Opportunities for Ph.D. Students

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• Fichter Research Grant Competition

-- Sponsor: Association for the Sociology of Religion

-- SYNOPSIS: Support is provided to scholars involved in promising research on women and religion, gender issues, and feminist perspectives on religion; or religion and poverty.

-- Deadline: 03/01/2009

-- Contact: Barbara J. Denison, POB 211, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 U.S.A.

-- E-mail: bjdeni@ship.edu

-- Program URL: http://www.sociologyofreligion.com/FICHEXLP2004.html

-- OBJECTIVES: Support is provided to scholars involved in promising research on women and religion, gender issues, and feminist perspectives on religion, or religion and poverty.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be members of the Association for the Sociology of Religion at the time of submission. Dissertation research qualifies for funding, and scholars at the beginning of their careers are particularly encouraged to apply.

-- FUNDING: For the 2009 competition, a total of $24,000 is available to be awarded.

• Engaged Scholars Studying Congregations is a program of mentoring, networking, and research support, now seeking its fifth cohort of young scholars for participation and support during the 2009-2010 period. Full information can be found under SSSR News at http://www.sssrweb.org (Application deadline is Feb 1, 2009.)

• Calvin College announces several Summer Seminars in Christian Scholarship: http://www.calvin.edu/scs/

• The Lake Family Institute of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy is offering a $22,000 dissertation fellowship annually. For more info please see http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/LakeFamilyInstitute/offerings.aspx

• Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism: Research Travel Grants

-- Targeted Fields: Open to all fields.

-- Open To Prospective/Current Graduate Students. Students Working on Doctoral Dissertation. Postdoctoral Scholars.

-- No citizenship requirements.

-- Eligibility Requirements: Scholars must be engaged in projects related to the study of American Catholicism and indicate how the use of the Notre Dame library and achieves are pertinent to their study.

-- Stipend of $2,000 to defray travel and lodging costs.

-- Deadline: 12/31/2008

-- Program Description: Up to 9 or more grants are awarded annually to scholars of any academic discipline who are engaged in projects which require substantial use of the collection of the library and /or the archives of the University of Notre Dame.

-- For More Information: Director, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame, 1135 Flanner Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-5611 / (574) 631-5441 / cushwa.1@nd.edu / http://www.nd.edu/~cushwa/grants/index.shtml