UChicago Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture Grants

The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago invites applications for the 2013-2014 Dissertation Fellowship, which begins September 1, 2013 and ends August 31, 2014.  Qualified Ph.D. candidates at the University of Chicago from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Description: The goal of the fellowship is to enable an outstanding doctoral student interested in the study of race and ethnicity to devote his or her full energies to the completion of the dissertation.  The fellowship carries a stipend of $21,000 for the academic year, a $1000 travel and research budget, and will cover advanced residence tuition, fees, and basic university student health insurance, if needed.  The successful applicant will be provided with an office and use of a computer at the Center.  The fellow will be expected to be in residence during the award year, present his or her work at one of the Reproduction of Race and Racial Ideologies Workshop meetings and to actively participate in the workshop and other activities sponsored by the Race Center.

CSRPC Graduate Research and Travel Grants 2013-2014 Due Tuesday, April 30 at 5:00 pm

The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago invites applications for Graduate Research and Travel Grants for the academic year 2013-2014. Qualified graduate students at the University of Chicago from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. 
Grant Description: The goal of the grant is to support the research efforts of outstanding graduate students interested in the study of race and ethnicity. The grant may only be used for expenses associated with a clearly defined research project. Activities that will be considered for funding include, but are not limited to, travel-related expenses (transportation and lodging) associated with field or primary archival research, transcription costs, duplication services, or the acquisition of data sets for quantitative analysis. Preference will be given to dissertation-related research, however, other projects will also be considered. Grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded to successful candidates.
Eligibility: Open to University of Chicago graduate or professional students in good standing.



CSRPC Residential Fellowship 2013-2014 
Due Tuesday, April 30 at 5:00 pm

The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago invites applications for Residential Fellows for the academic year 2013-2014. Qualified graduate students at the University of Chicago from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.  For a description of the CSRPC mission and full application details, see: http://csrpc.uchicago.edu
Eligibility: University of Chicago Ph.D. candidates from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. This fellowship provides a research fund of $1,000 along with shared office space at the Center.

2013-2014 CSRPC-CSGS Dissertation Fellowship

Due Tuesday, April 30 at 12:00 pm

The Centers for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (CSRPC) and Gender and Sexuality (CSGS) are pleased to announce the CSRPC-CSGS Dissertation Fellowship competition for the academic year 2013-2014. There will be one fellowship awarded.
Eligibility: University of Chicago PhD candidates from all disciplines who are working in the intersection of the topics of race and ethnicity and gender and/or sexuality studies are encouraged to apply. University of Chicago doctoral students who have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. but the dissertation, including formal admission to candidacy, and expect to complete all field work by September 1, 2013 are eligible to apply. Residency at CSRPC/CSGS during the main three academic quarters is essential. Some travel for research for brief periods is allowed, but this must be discussed with the Faculty Directors in advance.

University of Chicago German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Short-term Grants

The University of Chicago is offering short-term (1-6 months) grants for PhD Candidates who need to conduct research in Germany. Open to applicants in all fields of study. Applicants in the arts, humanities, and social sciences should have a good command of German. Must be a well-defined research project that makes a stay in Germany essential. Applicants should have ABD status by the time of application, but no more than four years before applying.

Application Information:

For more information, click here or contact Jessica Smith in Graduate Student Affairs. Deadline: May 15, 2013

ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship

ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest publically traded International oil & gas companies, has partnered with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) to create fellowships in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) for Hispanic college students. Through HHF’s Latinos On Fast Track (LOFT) program, ExxonMobil seeks to nurture motivated college students across the country, with a passion for Engineering and Science.

Selected students will be exposed to a top quality company by participating in this signature mentoring program. Each student will be paired up with one of ExxonMobil engineers/scientists to learn how their knowledge is applied in a corporate setting. 

Fellowship Components
The Fellowship consists of: five 1-hour meetings with mentor (virtual or in person), participation in the Harvard-certified ExxonMobil mentee program (on-line), an exclusive curriculum to introduce Fellows to the organization and company career opportunities, and a $ 1,000 educational grant. In addition, there exists the possibility to interview for ExxonMobil positions (internships/full-time) upon successful completion of the Fellowship.

Fellowship Requirements
This opportunity is highly competitive and open to sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students attending a 4 year college or university.
- Fellowship applicants with the following majors will be given priority: 
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering

Applicants with these majors will be considered also: Computer Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Geology, Industrial Engineering, Material Sciences, Mathematics, Materials Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Physics

Other Requirements:
- Must plan to pursue a career in the fields/majors listed above
- Have a GPA of 3.5 or higher
- Be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States with a valid Social Security Number at the time of application. All legal permanent residents must submit a copy of their valid permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551 (not expired).

Application Information: 

All interested candidates apply here and send resume to: Julian@hispanicheritage.org. Please use "ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship" in subject line. The Application will close March 31, 2013 @11:59PM

This opportunity available through the LOFT program are for Hispanic students. Others interested should contact the company's website directly.

Human Rights Program Faculty Grants

The Human Rights Program wishes to announce the availability of grants to faculty for the development of new courses (or the substantial redesign of existing courses) to be cross-listed in the Human Rights Program for 2013-14.  The grants (at $2,600 each) are made possible by the generosity of Richard and Ann Pozen.

Grants may be used for course development work over the summer and may be spent on materials, employment of a research assistant, travel, or other justifiable expenditures in line with University rules. Courses may be developed for College students, graduate or professional students. We are particularly interested in courses for College students, but encourage submissions by faculty from all departments and the professional schools.   

"What is a Human Rights course?" you may ask.  A Human Rights course is not simply any course on any topic related to human beings or human suffering.  Nor are Human Rights courses restricted to courses which include direct references to international human rights treaties and norms.  Last year’s course development grants were awarded to faculty from Comparative Literature, History, Human Development, Medicine, Philosophy, Social Services Administration, and Sociology.  We encourage you to be creative.  For inspiration, we encourage you to look at current and past Human Rights courses at: http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/curriculum.shtml 

Application Information:

Course proposals, including a short description of the course aims, goals, and content, should be submitted by February 1, 2013, to Susan Gzesh (sgzesh@uchicago.edu) with a copy to Sarah Moberg (spmoberg@uchicago.edu).

 
The Bringing Theory to Practice Project (BTtoP) encourages colleges and universities to reassert their core purposes as educational institutions, not only to advance learning and discovery, but to advance the potential and well-being of each individual student, and to advance education as a public good that sustains a civic society

The Project supports campus-based initiatives that demonstrate how uses of engaged forms of learning that actively involve students both within and beyond the classroom directly contribute to their cognitive, emotional, and civic development.

For more information, visit the website for the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Application Information:

The 2012-2014 RFP is now online. Proposals are requested for projects that will promote engaged learning, civic development and engagement, and psychosocial well-being of college and university students. We are especially interested in efforts that will enable students to have transformational educational experiences, and for institutions to transform and sustain their priorities and practices. 

 

Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts: Arts|Science Graduate Collaboration Grants

Arts|Science Graduate Collaboration Grants Call for Proposals

The Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts is launching a pilot program of Arts|Science Graduate Collaboration Grants to encourage independent cross-disciplinary research between students in the arts and the sciences. Graduate students from areas such as art history, English, music, cinema and media studies, theater and performance, creative writing, or visual arts are encouraged to pair up with graduate students from astronomy and astrophysics, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, geophysical sciences, math, physics, or statistics areas for joint research projects.  Each group may consist of two or more graduate students, with at least one in the arts and one from the sciences, who work together over the course of two quarters to investigate a subject from the perspectives offered by their disciplines. Projects will be conducted between winter and spring of 2013, with a public presentation scheduled at the end of the academic year. The projects may take the form of a publishable paper, photographic documentation, film, music score, performance, theater piece, or documented research experiment, etc. Proposals will be reviewed and selected in the fall quarter by a faculty jury comprised of members from the arts and the sciences.

Applicants must have an endorsement by a faculty member.  The objective is to identify and encourage innovative interactions between students of the sciences and the arts. The review process will be competitive and the proposals will be evaluated on the basis of a number of criteria, including cross-disciplinary innovation and scholarly risk-taking.  Successful proposals may request up to $3,000 to cover costs for materials, use of media labs, computation facilities, and in some cases machine-shop time, as well as costs associated with the design, implementation, literary documentation, publication and/or presentation of the project. *

Grant recipients will be invited to participate in a series of dinner table conversations with faculty and visiting scholars or practitioners who work across the arts and the sciences.

* This grant does not fund food or receptions, University of Chicago faculty and student honorarium, production of CDs, or conferences and symposia.
 
Application Information:
  
Application deadline: November 19, 2012 (proposals must be submitted by email)
Notification of funding:  no later than December 15, 2012

For details, please visit the UChicago Arts website.

Civic Reflection Fellows Program

Seeking 6 rising second and third year students for new Civic Reflection Fellows Program!

The University Community Service Center (UCSC), the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMSA), and the Project on Civic Reflection (a nationally recognized nonprofit organization) are excited to offer a one-year certificate program designed to develop a cohort of thoughtful, collaborative student leaders who can engage diverse groups of students and community partners in dialogues about critical issues and themes in civic life.

Students will work collaboratively with other students to plan and facilitate reflective discussions and to integrate these discussions among student groups and/or community partners.  This pilot program is led by the Project on Civic Reflection, in collaboration with staff and faculty liaisons from four Chicago-area campuses who will provide supervision, mentoring, and support throughout the academic year.

The Project on Civic Reflection expects to offer a $250 stipend at the Fellow’s completion of the program, but this is dependent on funding and will be confirmed by November 2012.  Nonetheless, there are multiple benefits to participating, as described below.

How will Civic Reflection Fellows benefit?

• Develop leadership capacity, increase understanding of different perspectives, and build skills in facilitation, dialogue, listening, critical thinking, communication and outreach. 
• Participate in a diverse cohort of 24 students from multiple schools, with an opportunity for peer learning and networking.
• Receive facilitation training and follow-up support from the staff of the Project on Civic Reflection, a national leader in reflection and dialogue.
• Earn a “Certificate in Civic Reflection Facilitation” at the end of the program year when all requirements have been met.
• Receive an invitation to participate as a peer mentor for other students in the next academic year.

Who will participate?

The Civic Reflection Fellows Program is by application only.  24 total students will be selected — 6 students from 4 diverse campuses, including a private institution (UChicago), a state university (Governors State University), a professional graduate school (Chicago School of Professional Psychology), and a city college (Truman College).

Each school has been selected based on: 1) a commitment to student/community engagement, 2) a firm belief that reflection and dialogue are critical aspects of leadership and service, 3) a commitment to promoting diversity and creating dialogue across differences, and 4) demonstrated interest in using reflective discussion as a strategy for student engagement and development.

Application Information:

Apply by NOON on Monday, September 24. Learn more at http://ucsc.uchicago.edu/programs/civic-reflection-fellows-program.

CSRPC Opportunities for 2012-2013

CSRPC Dissertation Fellowship 2012-2013

Description: The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago invites applications for the 2012-2013 Dissertation Fellowship, which begins October 1, 2012 and ends June 30, 2013.

The goal of the fellowship is to enable an outstanding doctoral student interested in the study of race and ethnicity to devote his or her full energies to the completion of the dissertation.  The fellowship carries a stipend of $21,000 for the academic year, a $1000 travel and research budget, and will cover advanced residence tuition, fees, and basic university student health insurance, if needed.  The successful applicant will be provided with an office and use of a computer at the Center.  The fellow will be expected to be in residence during the award year, present his or her work at one of the Reproduction of Race and Racial Ideologies Workshop meetings and to actively participate in the workshop and other activities sponsored by the Race Center. 

Eligibility: Qualified Ph.D. candidates at the University of Chicago from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. 

Deadline(s): Monday, April 30 at 5pm


CSRPC Graduate Research and Travel Grant 2012-2013

Description: The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago invites applications for Graduate Research and Travel Grants for the academic year 2012-2013. The goal of the grant is to support the research efforts of outstanding graduate students interested in the study of race and ethnicity. The grant may only be used for expenses associated with a clearly defined research project. Activities that will be considered for funding include, but are not limited to, travel-related expenses (transportation and lodging) associated with field or primary archival research, transcription costs, duplication services, or the acquisition of data sets for quantitative analysis. Preference will be given to dissertation-related research, however, other projects will also be considered. Grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded to successful candidates.

Eligibility: Qualified graduate students who are in good standing at the University of Chicago from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Deadline(s): Monday, April 30 at 5pm

CSRPC GRADUATE LECTURESHIPS IN RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES

Call for proposals for 2012-2013 courses

Description:The College and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture is calling for applications by advanced graduate students to teach one undergraduate course of their own design on topics related to race and ethnic studies. Courses in any related topic or thematic may be proposed. The Center is especially interested in courses that posit race and processes of racialization in comparative and transnational frameworks; highlight the intersection of race and ethnicity with other identities (gender, class, sexuality and nationality); and/or interrogate social and identity cleavages within racialized communities.

Eligibility: Advanced graduate students (Ph.D. candidates with at least one chapter of the dissertation written) in any discipline at the University of Chicago are encouraged to apply. 

Visit our website for details http://csrpc.uchicago.edu.

Deadline(s): Friday, May 4 at 5pm

CSRPC Residential Fellowship 2012-2013

Description: The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago invites applications for Residential Fellows for the academic year 2012-2013. Qualified graduate students at the University of Chicago from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.  For a description of the CSRPC mission and full application details, see: http://csrpc.uchicago.edu. This fellowship provides a research fund of $1,000 along with shared office space at the Center.

Eligibility: University of Chicago Ph.D. candidates from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Deadline(s): Monday, May 7 at 5pm

Northwestern University Recruitment event for Minority Students Interested In Psychology!

 

Northwestern's psychology department is hosting a program on June 1st and 2nd for undergraduates who are members of traditionally underrepresented groups, and who are potentially interested in pursuing graduate study in psychology.  Activities will include a workshop designed to help with the graduate school application process and opportunities to meet psychology department faculty members and graduate students to learn what graduate school is like and how they might fit into the graduate programs and laboratory groups at Northwestern.  Travel and accommodation costs associated with participation will be covered, and the application process will be fast and free (applications are due by April 6).  Visit website for more information.

Scholarship Opportunity from INWHE (Illinois Network for Women in Higher Education)

This year the Illinois Network for Women in Higher Education (INWHE) has established exciting development opportunities by creating scholarships for students at member institutions to attend INWHE’s Annual Conference. These scholarships were established to honor the work of President Gena Proulx, Ph.D., past president of Joliet Junior College and a tremendous supporter of INWHE, who lost her three-year battle with fallopian tube cancer last August.

INWHE is dedicating two free registrations for students at each member institution. Additionally, INWHE is providing travel reimbursements up to a total of $150 per member school. Receipts are to be sent to INWHE for reimbursement following the April Annual Conference. We are asking that each college or university select two students who would most benefit from attending this conference.

We are particularly proud to offer these scholarships this year as the conference keynote speaker is Alexandra Levit who will lead an interactive discussion on communicating across generations. She has ten years of experience providing integrated marketing communications solutions for Fortune 500 companies and educational institutions. For more information on Ms. Levit, please visit her web site at www.alexandralevit.com.

Please consider taking advantage of this special opportunity INWHE is offering for the 2012 Annual Conference, “Embracing Change as Opportunity.” This promises to be a learning opportunity for women who have been in the workplace for decades as well as for women who are about to enter the workplace and for women at every stage in their career.

Registration deadline:

Please complete the Registration Form and submit via e-mail to nprender@oakton.edu or via fax at 847.635.1997 by April 15, 2012.

Asian American Center for Advancing Justice 2011 Conference

The 2011 Advancing Justice Conference will be held in beautiful San Francisco, California on October 27-28, 2011. This year's conference will be paying tribute to the rich history of activism that makes the Bay Area such a special place for all communities, but especially Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Registration is now open! This year, the Asian Law Caucus, a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, will be this year's local host for the conference.

This year's conference will include exciting and diverse workshops on:

• Civil and Human Rights
• Capacity Building
• Youth Leadership & Community Organizing
• Immigrant Integration & Civic Participation

There will also be a five engaging plenary sessions focusing on veteran Asian American activists, emerging geographic Asian American communities, social entrepeneurship, Pacific Islanders, and cross-racial alliance building.

The Advancing Justice conference will be an exciting opportunity to discuss the pressing immigrant and civil rights issues of today and to network with peers. We hope that you will join us on October 27-28 here in San Francisco.

Travel Stipends & Scholarships Available! A limited number of scholarships & travel stipends are available to conference participants. Factors taken into consideration include financial need, geography, ethnic diversity, and area of expertise. Apply for a stipend here.


Submission Guidelines and Deadlines:

The deadline to apply is 5 pm PST on Friday, August 21, 2011. Applicants will be notified by Monday, August 31, 2011.


Conference Date and Location:

October 27-28, 2011
Hotel Kabuki
1625 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115

Graduate Training & Research in Paris

Description: Are you interested in population flows across the globe, the reception and regulations of immigrants over time and space, and on developing new methodologies to study such movements? Then consider attending the seminar that Professor Jim Hevia, the director of International Studies, and Professor Ramón Gutiérrez, the director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, are trying to organize, which if funded, will run from 2012- 2015.

The three year graduate training and research project will be based on the themes of “Mobilities, Circulation and Regulation”, which will bring together a team of approximately 15 faculty and graduate students from the University of Chicago with a similar group from Université Paris Diderot.

Yearly professor will teach a seminar in which you would enroll and gain UC credit. Likewise there would be a yearly conference and publication to present your research, along with summer funding of research exchanges. All transportation and subvention costs would be covered.

• In year one of the grant, in 2012-13, for example, 10 French graduate students would come to Chicago to join our ten-week seminar on methodology. For that year’s conference we would take our graduate students to Paris. And in the summer we would send some of our students to do research in Paris and some of their team would come to Chicago, again with all expenses paid.
  
• Year two will be organized around the themes of population circulations and receptions, and would be similarly structured around a workshop, seminar, conference and student exchanges.
  
• Followed in the third year with similar exchange mechanics, focused on the theme of population regulation.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact either:

Ramón A. Gutiérrez
The Preston and Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor of History Director, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture University of Chicago
1126 East 59th Street
Mail Box 118
Chicago, IL 60637-1554
phone: (773) 702-8063
fax: (773) 834-2000

or

James L. Hevia
Professor, International History and the New Collegiate Division Director, International Studies Program
124 Pick Hall
5828 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 834-7585
Fax: (773) 834-0289


Application Guidelines:

• Send a one-page (single-spaced) statement of interest by July 1, 2011, in which you describe your research interest in these themes, your disciplinary focus, how far along you are in your doctoral program.
  
• Also send a short CV (2 pages maximum) to Professors Jim Hevia and Ramón Gutiérrez at the following email addresses: jhevia@uchicago.edu, rgutierrez@uchicago.edu

Deadline(s):  July 1, 2011

GSA Fulbright Workshop

Please join GSA Thursday, May 26th at 12, noon in Classics 110 for a workshop on Fulbright opportunities

The Overseas/Fullbright Fellowships Workshop will provide information on Fulbright IIE U.S. Student Program, Fullbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad, DAAD German Academic Exchange Service, and George Lurcy Fellowship to France.

Students interested in applying for these workshops should also set up a one-on-one advising appointment with Brooke Noonan at brookec@uchicago.edu in the coming weeks/months to prepare for the internal deadlines on September 30 (Fullbright IIE, Lurcy, DAAD) and October 7 (Fullbright-Hays, DDRA).

Division of the Social Sciences Research Travel Grants 2011-2012

Description: The Research Travel Grants will support dissertation research-related travel by advanced graduate students. Grants, up to a maximum of $2,500 but most smaller, will be awarded for academic year 2011-2012, beginning with the summer quarter. The awards are designed to help defray the costs of travel for students who have a specific research goal critical to their dissertations.

Click here for more information.

Eligibility: Advanced students in any of the Social Sciences Ph.D. programs may apply. To be eligible for consideration, a student must have been admitted to Ph.D. candidacy by the tenure of the grant, and preferably by the time of application, and must complete the research project no later than May 1, 2012.

Deadline(s): Applications must be submitted no later than April 29, 2011 for support of travel planned for academic year 2011-2012. Application forms are available here.

Awards will be funded by the Overseas Research Travel Grant Fund, the Orin Williams Fund, the Agnes and Nathan Janco Travel Grant Fund and the Renck Memorial Award Fund.

Graduate Student and Postdoc Fellowships and Publication Opportunities

William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students

Description:

The Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) in Washington, DC, offers the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship three times annually. The fellowship, which is based on academic excellence and need, is open to both undergraduate and graduate students of color. The Hearst Fellow serves as an intern with PSI. Through this fellowship, PSI seeks to introduce a diverse group of students to issues and challenges affecting philanthropy, social enterprise, nonprofit organizations, and other actors in the social sector. Recipients may arrange with their colleges or universities to receive academic credit for this experience. Please see  http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/nonprofit-philanthropy/leadership-initiatives/hearst for more information.

Application Information:

The deadline for applying is March 15.

Sentience Literary and Arts Journal

Description:

After a one year hiatus, the Pritzker School of Medicine is once again calling for writing, art, graphic design, music, and any other forms of art that we can proudly display in the 2011 edition of the Sentience Arts Journal! Electronic copies can be emailed to pritzker.sentience@gmail; this address can also be used to ask any questions about submissions. Our website can be viewed (along with the 2009 edition of the magazine) at http://sentience.uchicago.edu/. Thanks for your interest, and we hope to see a variety of submissions from graduate students of many different backgrounds!

Submission Information:

The deadline for submissions is April 1st.



Harper Dissertation Fellowships

Description:

Harper Fellows are nominated by their academic division (Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Divinity School, Humanities and Social Sciences), and provide tuition and stipend support for students completing their dissertation in the next year. If you are interested in being nominated, please speak to your Dean of Students

Application Information:

The application deadlines are in April. The exact date varies by division.

Graduate Fellowships & Postdoc Postings for STEM Fields

Description:

With a variety of deadlines and programs, Pathways to Science offers many opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to apply for financial support, including summer research funding: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Grad.asp.

For postdocs, see: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Postdocs_portal.asp.

Application Information:

Deadline varies, see site for details.



NASA Fellowships, Internships, and Grants for Grad Students

Description:

Opportunities for both US citizens and international students. http://intern.nasa.gov

Application Information

Deadline varies, see site for details.

Graduate Student and Postdoc Fellowships and Publication Opportunities

William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students


Description:

The Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) in Washington, DC, offers the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship three times annually. The fellowship, which is based on academic excellence and need, is open to both undergraduate and graduate students of color. The Hearst Fellow serves as an intern with PSI. Through this fellowship, PSI seeks to introduce a diverse group of students to issues and challenges affecting philanthropy, social enterprise, nonprofit organizations, and other actors in the social sector. Recipients may arrange with their colleges or universities to receive academic credit for this experience. Fo more information, visit: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/nonprofit-philanthropy/leadership-initiatives/hearst

Eligibility:

Undergraduate and graduate students of color

Application Information:

Deadline: Tuesday, March 15.



Sentience Literary and Arts Journal

Description:

After a one year hiatus, the Pritzker School of Medicine is once again calling for writing, art, graphic design, music, and any other forms of art that we can proudly display in the 2011 edition of the Sentience Arts Journal! Electronic copies can be emailed to pritzker.sentience@gmail; this address can also be used to ask any questions about submissions. Our website can be viewed (along with the 2009 edition of the magazine) at http://sentience.uchicago.edu/. Thanks for your interest, and we hope to see a variety of submissions from graduate students of many different backgrounds!

Application Information:

Deadline: April 1.



Harper Dissertation Fellowships

Description: Harper Fellows are nominated by their academic division (Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Divinity School, Humanities and Social Sciences), and provide tuition and stipend support for students completing their dissertation in the next year. If you are interested in being nominated, please speak to your Dean of Students.

Deadline(s): April, varies by division



Pathways to Science

Description:

With a variety of deadlines and programs, Pathways to Science offers many opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to apply for financial support, including summer research funding: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Grad.asp. For postdoc information, see: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Postdocs_portal.asp.

Eligibility:

Graduate students and postdocs.

Application Information:

Varies - see site for details.



NASA fellowships, Internships and Grants

Description:

Opportunities for both US citizens and international students. Please see  http://intern.nasa.gov for more information.

Eligibility:

Graduate students

Application Information:

Varies - see site for details.

System Management Assistant - IHS, DePaul University

General Description: This position is funded by an external grant source. If the grant terminates for any reason, if grant funding is lost or reduced for any reason, or if the budgetary needs for fulfilling the grant requirements change, your employment with the University will be immediately discontinued.

General Responsibilities:

• Monitor the computer system and related applications in order to guarantee proper performance, and develop solutions when problems occur.
• Ensure appropriate access to data within the database and will add new users to the system.
• Design and implement system security and other security measures in on-line and off-line environments and participate in the design and code reviews of website design and application design.
• Learn about and understand the nature of new and existing data.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain and backup all servers, including research servers, internal data mining servers, and SQL database servers.
• Facilitate migration to new hardware, as needed.
• Design applications for data sharing and distribution.
• Create and/or maintain user and group controls for database and website access.
• Design and implement system security and other security measures in on-line and off-line environments.
• Maintain system for GIS and support graphical programming under GIS system.
• Develop and monitor GIS database.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• One year of database administration and one year of system administration (Linux/Unix andWindows) experience.
• Experience with shell script, programming languages such as SQL, PHP, JavaScript, C++, C#, Python or Pearl, and CMS (content management system).
• Strong knowledge of various platforms and database skills.
• Good understanding of the platform used to run the databases and the current database schema.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently.

Preferred Requirements:

• Good understanding of housing-related data.
• Experience with SAS, ArcView or other GIS software, and MySQL.

Are you interested in joining our team of talented, motivated employees and helping DePaul serve its students and communities around the world? If so, go to www.depaul.edu and select "Employment" at the top of the page to submit your cover letter and résumé online for this and other jobs. Please reference job number [16563].

Salary & Benefits:
DePaul offers comprehensive and competitive pay and benefits to attract and retain talent to further the University's mission. Please click on the following link to review the full Benefits Summary. https://hr.depaul.edu/Benefits/index.html

Required Background Screening:
All final candidates extended an offer of employment will undergo background screening.

DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Pre-dissertation Field Research Grants

Description: The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) is pleased to announce a travel grant competition for University of Chicago graduate students to conduct preliminary (pre-dissertation) field research in Latin America or Iberia. The CLAS Field Research Grant* provides students with the opportunity to develop an independent research project, collect data, explore research sites and archives, and to establish professional and institutional contacts.

Please see http://clas.uchicago.edu/grants/tinker.shtml for details & application materials.

*Please note: in other years this grant is called the "Tinker Field Research Grant". Due to Tinker Foundation program requirements, we are in a mandatory two-year hiatus period when the funding support from this grant does not come from the Tinker Foundation. During this period, it is called the CLAS Field Research Grant, but aside from the primary source of funding, there are no other changes to the program.

Call for Papers - Asian American Movement Activism

The University of Michigan Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program in conjunction with co-sponsoring units at Michigan and support from the CIC and the Asian American Studies Program of Ohio State University invite applications from students for travel grants to present at a conference titled, “Out of the Margins: Asian American Movement Building.”

This major event will provide a unique gathering point for scholars and activists from the Midwest and beyond. We will discuss the history of Asian American activism, contemporary sites of struggle, and strategies for movement building.

Invited speakers include leading figures from diverse intellectual backgrounds and Asian American community organizations. Sub-themes to be addressed include: transnational perspectives on movement building; youth organizing; cultural activism; immigrant rights; revolutionary theory; and the relationship between scholarship and activism.

Awards: Up to $1,000 in travel grants will be awarded in total.

Eligibility: Graduate and undergraduate students from CIC universities.

Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning February 13, 2011 and will close as soon as space on the program is filled.

Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund - US$ 10, 000

ATTENTION STUDENT ACTIVISTS!

Are you organizing for progressive social change?
Leading student movements on your campus or in your community? If so, read on.

The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund has applications available for student activists who are building progressive movements for social change and will be enrolled in school during the 2011-12 academic year. Their website provides answers to questions about the Fund, the application process, and the students they support. If you know of students working for peace and justice, or if you have a list of activist contacts, please send this announcement along.

Since 1961 the Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund has provided need-based grants to students who are involved in building movements for social and economic justice and are able to do academic work at the college level. Grantees are both graduates and undergraduates enrolled in accredited schools for the period covered by their grant. Although citizenship is not a consideration, applicants must be participating in activities in the US and plan to enroll in an accredited program in the US in order to qualify.

The maximum grant is $10,000 and may be considerably smaller depending on the applicant's circumstances and the funding available. All the funds come from individual donors and there are 25-30 grants awarded each year. Grants are for one year although students may re-apply for subsequent years.

Applications and the supporting documents -- transcripts, a personal statement, two letters of recommendation, a photograph, financial aid reports -- must be postmarked by April 1, 2011. Those selected to receive a grant will be notified in July.

For more information contact Carol J. Kraemer, Director,
Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund
or send a mail to:
Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund
Post Office Box 7307
New York, NY 10116-7307.