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STUDENT GRANTS

Institute for Medieval Studies
Summer Research Fellowship
Application deadline: April 14, 2008
Notification: May 5, 2008


The Institute for Medieval Studies invites applications for its Summer Research Fellowship. This Fellowship, in the amount of $500, is intended to support a summer research project involving travel and library or archival research in any area of Medieval Studies. Projects that support dissertation or thesis research, or that will assist with the choice of a dissertation or thesis topic, will be given primary consideration. A complete application consists of a project narrative of not more than 1,000 words, a one-page budget, a curriculum vitae, and two letters of recommendation from faculty familiar with your work.

Send applications to:

University of New Mexico
Institute for Medieval Studies
2045 Mesa Vista Hall
MSC06 3620
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Past recipients:

2008 - Susan Sullivan

2007 - Katie Newell

2006 -

2005 - Kim Klimek

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Graduate Student Prize
Application deadline: August 1, 2009
Notification: September 15, 2009


Graduate Student Prize competition for the best paper written during this academic year. The winner will have the opportunity to present the paper at the 2010 International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan; the College of Arts and Sciences will cover air fare and the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University will waive registration and accommodation charges. The deadline for the competition is August 1. The paper can be a paper that has been written for a course in the current year; or a paper that is a portion of, or draws closely upon, your thesis or dissertation; or a paper written especially for the competition. In the latter case, an outline of the paper should first be presented to the Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies, Dr. Timothy C. Graham.


Previous winners:

2009 - Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen: “John Mitchell Kemble: From Broadswords to Beowulf

2008 - Katie Newell: “Northmen, Narrative, and Legitimacy: Using the Viking Invasions to Construct Authority in France, ca. 850-1250”

2007 - Marisa Sikes: “Inviolable Corporeality: The Virgin Body as Christian Triumph in Hrotsvit’s Sapientia and Dulcitius.”

2006 - Sarah Baechle: “A Widow There Was: Mourning, Marriage, Medieval Law, and the Wife of Bath”

2005 – Lia Ross: “Personal Touches: Social Styles and Control at the Burgundian Court in the Chroniques of Georges Chastellain.”

2004 - Kim Klimek: “Abelard: Signification and Intentionality”

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First-year membership fee coverage for the Medieval Academy of America

The Institute will cover first-year membership fees for any graduate student wishing to become a member of the Medieval Academy of America. The student membership is $25 per year. The Institute would cover the first year’s membership as an incentive for continuation of membership in future years. There are several benefits to membership:

- Four issues of the journal Speculum published each year,
- Eligibility for applying for grants offered by the Academy,
- Membership listed as a point on one’s vita.

Please contact the Institute for more information.

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Internships in Administration and Research
Through the IMS, undergraduate and graduate students may apply for positions that provide significant academic and professional training. The Institute provides stipends or partial tuition waivers to fund student positions in office management, bibliographic research, computer and web resources, and the outreach to the secondary schools program.

Internships in Curriculum and Development
Advanced undergraduates and graduate students develop curricular modules on medieval topics under the supervision of a faculty member. Upon completion of the work, students present these modules in secondary school classrooms in collaboration with a specified secondary school teacher. Both the development and the practical application of these modules offer students a unique and invaluable teaching experience.


Dissertation Fellowships

Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program

Dissertation Fellowships
Sponsor:
American Association of University Women Educational Foundation

SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support for women doctoral candidates completing dissertations. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Awards of $20,000 for one year are available.

Deadline(s): 11/15/2004
Established Date: 11/12/1980
Notification of Award: 04/30/2005
Beginning 2005-2006 Fellowship Year: 07/01/05

Contact Information:

Address:
AAUW Educational Foundation
2201 North Dodge Street
PO Box 4030
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
E-mail: foundation@aauw.org
Program URL: http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/afapp.pdf

Telephone: (319)-337-1716

Award Type(s): Fellowship, Writing Projects

Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution:
U.S.A. Citizenship (including U.S. Territories)
U.S. Permanent Resident

Locations Tenable: Any/No Restrictions, Indonesian Citizenship

Appl Type(s): Graduate Student OR Woman

Funding Limit: $20,000
Duration: 12 Months
Indirect Costs: Unspecified
Cost Sharing: No
Sponsor Type: Foundations

Geo. Restricted: NO RESTRICTIONS

OBJECTIVES: The awards are open to applicants in all fields of study, except engineering. Scholars engaged in researching gender issues are encouraged to apply.

ELIGIBILITY
Fellowships are awarded to women who will complete their dissertation writing between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005. There are no restrictions on the location of study, or age of the applicant. Candidates may apply for only one of the awards in the American Fellowships category. Applicants must have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposals or plan by Nov. 15, 2004. Students holding any fellowship for writing a dissertation in the year prior to award of this fellowship are not eligible.

FUNDING: Fifty-one Dissertation Fellowships are available. (cmb)

KEYWORDS: Gender Differences
Gender Roles
Women's Education

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Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program

Sponsor:
Council on Undergraduate Research

SYNOPSIS: The sponsor awards summer fellowships to undergraduate students for ten weeks of research with a faculty mentor on the student's home campus. The fellowships provide a stipend of $3,500 and $500 for supplies and materials. Some awards also provide up to $500 in travel funds and a $500 stipend for the faculty member who serves as a mentor.

Deadline(s): 11/21/2004
Established Date: 06/25/2001

Contact Information:
734 15th Street, N.W., Suite 550
Washington, DC 20005
E-mail: webmaster@cur.org
Program URL: http://www.cur.org/UGSFinfo.html
Tel: 202-783-4810
Fax: 202-783-4811

Application Type(s):
Faculty Member
Undergraduate Student
Duration: Summer

DEADLINE NOTE:
Applications for 2005 open September 1, 2004 and close November 21, 2004.

OBJECTIVES: The fellowships provide support to an undergraduate natural or social science, mathematics, or engineering student for ten weeks of research with a faculty mentor on the student's home campus.

ELIGIBILITY: The student and mentor apply jointly. Research projects are conducted during the summer between the junior and senior years.

FUNDING: Fellowships currently provide a student stipend of $3,000 to $3,500, and $500 for supplies and materials. Some awards also provide up to $500 in travel funds for the student to present a poster or a talk at a scientific meeting and a $500 stipend for the faculty member who serves as mentor.

KEYWORDS: Behavioral/Social Sciences
Higher Education
Engineering
Science & Technology
Computer Science
Mathematics
Natural Sciences

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Institute for Medieval Studies
University of New Mexico
2045 Mesa Vista Hall | (505) 277-2252
medinst@unm.edu