Upcoming Fellowship Deadlines

 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation German Chancellor Schollarships

 EPA STAR Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study

 Fulbright IIE Program for U.S. Students

 Institute for Environment and Society Travel to Meeting Awards

 Jacob K. Javits Fellowships for graduate students in the arts, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences

 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 

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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Chancellor Scholarships

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards 10 German Chancellor Scholarships annually to prospective leaders from the U.S. (under 35 years of age) in the academic, economic and political fields and over 600 Research Fellowships to postdoctoral scholars (within 4 years of completion of doctorate) to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany.

DEADLINE: October 31, 2009 for Chancellor Scholarships; none for Research Fellowships

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=4074

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=771

EPA STAR Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master’s and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. The EPA plans to award approximately 120 new fellowships by June 30, 2010. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of 2 years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of 3 years, usable over a period of 4 years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support per fellowship.

DEADLINE: October 22, 2009

http://epa.gov/ncer/fellow/

Fulbright IIE Program for U.S. Students

The U.S. Student Program offers more than 1,500 grants to U.S. citizens for one academic year of study, research, or teaching assistantship experience in more than 150 countries worldwide in all fields of study. Projects may include university course work, independent library or field research, or professional training in the arts. Preference will be given to candidates who have not had extensive recent experience abroad (excluding recent undergraduate study abroad), especially in the country of application. For those graduate students considering applying to the Fulbright Student Program (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html), administered by the Institute for International Education, Karna Walter, the Fulbright Program Adviser for the UA, will host information sessions on Monday, August 31 at 3:00 pm and Tuesday, September 8 at 2:30 pm in the Honors College, Slonaker House. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Dr. Walter, karna@u.arizona.edu. Note that the Fulbright IIE program is not the same as the Fulbright-Hays program, which funds dissertation research abroad. Students can apply to both programs, but may accept only one of the awards.

DEADLINES: September 21 for all application materials to Dr. Walter; October 19, 2009 to IIE

http://www.honors.arizona.edu/ncs/fulbright_scholarship.htm

Institute for Environment and Society Travel to Meeting Awards

The Institute for Environment and Society (formerly ISPE) provides funding for graduate students to travel to meetings, conferences, or symposia to present their research. All UA graduate students who are engaged in interdisciplinary research relating to the environment of the Earth, from local to global scales, and how this environment is likely to change in coming seasons, years, and decades are invited to apply. Up to 10 awards are offered each semester with a maximum individual award of $500.

DEADLINE: September 4, 2009

http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/resources/funding/travel_awards.html

Jacob K. Javits Fellowships

The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program will award 24 fellowships to students of superior ability to undertake graduate study in specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded to the selected field of study. The selected fields in the arts are: creative writing, music performance, music theory, music composition, music literature, studio arts (including photography), television, film, cinematography, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance.  The selected fields in the humanities are: art history (including architectural history), archeology, area studies, classics, comparative literature, English language and literature, folklore, folk life, foreign languages and literature, history, linguistics, philosophy, religion, speech, rhetoric, and debate. The selected fields in the social sciences are: anthropology, communications and media, economics, ethnic and cultural studies, geography, political science, psychology (excluding clinical psychology), public policy and public administration, and sociology. Eligible applicants are individuals who at the time of application have not completed their first full year of graduate study. UA students interested in applying to the Javits may contact Georgia Ehlers, gehlers@u.arizona.,edu, for additional information and successful essays.

DEADLINE: October 5, 2009

http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/applicant.html

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

(Link: www.nsf.gov/grfp)

ARLINGTON, VA - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the opening of the 2009-2010 competition for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The NSF GRFP is one of the most prestigious science and engineering fellowship programs in the United States.  Awardees are provided three years of graduate school support.  Fellows receive a $30,000 annual stipend, a $10,500 annual cost of education allowance, a one-time $1,000 international travel allowance, and access to TeraGrid supercomputing facilities.

The program ensures the quality, diversity and vitality of the next generation of U.S. scientists and researchers. The GRFP is intended for students in the early stages of their graduate career who are seeking research-based master's or PhD degrees in NSF-supported disciplines. Applicants should have completed no more than 12 months of graduate study and must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or permanent residents prior to the application deadline date. Women, under-represented minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply for the GRFP.

The application is currently open online at www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/ and deadlines are November 2-12, depending on field of study. For more information concerning benefits, eligibility, and tips on applying, applicants are encouraged to visit www.nsfgrfp.org.and www.nsf.gov/grfp/.

Faculty with significant research experience and interaction with graduate students are encouraged to register as panel reviewers for the NSF GRFP at http://panelists.asee.org.  If selected, panelists will be invited for a three-day review session that takes place in the Washington, DC, area in early February. 

Since 1952, NSF has funded more than 42,000 Graduate Research Fellows. President Obama has vowed to triple the number of awards in this program, from about 1,000 per year to 3,000 per year by 2012.   

The NSF-GRFP Operations Center (info@nsfgrfp.org or 1-866-NSF-GRFP) is administered by the American Society for Engineering Education (http://www.asee.org/fellowships).

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Operations Center
1818 N St NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036