Faculty Opportunities

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• Student-Faculty Fellows Program:

-- Sponsor: AsiaNetwork

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides a summer fellowship program for student-faculty teams to conduct scholarly research in East and Southeast Asia. The program is expected to last for a minimum of three weeks.

-- Deadline: 12/01/2006

-- Contact: Dr. Van J. Symons

-- Address: Augustana College, Department of History, Rock Island, IL 61201

-- E-mail: hisymons@augustana.edu

-- Web Site: http://www.asianetwork.org/freeman/2007sff.html

-- Tel: 309-794-7413

-- OBJECTIVES: The fellowship is designed for students to cultivate their interests and intellectual commitments to the region through scholarly research in Southeast and East Asia, those areas bordered by Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the south and west (which include Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia), and then north to include Taiwan, Hong Kong S.A.R., China, Japan, and Korea.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Only proposals from U.S. institutions that focus on East and Southeast Asia will be accepted. Applicants must attend a school affiliated with the sponsor. Students of senior class may participate as long as they can complete the proposed research project by August 31 of their senior year.

-- FUNDING: The program provides travel and research funds of up to $5,000 for each faculty member and up to $5,000 for each student, depending upon the needs and documented expenses of the researchers. This grant can be used for transportation, lodging, meals and all incidental expenses. An additional amount up to $500 per participant will be available to the faculty mentor to acquire books, necessary equipment, and other teaching materials for the research group. Any equipment acquired under the grant must be turned over to the home institution at the end of the grant period. The faculty mentor will also receive a $1,000 stipend for each student he/she directs under this program. Under no condition will grants be awarded to students receiving academic credit during the on-site research period. Faculty members will not be eligible for the grant if they are receiving teaching credit while supervising the student research on-site.

• Center for the Education of Women--Visiting Scholar Program

-- Sponsor: University of Michigan

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor supports scholars interested in being in residence at the Center for the Education of Women (CEW) to pursue research projects, of one to twelve months, relevant to women. Eligible applicants are scholars who hold the Ph.D. Scholars are eligible for stipends of up to $7,500.

-- Deadline: 03/01/2007, 06/01/2007

-- Contact: Beth Sullivan

-- E-mail: bsulliva@umich.edu

-- Program URL: http://www.umich.edu/~cew/faculty-staff/vs.htm

-- Tel: 734-998-7225

-- DEADLINE NOTE: The March 1 deadline is for visits beginning in the fall term; the June 1 deadline is for visits beginning in the winter term.

-- OBJECTIVES: The sponsor provides support to scholars whose interests lie in the following areas: women in higher education; women's employment; women and work; women of color in the academy; gender and education; women in non-traditional fields; leadership; gender equity in education and employment; and gender and poverty.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

-- FUNDING: The sponsor will provide office space, full access to University of Michigan facilities and programs including library and computing resources. The stipend is available to offset the scholar's travel, housing, meals, and other expenses. This funding may also be used to arrange for graduate research assistance. Scholars prepare a working paper based upon their research, which is published as part of the Center’s series of occasional papers. Scholars are also expected to present their work at a research seminar or workshop. Projects may range from one to twelve months.

• International Collaborative Research Grants:

-- Sponsor: Wenner-Gren Foundation

-- SYNOPSIS: Awards of up to $30,000 each are available to assist anthropological research projects undertaken jointly by two or more investigators from different countries.

-- Deadline(s): 06/01/2007, 12/01/2007

-- E-mail: inquiries@wennergren.org

-- Web Site: http://www.wennergren.org/usr_doc/International_Collaborative_Research_Grants.pdf

-- Program URL: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368683&attrib_id=13233

-- OBJECTIVES: The sponsor supports anthropological research projects undertaken jointly by two or more investigators from different countries, where the principal investigators bring different and complementary perspectives, knowledge, and/or skills to the project. By encouraging international collaborations, the grant contributes to the development of an international anthropology that values and incorporates different national perspectives and resources.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Proposals must involve collaboration between two or more researchers of different nationalities who are working in different countries. Each researcher must hold a doctorate or equivalent qualification in anthropology or a related discipline. Scholars are eligible without regard to institutional or departmental affiliation. Priority is given to those projects involving at least one principal investigator who is a citizen of, and is working and residing in, a country where anthropology is underrepresented and where there are limited resources to develop the discipline. Other international collaborations will, however, be given serious consideration where they are consistent with at least two of the following aims of the sponsor to: bring together researchers with different national perspectives that complement each other and enrich the research; strengthen anthropology in countries where there are limited resources to support its development; and combine different areas of expertise and knowledge that will benefit both researchers.

-- FUNDING: Grants cover research expenses such as: travel, living expenses during fieldwork, childcare costs research assistance, expenses of communication between the researchers, and other relevant expenditures. If a training element is also included in the application, the maximum amount of the requested funds can be increased to $35,000. Of this amount, a maximum of $10,000 can be used towards technical and methodological training of academic project personnel (co-applicant/s, students, and other professional colleagues). The training can be of any type that will build the skill and knowledge base of the collaborating personnel.