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Fellowships at the School for Advanced Research

Deadline: 
November 1, 2014
Application includes letters of recommendation. Non-US Citizens must have lived in the States for three years prior to application.
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Resident Scholars

The School for Advanced Research (SAR) awards approximately six Resident Scholar Fellowships each year to scholars who have completed their research and analysis and who need time to think and write about topics important to the understanding of humankind. Resident scholars may approach their research from anthropology or from related fields such as history, sociology, art, and philosophy. Both humanistically and scientifically oriented scholars are encouraged to apply.

SAR provides Resident Scholars with low-cost housing and office space on campus, a stipend up to $40,000, library assistance, and other benefits during a nine-month tenure, from September 1 through May 31. A six-month fellowship is also available for a female postdoctoral scholar from a developing nation, whose research promotes women’s empowerment. SAR Press may consider books written by resident scholars for publication in its Resident Scholar Series.

France Chicago Center Faculty Grants

Deadline: 
April 9, 2018
Requests up to $500 are accepted anytime, and requests up to $1,500 are accepted quarterly. The annual deadline for larger requests (up to $5k) is in April.
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Call for Proposals

The France Chicago Center (FCC) is currently accepting proposals from faculty members in the Divisions of the Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as the Divinity School, SSA and the Harris School who wish to apply for support for France-related initiatives they may be organizing during the 2018-19 academic year.

Deadline: Monday, April 9, 2018.

UChicago Center in Beijing Programming Grants

Deadline: 
November 20, 2013
The 2014–15 deadline is above; however, their website notes that "proposals submitted by the deadline will receive priority consideration, but the Center welcomes inquiries at any time of the year."
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On behalf of the faculty steering committee of the University of Chicago Center in Beijing, I am pleased to invite a new round of proposals for programs and academic events at the Center in Beijing.  In addition to being home for study-abroad programs and internships, the Center supports a range of activities organized around three broad and intersecting themes:  Business, Economics, and Policy; Culture, Society, and the Arts; and Science, Medicine, and Public Health (with recognition that some activities straddle these thematic areas).
We encourage the submission of innovative ideas/proposals that will help foster global initiatives and facilitate collaboration with scholars and institutions in China the East Asia region. 

2012 Faculty Research Grant for Taiwan Studies

Deadline: 
April 30, 2012
Travel must be completed by 11/20/12
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Designed to assist Taiwan-related studies, this grant provides recipients with funding to conduct research in Taiwan. Recipients are furnished with round trip, economy class airfare to Taiwan and a daily research subsidy of USD $200 per day for up to 7 days.

Fellowships at Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies

Deadline: 
January 7, 2014
Some application materials (e.g., letters of recommendation) must be submitted in hard-copy and received by 1/7/14.
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Mapping Cultural Space: Sites, Systems, and Practices across Eurasia is the theme of the 2014–2015 Davis Center Fellows Program, coordinated by Professors Julie Buckler (Slavic Languages and Literatures), Eve Blau (Graduate School of Design), and Kelly O’Neill (History). The seminar for 2014-15 will explore the significance of cultural space as both an object and a tool of analysis, taking as its focus Eurasia, an area of the world where political and cultural boundaries have been repeatedly reconfigured.

The 2014–2015 program coordinators are looking to build an intellectual community for a project that may extend beyond 2014-15, in order to deepen understanding of the complex and enormous territory of Eurasia in both theory and practice, and to explore interdisciplinary discourse and methodologies, as well as collaborative, multimedia forms of scholarly output that serve multiple functions (research, pedagogy, etc.).

Onassis Foundation Foreigners' Fellowships

Deadline: 
January 31, 2015
PROJECTED DEADLINE; will be updated when new date is available. Please see FAQ for full submission details. Greek citizens are ineligible to apply.
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In 1995 the Foundation established an annual programme of grants and scholarships for research, study and artistic endeavour within Greece. The programme is intended exclusively for non-Greeks: members of national academies, university professors of all levels, PhD holders, post-doctorate researchers, post-graduate students and doctoral candidates, artists, and teachers of Greek language, literature, history and culture in both primary and secondary education. Exceptionally and on a case-by-case basis, the programme may accept Greeks of the Diaspora, second generation Greeks, and Greeks who permanently reside abroad and have been studying or have been employed in foreign Universities for over 10 or 15 years, depending on the type of scholarship.

(See FAQ for additional details: http://www.onassis.gr/uploaded/pdf/Scholarships%20Foreigners/FAQ_18.pdf)

Oscar Bronner Traveling Fellowship

Deadline: 
January 15, 2013
Applications must be postmarked by deadline. Only former fellows of the American Academy in Rome may apply.
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To encourage study of the Greco-Roman world, each year the American Academy in Rome, in conjunction with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, award the Oscar Broneer Traveling Fellowship.

Purpose: The Fellowship will be awarded annually, for research in Greece and Italy in alternate years. It is expected that the Fellow will use either the American Academy in Rome or the American School of Classical Studies at Athens as a base from which to pursue work through trips to sites, museums, or repositories of materials of interest to the Fellow's studies.

Franke Institute Fellowships

Deadline: 
February 10, 2017
Proposals due at 5pm and must include two letters of reference--one from a UChicago colleague, one from an external writer--among other materials (see above). If you need a copy of the required application form, contact Courtney Guerra.
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Re: Residential Faculty Fellowships for 2017–2018

    

Each year the Franke Institute for the Humanities awards a limited number of Faculty Residential Fellowships to members of the University of Chicago faculty who are engaged in interdisciplinary projects. We will make up to eight awards for 2017–2018; the deadline for receipt of applications is Friday, February 10th.  

All tenure-track or tenured members of both the Humanities faculty and the Social Sciences faculty are eligible to apply. Normally, we expect to appoint six or seven faculty fellows from the Humanities Division and one from the Social Sciences.

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Programs

Deadline: 
December 1, 2016
Applicants should familiarize themselves with the SI's Strategic Plan and ensure their project aligns with its areas of focus. Other fellowships available through individual SI units and museums.
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GENERAL INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

Fellowships are offered by the Smithsonian Institution to provide opportunities for graduate students, predoctoral students, and postdoctoral and senior investigators to conduct research in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff, and to utilize the resources of the Institution. These fellowships are offered through the Smithsonian's Office of Fellowships, and are administered under the charter of the Institution, 20 U.S. Code section 41 et seq. Fellowship awards under this program are contingent upon the availability of funds.

The publication, Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study (www.si.edu/research+study), outlines Smithsonian research activities and lists the research staff. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact staff members to help identify potential advisors, determine the feasibility of the proposed research being conducted at the Smithsonian Institution, and the availability of relevant resources such as staff, collections, archives and library materials during the proposed tenure dates. (Other Smisthsonian fellowship opportunities availalble here.)

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers

See PDF application guidelines for full details; applications due four to seven months before review meetings in March, July, and November. German Citizens must be established in the US for >5 years before applying.
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From the program website:

Submit an application if you are a researcher from abroad with above average qualifications, at the beginning of your academic career and only completed your doctorate in the last four years. A Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers allows you to carry out a long-term research project (6-24 months) you have selected yourself in cooperation with an academic host you have selected yourself at a research institution in Germany.

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