Reinhard Bendix Memorial Fellowship

The fellowship is given annually to students who show promise of advancing scholarship in the field of political and social theory as well as historic studies of society and politics.All UC Berkeley graduate students in good standing who will formally advance to candidacy (will have satisfied all requirements of the Ph.D. except the dissertation) by the Fall of the fellowship term, may apply. Funds will not be available until the student has advanced to candidacy. While you are welcome to apply for all three graduate fellowships (Bendix, Sharlin, Simpson), please note that the total award amount cannot exceed $12,000.
Deadline: Monday, March 19, 2012
Website: http://iis.berkeley.edu/content/reinhard-bendix-memorial-fellowship

John L. Simpson Memorial Research Fellowship in International and Comparative Studies

Within the broad category of international/comparative studies, the Institute of International Studies has identified five topics that take priority. While special consideration will be given to proposals addressing one or more of these topics, proposals on other themes will also be considered. The five priority topics include:
1. Transnational and global economic processes.
2. International peace and security issues
3. International environmental issues and prospects for sustainable development
4. International demographic trends
5. Comparative development and modernities
All UC Berkeley graduate students in good standing who will formally advance to candidacy (will have satisfied all requirements of the Ph.D except the dissertation) by the Fall of the fellowship term, may apply.  Funds will not be available until the student has advanced to candidacy. While you are welcome to apply for all three graduate fellowships (Bendix, Sharlin, Simpson), please note that the total award amount cannot exceed $12,000.

Application Deadline: Monday, March 19, 2012
Website: http://iis.berkeley.edu/content/john-l-simpson-memorial-research-fellowship-international-and-comparative-studies

Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Fellowships

The Berkeley chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha CA, announces its Graduate Fellowships for the 2011-12 academic year. These awards are for students who have exhausted other sources of funding as they enter the final stage of their endeavor. Please email (pbk@berkeley.edu) the campus Phi Beta Kappa office to request an electronic application: Or you may pick up a hard copy of the application from the office at M14 Wheeler. The application deadline is February 29, 2012.

Founder Region Fellowship

The mission of this fellowship is to advance the status of women in fields that have great social importance or in which women are under-represented. Its endowment fund offers fellowships for women enrolled in a graduate school within the boundary of Founder Region (as UC Berkeley is) and who are in the last year of their doctoral program. These grants-in-aid assist women in the completion of their doctoral degrees. Competition is open to any outstanding graduate woman who is a citizen of a nation with membership in Soroptimist International and who is working toward a doctoral degree, preferably in the last year of study but permissibly during the last two years, provided she has advanced to candidacy. Fellowship application forms are available on the Founder Region website. Applications must be postmarked not later than January 15, 2012.
Website: http://grad.berkeley.edu/news/headlines/funding-jan-feb/

IAST Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Competition

Framework: IAST - Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse aims to be the home of academic freedom and experimentation, where top-flight researchers are able to explore new territory in a cross-disciplinary direction and interact with visitors in a lively environment. The program is organized around 5 broad themes:
-Individual Motives, Actions, Innovation, and Well-Being
-Individuals and Social Networks
-Society, Globalization, and Public Policy
-The Nation State and Global Public Goods
-Governance and Markets
Eligible Applications: Postdoctoral Researchers who have or will have completed their PhD by September 2012.
Conditions: Fellows are provided with office space, computer, and a salary of 25000 euros per year.

Website: http://www.iast.fr/post_doctoral.html

Hans Boeckler Doctoral Fellowship

Purpose
These residential fellowships will be awarded to graduate students engaged in dissertation projects related to the Foundations research and policy consulting program and to the ongoing work of its researchers. During their tenure fellows are expected to be in residence in Duesseldorf and to participate actively in the intellectual life of the Foundation.An important aspect of the Foundation’s work is related to academic research in various fields of study. Research projects cover a broad range of issues and fields of study. For a summary of the Foundations and the WSI’s research profiles see http://www.boeckler.de/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75F-F9ABE05B/hbs/hs.xsl/181.html
Working languages at the HBS are German and English
Eligibility and Terms of the Fellowship
Doctoral Candidates are eligible to apply if they have completed all requirements for the
Ph.D. but the dissertation. The fellowship is available for non-German nationals.
Fellows may spend between six and twelve months in residence at the HBS for field
research or theoretical work. Grants will normally begin by July 2012; however, individual
arrangements are possible. The fellowship provides a stipend of 1150 Euro per month. In
addition, the HBS will pay one economy class round trip from your location to
Duesseldorf. Within limits of its possibilities the Foundation will also contribute to the
costs for travel for field research within Germany.
Applying
Applicants should send a cover letter with name, address, e-mail and telephone number,
their current CV, a research proposal not exceeding ten double spaced pages, and two
letters of recommendation from academic advisors. Applicants should indicate how much
time they would want to spend at the HBS and when they would like to start their tenure.
Applications should be addressed to:
Hans Boeckler Foundation
c/o Dorothee Schmitz
Hans Boeckler Strasse 39
D-40476 Duesseldorf
Germany
Deadline:  February 15, 2012.

CISAC Fellowships

Fellowships at the Center for International Security and Cooperation

Through the Center's annual fellowship competition, a small number of scholars are selected to spend the academic year engaged in research and writing on campus. Mentoring is a crucial part of the fellowship program. Our fellows are encouraged and expected to participate in seminars, and to interact and collaborate with leading faculty and researchers. Natural scientists have the opportunity to conduct science-based research into the scientific and technical aspects of a security topic of their own choosing; they may also work  in collaboration with a faculty member.
In the social sciences and humanities, we seek pre- and post-doctoral scholars, junior faculty, policy practitioners, and, in special cases, mid-career professionals in journalism, law, the military, government, or international organizations, either from the U.S. or abroad.
Expectations and Benefits
CISAC fellowships are residential fellowships in which fellows are expected to produce finished writing. For pre-doctoral fellows, this means finishing dissertation chapters or the dissertation. For post-doctoral fellows, this means writing a publishable article or articles and/or making significant progress on turning a thesis into a book manuscript. For scientists or professionals, including law students and lawyers, this generally means writing a publishable article. Fellows are expected to be on campus throughout the fellowship year and should not plan to spend their time conducting research abroad or in other parts of the country. Fellows are expected to participate actively in the CISAC community by attending research seminars and by collaborating with colleagues and senior researchers and faculty.
Predoctoral fellows receive stipends comparable to those awarded by the Stanford Graduate Fellowships program. Postdoctoral fellows receive stipends determined by length of time passed since month and year of PhD completion and experience. Junior faculty and professional stipends are commensurate with experience. Past pre-doctoral fellows have received stipends in the range of $25,000 to $30,000; post-doctoral fellows have received stipends in the range of $48,000 to $65,000.

Website: http://cisac.stanford.edu/docs/cisac_fellowships/