The Founders’ Dissertation Fellowship is an annual $1000 award to graduate students who show promise of significant contributions to historical scholarship. Funds from these Awards may be used for purposes directly or indirectly related to the dissertation, such as expenses for research, attendance of scholarly conferences, and the preparation of the dissertation. Applicants to the Founders’ Dissertation Fellowship must be current members of WAWH when they submit their application. Current WAWH board members are not eligible to apply. Applicants for the fellowship may apply for it more than once but may win only once. All recipients shall be graduate students engaged in scholarship that is historical in nature, although the degree may be in related fields, have been advanced to candidacy, and are writing the dissertation at the time of application. They should expect the Ph.D. no earlier than December of the calendar year in which the award is made.

Sharon Wall
Department of History
University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9
204-786-9009

Email: s.wall@uwinnipeg.ca
Visit the website at http://www.wawh.org

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*Five College Fellowship Program 2011-12*

Five Colleges is pleased to announce its search for Fellows for the
2011-2012 academic year.

Five College Fellowships offer year-long residencies for doctoral students
completing dissertations. The program supports scholars from
under-represented groups and/or scholars with unique interests and histories
whose engagement in the Academy will enrich scholarship and teaching.
Normally, four fellowships are awarded each year.

Each Fellow is hosted within an appropriate department or program at Amherst
College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College or Smith College. (At
Smith, recipients hold a Mendenhall Fellowship.) This is a residential
fellowship. Fellows are provided research and teaching mentors and connected
through the consortial office to resources and scholars across the five
campuses, which include UMass Amherst. The office also supports meetings of
the Fellows throughout the year.

The fellowship includes a stipend of $30,000, a research grant, health
benefits, office space, housing or housing assistance, and library
privileges at all five campuses belonging to the consortium.

While the award places primary emphasis on completion of the dissertation,
most fellows teach at their hosting institution, but never more than a
single one-semester course.

*Date of Fellowship:* August 31, 2011 to May 31, 2012 (non-renewable)
*Stipend:* $30,000
*Review of Applications Begins:* January 3, 2011
*Awards Announced:* March 2011

For application instructions, go to:

http://www.fivecolleges.edu/academic_programs/academprog_fellowship_app.html

The application for the FY 2011 Fulbright-Hays competition was made available on September 17 and is posted on the ED website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/applicant.html

Please note that because Fulbright-Hays awards are granted to students through their educational institutions, all applications must be vetted by The Graduate Center’s Student Affairs office prior to being submitted electronically to the Department of Education. To allow for proper review and vetting of applications prior to the transmittal deadline of November 2, The Graduate Center’s new internal deadline will be Wednesday, October 13, 2010—one week earlier than as previously announced.

Any further updates about the Fulbright-Hays DDRA program at The Graduate Center will be posted on this webpage: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/current_students/fulbright.htm .

If you have any questions or concerns about the application process, kindly contact institutional application liaison Fiona Lee in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at flee@gc.cuny.edu or 212-817-7403. Please do not contact U. S. Department of Education personnel directly.

The competition is open to full-time students in one of the doctoral programs at The Graduate Center whose research interests focus upon Latinos.

Applicants should possess sophisticated knowledge of Excel and quantitative research skills (SPSS/SAS/etc.).

Students who wish to discuss possible topics prior to submission of a formal application should contact the Center.

Interested students should submit a one-page application including:

* Name
* E-mail address
* Address
* Phone number
* Doctoral program and field of study
* One (1) copy of Graduate Center transcript (a student copy is acceptable)
* An essay no longer than two pages which describes a projected research project on the Latino population of the New York metropolitan area

Completed applications are due October 2, 2010 by 5:00PM at:

The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
The Graduate Center
The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 5419
New York, New York 10016-4309

Applicants may submit applications by hand or electronically to cbarrera-tobon@gc.cuny.edu. For additional information please contact CLACLS at 212-817-8466 or at cbarrera-tobon@gc.cuny.edu.