phd fieldwork grants

Dissertation Fieldwork Grant

• Doctoral Students

This grant program funds doctoral or thesis research that advances anthropological knowledge. Our goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that integrate two or more subfields and pioneer new approaches and ideas.

Award Money

The maximum Dissertation Fieldwork Grant is $25,000. Grants are nonrenewable. There is no limit to the duration of the grant, and applicants may request funding to cover distinct research phases (for example, two summers) if this is part of the research design. Wenner-Gren awards do not include funds to cover institutional overhead or any fees related to the administration of our grants and fellowships.

Application Deadline

Application deadlines are May 1 (for project start dates between January 1 and June 30 of the following year) and November 1 (for project start dates between July 1 and December 31 of the following year). The application portal opens 2 months before the deadline. It takes us 6 months to complete the review process and arrive at a final decision.

Who Can Apply

Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral program (or equivalent, if outside the U.S.). Qualified students of any nationality or institutional affiliation may apply. Applicants must designate a dissertation advisor or other scholar from the same institution who will take responsibility for supervising the project.

To receive an award, applicants must fulfill all of their program’s doctoral degree requirements, other than the dissertation/thesis, before the start date listed on their application form. Successful applicants must provide proof from their department that they have completed all the necessary coursework and exams.

Unsuccessful applicants are welcome to reapply. But as part of their resubmission, they must explain how they have addressed the reviewers’ concerns, along with any changes to their plans.

Our reviewers assess the quality of the proposed research, its potential contribution to anthropological knowledge, and its adherence to the principles articulated in our mission, including a commitment to fostering an inclusive vision of anthropology. We expect applicants to draw inspiration from a broad range of scholarship, including relevant work in English and other languages. Please refer to “ Motion of the 32nd RBA: Diversify Information and Education about the Global Anthropologies of Foreign Researchers and Anthropology Students .”

Successful proposals have the following features:

• A well-defined research question
• A detailed description of the evidence that will be sought
• A feasible plan for gathering and analyzing this evidence
• A discussion of the applicant’s qualifications to carry out the research
• A compelling account of the project’s potential to advance anthropological knowledge and transform debates in the field.

Applicants whose research is oriented toward primatology or primate conservation must demonstrate the broader anthropological relevance of their work. The Foundation supports work on language structure and endangered languages, but only when it is grounded in anthropological concerns.

To present your project in the best possible light, please follow all instructions for completing your application. Use all the available space to describe your project. If you have questions, contact us at [email protected] or (+1) 212.683.5000.

The application asks for the following:

General information about you and your project

• An abstract of your proposed project
• Answers to six questions about your project
• A resubmission statement if we declined a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant application you submitted previously
• A detailed Plan A budget (Best-case scenario)
• A detailed Plan B budget (Worst-case scenario)
• A bibliography relevant to your proposed project.

The application also asks you to list the permits and permissions required for the proposed project, with the estimated dates by which you expect to secure them. However, please do not submit these documents with your application. If your application is successful, we will request copies of all relevant materials when we notify you of your award.

Applications must be in English. Applicants must submit all forms and other required materials online. If you don’t have adequate internet access to use our system, please contact us at least 1 week before the deadline and we’ll help arrange an alternative method. The online portal opens for applications 2 months before the application deadline.

Before submitting your application, please refer to the U.S. tax information on our website . Non-U.S. applicants should read the information on visa requirements for non-U.S. citizens present or coming to the U.S. as part of their project.

The Foundation requires successful applicants to comply with all U.S. laws. These include but are not limited to regulations governed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which administers U.S. government sanctions programs and regulations relating to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). Please see the OFAC Guidelines page on our website and consult the U.S. Department of the Treasury for more information.

In compliance with OFAC regulations, the Foundation requires special documentation for projects located in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Crimea (including Sevastopol), the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine, and Russia. The Foundation does not require this documentation at the application stage, but we must receive it before we can release funds.

Please do not send any other materials beyond what the application requests. Do not send transcripts, letters of reference, manuscripts, publications, photographs, or recordings. We will not use this material in the review process, and we cannot return it to you.

Dissertation Fieldwork Grants

These grants of up to $5,000 provide support for fieldwork expenses. For the purpose of this grant, fieldwork is defined as data collection that takes place for an extended period of time (e.g. weeks or months) outside the western Massachusetts geographical area. These grants are not designed to fund data analysis, only expenses related to data collection. In rare instances applicants may request up to $8,000 to help support work that will take place over an extended period of time and therefore incur significant expense. Applicants will need to submit a statement as part of the application to explain why additional funds are being requested. 

Who Is Eligible?

UMass Amherst doctoral students enrolled in a campus-based degree program (i.e. no online programs) and in good academic standing are eligible to apply. Students may receive this grant only once. Applicants who were not awarded a grant in a previous application cycle are eligible to reapply. Students may accept only one research grant from the Graduate School in an academic year. 

Application deadlines are October 15 and February 15 each year. Applicants should plan the timing of their application based on the funding period outlined below: 

• Applications submitted for the October 15, 2023 deadline should include research expenses that begin on January 1, 2024 or later. Awardees must secure all necessary research permission (IRB approval, IACUC approval, travel registry approval)  and complete relevant online CITI training in Responsible Conduct of Research no later than May 24, 2024 or the Fieldwork Grant will be forfeited. 
• Applications submitted for the February 15, 2024 deadline should include research expenses that begin July 1, 2024 or later. Awardees must secure all necessary research permission (IRB approval, IACUC approval, travel registry approval) and complete relevant online CITI training in Responsible Conduct of Research no later than May 24, 2024 or the Fieldwork Grant will be forfeited. 

The application deadline is 11:59 PM on the posted due date. All required materials (including the advisor’s Letter of Recommendation) must be received by this time. Award notifications will be made by the end of the semester in which the application was submitted. 

How to Apply

To allow sufficient planning time, we recommend students submit a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant application at least six months before funds are needed. A completed application includes:

• A  Fieldwork Grant Application . You will login to the application using your UMass email. You may may revise the text entry portions of your application by logging back in; PDFs cannot be edited once they are uploaded. 
• What do you seek to accomplish with your dissertation research? (i.e., what are your research questions/aims/objectives?)
• How will you accomplish this? (i.e., what research methods will you use?)
• What contribution(s) will this research make?
• How would a Fieldwork Grant contribute to your ability to successfully complete your dissertation?
• A Budget Table (use  this template ; upload your completed Budget Table as a PDF in the Fieldwork Grant Application. See tips below for preparing your Budget Table and Budget Justification.)
• A Budget Justification , which provides details on how you arrived at the amounts listed in the Budget Table (upload the Budget Justification as a PDF in the Fieldwork Grant Application; use the tips below and review this  sample Budget Table and Budget Justification  to understand how these documents should be prepared.)
• A letter of recommendation submitted by your advisor (see instructions below). 

Include your first and last name in the file name for every document you upload to the Fieldwork Grant Application. 

Tips for preparing your Budget Table and Budget Justification

• Review the list of eligible and ineligible expenses below. 
• Include enough detail in your Budget Justification for a reviewer to understand how the amounts in your Budget Table connect with the research activities outlined in your Project Description.
• Consult the  UMass Controller's Office website  for standard mileage amounts and other travel expense guidelines. 
• For travel outside the United States estimate your living expenses using your prior experience in that country or the  Fulbright-Hays Maintenance Allowance  guide (use the Monthly Stipend column).

Instructions for Faculty Advisor

The faculty advisor reviews the completed Budget Table and Budget Justification, writes a letter of recommendation, and  submits it online . Note: Faculty do not receive a prompt to submit a letter; use the link provided here. Faculty must login using their UMass email to access the submission portal; non-UMass faculty should contact  researchgrant [at] grad [dot] umass [dot] edu (Heidi Bauer-Clapp)  for submission instructions. 

Please include the student's first and last name in the file name. The letter of recommendation should address the following:

• The student’s ability to carry out the activities proposed in the Fieldwork Grant application.
• The student’s progress in degree program and general academic qualifications.
• The merit of the intended dissertation research and how activities proposed in the Fieldwork Grant application will help the student complete their dissertation.

Review Criteria

The following information will be considered by reviewers: 

• Clarity and quality of the Project Description--applications will be reviewed by faculty outside your field who need to understand what you plan to do, how you will do this work, and the potential impact your work will have. Avoid jargon and technical language! 
• Feasibility of the proposed project: Does it seem likely that you can complete the research plan as outlined? 
• Whether the budget is realistic and cost-efficient
• Quality of the letter of recommendation

Eligible expenses  include (but are not limited to):

• Research-related travel to research site(s) or local travel at the research site(s)
• Living expenses at research site(s) (e.g. lodging, food)
• Fees to use libraries, archives, or databases while at your research site(s)
• Duplication or distribution of research materials (e.g. photocopies of surveys)
• Purchase of research supplies or equipment, which will remain the property of the University

Ineligible expenses  include:

• Salary for the graduate student applicant
• Expenses related to student training, including language or methodology training
• Transcription
• Online research (e.g. costs to conduct an online survey)
• Standard office or laboratory supplies (these include items considered standard for your department/laboratory, i.e. things routinely in stock)
• Purchase of computers or tablets (unless the student can demonstrate that such equipment is integral to data collection)
• Food (with the exception of meals while in the field)
• Costs to attend or present at conferences or meetings
• Purchasing data sets
• Purchase of books
• Fees or other costs associated with publication
• Fees or other costs associated with membership in professional associations
• Costs incurred at home while the researcher is in the field (e.g. rent)

In most cases, award funds will be disbursed as reimbursements, although some expenses such as equipment purchases must be paid directly by the University. Awarded funds are managed by the student’s department; awardees must communicate with their department’s business manager prior to spending any grant funds. Grant recipients will be required to submit a brief report at the end of the grant period to account for how grant funds were spent.

Supplements for Public Engagement or Travel with Children

Applicants for Graduate School Grants are eligible to apply for supplements to cover costs associated with Public Engagement projects or childcare/travel with children during research. Please review the criteria and application information in the Public Engagement and Travel with Children pages.

Questions on the Graduate School Fieldwork Grant should be addressed to  researchgrant [at] grad [dot] umass [dot] edu ( Heidi Bauer-Clapp ) .

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NSF 101: Graduate and postdoctoral researcher funding opportunities

The U.S. National Science Foundation supports research opportunities and provides stipends for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and scholars.

There are multiple ways to find these programs, including the funding search on NSF’s website and the NSF Education & Training Application , which is growing its list of opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

To help begin your search, opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are listed below. The principal investigator, or PI (a researcher who oversees a project), is often listed on these grants, along with their graduate students or postdoctoral researchers.

Graduate Student 

While funding for graduate students is often included in a PI’s research proposal, the following opportunities are also available for early career researchers. 

• Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards/Grants (DDRI/DDRIG) These programs help fund doctoral research in a variety of fields to help provide for items not already available at the academic institution. The funding provided cannot be used for items such as, but not limited to, tuition, stipends, textbooks or journals. The monetary amount listed in each DDRI/ DDRIG section does not include indirect cost associated with the project. The doctoral student should be listed as a co-PI on the grants with their advisor listed as the primary PI.

Archaeology Program- DDRIG : This program supports doctoral laboratory and field research on archaeologically relevant topics, with the goal of increasing anthropologically focused understanding of the past. Awards provide funding up to $25,000 per awardee.  

Arctic Science Section DDRIG : The Arctic Sciences Section offers opportunities for DDRI proposals in the following programs: Arctic Social Sciences supports research in any field of social science. Arctic System Science supports projects that address the relationships among physical, chemical, biological, geological, ecological, social, cultural and/or economic processes to advance our understanding of the Arctic system. Arctic Observing Network supports projects focused on scientific and community-based- observations; development of in situ or remote sensors and automated systems; design and optimization of coordinated and scalable observation networks; and management of Arctic Observation Network data, data accessibility and data discovery. Awards provide funding up to $40,000 for a maximum of 3 years. 

Biological Anthropology Program- DDRIG : This program supports research on human and non-human primate adaptation, variation and evolution. Awards provide funding up to $25,000 for up to two years.  

Cultural Anthropology Program- DDRIG : This program supports research that is focused on cultural anthropology research, including topics such as: Sociocultural drivers of anthropogenic processes (i.e., deforestation, urbanization); resilience and robustness of sociocultural systems; scientific principles underlying altruism, conflict, cooperation, and variations in culture and behaviors; economy, culture migration and globalization; kinship and family norms. Awards provide funding for up to $25,000 for up to two years.  

Decision, Risk and Management Science DDRIG : This program supports research on decision, risk and management sciences. This includes research in the areas of judgement and decision making; decision analysis and decision aids, risk analysis; perception and communication; societal and public-policy decision making; and management science and organizational design. Awards are for a maximum of 12 months. 

Economics DDRIG :This program provides funding for research focused on improving the understanding of the U.S. and global economy from macroscale to microscale, including all field of economics such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, economic theory, behavioral economics and empirical economics.  

Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program- DDRI : This program supports basic scientific research about the nature, causes and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes across a range of scales. The program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated, generalizable research in all sub-fields of geographical and spatial sciences. Awards may not exceed $20,000 in direct costs. 

Linguistics Program- DDRI : This program supports research on human language, including syntax, linguistic semantics and pragmatics, morphology, phonetics, and phonology of individual languages or in general. Awards provide up to $12,000 for a maximum of two years. 

Dynamic Language Infrastructure- DDRI : This program supports research on building dynamic language infrastructure, which includes describing languages; digitizing and preserving languages; and developing standards and databases for analyzing languages. Provides funding up to $15,000 for up to two years. 

Graduate Research Fellowship Program This fellowship supports full-time master's or doctoral students earning their degree in a research-based program focused on STEM or STEM education. Students are the primary submitter for the fellowship. Fellows will be awarded a $37,000 stipend and $12,000 cost-of-education allowance for three years of the five-year fellowship. For tips on applying, see our previous NSF 101 article on the fellowship program . 

Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity   This supplemental funding opportunity is for graduate students funded by active NSF grants. PIs may submit for up to an additional six months of funding to allow students to participate in research internship activities and training opportunities in non-academic settings, such as the following: for-profit industry research; start-up businesses; government agencies and national laboratories; museums, science centers, and other informal learning settings; policy think tanks; and non-profit institutions. Students must have completed at least one academic year of their program. This funding request may not exceed $55,000 per student for each six-month period. A student may only receive this opportunity twice. In addition to the general INTERN opportunity, there are two topic-specific INTERN opportunities: 

Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students in Geothermal Energy Supplemental Funding Opportunity : This opportunity is provided by NSF in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. It maintains the same funding levels and requirements as the general INTERN program; however, funding may only be used for gaining knowledge, skills, training and experience in geothermal energy and technology.  

• Research Internships for Graduate Students at Air Force Research Laboratory Supplemental Funding Opportunity : This funding opportunity is for students supported on an active NSF grant to intern at a Air Force Research Laboratory facility. AFRL has several potential technology directorates available for students at locations across the U.S.: Aerospace Systems (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio), Information (Rome, New York), Materials and Manufacturing (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio), Directed Energy (Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico), Munitions (Eglin Air Force Base, Florida), Sensors (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio), Space Vehicles (Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico), 711th Human Performance Wing Training (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio). 

Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship This summer internship is for doctoral students in mathematical sciences through a partnership between NSF and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and E ducation. It provides students who are interested in academic and non-academic careers with the opportunity to learn how advanced mathematics and statistical techniques can be applied to real-world problems. Participants in the internship will receive a stipend of $1,200 per week during the 10-week internship. In addition, there is travel reimbursement for up to $2,000 for those who live more than 50 miles away from their hosting site. 

NSF Research Traineeship Program Graduate students can apply for this traineeship through their institutions, if available. These topics can range across the scientific spectrum. Current projects can be found by state . 

Research Experiences for Graduate Students Supplemental Funding These awards provide additional funding for graduate students with mentors who have an active NSF grant. Currently funding is available through the following programs:  

Cultural Anthropology provides up to $6,000 per student for research activities. 

Human Environment and Geographical Sciences at Minority Serving Institutions and Community Colleges provides up to $7,000 per student for research activities. 

Postdoctoral Scholars 

Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship This fellowship supports research investigating a field within astronomy or astrophysics for up to three years. The stipend is $75,000, with a fellowship allowance (i.e., expenses for conducting and publishing research, fringe benefits) of $35,000. 

Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship This fellowship supports postdoctoral fellows in atmospheric or geospace sciences. Atmospheric science includes topics such as atmospheric chemistry; climate and large-scale dynamics; paleoclimate climate; and physical and dynamic meteorology. Geospace science focuses on aeronomy, magnetospheric physics and solar terrestrial research. This fellowship provides up to 24 months of support. The stipend is $70,000 per year, with a fellowship allowance of $30,000.  

Earth Science Postdoctoral Fellowship This program supports the study of structure, composition and evolution, the life it supports and the processes that govern the formation and behavior of Earth’s materials. Researchers are supported for up to two years at the institution of their choice, including institutions abroad. The stipend is $65,000 per year, with a fellowship allowance of $25,000 per year.  

Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

This program supports postdoctoral fellows performing impactful research while broadening the participation of members of groups that are historically excluded and currently underrepresented in mathematical and physical sciences. This fellowship can last between one and three years. The stipend is up to $70,000 per year, with a fellowship allowance of $30,000 per year. 

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships This fellowship has two options:  

• The Research Fellowship provides full-time support for any 18 months within a three-year academic period.  
• The Research Instructorship provides a combination of full-time and half-time support over a period of three academic years, which allows the fellow to gain teaching experience. Both options receive up to $190,000 over the fellowship period. The full-time stipend is $5,833 per month and the part-time stipend is $2,917 per month. In addition, the fellow will receive $50,000 in two lump sums ($30,000 in the first year and $20,000 in the second year) for fellowship expenses.  

Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships This fellowship supports research in topic areas such as: biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, physical oceanography, marine geology and geophysics, ocean science and technology. This two-year fellowship with a stipend of $67,800 for the first year and $70,000 for the second year, with a fellowship allowance of $15,000 per year.  

Office of Polar Programs Postdoctoral Research Fellowships This fellowship supports postdoctoral research in any field of Arctic or Antarctic science. This two-years fellowship, with a stipend of $67,800 for the first year and $70,000 for the second year, with fellowship expenses of $15,000 per year.  

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology The Directorate of Biology offers a fellowship for postdoctoral researchers in one of three areas: 

• Broadening Participation of Groups Underrepresented in Biology. This area requires a research and training plan that is within the scope of the Directorate for Biology and that enhances diversity within the field.  
• Integrative Research Investigating the Rules of Life Governing Interaction between Genomes, Environment and Phenotypes. This area aims to understand higher-order structures and functions of biological systems. Research should use a combination of computational, observational, experimental or conceptual approaches. 
• Plant Genome Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. This area has a broad scope and supports postdoctoral training and research at the frontier of plant biology and of broad societal impact. Highly competitive proposals will describe interdisciplinary training and research on a genome wide scale. The fellowships are for 36 months and have a stipend of $60,000 per year, with a research and training allowance of $20,000 per year. 

SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships This fellowship supports postdoctoral research in the social, behavioral and economic sciences and/or activities that broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in these fields. Funding is up to two years and has two tracks available:  

• Fundamental Research in the SBE Sciences. This track supports research focused on human behavior, interaction, social and economic systems. 
• Broadening Participation in SBE Sciences. This track aims to increase the diversity of post-doctoral researchers in the social, behavioral and economic sciences. In addition to the research proposal, these applications should also answer the question: “How will this fellowship help broaden or inform efforts to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in the United States?” The stipend for this program is $65,000 per year (paid in quarterly installments) and the research and training allowance is $15,000 per year. 

SBIR Innovative Postdoctoral Entrepreneurial Research Fellowship This fellowship supports postdoctoral researchers at start-up companies through the Small Business Innovation Research program. By recruiting, training, mentoring, matching and funding these early-career scientists, this fellowship addresses the need of doctoral-level expertise at small, high-tech businesses. The base stipend is $78,000 per year with optional individual health and life insurance, relocation assistance (company dependent), professional conference travel allowance, and professional development funds.  

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Individual Postdoctoral Research Fellowship This fellowship is for postdoctoral researchers to enhance their research knowledge, skills, and practices of STEM education research. If the fellowship is granted, the fellow is expected to remain affiliated with the host organization and PI sponsoring them. The fellowship can last up to two years with an annual stipend of $70,000, with fellowship expenses of $15,000.  

Multilevel 

CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service This program is for students earning their associates, bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree in cybersecurity. A stipulation of the program is that the recipients must work after graduation in a cybersecurity mission of the federal, state, local or tribal government for an equal amount of time as the scholarship's duration. It will provide full tuition and fees plus a stipend of $27,000 per academic year for undergraduates and a stipend of $37,000 per academic year for graduate students, in addition to a professional allowance of $6,000 for all levels. 

NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research This supplemental funding request is for NSF-supported researchers to collaborate with researchers at a National Institute of Standards and Technology facility. It can be used for travel expenses and per diem associated with on-site work at NIST. It is available for NSF-supported PIs, co-PIs, postdoctoral scholars, graduate and undergraduate students and other personnel associated with the research. PIs should contact their NSF program director for their award before applying. 

This extensive list shows the ways in which NSF helps train the next generation of STEM researchers. If you are interested in learning more about any of these programs, reach out to contacts listed on the award webpages.  

If you are interested in awards for high school students, undergraduates and post-baccalaureate scholars, check out our previous NSF101 for more information! 

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Global PhD Research Awards

Conduct your international field research with a $10,000 award to support fieldwork expenses.

The Einaudi Center’s Amit Bhatia ’01 Global PhD Research Awards fund international fieldwork to help Cornell students complete their dissertations. Through a generous gift from Amit Bhatia, this funding opportunity annually supports at least six PhD students who have passed the A exam. Recipients hold the title of Amit Bhatia ’01 Global PhD Research Scholars. Meet the scholars .

All disciplines and research topics are welcome. Please indicate in your application if your project aligns with one of the Einaudi Center's global research priorities or one of our regional and thematic programs .

Eligibility

Cornell graduate students who have passed the A exam and been admitted to candidacy are eligible to apply. International fieldwork must be a critical component of your dissertation research. You must commit to travel abroad to conduct fieldwork for 9–12 months.

Please note that this award is meant to be supplementary to your primary funding source. This award does not provide tuition credit and requires students to be in absentia. A report is required upon completion.

$10,000, to be used before the end of the sixth PhD year. The award can cover the following expenses:

• International travel (economy airfare, visa fees)
• Domestic travel within the fieldwork country
• Accommodation and living expenses
• Research expenses (permits, translation costs, internet, archive access, survey costs, lab fees, etc.)

We encourage you to apply for other Cornell and external funding to complement this award, but please note that you are not eligible to apply for Einaudi’s  travel grants . If you have already received a travel grant and wish to apply for a Global PhD Research Award, you may return your travel grant if you receive this award.

Please note that you may only bill for a research expense once. If an expense is already covered by this award or a Graduate School research travel grant , you may not use other Cornell or external grants to pay the same expense.

International Travel Approval

All international travel must be registered with the Cornell International Travel Registry . In line with Cornell’s international travel policy , selected students who plan to travel to a country flagged by the US Department of State as a "Level 4: Do not travel," or by the CDC as Level 4 "Special Circumstances," must get their travel plans reviewed and approved via a petition process by the International Travel Advisory & Response Team (ITART). ITART petitions are triggered by rules built into the Travel Registry , so if selected students’ travel requires a petition, the Travel Registry will prompt them for additional information about, and a rationale for, their elevated risk travel plans.

Please be aware that regardless of your destination, approval may be withdrawn if there is a change in the risk level of your destination or if we find that you have violated any contingencies of approval given. In such instances, you will be required to refund the award. 

To receive the award, selected students must follow the university’s guidelines to  petition for permission to travel internationally , to be submitted no earlier than six weeks and at least two weeks before the scheduled travel. In addition, students must participate in a short, online international travel predeparture orientation course designed by the university’s International Health & Safety team in order to receive travel approval.

Applications, recommendation letters, and transcripts are due Friday, March 8, 2024 (11:59 p.m. ET).

How to Apply

Applications open at 8:30 a.m. ET on Monday, November 13, 2023. 

Please order your official electronic transcript through the Office of the Registrar (see below); do not send your transcript directly. In the application, you will be asked to provide the following:

• Official electronic transcript (send to  [email protected] )
• Abstract of your dissertation project (maximum 150 words)
• Introduction to your dissertation project (maximum 400 words)
• Statement explaining the contribution of your research to existing literature and its relevance to advancing the human condition, planetary sustainability, or other impacts (maximum 400 words)
• Statement about publications that have most significantly informed your research (maximum 100 words)
• Statement explaining your plans for international field research (maximum 600 words)
• International field research budget information
• NetID email address of your recommender (your graduate thesis advisor)

If selected, when will I be required to start my fieldwork?

Fieldwork must commence within the academic year, which begins July 1. For the foreseeable future, the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to impact the safety and feasibility of international Cornell travel. In the event that you are not able to travel due to pandemic-related travel restrictions or other emergencies, extensions may be possible.

If I commence my fieldwork before the announcement of the award, will I still be eligible to receive the award if selected? Would it still be counted towards the 9-12 months of fieldwork?

Fieldwork completed following the award will be considered toward the 9-12 months of required fieldwork, but not fieldwork conducted earlier.

I have not yet taken the A exam. Can I still apply?

Yes, but you must complete the A exam before the awarding decision is made (typically 4-6 weeks after the application deadline).

I have questions about in absentia status.

Please refer to the Graduate School’s policies or contact the Graduate School.

Can I conduct the 9-12 months of required fieldwork in two parts? If the total duration of the fieldwork adds up to 9-12 months, does it have to be continuous?

No. Fieldwork needs to be continuous since the student must be in absentia during the entire duration of fieldwork.

Can my previous fieldwork count towards the 9-12 months of fieldwork?

Any fieldwork conducted prior to the semester of application will not count towards the 9-12 months. We will consider fieldwork conducted during the semester of application.

I am currently in my fifth year and about to start the sixth year of my PhD. Am I eligible to apply?

Yes, but if selected, the award must be utilized before the end of the sixth year.

I have completed most of my fieldwork. I need to conduct fieldwork for a duration less than 9-12 months (six months for instance). Can I apply?

Can you please confirm that you have received my application will i be notified if i am not selected.

Yes, all applicants will receive a confirmation message and will be notified of the decision, typically within six weeks of the application deadline.

Is the recommendation letter from the thesis advisor due by the application deadline?

How will my recommender submit their recommendation letter.

When you submit your application, your recommender will receive an email message with a link that they can use to submit their recommendation letter. If you or your recommender has questions or encounters any issues, please contact [email protected]

I have completed the fieldwork, but I have some outstanding fieldwork-related expenses that need to be funded (for instance, lab analysis, translation, etc.). Can I use this award to cover these research expenses?

No, the funds are specifically for international fieldwork and may not be used for other expenses incurred after your fieldwork has been completed.

If I receive this award, can I postpone my Sage Fellowship?

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This grant program funds doctoral or thesis research that advances anthropological knowledge. Our goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that integrate two or more subfields and pioneer new approaches and ideas.

The maximum Dissertation Fieldwork Grant is $25,000. Grants are nonrenewable. There is no limit to the duration of the grant, and applicants may request funding to cover distinct research phases (for example, two summers) if this is part of the research design. Wenner-Gren awards do not include funds to cover institutional overhead or any fees related to the administration of our grants and fellowships.

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31 Dec 2024

Benefit amount

Up to $12,000

Eligible study level

Graduate research

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Current study

Benefit duration

The Arts PhD Fieldwork Grant is for fieldwork support to Faculty of Arts Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) graduate researchers, in which the primary data for the PhD thesis can be collected only in a field location (for example, a fundable project may require access to particular communities, physical landscapes, indigenous languages, archaeological sites, or oral histories).

You can receive financial support of up to $12,000 to conduct projects in which the primary data for the thesis can be collected only in a field location over an extended period of time that are essential to the completion of your research.

Graduate researchers will be eligible to receive funding from either the PhD Fieldwork Grant or the‚ Essentials Grant, but not both.

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility.

• Be enrolled in a PhD degree in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne;
• Be Confirmed;
• Be able to demonstrate that the primary data collection for your PhD requires fieldwork methodology with strong support from your Advisory Committee. Assessment of applications for fieldwork support will be based not on the discipline, but the methodology involved;
• Have a Research Expenses Plan approved by your Advisory Committee at Confirmation of Candidature; and
• Be able to demonstrate that you have met all relevant University policy requirements relating to their fieldwork (such as compliance with the University’s code of conduct for research and student travel policy): Research Integrity Principles, Student Travel and Transport Policy (MPF1209), Graduate Research Training Policy (MPF1321), Academic Progress Review Policy (Graduate Research) (MPF1363).

Selection criteria

The selection is based on:

• How your methodology meets the guidelines of what constitutes fieldwork
• That the proposed fieldwork is essential and integral to your thesis
• The Research Expenses Plan approved at Confirmation of Candidature

Methodological approaches relevant to this scheme include ethnographic and linguistic research techniques, and studies requiring immersion or other site-intensive work. These may include participant observation or interview-based strategies that must occur over a sustained period of time‚ or other types of field-based research projects that requires the graduate researcher to be embedded within a particular field location or locations. Fieldwork funding may also be appropriate for research projects requiring long-term strategies of building trust to gain access to the object of research.

Fieldwork may consist of deep immersion in one place or research in a number of sites – in either case, the onus is on the graduate researcher to make the case as to how the proposed research meets the other criteria for fieldwork funding.

What is not fieldwork?

Visits to libraries, museums, archives, and other forms of data collection or research that do not require the graduate researcher to be embedded at the location, visits to other universities, to consult with academics or to attend conferences and data gathering and analysis performed by professional companies or private individuals on behalf of the graduate researcher.

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To apply for this grant please submit a Research Expense Plan with your Confirmation of Candidature Report.

For further information on budgets and items funded please refer to the  Application guidelines for Graduate Research Essentials and PhD Fieldwork grants.

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The School has now brought the Fieldwork funding deadlines in line with the University's financial year, please note below the revised deadlines. 

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What Fieldwork Funding is

Fieldwork Funding is available to PhD students who are undertaking fieldwork as part of their course. The fund is given to the Department by the School, and the Department awards funds to students based on the applications it receives. Fieldwork Funding is intended as a way to assist students with their fieldwork expenses, within the terms set out below. Students should not expect to receive the full amount requested. Please be aware that funding awards may be capped if requests are significant. We usually issue funds of between £2000 and £4000.

There are two funding rounds run each calendar year for fieldwork trips: Late applications will not be accepted.

What Fieldwork Funding is not

Fieldwork Funding is not a “fees refund”. The fund is not able to cover the full cost of fees and/or maintenance during periods of fieldwork, and students should not make applications on this basis.

POLIS Field work funding is not intended to be the singular form of funding for your research. We expect that you will apply to other sources of funding such as your College or funding body (if appropriate). We will ask for evidence that you have applied elsewhere prior to approving funds, if your application is successful.

When you can apply

1. You must be in the first three years of your PhD – i.e. you cannot apply for this fund when you are a final year student in the writing up period.

2. You must have Leave to Work Away approved before you apply for Fieldwork Funding, or have initiated the process.

3. You must apply for Fieldwork Funding  before  you leave for your Fieldwork.

Fieldwork Funding is not a reimbursement fund.  The application must be made in advance of any period of LTWA, and any costs that predate the application or approval will be automatically discounted. Your application is an estimated account of your fieldwork expenses; if successful, you will be paid the money in advance and asked to provide accounting and receipts on your return  (See below for more details).

4. You must apply for the correct round for which the start of your travel falls in but you may apply to both rounds within a 12 month period, if required (for separate trips). Please note, priority will be given to those applying for the first time. You must have reconciled previous fund payments before you can apply again - please note that second and third applications may not be approved if we receive a large amount of first time applicants in any particular funding round. If the dates of your trip overlaps the rounds then you only need to apply once but please make this clear in your application.

What you can apply for

Funding is only provided for fieldwork research-related costs that exceed those that you would ordinarily meet if staying in Cambridge.

Priority will be given to travel and accommodation expenses, including:

• Airfare – please use Skyscanner or a similar comparison site for the cheapest option
• Travel/transport costs to and around fieldwork location
• Accommodation - please use Booking.com or a similar comparison site for the cheapest option

Note about Airbnb: The University Travel Insurance (which is free for students going on LTWA) will not cover Airbnb bookings. While POLIS allows the use of Airbnb, it is only to be used in cases where regulated accommodation is not available. When using Airbnb, you must read through and follow POLIS' full policy  and submit a completed H&S Unregulated Accommodation Agreement . You will also need to arrange alternative insurance for the use of Airbnb. 

Additional claims (with the support of your supervisor) can be made for:

• Research expenses – such as language learning, entrance to archives, visiting scholar fees
• Ancillaries - you are permitted to apply for the costs of employing fieldworkers to assist with data collection (e.g. conducting door to door surveys) and to act as translators.
• You may not apply for basic maintenance and subsistence costs as you are normally expected to meet these costs in Cambridge.
• You are not permitted to apply for the costs of employing fieldworkers to assist with any form of data entry or transcription.
• You are not permitted to apply for the costs of personal equipment such as laptops, voice recorders or external hard drives, as students in Cambridge are normally expected to meet these costs themselves.
• Students registered at an approved Non-University Institution (NUI) cannot apply for assistance from this fieldwork fund.
• Students participating in an approved exchange agreement where there is a period spent at another institution and fees are waived at Cambridge (e.g. A*, NIH) cannot apply for assistance from this fieldwork fund.
• Students with sponsorship that includes adequate resources for fieldwork expenses are not eligible to apply for these funds.

Receipts - Guidelines

Receipts must be kept for all expenses incurred and the full amount awarded accounted for or the balance returned.

All receipts must be returned to the POLIS Administrative Office within one month of your return to Cambridge. You will be sent an email to remind you of this.

If for any reason the fieldwork is abandoned or is unsuccessful and you return to Cambridge early, you must inform the Department and allow it to recover the fieldwork allowance, less any reasonable expenditure already incurred. We will also seek to recover funds if a student withdraws from study during the period of fieldwork claim.

Receipts should all be original receipts – debit/credit card receipts or statements will not suffice and nor will photocopies or scanned receipts.

If it is difficult to obtain receipts where you are travelling then please take a receipt book with you which can be signed by those you are paying and also a notebook to keep track of cash transactions where you couldn’t get receipts.

Receipts in foreign currencies are fine.

When returning the receipts, please include an itemised breakdown/list of the receipts. Grouping the receipts into categories such as Flights, Transport and Accommodation is acceptable.

Any unspent money should be returned to the University bank account (details will be provided when you return from fieldwork), corresponding receipts for money spent should also be scanned and emailed to the department at this time. Unaccounted for money will be assumed to be unspent.

Policy for Return of Unspent Funds

Unspent money should be returned within one month of your return to Cambridge. Any unspent money should be returned to the University bank account, details will be provided on your return.

If the Department has not received the unspent money within three months of your return to Cambridge, we will inform your Supervisor and your PhD Course Director of the outstanding debt.

If the Department has not received the unspent money within six months of your return to Cambridge, we will inform your College and raise an invoice for the outstanding amount.

If for any reason you are unable to return the funds in full upon your return, it may be possible to arrange a repayment plan with the Department. You should contact the POLIS Department Administrator  to discuss this as soon as possible.

If the outstanding debt remains more than a year after your return to Cambridge (with no repayment plan in place), the Department will engage a professional debt collection agency.

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The Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research program makes awards to institutions and organizations conducting empirical field research to answer significant questions in the humanities. Archaeology and ethnography are important methodologies utilized by many disciplines across the humanities and social sciences that provide observational and experiential data on human history and culture.

Archaeological methods may include field survey and field-based remote sensing, documentation or visualization, and/or excavations in support of answering research questions in all aspects of the human past, including but not limited to ancient studies, anthropology, art history, classical studies, regional studies, epigraphy, and other related disciplines. Ethnographic methods may include participant observation, surveys and interviews, and documentation or recording in pursuit of research questions in anthropology, sociology, ethnolinguistics, oral history, ethnomusicology, performance studies, folklore studies, and related disciplines.

Projects may be led by individuals with institutional affiliation or by teams of collaborating scholars from the same or multiple eligible institutions. Awards provide up to three years of support for fieldwork and data processing. While the ultimate expectation of such awards is the dissemination of results through publications and other media, this program supports costs related to fieldwork such as travel, accommodation, and equipment as well as compensation for field staff and salary replacement for the project director and collaborating scholars. Applicants interested in publishing the results of field research are encouraged to apply to one of NEH’s  individual fellowship programs  or  Collaborative Research .

On May 22, 2023, NEH staff hosted a webinar describing the program, discussing its goals, the application and review process, budgetary issues, and suggestions for writing an effective application. The presentation included questions and answers from participants. The webinar can be  viewed here .

Read the Notice of Funding Opportunity to ensure you understand all the expectations and restrictions for projects delivered under this program and are prepared to write the most effective application.

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Sample Narratives

University of Colorado, Boulder, Soundscapes of the People: A Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado

Texas State University, San Marcos, Origins and Tenacity of Myth, Ritual, and Cosmology in Archaic Period Rock Art of Southwest Texas and Northern Mexico

University of Hawaii, A Pattern of Islands: Ethnography, Remote Sensing, and Community Archaeology in Kosrae and Pohnpei, Micronesia

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Financial support for fieldwork is available from a number of sources, both outside and within the University. All funds are competitive and require application with the support of your supervisor. A comprehensive list of the various funds to which you may apply can be found using the Cambridge Student Funding Search . The main sources of fieldwork funding are given below.

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School of the Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) fieldwork fund

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Non University Funding

All PhD students with Leave to Work Away are eligible to apply to the SHSS Fieldwork fund for assistance in meeting fieldwork costs.  Applicants should request the application form by e-mailing  [email protected]  allowing plenty of time to receive and complete the application form ahead of the deadline.  The deadline for applications is  15 March .  

Guidelines for applicants

• Students must be within the fee-paying period of their course (i.e. in the first three years of the PhD)

What you can apply for

Funding is only provided for fieldwork research-related costs that exceed those students would ordinarily incur if staying in Cambridge e.g. travel costs, equipment hire, accommodation, preventative medication and exceptional living costs.  Reasonable internet costs are also allowed, as maintaining contact with students in the field is essential. You may also claim for assistance with rent costs if you are obliged to pay rent to maintain accommodation in Cambridge.

Additional claims (with the support of your supervisor) can be made for language learning and ancillaries – you are permitted to apply for the costs of employing fieldworkers to assist with data collection and to act as translators, but not to cover the costs of assistance with data entry or transcription.

All travel and accommodation costs should be by the most economic means.

You should not apply for basic food and subsistence included in normal living costs, vehicle purchase (unless it is more cost effective to buy a car than hire one for the duration of the fieldwork), conference attendance, stationery costs, medical treatment and laptops, external hard drives or equipment purchase purchase (unless there is a need for specific equipment tailored to your fieldwork, such as protective clothing and the cost of this is not covered by other means).

Completing your application

• Students are required to state their source of funding and should approach their sponsors in the first instance to apply for research costs. Students with sponsorship that includes adequate resources for fieldwork expenses should not apply for the Fund
• Students must apply in advance of their fieldwork, providing details of the proposed fieldwork and a breakdown of the exact costs involved (not just those claimed for).

Receipts must be kept for all expenses incurred and the full amount awarded must be accounted for or the balance returned . Any unspent money should be returned along with the receipts within a month of your return to Cambridge.  

William Wyse Fieldwork Fund

Applications are invited from research students working towards a Ph.D. Degree under the supervision of the Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge for grants towards fieldwork expenses.   Please find further information on the fund, including how to apply, at William Wyse Funding or contact the Postgraduate Administrator for Social Anthropology, ( [email protected] ). The closing dates for applications are  10 October  and  15 March  annually. 

The Richards Fund provides studentships or grants for graduate students registered for a course of field research in the Department of Social Anthropology. The Department interprets this to be for PhD students (whether their first year of training was pre-field training or the MRes) embarking on field research in their second year of study. Please find more information on the application process on The Richards Fund . The next deadline is 15 March.

Departmental Funding

The Department of Social Anthropology administers three funds that support research, including field research, in particular regions:

• The Evans Fund for South East Asia. Closing date for The Evans Fund is as advertised on The Evans Fund .
• The Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund for the Himalayan region (information and applications to the Secretary of the Williamson Fund Managers, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ). 
• The Anthony Wilkin Fund is devoted to the encouragement of research in ethnology and archaeology, preferably by fieldwork among less developed societies, and in lands other than Greece, Italy, or Egypt. Preference is given to candidates for the Studentship who have obtained honours in the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos or have received the MPhil in Social Anthropology, in Biological Anthropology, or in Archaeology, and are not of standing to become Masters of Arts. Awards are normally made only to cover research expenses, not for student maintenance or fees. Application forms are available form the Department of Archaeology.

Smuts Memorial Fund

The Smuts Memorial Fund provides grants for PhD students at Cambridge in support of fieldwork on Commonwealth issues. These grants usually take the form of assistance towards the costs of travel, fieldwork or audio-visual fieldwork equipment. Postgraduate students can apply for one grant during their period of stay. Applications are considered by a Sub-Committee of the Managers which meets termly to recommend awards to the Managers. The Smuts Managers consider applications for research grants termly with the deadline for applications being 1st October, 1st January and 1st March. The maximum amount available for student applications is £1000 .

Further information about the Smuts Fund can be had from the Administrator to the Managers of the Smuts Memorial Fund, c/o International Student Office, Student Services Centre, New Museums Site, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3PT.  

The Ridgeway-Venn Travel Fund

The Ridgeway-Venn Travel Fund provides travel studentships to help current students of Anthropology or Archaeology advance knowledge in their subjects. Preference is given in alternate years to students of Anthropology and students of Archaeology. 

Applicants should complete the application form, which can be requested by emailing  [email protected] . The deadline for the next round of awards is: 15 March  (applications open 9 February) .

Emslie Horniman Anthropological Scholarship Fund (The Royal Anthropological Institute)

The Emslie Horniman Fund was established in 1944 to 'promote the study of the growth of civilisations, habits and customs, religious and physical characteristics of the non-European peoples and of prehistoric and non-industrial man in Europe'. The Fund is for UK, Irish or Commonwealth nationals for research that will contribute to the award of an MPhil/PhD degree. The major aim of the Fund is to encourage postgraduates to pursue fieldwork, awards are usually in the range of £500 to £7,000. Further information can be found here .  

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BAICE Student Fieldwork grants are intended to facilitate or enhance doctoral fieldwork in international and comparative education.

We aim to fund up to two Student Fieldwork grants each year. The maximum amount you can apply for is £2500 per grant, but we welcome applications for any amount up to this maximum.

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It is an expectation that BAICE grant holders will commit to sharing knowledge generated through BAICE grants with the wider BAICE community. BAICE Student Fieldwork grant holders must commit to contributing at least one blog article or podcast for the BAICE website. Additionally, if an academic journal article is written in relation to this fieldwork, it should be submitted to the Compare Journal in the first instance. We welcome suggestions for additional engagement activities – please indicate these in your application.

You can download the application form for the BAICE Student Fieldwork grant in the Downloads section below. You must also include a letter of support from your supervisor confirming your eligibility for the grant. This letter must confirm your enrolment status and confirm that you are not in receipt of another grant designed to support fieldwork costs (please note, this is not a reference letter and will not be considered in the assessment process beyond the eligibility check). There are two rounds of funding per year for these grants, with deadlines of May 1 st  and November 1 st . Please send your application to  [email protected]  with BAICE Student Fieldwork Grant Application in the subject heading. We aim to let applicants know the outcome of their application within eight weeks.

Please see this video for more information about this grant, and tips for a successful application.

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It is expected that BAICE will be acknowledged as the funder in any outputs resulting from the grant (including posts on social media).

If you have any questions about this grant, please contact  [email protected] , with BAICE Student Fieldwork query in the subject heading.

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Dear Colleague Letter: Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies (Hydrogen INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity

May 6, 2024

Dear Colleague:

Fostering the growth of a globally competitive and diverse research workforce and advancing the scientific and innovation skills of U.S. students are strategic objectives of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Supporting the development of a skilled workforce in energy efficiency and renewable energy is a strategic objective of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The NSF and DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) have established a partnership to support internship and training opportunities to meet these strategic objectives with a focus on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. A new generation of skilled workforce is needed to drive research and development of hydrogen production, delivery, infrastructure, storage, fuel cells, and multiple end uses across transportation, industrial, and stationary power applications. For more information on DOE-EERE's priorities for hydrogen energy research, please see the DOE's Hydrogen Program Areas and the U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy Roadmap .

This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) describes this unique partnership with DOE EERE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) and is aligned with and conforms with the NSF INTERN opportunity described in the Dear Colleague Letter: Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity . This DCL is referred to as the Hydrogen INTERN DCL.

SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

NSF will consider supplemental funding requests in the broad area of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies that enable PIs (or Co-PIs) to request supplemental support of up to $55,000 and six months for graduate students supported on active NSF grants with the following goals:

• To provide graduate students with the opportunity to augment their research assistantships or NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) fellowships with research internship activities and training opportunities that will complement their academic research training.
• To allow graduate students to pursue new activities aimed at acquiring professional development experience that will enhance their preparation for multiple career pathways after graduation.
• To encourage the participation of the full spectrum of diverse talent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED

The PI/co-PI of an active NSF award may request supplemental funding for one or more graduate students to gain knowledge, skills, training, and experiences in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and their application areas.

Internship hosts include, but are not limited to:

• Private sector companies, laboratories, or industry research and development groups.
• Start-up businesses such as, but not limited to, those funded through the NSF's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
• Department of Energy Laboratories, other government agencies (all levels), and National Laboratories.
• Museums, science centers, and other informal learning settings that educate the public.
• Policy think-tanks.
• Non-profit organizations.

Prior to submission, PIs are encouraged to discuss possible INTERN supplements with the cognizant NSF Program Director Points of Contact listed in this DCL to ensure the proposed internship and its topic are a good fit for this DCL. It is expected that the graduate student and the PI on the NSF grant will work together to identify experiences that add the most educational value for the graduate student through activities that are not already available at the student's academic institution. Further, it is expected that the internship will be research-focused and will be on-site at the host organization unless a specific exception to this is granted by the cognizant Program Director due to extenuating circumstances.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for this opportunity, graduate students must have completed at least one academic year in their graduate program (master's or doctoral) prior to commencement of the proposed INTERN activity and be making satisfactory progress toward completion of their degree.

SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

Information about requesting supplemental support is contained in the NSF PAPPG ), Chapter VI.E.5. In addition to the PAPPG requirements for supplemental support, the following materials must be included.

• A two-page summary that describes the internship
• A one-page personal statement from the graduate student describing career goals, accomplishments, and how the activity will better prepare the individual to enter the workforce.
• Research summary to include contribution(s) to research discipline
• Institution(s)
• Year of study (1st year, 2nd year, etc.)
• Completed coursework
• Employment and volunteer/outreach history
• Publications (accepted only)
• Other information relevant to the proposed internship
• A letter of collaboration from an authorized official at the host organization that describes the internship opportunity and mentoring the student will experience during the internship. The letter should include a statement confirming that neither the graduate student nor the PI has a financial interest in the organization hosting the internship.
• An endorsement letter from the PI that confirms that the student meets the eligibility requirements specified in this DCL. The letter must describe how the proposed internship activity will contribute to the student's graduate education experience and how it may impact time to degree.
• The NSF recipient and Host Organization must agree in advance as to how intellectual property (IP) rights will be handled. A signed agreement on IP (including publication and patent rights) must be submitted either as a supplementary document or, via email to the cognizant Program Director after submission of the supplementary funding request and prior to the award of the supplemental funding. NSF is responsible neither for the agreement reached nor the IP information exchanged between the NSF recipient and Host Organization.
• A budget and budget justification.

SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING AMOUNT

The total amount of funding requested must not exceed $55,000 per student per six-month period. NSF plans to fund up to approximately 10 or more supplements in each fiscal year starting with FY 2024, depending on availability of funds.

ALLOWABLE COSTS UNDER THIS DCL

Funds may be used to support travel, tuition and fees, health insurance, additional stipend, and temporary relocation costs for the graduate student. Additional stipends are not allowed for GRFP fellows "on tenure" (currently receiving a GRFP stipend), but a stipend will be considered for fellows "on reserve" (not currently receiving a GRFP stipend) equal to the monthly rate of the GRFP stipend. Up to $2,500 may be used for the PI or the graduate research fellow's advisor to travel to work with the host organization in co-mentoring the student during the internship. Up to $2,500 may be used for materials and supplies to support the student during the internship. Travel costs must be allocated in the budget request for the graduate student to travel once to Washington DC, to present the outcomes of the INTERN project at the DOE's Annual Merit Review meeting. The recipient is permitted to request indirect costs in accordance with their approved/negotiated indirect cost rate. The total requested budget cannot exceed the limits listed under the "Supplement funding amount" section above. Note: Spousal and dependent travel are not supported.

PERIOD OF SUPPORT

The supplement funding will provide up to six months of support for an internship. Up to two supplemental funding requests may be submitted on a grant per student. This would allow the student up to two internship periods of up to six months each (i.e., a maximum of 12 months per student).

Supplemental funding requests may be submitted at any time with a target date of June 15 for Fiscal Year 2024 and April 15 for future Fiscal Years.

SUBMISSION & REVIEW

Requests for supplemental funding must be submitted electronically via Research.gov. A PI or co-PI on an NSF award must contact his/her cognizant program director prior to submission. GRFP INTERN supplement requests are submitted by the GRFP PI, not by the GRFP fellow or the fellow's research advisor. Requests for supplemental funding submitted in response to this DCL will be reviewed internally by NSF Program Officers. All supplements are subject to (a) the availability of funds, and (b) merit review of the supplemental funding request.

• Dr. Prakash Balan, [email protected] - Directorate for Engineering
• Dr. Barbara Ransom, [email protected] - Directorate for Geosciences

SPECIAL AWARD CONDITION

Intellectual Property Rights: Internships under this DCL are considered equivalent to traineeships. The National Science Foundation claims no rights to any inventions or writings that might result from its traineeship awards. However, trainees should be aware that NSF, another Federal agency, or some private party may acquire such rights through other support for particular research. Also, trainees should note their obligation to include an Acknowledgment and Disclaimer in any publication.

POLICY OR CODE ADDRESSING HARASSMENT

Recipients are required to have a policy or code of conduct that addresses sexual harassment, other forms of harassment, and sexual assault. The recipient should work with the Host Organization to ensure that the Host Organization also has a policy or code of conduct that addresses sexual harassment, other forms of harassment, and sexual assault including reporting and complaint procedures and to confirm that such policy both covers and protects INTERN students interacting with the Host Organization. The recipient should also coordinate with the Host Organization to provide orientation to graduate students to cover expectations of behavior to ensure a safe and respectful environment, and to review the recipient and host organization's policy or code of conduct addressing sexual harassment, other forms of harassment, and sexual assault, including reporting and complaint procedures. For additional information, see the NSF policies at https://new.nsf.gov/stopping-harassment .

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Note: the SLSA now also offers Impact Grants and Stream Convenor Funding

Applications to this scheme are currently closed: applications will reopen in June 2024 .

In the summer of 1999, the SLSA Grants Scheme was announced in the Socio-Legal Newsletter . From the start, it was a great success and has continued to attract applications from across the breadth of socio-legal studies from both junior and senior academics. The Fieldwork Grants – with separate selection criteria – were added in January 2013 under the general umbrella of the grants scheme – in response to the number of applications from postgraduate students. The scheme's aim in both cases is to support work for which other funding sources are not available and to encourage socio-legal research initiatives in a practical way. Originally amounting to £5000 per year, the total fund now stands at £15,000.

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Applications to the scheme are considered only from those who are fully paid-up members (or registered as free student members) of the Socio-Legal Studies Association, wherever they live, on  31 October in the year of the application.

Applications must be made using the Grant Application Package or the PhD Fieldwork Grant Application Package. The Application Packages are subject to change ( last updated 31 August 2023 ).

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Subject to the section above, SLSA members interested in applying for a grant are reminded that the deadline is 31 October each year. Individual awards are up to a maximum of £1500 for Research Grants and £1000 for Fieldwork Grants. The Grants Subcommittee takes the following elements into consideration when judging applications:

• clarity of the aim(s) and objective(s) of the research; originality, innovativeness and importance of the research; methodology (including coherence with aim(s) and objective(s), practicability and, if applicable ethical considerations); budget; and potential impact;
• funding will not normally be provided for conference attendance or to subsidise postgraduate course fees;
• funding will not be provided via this scheme for one-day conferences or for seminar series;
• PhD students seeking assistance with fieldwork costs may apply for a PhD Fieldwork Grant but not for a Small Grant;
• feedback will be given to unsuccessful applicants;
• no member will receive more than one grant per year;
• Board members are not eligible for the scheme.

Decisions for each round of grants are made no later than 31 January each year.

You must use the prescribed forms for your grant application and you are advised to look at the titles, reports and summaries from past grantholders to help you decide whether your project is appropriate for a grant.

One condition of receiving a grant is that grantholders are required to supply a summary of their project aims on commencement and a report of their findings on completion. Both will be published in the Socio-Legal Newsletter. Please see back issues for past examples of these.

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Applying for a grant: some 'dos' and 'don'ts'

In  summer 2017, the then chair of the Grants Subcommittee, Jess Guth, wrote an article for the Socio-Legal Newsletter  SLN 82:5 to help future applicants polish up their proposals. 

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Boehringer ingelheim fonds – dissertation fellowship for biomedical research.

Posted by hagansa2 on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Announcements .

Deadlines: 

Fall: October 1, 2024

Spring: February 1, 2025

URL:  PhD fellowships (bifonds.de)

Description:

Fellowships support experimental projects in the field of basic biomedical research that are aimed at elucidating basic biological phenomena of human life and acquiring new scientific knowledge. For further examples, please see  What we fund and do not fund  or browse the summaries of completed PhD projects in  Futura , the BIF’s international journal. BIF encourages applicants to apply for a fellowship when they are about to begin their PhD work; preliminary project results are not expected from applicants. The fellowship offers support for up to three years.

Eligibility: Applicants:

• May be European citizens working in Europe or overseas, or non-European citizens pursuing their PhD project in Europe.
• Must have received their first university degree qualifying for a profession (e.g. BSc, Diploma, Final State Examination) within eight years of the application deadline.
• Who have not yet finished their MSc studies by the deadline, must be able to complete the master’s within four months after the deadline.
• Should not have been working on their project for more than six months prior to the deadline.
• Enrolled in MSc/PhD programmes or graduate schools without an official final examination prior to the PhD project should contact BIF.

Award amount:

• €3,500 monthly stipend in the U.S. (see  website  for other countries)
• Spouse allowance, child allowance, and/or childcare allowance may be available.
• Tuition, bench fees, and overheads are  not  reimbursed by the foundation.
• Travel allowance for fellows to present their data at international scientific conferences, participate in methods courses useful for their PhD project, and to perform research in cooperating laboratories.

If this information is out of date, please email [email protected] to let us know. 

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Inaugural ‘Summer Support Scholars’ provides funds for humanities graduate-level research

STARKVILLE, Miss.— Mississippi State University’s Institute for the Humanities announces the inaugural Summer Support Scholars recipients—each receiving $1000 for extended summer research, simultaneously allowing the Institute to highlight graduate research at the land-grant university.

“One of the goals of the Institute for the Humanities is to support research in the humanities—we are doing that for the faculty with the Faculty Fellowship and for the undergraduates with the Undergraduate Research Fellowship, and I wanted the graduate students to have some support, as well,” said Julia Osman, director of the institute and an associate professor of history.  

“I learned from the graduate coordinators that summer is when graduate students have the least amount of funding, and that they have to take on extra work. I hope our student support allows them time to finish projects related to their degree,” Osman said.

The Summer Support Scholars’ research projects will be displayed on the Institute’s website at the end of the summer, providing the public an opportunity to become acquainted with the wide array of humanities related research at MSU.  

The inaugural recipients include:

Patricia McCourt, a native of Bandera, TX, and a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of History. McCourt’s project, “‘These Deleterious Drugs’: A Gendered History of Addiction in the United States” will explore the relationship between gender and addiction in American culture during the late nineteenth and twentieth century and its impact on drug policy and addiction treatment. 

“Not only do I examine that ways that medical professionals and popular writers employed gendered and racialized discourses to stigmatize and pathologize addiction, but I also show how progressive reformers—many of them women involved in the temperance movement—managed to further essentialize femininity as they advocated against narcotics. By the mid-twentieth century, Americans considered habitual drug use to be a criminal and thoroughly unfeminine activity despite the fact that less than a hundred years earlier the country’s addict population was mostly comprised by middle- and upper-class white women holding a doctor’s prescription. By bridging the gap between pre-regulation and regulation eras, ‘These Deleterious Drugs’ will reveal that drug policy was both shaped by and helped to inform gender roles in American society,” McCourt said.

Ashley Melchert, a native of the Netherlands, and a third-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology. Melchert’s project, “Group Identity Formation and Experiences with Colorism” seeks to gain an understanding of the influence of colorism on group identity formation. 

“With this project, I aim to contribute to the growing body of colorism literature, by providing insights in the working of colorism in Europe, specifically the Netherlands, in light of its colonial legacy and in particular the relationship with former colony Suriname. My goal is to take on a transnational and intersectional approach in working towards decolonial scholarship. Those colonial ties and that colonial legacy impact people’s understandings of who they are and what their identities mean to them. This means that the history surrounding the themes that I touch on is extremely important in guiding my research. I see this project as a collective endeavor shaped by group conversations, in the form of focus groups, and strengthened by in-depth interviews. Given my focus on group identity formation, as well as capturing the group dynamics of my participants, face-to-face focus groups are what I am striving for. Ultimately, I would love for this project to contribute to our collective healing,” Melchert said.

Jackie Perkins, a native of Michigan City, IN, is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Department of History. Perkins’s project, “Pursuing Maps: Locating the Transformation Inside the Lines,” aims to acquire copies of maps of urban public parks held at the Chicago Public Library that show the transformation of Chicago parkland from 1834 to the modern day. 

“The funds provided by this summer support program will allow for the purchase of physical and digital copies of the maps which can only be viewed in-person or through the purchase of a copy. The copies will then allow me to produce an essay detailing how the maps from the Chicago Public Library provide previously unexplored details about urban park building at the turn of the twentieth century. The overall goal of the project is not only the purchase of these copies but also to create an opportunity for me to familiarize myself with using architectural and survey maps in an academic essay,” Perkins said.

Part of MSU’s College of Arts and Sciences, the Institute for the Humanities promotes research, scholarship and creative performances in the humanistic disciplines and raises their visibility, both within Mississippi State University and the wider community. 

For more details about MSU’s College of Arts and Sciences or the Institute for the Humanities, visit www.cas.msstate.edu or www.ih.msstate.edu . 

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2. Tomsk State University

3. St. Petersburg State University

4. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

5. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

6. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

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9. South Ural State University

10. National Research University Higher School of Economics

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15. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

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31. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

32. Moscow Polytech

33. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

34. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

35. Saratov State Technical University

36. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

37. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

38. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

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40. Belgorod State Technological University

41. Far Eastern Federal University

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43. belgorod state university.

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49. Tambov State Technical University

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51. Siberian State Industrial University

52. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

53. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

54. St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

55. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

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57. South-Western State University

58. Ogarev Mordovia State University

59. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

60. south-russian state university of economics and service.

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63. Russian National Research Medical University

64. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

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When Jessica Douglas first step foot on The University of Texas at Arlington campus, it marked a new beginning but with a familiar focus: helping people.

Douglas took a decade-long break to raise her children and train as a doula. But in 2019, she decided to return to school. On May 10, she will officially earn her Master of Public Health degree, crossing the stage with 5,700-plus Mavericks at Globe Life Field.

She’s also earned the prestigious Gerry C. Gunnin, Ph.D., Public Health Memorial Fellowship, considered the most competitive public health fellowship in Dallas-Fort Worth. Douglas will spend 10 weeks working for Texas Health Resources on a variety of community health initiatives.

“I always knew that at a certain point, I would go back to school and go into a profession that was patient-centered,” she said.

Douglas graduated from Houston Community College and then enrolled at the New Mexico College of Midwifery. While apprenticing with a midwife, she decided to take a break from her higher education goals to focus on her family. She had two children at that point and would eventually have two more. But she said she always knew school was still in her future when the time was right.

She originally applied to UTA’s nursing program, but then looked into public health and became hooked with helping people on a community-wide scale.

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Douglas said she finds herself looking back on her time as a Maverick, grateful for the support she received from her husband and the connections she made at UTA.

“I’ve made some really good relationships, and I’m excited to celebrate their accomplishments as well,” she said. “It’s not just about me. It’s about the people I’ve met along the way.”

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Three recent graduates are among those honored for distinguished journalism in the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes, Columbia University announced May 6.

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Following a string of high honors from the nation’s top investigative reporting competitions, alum Brett Murphy (’16), a reporter on ProPublica’s national desk, won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Judges noted the ProPublica team’s “Groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court to reveal how a small group of politically influential billionaires wooed justices with lavish gifts and travel, pushing the Court to adopt its first code of conduct.”

In recognition, ProPublica will be presented with the iconic Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal , awarded each year to the American news organization that wins in the Public Service category.

“This is a tremendous honor and I’m so happy I was able to be a part of the team,” Murphy said. “I’ve long admired ProPublica’s Pulitzer-winning projects, so it’s a career highlight to have played a small part in this one. I hope the recognition brings even more attention to the issues we uncovered last year.”

Murphy reached out to his alma mater to hire two Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) students Kathleen Quinn (’24) and Marissa Muller (’24) to do Bay Area-based research for the project. ProPublica’s Managing Editor Tracy Weber (’89) was an editor on the series.

ProPublica reporters, seated from left, Alex Mierjeski, Justin Elliott, Kirsten Berg, Joshua Kaplan and Brett Murphy and Managing Editor Tracy Weber celebrate with staff after receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Credit: Sarahbeth Maney/ProPublica

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Sarah Cahlan (’19) is part of the staff of The Washington Post that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series of stories about the AR-15, the rifle most commonly used in the nation’s deadliest mass shootings. “Could fresh reporting and new approaches to storytelling compel readers — of all ideologies — to confront the causes and consequences of gun violence directly, in a way they haven’t before?” asked Washington Post editors, in writing about the AR-15 series called “American Icon.”

The judges honored the “sobering examination of the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, which forced readers to reckon with the horrors wrought by the weapon.”

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Brian Howey. Photo by Clara Mokri (’21).

Brian Howey (’22) of Mississippi Today and The New York Times was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Local Reporting for his detailed examination of corruption and abuse, including the torturing of suspects, by Mississippi sheriffs and their officers over two decades.

“I joined the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting intending to work a three-month gig probing a troubled sheriff’s office,” Howey said, describing what has been one of the most formative experiences of his career. “A year later, we’re still not done investigating in Rankin County. We have altered the trajectory of several counties, changed state law, and developed a profound respect for the people of Mississippi who fight every day to make the state’s powerbrokers live up to their promises.”

“It’s an unbelievable honor to be recognized by the Pulitzer board,” Howey said. “I’ve been overwhelmed with joy this week to know that our reporting, which has made such a profound impact on us and the residents of Mississippi these past months, has also made such an impression on the nation and the discerning Pulitzer judges. My deepest gratitude to them, our crack editors at Mississippi Today and The New York Times, the data wizards at Big Local News, and to my friends and colleagues Jerry Mitchell , Nate Rosenfield and Ilyssa Daly .”

Brian Howey watching the Pulitzer Prize announcements at Mississippi Today.

Most importantly, Howey said, “we never could have achieved this honor — or even done this reporting — without the help of those who trusted us with the telling of their horrific experiences. We are all indebted to them for risking their safety, reputations, and freedom in order to share their stories with us. Any recognition we receive for this work has been earned by the grace of their bravery. With all of my heart, thank you, all of you.”

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“One of the things we love most is when we are able to connect our fabulous students and recent grads to find opportunities for meaningful investigative reporting at places like ProPublica and Mississippi Today,” Barstow said.

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