Multidisciplinary

All-Ink.com. Scholarship. All-Ink.com is committed to helping students pursue their goal of a higher education. All-Ink.com is offering scholarships to qualified students who are enrolled or planning to participate in an accredited college or university program during the spring 2007 or fall 2007 term or full-year 2007-2008 school year. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: December 31, 2006.

American Association of University Women Educational Foundation. Fellowships. American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. There are no restrictions on the location, field of study, or age of the applicant. Candidates may apply for only one of the following awards: postdoctoral fellowship, dissertation fellowship, or summer/research publication grant. Awards vary. Deadlines vary across programs.

American Association of University Women (AAUW); Educational Foundation; Fellowships and Grants. Career Development Grants. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation offers Career Development Grants to provide assistance to women who, through additional higher education, technical training, or participation in professional development institutes, are making career changes, seeking to advance in current careers, or re-entering the workforce. Special consideration is given to qualified AAUW members, women of color, and women pursuing credentials in nontraditional fields. Grants provide support for coursework toward degree programs below the Ph.D. level or specialized training in technical or professional fields.
The following criteria apply to the selection of Career Development Grants: 1. Demonstrated commitment to education and equity for women and girls; 2. Reason for seeking higher education or technical training; 3. Degree to which study plan is consistent with career objectives; 4. Potential for success in chosen field; 5. Documentation of opportunities in chosen field; 6. Feasibility of study plans and proposed time schedule; 7. Validity of proposed budget and budget narrative, including sufficient outside support; 8. Quality of written proposal Amount: $2,000. Upper Amount: $8,000. Deadline: December 15, 2006.

American Association of University Women (AAUW); Educational Foundation; Fellowships and Grants; Selected Professions Fellowships. Engineering Dissertation Fellowships. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation offers the Selected Professions Engineering Dissertation Fellowships for the writing of the dissertation in engineering to American women who have achieved or show promise of achieving distinction in their scholarly work. Fellowships are available for all disciplines within the field of engineering. It is expected that the fellowships will be used for the final year of the writing of the dissertation and that the doctoral degree will be received at the end of the fellowship year. The fellow is expected to devote full time to the writing of her dissertation during the fellowship year. This fellowship is not intended to fund field research. Amount: $20,000. Deadline: December 15, 2006.

American Association of University Women (AAUW); Educational Foundation; Fellowships and Grants; Selected Professions Fellowships. Focus Professions Group Fellowships. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation awards Focus Professions Group Fellowships to American women who have achieved high standards of academic excellence, show promise of distinction in their respective fields, and are from ethnic minority groups historically underrepresented within the United States in these designated disciplines, which are eligible for fellowship funding: business administration (M.B.A., E.M.B.A.), law (J.D.), and medicine (M.D., D.O.). The fellow is expected to pursue a full-time course of study during the fellowship year. Amount: $5,000. Upper Amount: $12,000. Deadline: January 10, 2007.

American Association of University Women (AAUW); Educational Foundation; Fellowships and Grants; Selected Professions Fellowships. Science and Technology Group Fellowships. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation awards Science and Technology Group Fellowships to female American graduate students who have achieved high standards of academic excellence and show promise of distinction in their respective fields, with preference given to degree candidates who are required or planning to complete a research-oriented master's thesis. The fellow is expected to pursue a full-time course of study during the fellowship year. These disciplines are eligible for fellowship funding: 1. Architecture (M.Arch., M.A.); 2. Computer/Information Science (M.S.); 3. Engineering (M.E., M.S.); 4. Mathematics/Statistics (M.S.) Amount: $5,000. Upper Amount: $12,000. Deadline: January 10, 2007.

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Southeast European Studies Program. Language Grants to Individuals for Summer Study. Pending confirmation of funding, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) will offer grants for intensive summer study of Albanian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Romanian. These awards are intended primarily for people who will use these languages in academic research or teaching. Applicants may request support for elementary, intermediate, or advanced language study, or for attendance at advanced-mastery language courses sponsored by ACLS. Upper Amount: $2,500. Deadline: January 16, 2007.

American Philosophical Society (APS). Phillips Fund Grants for North Native American Research. The Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society (APS) provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada. Grants are not made for projects in archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics, or for the preparation of pedagogical materials. The committee distinguishes ethnohistory from contemporary ethnography as the study of cultures and culture change through time. Upper Amount: $3,000. Deadline: March 01, 2007.

American Political Science Association (APSA). Minority Fellows Program. The American Political Science Association (APSA) Minority Fellows Program, which was established in 1969 as an effort to increase the number of minority scholars in the discipline, has designated more than 300 fellows and contributed to the successful completion of doctoral political science programs for over 70 individuals. This year, the association has refocused and increased its efforts to assist minority students in completing their doctorates by concentrating not only on the recruitment of minorities, but also on the retention of these groups within the profession. Awards are based on students' undergraduate course work, GPA, extracurricular activities, GRE scores, and recommendations from faculty. Amount: $4,000. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: October 25, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

City University of New York (CUNY); Graduate School and University Center; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS). Joan Heller-Diane Bernard Fellowship in Lesbian and Gay Studies. This fellowship supports research by a junior scholar (graduate student, untenured university professor or independent researcher) or senior scholar (tenured university professor or advanced independent scholar) into the impact of lesbians or gay men on United States society and culture. Amount: $5,000. Upper Amount: $2,500. Deadline: November 15, 2006; March 15, 2007; July 21, 2008; November 21, 2008.

George Mason University; Institute for Humane Studies (IHS). Hayek Fund for Scholars. The Hayek Fund for Scholars makes strategic awards to graduate students and untenured faculty members for career-enhancing activities such as - presentations at academic or professional conferences; - travel to academic job interviews (on campus or at professional or academic conferences); - travel to and research at archives or libraries; - participation in career development or enhancing seminars; - distribution of a published article to colleagues in his or her field; and - submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book publishers. Upper Amount: $1,000. Deadline: Continuous.

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Grants for German Studies. German Studies Research Grant. This small grant program is designed to promote study of cultural, political, historical, economic, and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an inter- and multi-disciplinary perspective and offers department or program chairs the opportunity to nominate highly qualified candidates to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Amount: $1,500; Upper Amount: $2,500. Deadline: November 01, 2006; May 01, 2007.

Institute of International Education (IIE); Institute of International Education (IIE) - United States; National Security Education Program (NSEP). David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships. The National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to United States interests (including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East). NSEP areas of focus include the following:
1. U.S. National Security Focus
NSEP focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to United States national security. It draws on a broad definition of national security applied by the President in his annual National Security Strategy, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development; environmental degradation; global disease and hunger; population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness.
2. International Focus
NSEP Boren Fellowships are intended to provide or add to the international component of U.S. graduate students' educations. NSEP Boren Fellowships provides support for overseas study, domestic study, or a combination of both. Although study outside the United States is not required, successful applications generally include a significant overseas component.
3. Language Study
Study of a foreign language appropriate to the identified country or region must be an integral part of each application. The language component must incorporate opportunities to develop, maintain, or advance proficiency in a language, including instruction and application inside and outside the classroom setting. Amount: $2,000. Upper Amount: $30,000. Deadline: January 30, 2007; May 01, 2007.

National Academies; National Research Council (NRC) - USA. Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program. The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program of the National Academies is designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government. As a result, students develop essential skills different from those attained in academia and make the transition from being a graduate student to a professional. During the program, interns engage in studies and activities throughout the National Academies. Some examples of projects interns conducted include developing an outline of themes of leading research in remote sensing applications, a workshop on how scientists in developing countries can take better advantage of the new wireless communication networks to gain access to the Internet, a background paper on the current state of knowledge about the demography of street-children, and on what is known about the cost and effectiveness of existing programs to help street-children and orphans in the United States and abroad. Each intern is assigned to a senior staff member who acts as his or her mentor. The mentor provides guidance and ensures that the intern's time is focused on substantive work and activities. Upper Amount: $6,300. Deadline: November 01, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

National Academies; National Research Council (NRC) - USA. Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities. Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. This year the program will award approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships. The predoctoral fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. Predoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies on behalf of the Ford Foundation. Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs that include the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women's studies. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice. Amount: $1,000. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; November 16, 2006.

National Science Foundation. Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants. Funds may be used for valid research expenses, which include, but are not limited to, conducting field research in settings away from campus that would not otherwise be possible, data collection and sample survey costs, payments to subjects or informants, specialized research equipment, analysis and services not otherwise available, supplies, travel to archives, travel to specialized collections and facilities or field research locations, and partial living expenses for conducting necessary research away from the student's university. Deadlines vary across programs.

Russell Sage Foundation. Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics. Behavioral approaches will be construed broadly to include any research that explores the economic implications of the psychological principles underlying observable human behavior. Continuous deadlines.

United States Department of Defense (DOD); Department of the Army; U.S. Army Center of Military History. Dissertation Fellowship in Military History. To encourage and support the production of dissertations in military history by qualified graduate students, the center offers up to four dissertation fellowships each academic year. These fellowships also allow access to the center's facilities and technical expertise. Although the history of war on land is broadly defined in the fellowship program, the selection of winners gives preference to topics on the history of the U.S. Army. Amount: $9,000. Upper Amount: $30,000. Deadline: January 30, 2007; May 01, 2007.

Watson Foundation, Thomas J. Fellowship Program. The purpose is to give college graduates of unusual promise the freedom to engage in a year of independent study and travel abroad following their graduation. Deadline: Varies.

Agriculture

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Abel Wolman Fellowship. The Abel Wolman Fellowship is designed to support promising students in the United States, Canada, and Mexico pursuing advanced training and research in the field of water supply and treatment. To accomplish this objective, a doctoral fellowship providing up to two years of support will be awarded annually to the most outstanding student. A selection committee from the American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) University Student Activities Committee will select the fellowship recipient based on the quality of the applicant's academic record, the significance of the proposed research to water supply and treatment, and the applicant's potential to do high quality research. Amount: $4,000. Upper Amount: $40,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Academic Achievement Awards. The American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) Academic Achievement Award encourages academic excellence by recognizing contributions made by students and academicians in the field of public water supply. All master's theses and doctoral dissertations that are relevant to the water supply industry are eligible. Manuscripts must reflect the work of a single author and be submitted during the competition year in which the manuscript is submitted for degree. Entries are evaluated on the basis of originality, practical application, value to the water supply field, potential value as a reference, and overall clarity. Amount: $1,500. Upper Amount: $3,000. Deadline: October 02, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Larson Aquatic Research Support (LARS) Scholarships. The American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) Larson Aquatic Research Support (LARS) scholarships provide support and encouragement to outstanding graduate students preparing for careers in the scientific or engineering fields, including corrosion control, treatment and distribution of domestic and industrial water supplies, aquatic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and environmental chemistry. Amount: $5,000. Upper Amount: $7,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Thomas R. Camp Scholarship. The Thomas R. Camp Scholarship is intended to support and encourage outstanding graduate students conducting applied research in the drinking water field. A selection committee from the American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) University Student Activities Committee, and Camp Dresser and McKee Inc., the international environmental consulting firm, will select the based on the excellence of his or her academic record and potential to provide leadership in applied research in the drinking water field. Amount: $5,000. Upper Amount: $7,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Bat Conservation International, Inc. (BCI). Student Scholarship Program. Each year, Bat Conservation International (BCI) sponsors graduate students in conducting conservation-relevant research. Lack of knowledge about bat ecology and behavior is one of the greatest impediments to bat conservation progress. The goal of this program is to support exceptionally talented students in research initiatives that will contribute new knowledge essential to conserving bats and the ecosystems they serve. All BCI scholarship recipients must be conducting research that specifically addresses at least one of BCI's specified areas of need by (1) answering ecological or behavioral questions essential to conservation or management; (2) resolving an economic problem which will further conservation tolerance; (3) documenting key ecological or economic roles of bats; or (4) educating people who are directly relevant to conservation success.
Only those proposals that are complete and clearly address conservation needs will be reviewed. Reviewers will numerically rank all conservation-relevant proposals, and those receiving the highest scores will be funded. Amount: $1,000. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: December 15, 2006.

BirdLife International; BP Conservation Programme. Conservation Leadership Award. The BP Conservation Programme aims to contribute to long-term environmental conservation and sustainable development in priority areas by encouraging and engaging potential leaders in biodiversity conservation, and providing opportunities for them to gain practical skills and experience. The programme offers continuation funding in the form of Conservation Follow-Up and Conservation Leadership Awards.
The idea of the Conservation Leadership Award is to enable teams that have been supported in the past to consolidate (or connect together) their previous project successes by creating something longer-term, which is more practical and conservation oriented than research oriented. These awards aim to provide more substantial resources to first-rate innovative and original projects that build long-term capacity for conservation in the project area, whilst offering the team invaluable developmental experience. Upper Amount: $50,000. Deadline: November 24, 2006.

BirdLife International; BP Conservation Programme. Conservation Follow-Up Award. The BP Conservation Programme aims to contribute to long-term environmental conservation and sustainable development in priority areas by encouraging and engaging potential leaders in biodiversity conservation, and providing opportunities for them to gain practical skills and experience. The programme offers continuation funding in the form of Conservation Follow-Up and Conservation Leadership Awards.
Conservation Follow-Up Awards are aimed at exceptional teams with individuals who want to address a conservation issue raised by recommendations in a project previously supported by the programme. The project should allow team members to go beyond basic surveying, analysis, and awareness-raising, and develop their networking, decision-making, policy, communications, and conservation leadership skills and experience. Upper Amount: $25,000. Deadline: November 24, 2006.

Garden Club of America. Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship. The Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship was created promote the conservation of rare and endangered flora in the United States through the programs of the Center for Plant Conservation headquartered at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The research grant enables a student in biology, horticulture, or a related field to conduct field research. Preference is given to students whose projects focus on the endangered flora of the Carolinas and the southeastern United States. Upper Amount: $4,000. Deadline: December 31, 2006.

Garden Club of America. Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design. The Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design was established to further the study of history and design in the American garden. It is intended, also, to look to the future of gardens and their unique place in our environment. The art of the garden increases in importance today with the growing restraints on all open spaces. Project study would have wide scope. This unique award provides a fellowship to a graduate student for study and research at an institution in the United States. Amount: $4,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007.

Garden Club of America. Fellowship in Ecological Restoration. The Fellowship in Ecological Restoration supports specialized graduate study and research in ecological restoration, the active healing of the land, at an accredited university in the United States. The goal of this fellowship is to support research that will advance knowledge and increase the numbers of scientists in this important field. The proposed study should conform to the Society of Ecological Restorations definition of ecological restoration: "The process of assisting the recovery and management of ecological integrity which includes a critical range of variability in biodiversity, ecological processes and structures, regional and historical context, and sustainable cultural practices." Amount: $8,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007.

Garden Club of America. Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat. The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat grants financial aid to advanced students to study areas in the United States that provide winter or summer habitat for threatened and endangered native birds. Awarded in cooperation with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the scholarship offers scholars the opportunity to pursue habitat-related issues that will benefit bird species and lend useful information for land management decisions. Amount: $4,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007.

Garden Club of America. Interchange Fellowship and Martin McLaren Scholarship in Horticuture and Landscape Design. The Interchange Fellowship and Martin McLaren Scholarship foster British-American relations through the interchange of scholars in horticulture, botany, landscape architecture, and environmental studies. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

Garden Club of America. Internship in Garden History and Design. The Internship in Garden History and Design was established to encourage the study of garden history and design, and if possible, aid in the cataloguing of the Garden Club of America slides in the Archives of American Gardens at the Smithsonian Institution. Preference is given to an undergraduate or graduate student wishing to work and pursue independent research at the archives, but is available to a student at any facility approved by the scholarship committee providing adequate supervision and structure. Students with courses in horticulture, ornamental horticulture, landscape design and related fields are best suited. Interns working in the Archives of American Gardens will gain experience in the following: 1. Collections registration; 2. Cataloging and description; 3. Research; 4. Development of finding aids; 5. Inventory; 6. Basic preservation practices. Projects focus on - organizing and processing photographic materials; - keeping archival records; - locating and verifying data for research or exhibition purposes; - cataloging images and describing their content according to recognized standards; - image digitization; - computer automation of the records collection; and - preparing reports. Amount: $2,000. Upper Amount: $6,720. Deadline: January 15, 2007.

Garden Club of America. Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship in Tropical Ornamental Horticulture. The Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship in Tropical Ornamental Horticulture fosters the study of tropical ornamental plants and their use in horticulture and landscape architecture. It affords a graduate student, or advanced undergraduate, an opportunity to study at a leading foreign institution that specializes in the field of tropical plants. Amount: $2,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007.

Garden Club of America. Scholarships. Educational scholarships and fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students in botany, landscape architecture, conservation and horticulture. Deadline varies.

National Wildlife Federation (NWF). Internships. Offering an internship program for college graduates and in some cases, undergraduate students, with an interest and knowledge of environmental issues. Each intern is given a responsible role and becomes an essential part of NWF's conservation and education efforts. All interns must be prepared to support and advocate NWF's mission and policy positions. Deadlines vary.

United States Department of Commerce (DOC); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Ocean Service (NOS). National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRF). The Estuarine Reserves Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration (NOAA) is soliciting applications for graduate fellowship funding within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. The Estuarine Reserves Division anticipates that 31 Graduate Research Fellowships will be competitively awarded to qualified graduate students whose research occurs within the boundaries of at least one reserve.
This program is designed to fund high quality research focused on enhancing coastal zone management while providing students with an opportunity to contribute to the research or monitoring program at a particular reserve site. Students are required to work with the research coordinator or reserve manager to develop a plan to participate in the research or monitoring program for up to 15 hours per week.
Research projects must address one of the following scientific areas of support: non-point source pollution, biodiversity, invasive species, habitat restoration, sustaining resources in estuarine ecosystems, and socioeconomic research applicable to estuarine ecosystem management. Amount: $20,000. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: November 01, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Center for Environmental Research (NCER); Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program Grants. Fall 2007 EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), invites pre-applications for the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for graduate environmental study for master's and doctoral level students. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is November 28, 2006. The Agency plans to award approximately 65 new fellowships by July 20, 2007. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years, usable over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support per fellowship. This amount covers a monthly stipend of $1,667 for up to 12 months totaling $20,000 for the year, $5,000 for authorized expenses, and up to $12,000 for tuition and fees. These fellowships are intended to help defray costs associated with advanced, environmentally oriented study leading to a master's or doctoral degree.
The STAR fellowship program was initiated in 1995. Approximately 1,200 STAR fellowships have been awarded since the inception of the program. The purpose of the fellowship program is to encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in an environmental field.
This RFA solicits pre-applications from students performing research in a variety of environmentally-related research areas.
Applicants must attend a fully accredited U.S. college or university (located in the U.S. or its territories). Individuals must be citizens of the United States or its territories or possessions, or be lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Resident aliens must include their green card number in their pre-application. To be eligible for this Fellowship opportunity an applicant must have his/her green card at the time of application. Upper Amount: $37,000. Deadline: November 28, 2006.

Arts & Humanities

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program. Dissertation Completion Fellowships. Through funding support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is launching the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program, a new fellowship program providing support for young scholars. The program will award Dissertation Completion Fellowships to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. This program aims to encourage timely completion of the Ph.D. Upper Amount: $33,000. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Southeast European Studies Program. Dissertation Fellowships in Southeast European Studies. Pending confirmation of funding, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) will offer support for writing dissertations in Southeast European studies in all disciplines of the humanities and the social sciences. Applications should be for work on Southeast Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo). Applicants may propose comparative work considering more than one country of Southeastern Europe or relating Southeast European societies to those of other parts of the world. Upper Amount: $17,000. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Student Design Award Competition. The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) invites ASID student members to enter the third annual ASID Student Design Award Competition. Entrants are to design a totally barrier-free facility for special needs campers (for example, visually impaired) that will contain a nurses' station, restrooms, storage area, stage with prop room, and an open activity area with removable tables and chairs. Entrants are also to design a totally barrier-free second floor that will encompass an 1,100 square foot private residence, an executive office, and an executive conference room. Amount: $1,500. Deadline: January 05, 2007.

Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA); AFCEA Educational Foundation; Scholarships. Computer Graphic Design Scholarships. The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Educational Foundation will award Computer Graphic Design Scholarships to full-time students working toward an undergraduate or graduate degree in computer graphic design and related fields. Recipients will be chosen primarily on the basis of a competition of single-sample digital artwork. Subject matter of artwork will impact the selection process.
One sample of digital graphic artwork for intranets or internets, in particular web-based graphics, must be submitted per applicant in one of two categories: (1) Single Static Image or (2) Graphic Image intended for interactive use at a website. Images must be in .JPEG, .GIF or .TIF format. Artistic creativity is important, as well as mastery of web technology (if appropriate). Submission of digital artwork must include text of at least 100-200 words describing the image submitted, how it was created, and for what specific intent or purpose it represents. The text must provide details, including programs used in creating the image, personal design techniques, and possible production values. If the image is part of a website, the applicant must provide the URL, if applicable, and indicate which image is being submitted - only one image will be accepted for consideration. Amount: $2,000. Upper Amount: $1,000. Deadline: October 15, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLISNA). Gerd Muehsam Award. Sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), the Gerd Muehsam Award is given annually to recognize excellence in a graduate paper or project on a topic relevant to art librarianship. The paper or project must have been created or written during the preceding 18 months, and must have been written in conjunction with a course assignment. Papers and projects will be judged based on their relevance to art librarianship or visual curatorship, depth of research and scholarship, appropriate use of terminology, style and readability, and originality of thought or observation. Amount: $500. Deadline: November 17, 2006.

Bibliographical Society of America (BSA). Fellowship Program. The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) invites applications for its annual short-term fellowship program, which supports bibliographical inquiry as well as research in the history of the book trades and in publishing history. Eligible topics may concentrate on books and documents in any field, but should focus on the book or manuscript (the physical object) as historical evidence. Such topics may include establishing a text or studying the history of book production, publication, distribution, collecting, or reading. Enumerative listings do not fall within the scope of this program. Amount: $14,000. Upper Amount: $4,000. Deadline: December 01, 2006; May 01, 2007.

British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA). John Dryden Translation Competition. The British Comparative Literature Association and the British Centre for Literary Translation (University of East Anglia) are pleased to announce their continued joint sponsorship of a translation competition for 2007. Prizes will be awarded for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English. Literary translation includes poetry, prose, or drama, from any period. Amount: $50,000. Upper Amount: $35,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; February 12, 2007.

Claremont Graduate University. Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Established in 1993, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award is presented for a first or very early work by a poet of genuine promise. Poets must agree at the outset to grant permission to reproduce portions of the work honored in publicizing the award, and attend the awards presentation. Amount: $10,000. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: September 15, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Awards. Applicants must have started or completed art school training or must demonstrate, through past work and future plans, a commitment to making art a lifetime career. Awards are limited to the areas of painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. For more information email egreen@total.net.Deadline: Continuous.

Fish Publishing. Fish International Short Story Prize. The prize was set up to enable new and exciting writers to be published in book format. It has proved to be an effective launch pad for the literary careers of a number of participants.Fish Publishing's Short Story Prize was set up to enable new and exciting writers to be published in book format. Winning the prize proved to be an effective launch pad for the literary careers of a number of participants.There is no restriction on theme or style but stories may be no more than 5,000 words in length. Fish Publishing prefers entries submitted on-line, and these must be in HTML format. Stories must be written in English. Stories entered by post must be submitted with a 12-point (minimum) font with 1.5 spacing (minimum), printed on one side of the paper only. Deadline: November 30, 2006.

George Mason University; Institute for Humane Studies (IHS). Felix Morley Journalism Competition. In honor of the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Felix Morley, the Institute for Humane Studies will award cash prizes to outstanding young writers whose work best demonstrates and communicates an appreciation of classical liberal principles. A distinguished panel of reporters, writers, and editors will judge submissions based on writing ability, potential to succeed in journalism, and an appreciation of liberty. Upper Amount: $2,500. Deadline: December 01, 2006.

Inter American Press Association (IAPA). Scholarships. The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) was established in 1942 to defend and promote the right of the peoples of the Americas to be fully and freely informed through an independent press. This right is basic to the survival of a free society and individual liberty. At the same time the IAPA recognized that an independent press, fundamental as it is, could not be the sole objective. Needed also was perceptive reporting that would contribute to better understanding among the countries of the Western Hemisphere. It was for this reason that in 1954 the IAPA established a scholarship fund for young journalists and journalism school graduates. Under this program, U.S. and Canadian scholars spend an academic year studying and reporting in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Latin American and Caribbean scholars spend an academic year studying at a recognized U.S. or Canadian journalism school. Amount: $20,000. Deadline: December 31, 2006.

National Gallery of Art. Fellowships. Various fellowships offered.Deadline: Varies.

Organization of American Historians (OAH). Huggins-Quarles Award. The Organization of American Historians (OAH) sponsors or co-sponsors awards, prizes, fellowships, and grants given in recognition of scholarly and professional achievements in the field of American history. Applicants must be minority graduate students at the dissertation stage of their doctorate. Amount: $1,000; Upper Amount: $2,000. Deadline: December 01, 2006.

School of American Research; Indian Arts Research Center. Dobkin Fellowship. The Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native American Artist Fellowship is offered annually by the Indian Arts Research Center at the School of American Research to encourage the work of Native American women artists. The mission of the Dobkin Fellowship is to support a female artist who desires to realize creative goals in growth, enhancement, excellence, and continued achievement. Broadly conceived, the fellowship encourages the distinctive, living artistic traditions of southwestern Native people. Through the personal expression of her art, the recipient has an opportunity to share her experience and to foster a greater cultural understanding with all people. Using the school's Native American art collection, she can learn more about her own community's arts and become engaged in a project where the spirit of learning, discovery, and passion are transformed into the art she shares with the world. The award is offered in the winter to an individual who excels in the visual, verbal, or performing arts. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

School Food Service Foundation. Scholarships. Offering three different scholarships and two research grants to graduate and undergraduate students interested in pursuing a career in foodservice. Awards and deadlines vary.

Singer Millennium Prize Foundation, Daniel. Daniel Singer Prize. The foundation seeks to stimulate thinking about ways the people of the world, at the beginning of the new millennium, can take control of their own destinies to move societies to a next and higher stage of development. The Daniel Singer Prize is awarded for an original essay of not more than 5,000 words that advances those objectives and also explores and expands Daniel Singer's legacy.
The winner will be invited to deliver a public lecture based on the essay. Amount: $5,000. Deadline: August 31, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Social Science Research Council. Fellowships. Various programs provide pre-dissertation and dissertation fellowships in social sciences and humanities in the U.S. and abroad. Deadlines and awards vary.

Sphinx Organization. Sphinx Competition. The Sphinx Competition offers young Black and Latino classical string players a chance to compete under the guidance of an internationally renowned panel of judges and to perform with established professional musicians in a competition setting. Its primary goals are to encourage, develop and recognize classical music talent in the Black and Latino communities.
Instrumental categories are Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

United States Department of Defense (DOD); Department of the Army; U.S. Army Center of Military History. Dissertation Fellowship in Military History. To encourage and support the production of dissertations in military history by qualified graduate students, the center offers up to four dissertation fellowships each academic year. These fellowships also allow access to the center's facilities and technical expertise. Although the history of war on land is broadly defined in the fellowship program, the selection of winners gives preference to topics on the history of the U.S. Army. Amount: $9,000. Upper Amount: $30,000. Deadline: January 30, 2007; May 01, 2007.

Williams College; John William Miller Fellowship Fund. John William Miller Essay Prize. The essay prize is offered for superior essays published in recognized journals on some aspect of John William Miller's work.
John William Miller, Mark Hopkins Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, taught at Williams College from 1924 to 1960. Miller's work ranges from aesthetics to the philosophy of history and centers on his concept of the "functioning object" - an original and provocative response to post-Cartesian dualism and skepticism. Amount: $1,000. Deadline: Continuous.

Yale University; Yale Center for British Art; Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art - U.K. Postdoctoral Fellowships. In order to support scholarship in the field of British art and architectural history and to disseminate knowledge through publications, exhibitions and education, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art offers a variety of grants and fellowships. Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered to enable the fellow to transform doctoral research in the field of British art or architecture into publishable form, such as a book, series of articles, or exhibition catalogue, or to support new research arising out of a successfully submitted doctoral dissertation where that research may readily lead to publication. Amount: $2,000. Upper Amount: $7,200. Deadline: August 11, 2006; January 15, 2007.

Yale University; Yale University Press. Yale Series of Younger Poets. Each year, Yale University Press seeks one book-length poetry manuscript to be published in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. All poems must be original - translations are not accepted. Manuscripts submitted in previous years may be resubmitted. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

University of London; School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Endangered Languages Documentation Programme. Individual Graduate Studentship. The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) offers research grants to support documentation of the world's endangered languages in collaboration with language communities. ELDP aims to preserve the diversity of human languages by supporting documentation of as many languages as possible, together with their social and cultural contexts, by: - encouraging fieldwork on endangered languages, especially by younger scholars skilled in language documentation; and - fostering the creation and preservation of a body of language resources for use by the linguistic and other social sciences, and language communities.
Applications for grants are assessed for their intellectual quality, the degree of language endangerment, the urgency of the issues they raise, their relation to a language's social and cultural contexts, and their prospects for raising levels of knowledge of the language and expertise in field linguistics, including among members of the language community. Individual Graduate Studentship applications will be invited from individuals seeking their own support costs.
Another contact is Jean Tullett, Research Grants Officer; +44 (0) 20 7898 4703; jt26@soas.ac.uk. Deadline: January 09, 2007.

William Morris Society; William Morris Society in the United States. Fellowships. Since 1996, the William Morris Society in the United States has offered an annual fellowship to support research and study on topics related to William Morris. In 2004, the fellowship was named in honor of the U. S. society's departed founder, Joe Dunlap. The Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship supports scholarly, creative, and translation projects about William Morris and his designs, writings, and other work. An award is granted to individuals for research and other expenses, including travel to conferences. Projects may deal with any subject, such as biographical, literary, historical, social, artistic, political, or typographical, relating to Morris, and may be scholarly or creative in nature. Upper Amount: $1,000. Deadline: December 15, 2006.

Business

National Academy of Social Insurance; Leadership Development Programs. John Heinz Dissertation Award. The John Heinz Dissertation Award is one of several activities designed to attract talented individuals to the field of social insurance and encourage the development of new administrators, scholars, and other professionals. Any dissertation addressing topics relevant to the planning and implementation of social insurance policy is eligible for nomination. This might include analysis of long-term care financing, the labor market effects of Social Security, cross-national comparisons, and family social insurance protections. Nominations are encouraged from many disciplines and professions including, but not limited to, actuarial science, economics, health policy, history, philosophy, political science, social work, and sociology. The fifteenth annual award will be given to the best doctoral dissertation in the social insurance field completed between January 01, 2005, and August 01, 2006. Amount: $1,000. Deadline: September 01, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

National Black MBA Association, Inc. (NBMBAA). National Undergraduate Scholarship Program. Each year the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) provides scholarships to qualified minority undergraduates. One scholarship will be awarded by each of the NBMBAA local chapters. Amount: $1,000. Varies. The undergraduate scholarships are administered by the NBMBAA local chapters. Contact information on the local chapters can be found at http://www.nbmbaa.org/chapterwebsites/Default.htm.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - NSF 06-586. The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers postdoctoral research fellowships in selected areas to provide opportunities for recent doctoral scientists to obtain additional training, to gain research experience under the sponsorship of established scientists, and to broaden their scientific horizons beyond their research experiences during their undergraduate or graduate training. Postdoctoral fellowships are further designed to assist new scientists to direct their research efforts across traditional disciplinary lines and to avail themselves of unique research resources, sites, and facilities, including foreign locations. The Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO) and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) of the NSF jointly sponsor this program of Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities. The term "minority" as used in this announcement refers to those ethnic groups that are significantly underrepresented at advanced levels of science and engineering in the United States, i.e., Native Americans (including American Indians and Alaskan Natives), African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Pacific Islanders. Amount: $41,500. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: November 06, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

United States Department of Defense (DOD). Personnel Security Thesis, Dissertation, and Institutional Research Awards. The Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) research mission is to provide continuous research in forensic psychophysiology and credibility assessment (CA) methods. In June 1993, the Joint Security Commission (JSC) was formed to address security concerns, specifically within the intelligence community and the defense community. In February 1994, the JSC published its report that contained several security recommendations specifically relating to polygraph. One of the recommendations adopted was that DoDPI: be the executive agent for a robust, interagency-coordinated and centrally funded research program concentrating on developing valid and reliable security and applicant screening tests; investigate countermeasures; and conduct developmental research on psycho physiological detection of deception (PDD) techniques, instrumentation, and analytical methods. In January 1999, DoDPI began an effort to broaden its presence in the scientific and academic communities in response to the need for more advanced technical expertise to fulfill DoDPI's research mission. The Personnel Security Thesis, Dissertation, and Institutional Research Awards Program seeks to give the DoDPI a research workforce that is competitive with the best minds from the complex cerebral worlds of academia, and the emerging technologies. Upper Amount: $300,000. Deadline: Continuous, through 4:00 P.M. MST, September 30, 2010.

Education

Institute of International Education (IIE); Institute of International Education (IIE) - United States; USIA Fulbright Program; Student Program. Fulbright Comprehensive (Full) Grants. These grants generally provide round-trip transportation; book and research allowances; maintenance for the academic year, based on living costs in the host country; supplemental health and accident insurance; tuition, in some cases; and language or orientation courses, where appropriate. These grants do not provide more than a minimal allowance for books and research. Grantees with projects that require extensive research, support, materials, or equipment must obtain funding from other sources for this purpose. Amount: $41,500. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: October 20, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

International Technology Education Association (ITEA); Special Recognition Nominations. Donald Maley Spirit of Excellence Award. The Foundation for Technology Education proudly supports the Donald Maley Spirit of Excellence Outstanding Graduate Student Citation. The citation, which is named for Dr. Donald Maley, one of the profession's "Distinguished Fellows" and a founder of the Foundation for Technology Education, recognizes excellence in graduate level scholarship and leadership potential.Each Institutional Member may choose one outstanding graduate student from their program to be recognized at the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) annual conference. The recognition ceremony is a feature of the Foundation for Technology Education Maley Spirit of Excellence Breakfast. Amount: $100. Deadline: December 01, 2006.

International Technology Education Association (ITEA); Foundation for Technology Education (FTE). Maley/FTE Scholarship. The Foundation for Technology Education (FTE) proudly announces the Maley/FTE Technology Teacher Scholarship in honor of Dr. Donald Maley. Its purpose is to support teachers in their preparation to increase the positive outcomes of technology education. Amount: $1,000. Deadline: December 01, 2006.

National Science Foundation. Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research - SBE. Awards available to allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field and archival research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. May also be used for valid research expenses, data collection and sample survey costs, payments to subjects or informants, specialized research equipment, analysis and services not otherwise available, supplies, travel to specialized collections and facilities or field research locations, and partial living expenses. Deadline: Varies by program

Singer Millennium Prize Foundation, Daniel. Daniel Singer Prize. The foundation seeks to stimulate thinking about ways the people of the world, at the beginning of the new millennium, can take control of their own destinies to move societies to a next and higher stage of development. The Daniel Singer Prize is awarded for an original essay of not more than 5,000 words that advances those objectives and also explores and expands Daniel Singer's legacy.
The winner will be invited to deliver a public lecture based on the essay. Amount: $5,000. Deadline: August 31, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Engineering & Sciences

American Astronomical Society (AAS). Astronomy Achievement Student Awards. The Astronomy Achievement Student Awards are given to recognize exemplary research by undergraduate and graduate students who present at one of the poster sessions at the meetings of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).The AAS is a member of the American Institute of Physics (AIP).

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA); Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN). Graduate Student Awards (Graduate Student Research Fellowship Awards). The American Gastroenterological Association's (AGA's) Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN) offers Graduate Student Awards, also called Graduate Student Research Fellowship Awards, to fund graduate students undertaking Ph.D. research in the biology and epidemiology of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, or pancreas. Recipients will be selected based on scientific merit, credentials, and long-term potential of the applicants for a research career. Amount: $40,000. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: March 14, 2007.

American Museum of Natural History. Awards. Modest short term awards are offered to advance graduate students who are commencing their careers in the fields of zoology, paleontology, anthropology, astrophysics and earth and planetary sciences. Deadlines vary.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH). Raney Fund Award. The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) solicits applications for grants to be awarded from the Edward C. and Charlotte F. Raney Fund for Ichthyology. Raney Fund Awards provide support for young ichthyologists for museums or laboratory study, travel, fieldwork, or any other activity that will effectively enhance their professional careers and their contributions to the science of ichthyology. Awards will be given on the basis of both merit and need. Amount: $400. Upper Amount: $1,000. Deadline: March 01, 2007.

American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP). Experimental Pathologist-In-Training Award (EPIT). The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) presents the Experimental Pathologist-In-Training Award (EPIT) to ASIP trainee members who have excelled in their investigative efforts in studying mechanisms of disease, as evidenced by their abstract submission to the ASIP Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2007 in Washington, District of Columbia, an extended research report, and a letter of recommendation attesting to the candidate's role in the work and potential as a biomedical research investigator. Amount: $1,500. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP). Merit Awards. The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) presents the ASIP Merit Awards for the best graduate student abstract and the best postdoctoral fellow or resident abstract submitted to the ASIP Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2007 in Washington, District of Columbia. Amount: $1,200. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Leica Geosystems Internship. The Leica Geosystems Internship is presented by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), with funding provided by Leica Geosystems GIS and Mapping, LLC. The internship provides the award winner with an opportunity to carry out a small research project in photogrammetry and remote sensing of his or her own choice, or to work on an existing Leica Geosystems project as part of a team. The selected intern will work with Leica Geosystems personnel at facilities in San Diego, Denver, Heerbrugg, or elsewhere. Amount: $2,500. Upper Amount: $35,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; December 01, 2006.

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Paul R. Wolf Memorial Scholarship. The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Foundation administers the Paul R. Wolf Memorial Scholarship from funds donated by the friends and colleagues of Paul R. Wolf as a memorial to him. The purpose of the award is to encourage and commend college students who display exceptional interest, desire, ability, and aptitude to enter the profession of teaching surveying, mapping, or photogrammetry. Amount: $500. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; December 01, 2006.

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Robert E. Altenhofen Memorial Scholarship. The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Foundation administers the Robert E. Altenhofen Memorial Scholarship, which is intended to encourage and commend undergraduate and graduate students who display exceptional interest and ability in the theoretical aspects of photogrammetry. Amount: $2,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; December 01, 2006.

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Robert N. Colwell Memorial Fellowship. The Robert N. Colwell Memorial Fellowship is presented by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) through the ASPRS Foundation from funds donated by students, associates, colleagues, and friends of Robert N. Colwell as a memorial to him. The purpose of the award is to encourage and commend college and university graduate students or postdoctoral researchers who display exceptional interest, desire, ability, and aptitude in the field of remote sensing or other related geospatial information technologies, and who have a special interest in developing practical uses of these technologies. Amount: $2,000. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; December 01, 2006.

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Student Travel Grants. The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) selects qualified students to attend the ASPRS Annual Conference with financial support from the ASPRS Foundation. The intent of this program is to increase student exposure to the profession, and to encourage continued student identification with and membership in, ASPRS as their national professional organization. Amount: $500. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; December 01, 2006.

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). William A. Fischer Memorial Scholarship. The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Foundation administers the William A. Fischer Memorial Scholarship, which is intended to facilitate graduate-level studies and career goals directed towards new and innovative uses of remote sensing data and techniques that relate to the natural, cultural, or agricultural resources of the Earth. Amount: $2,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; December 01, 2006.

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Z/I Imaging Scholarship. The purpose of the Z/I Imaging Scholarship is to facilitate graduate-level studies and career goals adjudged to address new and innovative uses of signal processing, image processing techniques, and the application of photogrammetry to real-world techniques within the earthimaging industry. This award is presented by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) with funding provided by a grant from the ASPRS Foundation on behalf of corporate contributions to the Foundation by Z/I Imaging, a technology company that provides innovative solutions to the earth imaging industry. Amount: $2,000. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; December 01, 2006.

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Abel Wolman Fellowship. The Abel Wolman Fellowship is designed to support promising students in the United States, Canada, and Mexico pursuing advanced training and research in the field of water supply and treatment. To accomplish this objective, a doctoral fellowship providing up to two years of support will be awarded annually to the most outstanding student. A selection committee from the American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) University Student Activities Committee will select the fellowship recipient based on the quality of the applicant's academic record, the significance of the proposed research to water supply and treatment, and the applicant's potential to do high quality research. Amount: $4,000. Upper Amount: $40,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Academic Achievement Awards. The American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) Academic Achievement Award encourages academic excellence by recognizing contributions made by students and academicians in the field of public water supply. All master's theses and doctoral dissertations that are relevant to the water supply industry are eligible. Manuscripts must reflect the work of a single author and be submitted during the competition year in which the manuscript is submitted for degree. Entries are evaluated on the basis of originality, practical application, value to the water supply field, potential value as a reference, and overall clarity. Amount: $1,500. Upper Amount: $3,000. Deadline: October 02, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Larson Aquatic Research Support (LARS) Scholarships. The American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) Larson Aquatic Research Support (LARS) scholarships provide support and encouragement to outstanding graduate students preparing for careers in the scientific or engineering fields, including corrosion control, treatment and distribution of domestic and industrial water supplies, aquatic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and environmental chemistry. Amount: $5,000. Upper Amount: $7,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Thomas R. Camp Scholarship. The Thomas R. Camp Scholarship is intended to support and encourage outstanding graduate students conducting applied research in the drinking water field. A selection committee from the American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) University Student Activities Committee, and Camp Dresser and McKee Inc., the international environmental consulting firm, will select the based on the excellence of his or her academic record and potential to provide leadership in applied research in the drinking water field. Amount: $5,000. Upper Amount: $7,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America; AGC Education and Research Foundation. Heffner Scholarships for Graduate Students. The AGC Education and Research Foundation offers Heffner Scholarships for Graduate Students to support students who are pursuing a graduate-level construction management or construction-related engineering degree and plan to pursue a career in the construction industry. Amount: $7,500. Deadline: November 01, 2006.

Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America; AGC Education and Research Foundation. Saul Horowitz, Jr. Memorial Graduate Award. The AGC Education and Research Foundation offers the Saul Horowitz, Jr. Memorial Graduate Award to support a student who is pursuing a graduate-level construction management or construction-related engineering degree and plans to pursue a career in the construction industry. Amount: $7,500. Deadline: November 01, 2006.

Babbage Institute, Charles. Adelle and Erwin Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Processing. The Charles Babbage Institute will award the Adelle and Erwin Tomash Graduate Fellowship to a graduate student for research in the history of computing. The fellowship may be held at the recipient's home academic institution, the Charles Babbage Institute, or any other location where there are appropriate research facilities. Amount: $14,000. Upper Amount: $30,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007; May 01, 2007.

Bat Conservation International, Inc. (BCI). Student Scholarship Program. Each year, Bat Conservation International (BCI) sponsors graduate students in conducting conservation-relevant research. Lack of knowledge about bat ecology and behavior is one of the greatest impediments to bat conservation progress. The goal of this program is to support exceptionally talented students in research initiatives that will contribute new knowledge essential to conserving bats and the ecosystems they serve. All BCI scholarship recipients must be conducting research that specifically addresses at least one of BCI's specified areas of need by (1) answering ecological or behavioral questions essential to conservation or management; (2) resolving an economic problem which will further conservation tolerance; (3) documenting key ecological or economic roles of bats; or (4) educating people who are directly relevant to conservation success. Only those proposals that are complete and clearly address conservation needs will be reviewed. Reviewers will numerically rank all conservation-relevant proposals, and those receiving the highest scores will be funded. Amount: $1,000. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: August 11, 2006; December 15, 2006.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Library of Medicine (NLM). NLM Individual Fellowship for Informationist Training (F37). The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Individual Fellowship for Informationist Training provides support for librarians, scientists, health professionals, and others who wish to become informationists. NLM expects that trained informationists will become the information-specialist members of professional teams, participating in the work and research of the unit.Priority areas for informationist training are: 1. Clinical: to work in health care delivery, clinical research, or clinical trials.2. Biomedical Research: to work in biomedical research, research administration, or the curation of scientific data.3. Public health: to work in public health administration at the national, regional or local level.4. Consumer health: to work within organizations or with the general public on consumer health information issues.These fellowships are intended for health sciences librarians, scientists, health professionals and others who wish to broaden their existing scientific background by acquiring the additional disciplinary knowledge and experience to function as an informationist. This award can be used in conjunction with a sabbatical experience. Priority fields include but are not limited to library science, health professions, biomedical and behavioral sciences, public health, engineering and computer science. Deadline: December 05, 2006; April 05, 2007; August 05, 2007.

Genetics Society of America (GSA). DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics. In recognition of the critical role DeLill Nasser played for the discipline and for her love of genetics, the Genetics Society of America (GSA) has established an award for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees. The award is intended to support travel costs and would allow young geneticists to attend national and international meetings, and enroll in laboratory courses at institutions such as Cold Spring Harbor. Deadline: November 16, 2006.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Foundation. Upsilon Pi Epsilon/Computer Society Student Award for Academic Excellence. The Executive Council of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Honor Society for the Computer Sciences wishes to encourage academic excellence for students in the computing discipline. The UPE initiated this award with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society, as the largest association of computer professionals, to raise the importance of academic achievement in our future computer professionals. Amount: $500. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: October 31, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). Gilbreth Memorial Fellowship. The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) does not have a program to make available grant money for support of research or non-engineering education related projects. The Institute supports the advancement of engineering education and research through its various honors and awards that recognize and serve to promote these types of endeavors. The Gilbreth Memorial Fellowship is available to graduate students enrolled in any school in the United States and its territories, Canada, and Mexico. The graduate student must be pursuing an advanced degree program in industrial engineering or its equivalent. Amount: $41,500. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: November 15, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). United Parcel Service Scholarship for Female Students. The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) does not have a program to make available grant money for support of research or non-engineering education related projects. The institute supports the advancement of engineering education and research through its various honors and awards that recognize and serve to promote these types of endeavors. The United Parcel Service Scholarship for Female Students is available to undergraduate students enrolled in any school in the United States and its territories, Canada, and Mexico, provided the school's engineering program or equivalent is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by IIE and the student is pursuing a course of study in industrial engineering. Amount: $10,000. Upper Amount: $50,000. Deadline: November 15, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). United Parcel Service Scholarship for Minority Students. The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) does not have a program to make available grant money for support of research or non-engineering education related projects. The Institute supports the advancement of engineering education and research through its various honors and awards that recognize and serve to promote these types of endeavors. The United Parcel Service Scholarship for Minority Students is available to undergraduate students enrolled in any school in the United States and its territories, Canada, and Mexico, provided the school's engineering program or equivalent is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by IIE and the student is pursuing a course of study in industrial engineering. Amount: $10,000. Upper Amount: $50,000. Deadline: November 15, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Iowa State University Office of Biotechnology. Bioltechnology Graduate Fellowship Program. Applications are accepted and awarded throughout the year.

Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Support Program (JOI/USSSP). Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship. The Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship Program offers merit-based awards for outstanding graduate students to conduct research related to the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. Research may be directed toward the objectives of specific expeditions or broader themes. Schlanger Fellows will also participate in events at Joint Oceanographic Institutions headquarters in Washington, District of Columbia. Amount: $28,000; Upper Amount: $56,000. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

National Environmental Health Association (NEHA). NEHA/AAS Scholarship Awards: Graduate. The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the American Academy of Sanitarians (AAS) have established education in environmental health (EH) as one of their principle goals. NEHA and AAS believe that structured education at the undergraduate and graduate levels is important to an individual's successful professional development in the EH field and that continuing education is a vital component in an EH professional's continued career growth. The graduate scholarship is to be used toward tuition and fees associated with graduate studies. Amount: $1,000. Deadline: February 01, 2007.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - NSF 06-586. The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers postdoctoral research fellowships in selected areas to provide opportunities for recent doctoral scientists to obtain additional training, to gain research experience under the sponsorship of established scientists, and to broaden their scientific horizons beyond their research experiences during their undergraduate or graduate training. Postdoctoral fellowships are further designed to assist new scientists to direct their research efforts across traditional disciplinary lines and to avail themselves of unique research resources, sites, and facilities, including foreign locations. The Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO) and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) of the NSF jointly sponsor this program of Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities. The term "minority" as used in this announcement refers to those ethnic groups that are significantly underrepresented at advanced levels of science and engineering in the United States, i.e., Native Americans (including American Indians and Alaskan Natives), African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Pacific Islanders. Amount: $41,500. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: November 06, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO); Division of Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB). Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (DDIGs) in the Directorate for Biological Sciences - NSF 05-607. The National Science Foundation (NSF) awards Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (DDIGs) in selected areas of the biological sciences. These grants provide partial support of doctoral dissertation research in order to improve the overall quality of the research, to allow doctoral candidates to conduct research in specialized facilities or field settings away from the home campus, and to provide opportunities for greater diversity in collecting and creativity in analyzing data than would otherwise be possible using only locally available resources. Upper Amount: $12,000. Deadline: November 17, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE); Office of International Science and Engineering (INT). East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) - NSF 06-602. The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, or Taiwan; an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and orientation to the culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August and are administered in the United States by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-sponsors the Summer Institute in Japan. Amount: $4,000. Deadline: December 12, 2006.

United States Department of Commerce (DOC); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Ocean Service (NOS). National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRF). The Estuarine Reserves Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration (NOAA) is soliciting applications for graduate fellowship funding within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. The Estuarine Reserves Division anticipates that 31 Graduate Research Fellowships will be competitively awarded to qualified graduate students whose research occurs within the boundaries of at least one reserve.
This program is designed to fund high quality research focused on enhancing coastal zone management while providing students with an opportunity to contribute to the research or monitoring program at a particular reserve site. Students are required to work with the research coordinator or reserve manager to develop a plan to participate in the research or monitoring program for up to 15 hours per week.
Research projects must address one of the following scientific areas of support: non-point source pollution, biodiversity, invasive species, habitat restoration, sustaining resources in estuarine ecosystems, and socioeconomic research applicable to estuarine ecosystem management. Amount: $20,000. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: November 01, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

United States Department of Commerce (DOC); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR); National Sea Grant Office (NSGO). GradFell 2008 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. The fellowship program that was initiated by the National Sea Grant College Program Office (NSGCPO) in fulfilling its broad educational responsibilities, provides educational experience in the policies and processes of the legislative and executive branches of the federal government to graduate students in marine related fields. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) makes financial assistance funds available to National Sea Grant Colleges to implement the fellowship program. Amount: $41,500. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: September 15, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

United States Department of Defense (DOD). Personnel Security Thesis, Dissertation, and Institutional Research Awards. The Department of Defense Polygraph Institute (DoDPI) research mission is to provide continuous research in forensic psychophysiology and credibility assessment (CA) methods. In June 1993, the Joint Security Commission (JSC) was formed to address security concerns, specifically within the intelligence community and the defense community. In February 1994, the JSC published its report that contained several security recommendations specifically relating to polygraph. One of the recommendations adopted was that DoDPI: be the executive agent for a robust, interagency-coordinated and centrally funded research program concentrating on developing valid and reliable security and applicant screening tests; investigate countermeasures; and conduct developmental research on psycho physiological detection of deception (PDD) techniques, instrumentation, and analytical methods. In January 1999, DoDPI began an effort to broaden its presence in the scientific and academic communities in response to the need for more advanced technical expertise to fulfill DoDPI's research mission. The Personnel Security Thesis, Dissertation, and Institutional Research Awards Program seeks to give the DoDPI a research workforce that is competitive with the best minds from the complex cerebral worlds of academia, and the emerging technologies. Upper Amount: $300,000.Deadline: Continuous, through 4:00 P.M. MST, September 30, 2010.

United States Department of Defense (DOD); Department of the Air Force (USAF); Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); Broad Agency Announcement (BAA); Education and Outreach Programs. Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP). Administered by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP) offers hands-on exposure to Air Force research challenges through research residencies at participating Air Force Research Facilities for full-time science and engineering faculty at U.S. colleges and universities. The objectives of the program are to - stimulate professional relationships among SFFP participants and the scientists and engineers at Air Force Research Facilities; - enhance the research interests and capabilities of faculty (both new and experienced researchers) in the U.S. academic community; - elevate the awareness in the U.S. academic community of Air Force research interests; - provide the SFFP participant opportunities to perform high-quality and meaningful research at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directorates, the United States Air Force Academy, or the Air Force Institute of Technology; and- provide nationally accredited mentoring of academic researchers at Technical Directorates of the AFRL, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Air Force Institute of Technology. During the summer, the faculty, under the mentorship of Air Force researchers, will conduct research at Air Force Research Facilities for a continuous two- to three-month period. SFFP participants may choose to perform their research at Air Force facilities around the United States, but only in those research areas and with those approved research advisors listed on the SFFP website. Amount: $10,000. Upper Amount: $19,800. Deadline: November 01, 2006.

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Center for Environmental Research (NCER); Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program Grants. Fall 2007 EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), invites pre-applications for the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for graduate environmental study for master's and doctoral level students. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is November 28, 2006. The Agency plans to award approximately 65 new fellowships by July 20, 2007. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years, usable over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support per fellowship. This amount covers a monthly stipend of $1,667 for up to 12 months totaling $20,000 for the year, $5,000 for authorized expenses, and up to $12,000 for tuition and fees. These fellowships are intended to help defray costs associated with advanced, environmentally oriented study leading to a master's or doctoral degree.
The STAR fellowship program was initiated in 1995. Approximately 1,200 STAR fellowships have been awarded since the inception of the program. The purpose of the fellowship program is to encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in an environmental field.
This RFA solicits pre-applications from students performing research in a variety of environmentally-related research areas.
Applicants must attend a fully accredited U.S. college or university (located in the U.S. or its territories). Individuals must be citizens of the United States or its territories or possessions, or be lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Resident aliens must include their green card number in their pre-application. To be eligible for this Fellowship opportunity an applicant must have his/her green card at the time of application. Upper Amount: $37,000. Deadline: November 28, 2006.

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American Federation for Aging Research. Scholarships. Scholarships to enable Ph.D. and medical students at any level to undertake a three-month research project on any subject related to the basic sciences and aging. Award: $5,000. Deadlines vary across programs.

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA); Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN). Graduate Student Awards (Graduate Student Research Fellowship Awards). The American Gastroenterological Association's (AGA's) Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN) offers Graduate Student Awards, also called Graduate Student Research Fellowship Awards, to fund graduate students undertaking Ph.D. research in the biology and epidemiology of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, or pancreas. Recipients will be selected based on scientific merit, credentials, and long-term potential of the applicants for a research career. Amount: $40,000. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: March 14, 2007.

American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. (APDA). Medical Students Summer Fellowship. The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Medical Student Summer Fellowship is designed to provide a stipend to enable a medical student to perform active, supervised laboratory or clinical research designed to clarify the understanding of Parkinson's disease, its nature, manifestations, etiology, or treatment. It is hoped this research experience will stimulate a student's interest in future research in the field of Parkinson's disease and related disorders. Amount: $4,000. Upper Amount: $100,000. Deadline: December 31, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

American Society for Nutrition (ASN). National Clinical Nutrition Internships. The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) are cosponsoring nutrition internships for medical students. Each student will work for eight weeks under a recognized authority in clinical nutrition in a U.S. medical school or hospital. A list of available mentors, all members of the ASN, will be presented to each successful applicant, upon notification of acceptance, from which they may select their mentor. The students will be exposed to both clinical and academic aspects of nutrition. The intern will
- visit at least one nutrition clinic (i.e., outpatient, eating disorders, obesity, pediatric nutrition clinics) each week;
- participate in at least eight nutrition support rounds;
- attend at least one research conference each week, (i.e., lab meeting, research seminar, or journal club meeting) to be followed by discussion between mentor and student;
- spend one half day with a dietitian on four or more occasions; and
- write a three- to five-page research paper on a clinical or research nutrition topic of the student's choice, to be completed and presented to the mentor at the end of the eight week program; a copy of this paper will be forwarded to the ASN office. Amount: $2,500. Deadline: February 09, 2007.

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Abel Wolman Fellowship. The Abel Wolman Fellowship is designed to support promising students in the United States, Canada, and Mexico pursuing advanced training and research in the field of water supply and treatment. To accomplish this objective, a doctoral fellowship providing up to two years of support will be awarded annually to the most outstanding student. A selection committee from the American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) University Student Activities Committee will select the fellowship recipient based on the quality of the applicant's academic record, the significance of the proposed research to water supply and treatment, and the applicant's potential to do high quality research. Amount: $4,000. Upper Amount: $40,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

American Water Works Association (AWWA). Academic Achievement Awards. The American Water Works Association's (AWWA's) Academic Achievement Award encourages academic excellence by recognizing contributions made by students and academicians in the field of public water supply. All master's theses and doctoral dissertations that are relevant to the water supply industry are eligible. Manuscripts must reflect the work of a single author and be submitted during the competition year in which the manuscript is submitted for degree. Entries are evaluated on the basis of originality, practical application, value to the water supply field, potential value as a reference, and overall clarity. Amount: $1,500. Upper Amount: $3,000. Deadline: October 02, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

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