Funding Opportunities
Funding sources and upcoming deadlines for UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students
For additional information on funding opportunities, follow these links:
- Graduate Division's fellowship deadlines
- UC Berkeley Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) - funding opportunities for faculty
- The UC Berkeley Scholarship Connection
Funding deadlines for graduate students in Spring
2008
After ISEEES-sponsored grants, opportunities are listed alphabetically
by funding source.
ISEEES
ISEEES Travel Grants provide limited travel support for ISEEES-affiliated
graduate students. Awards up to $400 are made to those presenting a paper
at a meeting of a recognized scholarly organization. Awards are made on
a first-come, first-served basis, and only those who did not receive an
ISEEES grant in the past two AYs are eligible. To apply send request with
budget.
Deadline: none. Contact: Jeffrey Pennington, ISEEES, UC
Berkeley, 260 Stephens Hall # 2304, Berkeley CA 94720-2304; jpennington@berkeley.edu
The Drago and Danica Kosovac Prize is awarded for an outstanding
senior or honors thesis in the social sciences or humanities that researches
some aspect of Serbian culture or history. Cal undergrads are eligible
to apply. The application includes submission of the thesis and two letters
of recommendation. No electronic or faxed applications will be accepted.
Deadline: none. Contact: Jeffrey Pennington, ISEEES, UC
Berkeley, 260 Stephens Hall # 2304, Berkeley CA 94720-2304; jpennington@berkeley.edu
Peter N. Kujachich Endowment in Serbian and Montenegrin Studies offers awards of approximately $10,000 for 2008-09 to faculty and/or graduate student projects that focus on the experience of the Serbian and Montenegrin peoples. Deadline: March 21, 2008. Contact: Jeffrey Pennington, UC Berkeley, 260 Stephens Hall # 2304, Berkeley CA 94720-2304; Tel: 510-643-6736; jpennington@berkeley.edu
Hertelendy Graduate Fellowship in Hungarian Studies provides partial support (tuition/stipend) in 2008-9 to UC Berkeley-enrolled grad students working in Hungarian studies and/or US-Hungarian or European (including EU)-Hungarian relations. Applicants may be of any nationality and citizenship, but must be US residents at the time of application, and must plan to pursue a career in the US. Fields of study, focusing on Hungarian/US, Hungarian/Europe (or EU)-Hungarian Studies within the fields of history, language, culture, arts, society, politics, and/or Hungarian institutions are acceptable. No electronic or faxed proposals will be considered. Deadline: March 21, 2008. Contact: Jeffrey Pennington, UC Berkeley, 260 Stephens Hall # 2304, Berkeley CA 94720-2304; Tel: 510-643-6736; jpennington@berkeley.edu
Collegium Budapest
Institute for Advanced Study Junior Fellowships offers 7500 euro/5 mos; 12,500 euro/ academic year for research in Central and Eastern Europe. The preferred areas of study are the following: European studies, communication and social networks, theoretical biology, theoretical finance, political economics, history, and anthropology. Applicants must be graduate or postdoctoral students. Deadline: June 30, 2008. Contact: Collegium Budapest, Vera Kempa, Szentharonsag u. 2., H-1014 Budapest, Hungary; Tel: 36-1-22-48-300; Fax: 36-1-22-48-310; vera.kempa@colbud.hu; http://www.colbud.hu/programme/junior.shtml
Coordinating Council for Women in History
CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award is a $20,000 award to a scholar with a Ph.D. or A.B.D. who has not followed a traditional path through secondary and higher education and whose work has contributed to women in the historical profession. Deadline: March 28, 2008. For additional information contact Carol Gold, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of History, PO Box 756460, Fairbanks AK 99775-6460; Tel: 907-474-6509; ffcg@uaf.edu; http://theccwh.org/awards.htm
Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU)
Dr. Joseph Hasek Student Awards in the amount of $250 are available for graduate and undergraduate papers dealing with Czech and Slovak issues. The paper must be submitted in triplicate and have been written for an undergraduate or graduate course during the current academic year. Chapters of theses or dissertations are not admissible. The paper must be for the professor in whose class it was presented, accompanied by the professor's recommendation. Deadline: May 15, 2008. Contact: Professor Vera Borkovec, 12013 Kemp Mill Road, Silver Spring MD 20902-1515; http://www.svu2000.org/
Indiana University
The Indiana University European Union Center of Excellence is offering €2000 graduate fellowships for summer study of the following EU and EU-candidate languages at the Indiana University Summer Workshop in Slavic and East European Languages (SWSEEL): Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish and Romanian. The intensive summer workshop is equivalent to one year of regular academic language study during an eight-week summer session: June 13 – August 8. Graduate students with an interest in issues of applied EU and transatlantic public policy and those desiring language training before embarking on field research or a professional internship in the EU are eligible to apply. Deadline: March 21, 2008. To apply and for more information visit http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel/, or contact the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures by phone: 812-855-2608, or email: SWSEEL@indiana.edu.
Institute of International Studies
Reinhard Bendix Memorial Research Fellowship provides dissertation funding for a promising Berkeley grad student in political and social theory or historic studies of society and politics. Deadline: April 2, 2008. Contact: Fellowship Coordinator, IIS, 215 Moses Hall #2308; Tel: 510-642-2472; http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/fellowship/
Allan Sharlin Memorial Award provides funding for a Berkeley grad student conducting dissertation research in historical sociology, historical demography, or social history. Deadline: April 2, 2008. Contact: Fellowship Coordinator, IIS, 215 Moses Hall #2308; Tel: 510-642-2472; http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/fellowship/
John L. Simpson Memorial Research Fellowship in International and Comparative Studies is awarded to Berkeley graduate students conducting dissertation research in comparative studies or international studies. Deadline: April 2, 2008. Contact: Fellowship Coordinator, IIS, 215 Moses Hall #2308; Tel: 510-642 2472; http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/fellowship/
Kosciuszko Foundation
Metchie J. E. Budka Award in the amount
of $1,500 for outstanding scholarly work in Polish literature (14th
Century to 1939) or Polish history (962 to 1939). The competition is
open to grad students at US universities and to postdocs in their first
three years. Deadline: July 16, 2008. Contact: Metchie
J. E. Budka Award, The Kosciuszko Foundation, 15 E 65th St., New York,
NY 10021-6595; Tel: 212-734-2130; Fax: 212-628-4552; thekf@aol.com;
http://www.kosciuszkofoundation.org/Competitions_Budka.html
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA)
Kazimierz Dziewanowski Memorial Dissertation Award for $1,000 is awarded for the best doctoral dissertation on a Polish topic filed at an American university in the past calendar year. Deadline: April 6, 2008. Contact: Dr. Thaddeus V. Gromada, Executive Director, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, 208 E 30th St, New York NY 10016; Tel: 212-686-4164; Fax: 212-545-1130; piasany@verizon.net; http://www.piasa.org/
University of Illinois
Russian and East European Center is funding the Summer Research Lab on Russia & Eastern Europe, which provides library access and some free housing awards. Fee-based program, but some free housing awards are available. Summer research associates receive full library privileges for research during June-August, while two weeks of programs include a symposium, workshops, lectures, and films. Applicants must be graduate students, post-docs, or faculty. Deadline: April 1, 2008 for non-citizens, April 15, 2008 for citizens. Contact: Russian and East European Center, University of Illinois, 104 International Studies Bldg, 910 S Fifth St, Champaign IL 61820; Tel: 217-333-1244; Fax: 217-333-1582; reec@uiuc.edu; http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html
Woodrow Wilson Center
East European Studies offers the Junior Scholars Training Seminar in the Washington, DC area. All domestic transportation, accommodation and meal costs will be covered by the sponsors. Applicants must be Ph.D. students at the dissertation level or those who received a Ph.D. in the past year. Research is open to any field of East European or Baltic studies, excluding Russia and the FSU. See Web site for details. Deadline: April 14, 2008. Contact: East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC 20523; Tel: 202-691-4222; Fax: 202-691-4001; ees@wilsoncenter.org; http://www.wilsoncenter.org/
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Funding deadlines for postdocs in Spring 2008
American Historical Association/Library of Congress
J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in American History offers a postdoctoral stipend of $5,000 for 2-3 months. These fellowships support significant scholarly research for one semester in the collections of the Library of Congress by scholars of history at an early stage in their careers. Applicants must hold the Ph.D. degree or equivalent; must have received this degree within the past seven years, and must not have published or had accepted for publication a book-length historical work. Deadline: March 15, 2008. Contact: J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship, American Historical Association, 400 A St SE, Washington DC 20003; Tel: 202-544-2422; Fax: 202-544-8307; info@historians.org; http://www.historians.org/prizes/Jameson_fellowship.htm
Fulbright Scholar Program
Fulbright New Century Scholars Program allows thirty top academics and professionals to collaborate for a year on a topic of global significance. Applicants must be postdocs or faculty. Deadline: July 17, 2008. Contact: The New Century Scholars Program (MSI), Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 3007 Tilden St., NW, Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008. Tel: (202) 686-6252; Fax: (202) 362-3442; NCS@cies.iie.org; http://www.cies.org/
Harvard University
Ukrainian Research Institute offers Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies—a stipend of $3,300.00 per month plus the cost of direct roundtrip travel to Harvard University. While in residence, Shklar Fellows will use the University's unique resources to work on significant and innovative projects in Ukrainian studies, and in general to further their development. The average tenure for a fellow is four months. Applicants must be postdocs or faculty. Deadline: March 14, 2008. Contact: The Shklar Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies, c/o Tamara H. Nary, Program Administrator, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, 34 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel:617-495-3549. nary@fas.harvard.edu; http://www.huri.harvard.edu/
Library of Congress
Kluge Center offers Kluge Fellowship in the amount of $4,000/mo for 6-12 months. For residential research in the collections of the Library of Congress. The competition is open to scholars who have received a terminal advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities, the social sciences, or in a professional field such as architecture or law are eligible. Exceptions may be made for individuals without continuous academic careers. Applicants must be postdocs or faculty and may be US citizens or foreign nationals. Deadline: August 15, 2008. Contact: John W. Kluge Center Office of Scholarly Programs, Library of Congress LJ 120, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington DC 20540-4860; Tel: 202-707-3302; Fax: 202-707-3595; scholarly@loc.gov; http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER)
Title VIII Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship provides up to $60,000 for postdoctoral research. Fellowships support field research on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Please note that research on the following countries will not be supported: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Deadline: March 14, 2008. Contact: The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, 2601 Fourth Ave., Ste 310, Seattle WA 98121; Tel: 206-441-6433; Fax: 206-753-0066; danochka@nceeer.org; http://www.nceeer.org/
Woodrow Wilson Center
Galina Starovoitova Fellowship on Human Rights and Conflict
Resolution
offered by the Kennan Institute pays $1700 per month,
plus transportation costs and a housing allowance. For prominent scholars
and policy makers from the Russian Federation who have successfully bridged
the worlds of ideas and public affairs to advance human rights and conflict
resolution. Provides 9 months of support to postdocs in residence. The
Starovoitova fellow is expected to hold public lectures on themes of conflict
resolution and human rights while conducting research on a specific topic
and will actively participate in Kennan Institute programs. Deadline:
April 1, 2008. Contact: Galina Starovoitova Fellowship, Kennan
Moscow Project, Pochtovyi Iashchik 90, Moscow, 123001, Russia. Tel: (495)
232-3496; Fax: (495) 232-3497. kennan@kennan.ru; http://www.wilsoncenter.org/.
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