National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
A three-year award; covers tuition and a stipend of $ $30,000. Essentially
college seniors and first- and second-year graduate students are eligible to
apply. Must apply via NSF’s “fastlane” on the Web. US citizens and permanent
residents.
Deadline: November 29, 2004 (Monday): Social Sciences
Jacob K. Javits Graduate
Fellowships
Approx. 45 need-based award for up to 4 years of study in the social
sciences, humanities, and fine arts. Covers tuition and stipend of up to
$30,000. US citizens or permanent residents; open to college seniors and
graduate students with no more than 45-quarter hours (9 courses/one year) of
graduate credit applicable to the eligible field of study. Applications are on
the Web or may be requested from
Federal Student Aid Information Center, PO Box 84, Washington, DC 20044-0084
Phone 1-800-433-3243; E-mail SFAMail@ncs.ed.gov
Information Line: 202-502-7542; E-mail Questions: OPE_Javits_Program@ed.gov
Deadline (postmark) October 8, 2004.
Ford Foundation Predoctoral
Fellowships for Minorities
Predoctoral Fellowships for doctoral students who are members of specific
minority groups (Alaskan Natives [Eskimo or Aleut], Black/Afro Americans,
Mexican Americans, Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific
Islanders [Polynesian/Micronesian], Puerto Rican). Any eligible minority
student may apply who has at least 3 years of graduate work remaining for
completion of the PhD.
Annual stipend: $17,000 up to 3
years
Award to the institution in lieu of
tuition and fees: $5,000
Expenses paid to attend one
Conference of Ford Fellows
Deadline: November 17, 2004 (Application is on-line)
Title VI - FLAS Fellowships
Fellowships for support of modern foreign language and area studies (East
Asia, Latin America, South Asia,
Middle East, Russia/East
Europe) Cover all tuition and fees and provide a $14,000
stipend. Summer fellowships for intensive language study include some tuition
and $1500 stipend. In-residence grad students fill out application from the
Dean of Students Office. Open to incoming as well as in-residence graduate
students, US citizens or permanent residents.
On campus: Social Science Dean of Students, Foster 107 or the Area Centers
for Latin America, East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, East Europe
Deadline: February 1
Paul & Daisy Soros
Fellowships for New Americans
These fellowships (30 per year) provide an annual stipend of $20,000 +half
the cost of tuition for two years of graduate study in any scholarly discipline
or professional field. Eligible "New Americans" are (1) US Permanent
Residents who have had more than one year of IRS filings; (2) naturalized US
citizens or (3) children of two parents who are both naturalized citizens.
Applicants may be no older than 30 years of age as of November 1, 2004 and may be no further advanced
than the 2nd year of study in the same graduate program; some preference is
given to candidates who have not yet begun their graduate studies but are in
the process of applying. Candidates must demonstrate the relevance of graduate
education to their long-term career goals and potential in enhancing their
contributions to society. Fellowships are not solely awarded on the basis of
academic record. A successful candidate will give evidence of at least two of
the follow three attributes or criteria for selection: (1) creativity,
originality, and initiative demonstrated in any area of her/his live; (2) a commitment
to and capacity of accomplishment, demonstrated through activity that has
required drive and sustained effort; and (3) a commitment to the values
expressed in the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The third criterion
includes activity in support of human rights and the rule of law, in opposition
to unwarranted encroachment on personal liberty, and in advancing the
responsibilities of citizenship in a free society. Fellows are selected by
region and finalists are invited for interview.
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
400 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019
(212) 547-6926; FAX (212) 548-4623
pdsoros_fellows@sorosny.org; (Applications on the Web)
Deadline
(postmark): November
1, 2004
National Security Education
Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships
Fellowships for the study of languages, cultures, and world regions which
are critical to U.S. national security OTHER THAN Western Europe, Canada,
Australia, and New Zealand. NSEP embodies a recognition that the scope of
national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of
protecting and promoting American well-being, but the new challenges of global
society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease
and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness. NSEP
Fellowships enable graduate students to pursue specialization in area and
language study or to add an important international dimension to their
education. Applicants design their own programs and may combine domestic
language and cultural study with overseas study. All fellowships must include
study of a modern language other than English and the study of an area and
culture. NSEP Fellowship awards are made for a minimum of one and a maximum of
six academic semesters (24 months) Support for language or area studies course
work at the home university is $2000 per semester. Overseas study is based on
program expenses for a maximum of $10,000 per semester for up to two semesters.
Applicants must be US citizens, and there is a “service requirement” attached
to these fellowships: Fellowship recipients are required to seek employment
with an agency or office of the federal government involved in national
security affairs. NSEP award recipients who are unable to identify a job after
making a "good faith" effort may fulfill the service requirement by
working in the field of higher education in an area of study for the which the
fellowship was awarded. Service requirement must begin to be fulfilled within 5
years of the completion of the fellowship or it may result in a payback
obligation in the form of a loan. The length of the service requirement is
equivalent to the duration of support from NSEP (Note: Find out more about
these fellowships before you apply; funding comes from the Dept of Defense)
Academy for Educational Development/NSEP
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20009-1202
1-800-498-9360; (202) 884-8285; FAX (202) 884-8408
Deadline
(postmark): January 29, 2005
Grants for Endangered Languages
The following grants give priority to projects which deal with
highly endangered languages.
Endangered Language Fund
