Gender and Women's Studies

WGGP is delighted to announce a New Award Opportunity for UIUC graduate students:
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> The Evelyne Accad International Research Award
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> The Evelyne Accad International Research Award offered by the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP) seeks graduate student candidates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who are working on issues related to women in North Africa and the Middle East. The award is designed to support research projects in a wide variety of disciplines (such as, Anthropology, Sociology, Literature, Religion, Economics, Health, Fine Arts, Music, and Philosophy) as well as multi-disciplinary work. An award of $1,000 will be given to a graduate student whose work promises to make a significant contribution to the understanding of women's lives in the region.
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> Applicants should submit the following:
> 1. A completed application form, available by contacting the WGGP
> program or on line at http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/wggp/Accad.shtml
> 2. A proposal of the research project [five double-spaced pages or approximately 1500 words].
> 3. One letter of reference [with referee form on page 3 of application].
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> Deadline for application submission for the Accad Award is March 31, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
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> Send completed application and supporting materials to:
> WGGP Office
> 320 International Studies Building, MC-480 910 South Fifth Street Champaign, IL 61820 For more information, contact the WGGP Office at 333-1994.
> Please note the deadline for all other WGGP Awards is February 15,
> 2008. Details for all WGGP Awards can be found on the WGGP Web Page
> at http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/wggp/grantfund

FEMINIST STUDIES

Graduate Student Award

Awarded annually, the Feminist Studies Award (FSA) honors the best article submitted by a graduate student. With this prize, we aim both to encourage and to learn from a new generation of feminist scholars. The FSA winners will receive a prize of $500.00 and a commitment to publish their article. (If more than one person wins, the prize money will be divided between recipients).  

Those submitting manuscripts for the FSA prize should indicate that they are a graduate student in their cover letter. Beyond this, there is no special procedure involved in being considered for this award. As with all work that comes into the Feminist Studies office, graduate students' work will go through our extensive review process. (See Research and Criticism for details about the review). Once a graduate student's article is accepted, it will automatically be considered for this prize. At the first board meeting of each year, the editorial collective will select the previous year's winner. (The winner will be recognized in the issue following the editors' decision.) This means that articles accepted in 2005 will be considered at the first meeting in 2006, and so forth. It also means that if you submit a manuscript in 2004 that wasn't accepted until 2005, you will be eligible for the 2005 award.

In order to be considered for the FSA prize authors must be graduate students when they submit their work. If a student graduates before an article is accepted she or he will still be considered eligible.

There are no deadlines for submissions; articles are eligible for consideration in the year they are accepted.  For submission guidelines, please visit our website  at www.feministstudies.org/graduateaward.   If you have any questions, please call Feminist Studies at (301) 405-7415 or email at infor@feministstudies.org.

 THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION/ACLS

EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIPS

The American Council of Learned Societies (the American Studies Association has been a constituent member of the ACLS since 1958) announces a significant new fellowship program providing support for young scholars to complete their dissertation and, later, to advance their research after being awarded the Ph.D.  The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program will award fellowships in two categories:  Dissertation Completion Fellowships and Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients.  A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supports this program.

The first competition for Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships will take place in 2006-07 and be open to graduate students writing dissertations in the humanities and related social sciences.  This program aims to encourage timely completion of the Ph.D. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure or shortly thereafter. ACLS will award 65 Fellowships in this competition.  Each Fellowship will carry a stipend and benefits up to a total of $33,000.

The first competition for Mellon/ACLS Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients will take place in 2007-08. Eligibility for these 25 Fellowships will be limited to scholars who held Dissertation Completion Fellowships (or were highly ranked in that fellowship competition) and who completed their dissertations within the period specified in their first fellowship application. Also eligible will be scholars who held other national dissertation fellowships—such as the Whiting Fellowships—and who completed their dissertations within the period specified in their first application. These Fellowships will carry stipends of $30,000 to allow the Fellow to devote an academic year to research. Awardees will have up to two years from the date of the award to take up Fellowship tenure. We expect that some awardees may use their Fellowship to take leave from a faculty position; those without a full-time position may choose to affiliate with a humanities research center or conduct research independently.

Further information about the competition

will be available by June 20 at

www.acls.org/ecf.htm

AAUW Educational Foundation Fellowships

Outstanding women scholars in the arts and sciences are invited to apply for funding from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Funds are available for Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships of $27,000 each and Dissertation Fellowships of $15,000 each. Summer/Short-term Research Publication Grants of $5,775 are also available. For applications and requirements, see the web site at http://www.aauw.org and click on Fellowships, Grants, and Awards. Or contact: AAUW Educational Foundation c/o Customer Service Center, Dept. 142 2201 Dodge St., Iowa City, IA 52243-4030 Phone: (319) 337-1716, ext. 142.

ACLS Fellowships and Grants

The American Council of Learned Societies Program supports postdoctoral research in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Although a Ph.D. or its equivalent is required, the program is open to scholars at all stages of the career. Applicants must have U.S. citizenship or permanent residence in the U.S. For more information about fellowships and grants as well as deadlines, please consult the web site at http://www.acls.org or contact: Office of Fellowships and Grants American Council of Learned Societies 228 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017-3398. Fax: (212) 949-8058; e-mail: grants@acls.org.

Audre Lorde Scholarships

The Audre Lorde Scholarship Awards are designed to recognize out* lesbians of African descent who are making significant contributions to their communities. ZAMI wants to support and encourage their continuing education by providing up to 10 scholarships in 2003 to those women who are enrolled in accredited technical, undergraduate and graduate programs. Each award is $1,000. Many other awards are also available through ZAMI, a not-for-profit collective for lesbians of African descent. For more information on these awards, or to download an application, please visit www.zami.org or email audrelordescholarship@zami.org.

Ford Foundation Fellowships for Minorities

Approximately 60 predoctoral, 40 dissertation, and 30 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council. For further information and applications, contact: Fellowship Programs Office National Research Council 2101 Constitution Avenue Washington, DC 20418 Phone: (202) 334-2782; fax: (202) 334-3419; e-mail: infofell@nas.edu.

Institute for Advanced Study Visiting Member Awards

The School of Social Science each year invites as Members some fifteen to eighteen visiting scholars who constitute a genuinely interdisciplinary and international group. A completed doctorate or equivalent is required by the application deadline, and memberships are awarded at the junior and senior levels. The School is not wedded to any particular intellectual or disciplinary approach. It welcomes applications in economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. It encourages social scientific work with an historical and humanistic bent and also entertains applications in history, philosophy, literary criticism, literature, and linguistics. For more information and application materials, write to the Administrative Officer, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ 08540; send e-mail to ssapps@ias.edu, or download applications in PDF format at http://www2.admin.ias.edu/ss/home/applications.html.

IREX Grants

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD (IREX) 1616 H STREET, NW Washington, DC 20006. Phone: (202) 628-8118; fax: (202) 628 8189; e-mail: irex@irex.org; web site: http://www.irex.org.

IREX SHORT-TERM TRAVEL GRANTS: Grants for scholarly projects focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and limited opportunities for Mongolia. Support is available for brief visits (about two weeks) for individuals who do not require administrative assistance from IREX. American scholars in policy research and development, and cross-disciplinary studies are strongly urged to apply. Deadlines: February and June. Applications are accepted in policy research and development, cross-disciplinary studies, the humanities, and social sciences only. Eligibility requirements vary by program. Please contact IREX for applications and further information on these and other programs. Application forms can also be downloaded directly from the IREX web site, http://www.irex.org. Funding for grants is provided by the United States Department of State (Title VIII Program), and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the United States Information Agency, and the Henry Luce Foundation. All programs subject to availability of funds.

Murray Research Center at Radcliffe

Dissertation and Postdoctoral Awards Dedicated to the study of lives over time, the Henry A. Murray Research Center promotes the use of existing social science data to explore human development in the context of social change. For specific information about each program and application instructions go to: http://www.radcliffe.edu/murray/grants/index.htm. Radcliffe Postdoctoral Research Support Program.

National Humanities Center Fellowships

The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced studies. Applicants must hold a doctorate or have equivalent scholarly credentials, and a record of publication is expected. Fellowships up to $50,000 are individually determined. Applicants should request application material from the Fellowship Program, National Humanities Center, P.O. Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256, or download the form from the Center's web site at http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080. E-mail: nhc@ga.unc.edu.

Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowships

The Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowships support scholars and writers engaged in research on global, social and cultural issues relating to diversity, sustainability and civil society. Individuals can apply for resident fellowships at approximately 25 different host institutions. Institutional applications are particularly encouraged from humanities programs that seek to understand global interactions of belief and value systems and to analyze the impact of the mobility of ideas and people on an increasingly global civil society. For information about the types of fellowships offered and application procedures, please write to: Humanities Fellowships, Arts and Humanities Division, The Rockefeller Foundation, 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018-2702. Application requirements and deadlines vary by institution.

Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships

For research related to education. Applicants must be candidates for the doctoral degree in any field of study in the U.S., although they need not be U.S. citizens. For further information, please contact: Spencer Foundation Fellowships, The Spencer Foundation, 875 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3930, Chicago, IL 60611-1803. Phone: (312) 337-7000. Web site: http://www.spencer.org.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowships

The Center awards approximately 20-25 fellowships annually in an international competition. Successful fellowship applicants submit outstanding proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues, topics that intersect with questions of public policy or provide the historical framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary importance. Fellows should be prepared to interact with policymakers in Washington and with Wilson Center staff who are working on similar topics. Information and application forms may be downloaded form the Wilson Center's web site, http://www.wilsoncenter.org. For more information about WWIC fellowships, e-mail fellowships@wwic.si.edu, or phone (201) 691-4170.

University of California, Santa Barbara

THE ART OF GENDER IN EVERYDAY LIFE IV
A Multidisciplinary Conference
STUDENT PAPER PRIZES

Awards:  The Conference Committee will award two separate prizes (one undergraduate and one graduate) of $250.  Additional Director's Prizes of $25 each may be awarded at the Committee's discretion.

Competition guidelines:
    The paper must be presented by the author at the April 2007 The Art of Gender in Everyday Life IV conference at Idaho State University in Pocatello, ID.
    The paper may be from any discipline.
    The paper must be given in English.
    Only the version of the paper that is actually read at the conference is eligible. The paper should be approximately 8-12 pages, double-spaced, exclusive of bibliography. The abstract and bibliography should be included with the paper.
    Five hard copies and a disk containing the conference version of the paper must be presented at the registration desk by 9am on Friday, April 6.  They should be addressed to: Rebecca Morrow - Student Paper Competition. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
    A cover page must be attached with the following information: the author's name, institutional affiliation (including department), divisional status (graduate or undergraduate) and email address; the name, address, and telephone number of the student's advisor; and the name of the session where the paper was or is to be presented.
    Shared authorship papers are eligible provided that the category in which they are entered (i.e. undergraduate or graduate) is that appropriate for the most senior author. Papers co-authored with professionals are not eligible for the student paper competition.
    All papers submitted by undergraduates must be accompanied by a note from the student's advisor indicating that the work is original and that the professor believes it to be appropriate for presentation at the conference.

Judging:  A panel of judges from a variety of disciplines will blind review submissions. The panel will employ standard scholarly criteria in making its awards.

For information about the conference, consult our website, www.isu.edu/andersoncenter.

Questions about the competition or the conference can be directed to gndrctr@isu.edu.