
Japanese institution appropriate to their research. Tenure should
include residence and field work in the country of study. Previous
language training is not required. Deadline is Sept. 1.
SSRC-MACARTHUR FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS (8/4-4)-are administered by
the Committee on International Peace and Security on behalf of the
SSRC, the SSRC-MacArthur Foundation Fellowships on Peace and
Security in a Changing World are intended to support innovative and
interdisciplinary research on the implications for peace and
security issues of worldwide cultural, social, economic, military
and political changes. While traditional concerns with interstate
military conflict and strategic doctrine remain important, new
approaches have begun to focus on the security dimensions of issues
such as the character of a state's political regime; the patterns
of change experienced by a society, especially demographic shifts
and economic development; the impact of norms, culture and
identity; and emerging forms of transnational relations, such as
international civil society linkages based on religion and
ideology. Successful applicants will address these and other
relevant concerns from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.
Applicants must explicitly make the linkages of their topics to
peace and security and should clearly establish these linkages
within the research agenda.
Fellowships at the dissertation and post-doctoral levels require
fellows undertake training that adds a new competence to the
current disciplinary skills. The fellowships will not support
research programs for which the applicant is already well prepared
by prior experience nor extensions of an applicant's current work.
The training must permit a significant departure from previous
work.
The council plans offering approximately eight dissertation and
eight post-doctoral fellowships extending over a two-year period.
The competition is open to researchers in the social and behavioral
sciences, the humanities, the physical and biological sciences, as
well as to researchers in non-academic settings. An academic
appointment is not a requirement, nor is an academic affiliation
necessary during the term of the fellowship.
Applicants should submit an application, a narrative description
of the proposed training and research program, samples of written
work, letters of reference and academic transcripts. Proposals must
explain the training program needed and how that training will be
obtained. Training may consist of formal course work, tutorials,
internships, apprenticeships or supervised study with senior
faculty. It may occur simultaneously with research but should
require approximately a year's work. Fellows must devote full time
to the fellowship.
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS pay a stipend sufficient to permit
successful completion of the proposed research. After awarding the
fellowship, the council will negotiate the stipend, but it will
rarely exceed $17,500 per year. These fellowships are open to
researchers who are finishing requirements for a doctorate or its
equivalent and have no citizenship, residency or nationality
requirements. Deadline is Dec. 1.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS pay a stipend sufficient to permit
successful completion of the proposed research. After awarding the
fellowship, the council will negotiate the stipend, but it will
rarely exceed $36,000 per year. In most cases, successful
applicants will hold the doctorate or equivalent. However,
possession of that degree is not a requirement for lawyers, public
servants, journalists or others who can demonstrate comparable
research experience and an ability to contribute to the research
literature. There are no citizenship, residency or nationality
requirements. Deadline is Dec. 1.
PROGRAMS ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (8/4-5)-
PREDISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS of up to $2,500 support short-term
field trips to sub-Saharan Africa to encourage preliminary field
activities, the identification of local scholars and contacts and
other planning for students preparing for dissertation research on
Africa. Students must have completed one year of graduate study in
the social sciences or humanities at a U.S. university, or they may
be U.S. citizens who have completed equivalent study abroad and
have been accepted into a full-time Ph.D. program. Deadline is Nov.
1.
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS are awarded for doctoral dissertation
research in the social sciences and humanities in sub-Saharan
Africa for a minimum of nine and a maximum of 18 months. Applicants
must be enrolled in a doctoral program in the U.S. and must have
sufficient fluency in African and European languages to enable them
to accomplish the goals of their project satisfactorily. Deadline
is Nov. 1.
PROGRAMS ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (8/4-6)-
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS are offered to any full-time students
enrolled in doctoral programs in the U.S. for doctoral research in
the social sciences and the humanities that can include projects
comparing Latin American or Caribbean countries to others outside
the region. Fellows devote a minimum of nine and a maximum of 18
months to field research in the country of study and are required
to be affiliated with a university or research institute in the
country of study. Deadline is Nov. 1.
PROGRAMS ON THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST (8/4-7)-Research projects on
the Near and Middle East, which includes North Africa, the Middle
East, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey, must be concerned with the period
since the beginning of Islam. American Overseas Research Centers are
located in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and
Yemen. The following awards are subject to the availability of funds:
PREDISSERTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS are offered to
American graduate students working toward a doctorate in the social
sciences and humanities to spend from one full semester to a full
academic year engaged in direct preparation for their dissertation
research through training and study in the Middle East. Previous
Middle East course work is desirable but not required. Fellows will
be required to affiliate with an American overseas research center.
Deadline is Nov. 1.
DISSERTATION RESEARCH GELLOWSHIPS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED
DISCIPLINES IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES are offered to American graduate
students in economics, sociology, psychology, linguistics,
demography, geography, philosophy and the fine arts who have
completed all requirements for a doctorate except the dissertation.
Fellows can spend from one semester to one full academic year
engaged in dissertation research requiring field work in the Middle
East. Support is available for single country projects or
comparative projects requiring research in more than one country
and for research using Middle Eastern cases to address
methodological and theoretical issues important to the disciplines.
Fellows must affiliate with an American overseas research center.
Previous Middle East field work is not required but language
training may be required as one component of the fellowship.
Deadline is Nov. 1.
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS are offered to American graduate
students in the social sciences who have completed all doctorate
requirements except their dissertations, to spend up to one year
engaged in dissertation research requiring field work in the Middle
East. In most cases, fellows are expected to be affiliated with an
American overseas research center. Deadline is Nov. 1.
PROGRAMS ON SOUTH ASIA (8/4-8)
PREDISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS in Bangladesh of up to $5,200 are
available to support short-term field trips designed for
preliminary dissertation field activities, such as investigating
potential research sites, archival and other research materials,
development of language skills and establishing local research
contacts. Applications are invited from graduate students enrolled
full time in the social sciences at a North American university who
are preparing for dissertation research in Bangladesh or Bengal-
related studies. Deadline is Nov. 1.
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS in Bangladesh are available to any full-
time graduate students enrolled in doctoral programs in the U.S.
and to American and Bangladeshi citizens studying abroad.
Administered by the Bangladesh Studies Program, these fellowships
allow for nine to 12 months of research in Bangladesh. Extensions
up to 18 months are allowed for additional language or other
training. Bangladeshi doctoral candidates are especially encouraged
to apply. Deadline is Nov. 1.
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS in Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan
and Maldives lasting no more than 18 months are available for
doctoral dissertation research in the social sciences, including
fields such as law, architecture and urban planning. Applicants are
expected to be proficient in a major South Asian language but may
request support for study of a local language while in the region.
Deadline is Nov. 1.
Applicants seeking support for research in India are advised to
contact the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), Foster
Hall, University of Chicago, 1120 East 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637;
telephone (312) 702-8638. Applications for research in India will
be considered only if the applicant can demonstrate that he/she is
not eligible for funding from the AIIS. Supplementary support is
available for research on topics relating to India to be carried
out in a third country. Applicants for supplementary support must
apply for and obtain at least nine months of support for field
research in India from an organization other than the Social
Science Research Council.
PROGRAMS ON SOUTHEAST ASIA (8/4-9)
PREDISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS of up to $4,000 are available for
social science graduate students studying at U.S. universities or
for U.S. citizens studying at accredited institutions abroad to
support short-term field trips to Southeast Asia. Fellowships are
designed for preliminary dissertation field activities, such as
investigating potential research sites, archival and other research
materials, training in Southeast Asian language and establishing
local research contacts. Applications also will be considered for
preliminary research in archives outside the U.S. and Southeast
Asia. Deadline is Nov. 1.
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS are available for social science
graduate students studying at U.S. universities or for U.S.
citizens studying at an accredited institution abroad to enable
research to be conducted for up to 18 months in Southeast Asia
(including Brunei, Myanmar, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam. Support for
archival research in countries other than the U.S. will also be
considered. Applicants are expected to be proficient in a major
Southeast Asian language but may request support to study a local
language while in the region. Deadline is Nov. 1.
PROGRAMS ON WESTERN EUROPE (8/4-10)
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS of a minimum of nine and a maximum of 12
months are available to any full-time graduate students enrolled in
Ph.D. programs in the U.S. or U.S. citizens who are similarly
enrolled at accredited foreign universities for doctoral
dissertation research in the social sciences. Particularly
encouraged are applications from disciplines that are
underrepresented in Western Europe, such as economics, social
psychology and sociology. Applications also will be accepted for
comparative research involving the U.S. and Europe. Deadline is
Nov. 1.
THE LUSO-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP is
automatically available to successful applicants to the
dissertation fellowship competition if their projects relate to
Portuguese studies.