C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship

The annual C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy invites applications from doctoral students who are writing dissertations in fields that address these areas of interest:

• Valuation and Taxation
• Planning and Urban Form

This fellowship program provides an important link between the Lincoln Institute’s educational mission and its research objectives by supporting scholars early in their careers. Please distribute or post this information in your academic department. Applications are due by email on or before midnight (EST) February 1, 2013.

The full Dissertation Fellowship Program Application Guidelines are available for download.  If after reviewing this material you have further questions, please contact fellowships@lincolninst.edu.

Information about this and other fellowship programs for graduate students at universities in Latin America or China is available on the Fellowships page of our website.

Thomas I. Yamashita Prize

UC Berkeley’s Center for Research on Social Change (formerly ISSC) is now accepting nominations for the

2013 FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize

The FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding young social change activist/scholar in California.  The award of $2,500 honors a person whose work transforms the existing social landscape and serves as a bridge between the academy and the community.  An awardee helps to build the capacity of community-based organizations and social movements to confront pressing issues by applying her/his academic expertise.  Simultaneously, she/he enriches academic scholarship by sharing the insights and knowledge produced from community engagement with the broader academic community.  

NOTE: The award is not limited to students or scholars, but an honoree's work should reflect a commitment to strengthening ties between the academy and communities.  There is no age limit for this award, but the honoree should be in the early stages of his/her career as a social change activist/scholar.

2013 Nomination Process

The FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize uses a nomination system, where someone other than the nominee identifies the nominee, their contributions, and the kinds of expertise they bring to understanding how change works.  To download a nomination form, click here or go to http://crsc.berkeley.edu/foundations-change-thomas-i-yamashita-prize .

Nomination due date:  Monday, February 14, 2013, by 5pm

(The Prize will be announced within four to six weeks after the deadline date.  An award ceremony will be held in the spring.)

Please send nomination forms and supporting materials to:

FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: The Thomas I. Yamashita Prize

Center for Research on Social Change

Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

University of California

2420 Bowditch Street, MC 5670

Berkeley, CA  94720-5670

European Union Center of Excellence Dissertation/Pre-dissertation Grant

Pre-dissertation/Dissertation Fellowships for Spring and Summer 2013

Deadline: February 1, 2013

 The European Union Center of Excellence wishes to call your attention to the availability of fellowships of €2,750 (equivalent in US dollars at time of disbursement) for short-term (two to three months) pre-dissertation and dissertation research in Europe during Spring and Summer 2013 for graduate students working on topics related to the European Union.  

Graduate students from all UC campuses are eligible to apply, but please note the following provisions. For UC Berkeley students, this award may be used for research related expenses including travel, archive work, and book and journal purchases. For students from UC campuses other than Berkeley, funds may only be used to reimburse research-related travel.

The EU Center welcomes all applications but particularly applications for research on policy issues of special relevance and timeliness falling into these four categories:

1. Transatlantic Relations in a World of Competitors

2. The Euro, the Union, and the World

3. Facing New Challenges: EU-U.S. Collaboration and “Best Practices” to Solve Global Health, Energy, and Environmental Problems

4. Challenges of Integration and Norm Diffusion

However, applicants may apply a broad definition of "policy issues" and “policy relevance.” Interests that are "policy relevant" do not necessarily need to focus directly on a matter of current and intense concern to EU policy makers. Students from fields such as history, modern languages, literatures and linguistic policy, the humanities, popular culture, and other disciplines that may be outside the immediate purview of government officials are encouraged to apply, as long as the applicant explains convincingly why and how their interests are relevant at some level, even indirectly, to the formation of policy as a whole and how their interests impact policy debates and research on such issues.

Application forms may be obtained from the web site of the European Union Center of Excellence (http://eucenter.berkeley.edu/grants.html), or directly from the EU Center office.

Please send applications as both hard copies and electronic files. Electronic applications should be mailed to eucenter@berkeley.edu and faxed copies sent to (510) 643-3372. Send printed items to the EUCE at the address below. Applications will be accepted until 5:00 pm on February 1.

                                        

Please address all other questions to Noga Wizansky <eucenter@berkeley.edu>.

European Union Center of Excellence

Attn: Pre-dissertation/Dissertation Fellowships

207 Moses Hall #2316

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 94720-2316

510 643-4558 | 510 643-3372 fax

Fred H. Bixby Fellowship

The Population Council offers a fellowship program to expand training opportunities for social scientists and biomedical researchers in the health and population fields. This fellowship is geared toward developing-country nationals in the early stages of their careers, and to those with a demonstrated commitment to remaining in their home countries to build capacity in local institutions or returning home after working/studying abroad. The Council's Fred H. Bixby Fellowship Program is a ten-year program that began in January 2007. The program offers a limited number of fellowships each year. The Fred H. Bixby Fellowship Program allows fellows to work with experienced mentors in the Council's network of offices. Fellows work on projects in the following program areas:

• HIV and AIDS
• Poverty, Gender, and Youth
• Reproductive Health

Eligibility requirements

Candidates must have recently completed (within the last five  years)—or anticipate completing by 30 June of the year of application—a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in the social sciences, public health, or biomedical sciences. All applicants should have previous direct experience with either biomedical research, program research, or policy-relevant social science research (preferably including one or more peer-reviewed publications). Applicants must be legal citizens of a developing country and be proficient in English.

Awards consist of a monthly stipend, health insurance, an allowance 
for relocation expenses, and attendance at one international professional meeting (including travel) per year

The application deadline is 31 January 2013

For further information http://www.popcouncil.org/what/bixby.asp

American Sociological Association: Sociology of Religion Awards

Distinguished Book Award

The ASA Sociology of Religion Section solicits nominations for the 2013 Distinguished Book Award. The award honors a book that makes an outstanding contribution to the sociology of religion. Books published in the previous two years (2011, 2012) are eligible for the 2013 award.  Nominated authors must be members of the ASA Religion Section in order for their book to be considered. Please have publishers send copies of books nominated for the award to each of the three committee members no later than February 21, 2013 to be considered for the Award. Books may be nominated for the Award by authors, publishers, or others.

Distinguished Article Award

The ASA Sociology of Religion Section solicits nominations for the 2013 Distinguished Article Award. The award honors a peer reviewed journal article or book chapter that makes an outstanding contribution to the sociology of religion. Articles and chapters published in the previous two years (2011, 2012) are eligible for the 2013 award, and nominated authors must be members of the ASA Religion Section. Papers will be accepted in electronic form only. Please email a copy to each of the committee members below no later than February 21, 2013 to be considered for the award. Articles may be submitted by authors, editors, or others.

Student Paper Award The ASA Sociology of Religion Section solicits nominations for the 2013 Student paper Award. The award honors work that makes an outstanding contribution to the sociology of religion. Either published or unpublished papers are eligible. If the paper has been published, it may not compete for both the Student Paper Award and the Distinguished Article Award. Papers may not be longer than 40 double-spaced manuscript pages, including notes, tables, and references. Authors must be students and members of the Section at the time the paper is submitted, and the papers must have been presented or published in 2011 or 2012 to eligible for the 2013 award. Papers will be accepted in electronic form only. Please email a copy to each of the committee members below no later than February 21, 2013 to be considered for the award. Papers may be submitted by authors or by others. Students may submit only one paper per year.

For more information: http://www.asanet.org/sections/religion_awards.cfm

American Sociological Association: Sex and Gender Section Awards

SEX AND GENDER DISTINGUISHED ARTICLE AWARD
Description of Award: The 2013 Sex and Gender Distinguished Article Award Committee is currently accepting nominations of outstanding and innovative articles or book chapters published in 2010, 2011, or 2012.The award honors those who make a significant contribution to the field of sex and gender through an article or book chapter on the cutting edge of sociological inquiry. Authors need not be sociologists, and articles may be published in journals associated with disciplines other than sociology. Self-nominations are acceptable. To nominate a particular article or book chapter for this award, please submit a one-page letter explaining why the article makes a significant contribution to the sociology of sex and gender, along with an electronic version of the article/chapter to the award committee's chair, Mignon R. Moore, at moore@soc.ucla.edu. In the subject line of your email please type "NOMINATION FOR SEX & GENDER ARTICLE AWARD." While not a requirement, we encourage nominees to become members of ASA's Sex and Gender section. Nomination deadline is February 15th, 2013.

SEX AND GENDER DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARD

The 2012 Sex and Gender Distinguished book Award Committee is currently accepting nominations of outstanding and innovative books published in 2010, 2011, or 2012. The award honors those who make a significant contribution to the field of sex and gender through a book on the cutting edge of sociological inquiry. Self-nominations are acceptable, and authors need not be sociologists. Edited collections are ineligible; and nominations from publishers will not be accepted. To nominate a book for this award: 1) Please send a two-page letter via email explaining how the book makes a significant contribution to the sociology of sex and gender to the Committee’s Chair, Kristen Schilt (kschilt@uchicago.edu), and 2) notify the book publisher to send copies of the books by February 1, 2013 to the chair and all the committee members. Contact information for all committee members is below. Please note that the nomination deadline for this award is February 1, 2013.

FEMINIST-SCHOLAR AWARD

The Sex and Gender Section seeks nominations for the Feminist Scholar-Activist Award, established in 2010 to recognize and honor scholars who have used feminist research and strategies to foster social change in public understandings and treatments of gender.

Nominees may have contributed to a range of efforts, including (but not limited to) critically engaged pedagogy, community-based or participatory research, translational work, advocacy research, media campaigns, and grassroots organizing. Scholar-activist efforts may be local, regional, national, or international. To nominate a feminist scholar-activist for the Feminist Scholar-Activist Award, please submit a letter of nomination, a copy of the nominee‘s vita, one additional supporting letter, and any additional relevant supporting material you wish to include to the Award Committee Chair, Shelley Correll (Professor of Sociology, Stanford University; scorrell@stanford.edu ) Nomination deadline is February 15, 2013.


SALLY HACKER GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Papers are currently being accepted for the 2013 Sally Hacker Graduate Student Paper Award. The paper should deal with a theoretical issue or empirical problem important to the field of sex and gender and should be based on a dissertation that is still in progress or was completed and approved no earlier than February 2012. Papers should be journal length (35 pages maximum.) Self-nominations are acceptable. Please send a letter of nomination and an electronic version of the paper to the Committee Chair, Abby Ferber, at aferber@uccs.edu. Nomination deadline is February 15, 2013.


For more information:  http://www.asanet.org/sections/gender_awards.cfm

Harold D. Lasswell Award

The Harold D. Lasswell Award is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of public policy.  It is co-sponsored by the Policy Studies Association and the Public Policy Section. Dissertations must have been completed in the previous calendar year.  This award carries a prize of 1,000.

Departments are requested to submit a letter of nomination and a copy of the dissertation to each award committee member, and a letter of nomination only to the APSA office by January 15, 2013.   Copies of the dissertation are not to be submitted to the APSA office.

For more information:  http://www.apsanet.org/content_4123.cfm

AAS China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) Small Grants

The China and Inner Asia Council of the AAS (CIAC) is soliciting applications for awards of up to $2,000. Dissertation-level graduate students and scholars with special interests in China or Inner Asia are invited to submit proposals. Applicants must be current AAS members, but there are no citizenship requirements. Junior and independent scholars, adjunct faculty, and dissertation-level graduate students are especially encouraged to apply.

Deadline: The annual deadline for applications is February 1

Questions? Please e-mail Dorothy Solinger at dorjsoli@uci.edu.

For more information: http://www.asian-studies.org/grants/main.htm

AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants

AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants of up to $2,000 are made available to encourage education in Asian Studies.

Previously successful projects have included the organization of workshops and panels in conjunction with AAS Regional Conferences, the preparation of teaching materials, the compilation of source books, etc. All worthy proposals are welcome, with the stipulation that they must be connected with and of benefit to the regional conference’s outreach endeavors. To ensure this, each proposal must be approved by the regional conference’s appointed outreach coordinator, regional conference chair, or regional president. His/her signature must be included on the cover sheet of the proposal. The use of grant money for registration waivers as a means of attracting annual conference attendance is not a high priority. Receipt of grant money does not preclude regional conferences from using other resources for this purpose.

All applications must be submitted electronically to COC Vice-Chair, Paul Clark, West Texas A&M University; pclark@mail.wtamu.edu.

Proposals are due by FEBRUARY 1, 2013 and will be distributed to COC representatives, who form a panel for judging proposals, for evaluation and recommendation. Applicants will be notified by mid-April, 2013.

For more information http://www.asian-studies.org/grants/main.htm

Center for Middle Eastern Studies ~ Al-Falah Program for Islamic Studies

The Al-Falah Program seeks to promote better understanding of Islam and Muslim peoples and cultures in the United States and around the world, as well as the reciprocal transfer of knowledge and technology between the United States and the Muslim World, particularly Saudi Arabia.

The annual call for proposals encourages U.C. Berkeley's academic and professional community to submit appropriate research, teaching, and outreach proposals in the following program categories:

I. The Yusuf Hamza Abduljawad Student Fellowship

Applications are accepted from advanced U.C. Berkeley graduate students for research travel, dissertation research, and dissertation writing stipends to support work on Islamic related topics.  Awards will be in the form of living stipends, with proof of matching departmental commitment consisting of tuition grants made directly to the student.  (A maximum of $10,000 per grant may be awarded. Up to 2 fellowships may be available for AY 2013-14.) 

II. Outreach Fund

Proposals are solicited in the following categories:

Lectures and Conferences.  Proposals are accepted for collaborative conferences, symposia, workshops, public lectures, and multi‑media projects on Islamic subjects whose intended audience includes both the scholarly community and the general public.  (A maximum of $10,000 per grant may be awarded.)

Higher Education and Pre‑Collegiate Outreach Workshops and Colloquia.  Proposals are accepted for the development of workshops and colloquia for teachers at institutions of higher education and/or pre‑collegiate teachers, to be offered through U.C. Berkeley, relating to the historical or contemporary development of Islamic religious, cultural, and social life in different world settings, including the United States.  Proposals should identify the topic, presenters (who should ideally include members of the local Muslim community), and the target audience. Proposals should also include a budget for workshop or colloquia costs, covering: research assistance, honoraria, travel and accommodations of presenters, curriculum materials preparation, purchase of resources for distribution to teachers, and stipends for participating pre-collegiate teachers.  A one‑time stipend for the principal faculty applicant and appropriate remuneration for staff and advanced graduate students may be included. (A maximum of $5,000 per grant may be awarded.)  

Cultural Programs.  Proposals are accepted for programs to be conducted on the U.C. Berkeley campus that deal with Islamic and Arab culture.  Especially encouraged are activities that help disseminate Muslim cultures through exhibits, films, and performance events. (A maximum of $5,000 per grant may be awarded.) 

TO APPLY:

Applications in all categories are due February 4, 2013. 

For more information:  http://cmes.berkeley.edu/programs/islamic-studies