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UNM FUNDING SOURCES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Grant Spreadsheet, courtsey of a student at Emory University.

Anthropology Graduate Students Handbook

Commonly used links:

OGS deadlines: http://www.unm.edu/~grad/ogs_calendar/ogs_calendar.html

Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines: http://www.unm.edu/~grad/manuscripts/manuscripts.html

Petition Submission: http://www.unm.edu/~grad/policies/petitions.html

OGS forms: http://www.unm.edu/~grad/forms/forms.html

MIDAS research and fellowship search engine. Lists all major grants and fellowships.

(Need UNM ID and password to access.)  

http://research.unm.edu/funding_opportunities/midas/

UNM Scholarship page  

http://www.unm.edu/~schol/listing.html

OGS (Office of Graduate Studies) Funding Resources 

http://www.unm.edu/grad/funding/funding.html

GPSA (Graduate and Professional Student Association) Funding Resources http://www.unm.edu/~gpsa/funding.htm

PMGC (Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color) Funding Resources http://www.unm.edu/~grad/pmgc/pmgcfunding.html

OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Social Science Research Council
Deadlines:  November 1, 2004 (online) - November 8, 2004 (mail-in)
Description: Administered by the Social Science Research Council (http://ssrc.org/) in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies, the International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship program provides support for social scientists and humanists conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the world. Up to fifty fellowships will be awarded in the year 2005. Funds are provided by the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation. IDRF awards are designed to enable doctoral candidates of proven achievement and outstanding potential to use their knowledge of distinctive cultures, societies, languages, economies, polities, and histories, in combination with their disciplinary training, to address issues that transcend their disciplines or area specializations. The program is open to full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences, regardless of citizenship, enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States. The program invites proposals for field research on all areas or regions of the world, as well as for research that is comparative, cross-regional, and cross-cultural. Proposals that identify the U.S. as a case for comparative inquiry are welcome; however, proposals that require no substantial research outside the U.S. are not eligible. Standard fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months in the field, plus travel expenses. Funding will rarely exceed $20,000.

See the SSCR Web site for complete program information and application procedures. RFP Link: http://ssrc.org/programs/idrf/
The Wenner-Gren Foundation: Individual Research Grants for anthropological projects
Deadlines:  There are two deadlines each year, May 1st and November 1st. For applications submitted by the May 1st deadline, funding will be available the following January 1st. Under the November 1st deadline, funding will be available the following July 1st. Applicants should meet the most appropriate deadline for their research plans. Decisions for each application cycle will be announced six to eight monthes after the deadline date. Only one application may be submitted during any twelve-month period.
Eligibility:  Scholars from Mexico, Canada, the U.S. and other countries.
Description: The Wenner-Gren Foundation pursues its two major goals - advancing basic research in anthropology and building an international community of anthropologists - through several funding programs.

Individual Research Grants
Description: Grants for amounts up to $25,000 are available for basic research in all branches of anthropology. Grants are made to seed innovative approaches and ideas, to cover specific expenses or phases of a project, and/or to encourage aid from other funding agencies. The foundation particularly invites projects employing comparative perspectives or integrating two or more subfields of anthropology. A small number of awards is available for projects designed to develop resources for anthropological research and scholarly exchange.

The foundation, under its Individual Research Grants Program, offers:
 * Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
 * Post-Ph.D. Grants
 * Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Budgetary Guidelines: Grants cover research expenses directly related and essential to the project (i.e., travel, living expenses during fieldwork, equipment, supplies, research assistance, and other relevant expenditures). Aid is not provided for salary and/or fringe benefits of applicant, tuition, non-project personnel, travel to meetings, institutional overhead, or institutional support. Low priority is given to dissertation writeup or other support for writing (except under the Hunt Fellowship), publication assistance, and film- or video-making (unless inherent to the research project). Expenses incurred prior to the effective date of an award will not be covered; budgets should reflect foundation deadlines.

Application information: A formal application must be submitted. Those interested in receiving an application can contact the foundation to have the appropriate forms mailed to them, or (if they know their eligibility) individuals can download the forms directly from this website. Please note that our application forms have been revised; forms dated prior to year 2000 cannot be accepted.

Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to individuals to aid doctoral dissertation or thesis research. Applicants must be enrolled for a doctoral degree. Application must be made jointly with a thesis advisor or other scholar who will undertake responsibility for supervising the project. Awards are contigent upon the applicant's successful completion of all requirements for the degree other than the dissertation/thesis. Applications may be submitted before such requirements have been met; however, should an award be approved, the foundation will at that time request evidence of that the applicant is "all-but-dissertation/ advanced-to-candidacy". Qualified students of all nationalities are eligible.

Post-Ph.D. Grants are awarded to individual scholars holding the doctorate or equivalent qualification in anthropology or a related discipline. Qualified scholars are eligible without regard to nationality or institutional affiliation. Application for Post-Ph.D. Grants may be made by the scholar either as an individual or on behalf of an organization. Ph.D. candidates seeking postdoctoral support should file a Dissertation Fieldwork

Grant application and indicate that support is being requested for postdoctoral research; if an award is approved it will be made after the Ph.D. is in hand.

A limited number of Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships, nonrenewable awards with a maximum of $40,000, is available to scholars within ten years of receipt of the Ph.D., to aid the writeup of research results for publication. Qualified scholars are eligible without regard to nationality or institutional affiliation. Applicants must hold the Ph.D. at the time of application.

CONACyT 2005 Call for Scholarship Applications
Eligibility: Mexicans wishing to pursue Specializations, Master's or Doctoral studies in the United States or Canada. Please visit the website for more information.
International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships for doctoral students in the United States
Eligibility: No citizenship requirement.  The program is open to full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences - regardless of citizenship - enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States. The program invites proposals for field research on all areas or regions of the world, as well as for research that is comparative, cross-regional and cross-cultural. Proposals that identify the U.S. as a case for comparative inquiry are welcome; however, proposals that require no substantial research outside the United States are not eligible. Proposals requesting support for a second year of field research will be funded only under exceptional circumstances. Proposals may cover all periods in history, but must address topics that have relevance to contemporary issues and debates. Applicants must complete all Ph.D. requirements except fieldwork and dissertation by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2005, whichever comes first. Standard fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months in the field, plus travel expenses. They will rarely exceed $20,000. In some cases, the candidate may propose fewer than nine months of overseas fieldwork, but no award will be given for fewer than six months. The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2005 and December 2006.
Description: The International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF) program provides support for social scientists and humanists conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the world. Up to fifty fellowships will be awarded in the year 2005. The program is administered by the Social Science Research Council in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies. Funds are provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF awards enable doctoral candidates of proven achievement and outstanding potential to use their knowledge of distinctive cultures, societies, languages, economies, polities, and histories, in combination with their disciplinary training, to address issues that transcend their disciplines or area specializations. The program supports scholarship that treats place and setting in relation to broader phenomena as well as in particular historical and cultural contexts. Standard fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months in the field, plus travel expenses. They will rarely exceed $20,000. In some cases, the candidate may propose fewer than nine months of overseas fieldwork, but no award will be given for fewer than six months. The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2005 and December 2006.
AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program
Eligibility: Applicants must be (1) U.S. citizen (2) member of a historically underrepresented ethnic minority group (3) enrolled in a full-time academic program leading toward a doctorate degree (4) admitted to degree candidacy before the fellowship is awarded (5) a member of the American Anthropological Association. The dissertation proposal must be approved by the applicant's committee prior to application.
Description: The American Anthropological Association invites minority doctoral candidates in anthropology to apply for a dissertation writing fellowship of $10,000.
International Studies Fellowship
Deadline: January 29, 2005
Description:

Applications for the National Security Education Program's 2005 David L. Boren graduate fellowships, which are intended to enable students to pursue the study of languages, cultures, and world regions deemed critical to U.S. national security, but less frequently studied.

Contact: Academy for Educational Development

Phone: (800) 498-9360

E-mail: nsep@aed.org

Smithsonian Institute  
Deadline: January 15, 2005
Description:

In-Residence Fellowships at the Museums, Research Institutes and Offices of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Fellowship/Internship Programs:

  * Post Doctoral Fellowships

  * Pre Doctoral Fellowships

  * Ten-Week Graduate Student Fellowship

  * Latino Studies Fellowship Program

  * Native American Awards Programs [Community Scholars, Visiting Students, Internships]

  * Minority Internships

National Physical Science Consortium
Deadline: November 5, 2004
Description:

Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences

  * Traditional NPSC Program -6-year fellowship

  * Dissertation Support Program

  * Internship Program  

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation  
Deadline: November 1, 2004
Description: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship [Humanities & Social Sciences]  
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships  
Deadline:

  Pre-doctoral awards ($17,000). DEADLINE:  November 17, 2004

  Dissertation fellows ($20,000).  DEADLINE:  December 1, 2004

  Postdoctoral awards ($40,000). DEADLINE:  December 15, 2004

NSF Fellowship
Deadlines:

November 17, 2004 (Wednesday): Life Sciences

November 18, 2004 (Thursday): Chemistry

November 19, 2004 (Friday): Computer and Information Science and Engineering

November 29, 2004 (Monday): Social Sciences

November 30, 2004 (Tuesday): Physics and Astronomy

December 2, 2004 (Thursday): Mathematical Sciences

December 3, 2004 (Friday): Geosciences

December 9, 2004 (Thursday): Psychology

December 10, 2004 (Friday): Engineering  

Description: The first deadlines are November 17, 2004, for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. HACU urges the participation of the Hispanic higher education community in this prestigious program. Please forward this HACU Member Advisory to appropriate staff, graduate students, senior undergraduate students and deans.  

The National Science Foundation will offer approximately 1,000 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. Anticipated Funding Amount: $40,500 annually: $30,000 stipend and $10,500 cost of education allowance per award.

 

Fellowship applications must be submitted by the prospective Fellow. Applicants must register with the FastLane system (https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/) prior to submitting an application and must affiliate with an accredited U.S.  university, college, or non-profit academic institution or appropriate international institution of higher education offering advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics prior to activating the Fellowship award. Fellowships are intended for individuals in the earliest stages of their graduate study. Applicants must have completed no more than twelve months of full-time graduate study or the equivalent in part-time study.  Individuals may apply during the senior year of college, prior to or during the first year of graduate school, and at the beginning of the second year of graduate school.  

Ethnic studies Fellowship  
Deadline: January 14, 2005
Description: Applications for fellowships in ethnic studies sponsored by the University of California at Los Angeles's Institute of American Cultures, in cooperation with UCLA's four ethnic-studies research centers---American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Center for African American Studies, and Chicano Studies Research Center.  

Contact: IAC Coordinator, UCLA Institute of American Cultures, 1237 Murphy Hall, Box 951419, Los Angeles, Calif. 90095-1419

Phone: (310) 825-1233

E-mail: iaccoordinator@gdnet.ucla.edu

Andrea Gunderson, GRD Administrator, gunderan@law.unm.edu
Description: The Graduate Reasearch and Development Committee is up and running for this semester! If you are interested in receiving money to help your research projects, read on... The GRD gives General Priority grants of up to $3000 and High Priority grants of up to $5000. If you are interested and would like to apply, please visit the GPSA website to find more information about the GRD committee (applications, guidelines, deadlines, etc.) For personal review there will be workshops on Oct. 7 @ 4pm and on Oct. 27th @ 6pm. The final deadline is Nov. 18th @ 5pm.
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Description: A series of dissertation fellowships, with special focus on women students and women studies, are available from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. If you will be writing your dissertation in the coming year or beyond and you have already passed your Comps you should apply.