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

This research fellowship is a memorial to John L. Simpson to support research in comparative studies that analyze similarities and differences among societies and states, with respect to social, cultural, political, and economic structures and policies, including patterns of these relationships in global and transnational systems. During his long, illustrious career, Mr. Simpson was awarded the two highest honors bestowed by the University: the Gold Medal for Outstanding Scholar in 1913 and, at Charter Day in 1960, a Doctor of Laws degree for his many years of distinguished public service. This included prominent participation in American relief efforts in Europe during and after World War I, service with a State Department mission to the Allied Control commission in Italy during the later stages of World War II, and early membership in the Belgian-American Educational Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and the Foreign Policy Association. Mr. Simpson served as President of the World Affairs Council of Northern California and was decorated by the French Legion of Honor and the Belgian Order of the Crown. Within the broad category of international/comparative studies, the Institute of International Studies has identified five topics that take priority.

Eligibility:  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.  Students must be currently registered with the Graduate Division or on approved travel status.  Students are eligible for support regardless of previous fellowships from other sources.  The award amount is at the discretion of the committee.  Request for tuition and fee costs as separate items will not be considered.  The John L. Simpson Memorial Fellowship may be used in conjunction with other grants, but during the term of the award, total income from all sources, excluding awards specifically earmarked for travel and tuition, cannot exceed $31,000.  Successful candidates will be consulted regarding other funding sources before the award is granted.  Under most circumstances, dissertation fellows are expected to be residents at Berkeley for the tenure of the award, except those who must conduct research away from the Bay Area.  

Application Details: 

The application for first-time applicants to the John L. Simpson Memorial Research Fellowship can be found here.

Please ask your recommender to e-mail the recommendation letter directly to iis.grants@berkeley.edu (subject line: “Recommendation Letter for Last Name, First Name; Bendix/Sharlin/Simpson”).  You and your recommender must also fill-out and SIGN the Faculty Waiver Form, found here and scan the form to iis.grants@berkeley.edu.  

 

 

Contact:  Please direct further inquiries to iis.grants@berkeley.edu.      

 

 

Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship

We’re training future data scientists to work on the world’s most challenging social problems.
Fellows will work in small teams with mentors from the Obama campaign analytics team and seasoned data scientists from academia and business on high-impact projects in education, healthcare, energy, transportation, and more.

We're looking for PhD, masters, and advanced undergraduate students in the computer science, statistics, and the computational and quantitative sciences. If you're an amazing software engineer with a serious interest in data science, we want to hear from you too.
You’ll need statistics, programming, and data skills - but you don’t need to be an expert in every area.
Most of all, we want people who are passionate about using data for social impact.

Application Deadline: April 1, 2013
Acceptance Notification: April 10-15, 2013
Fellowship Program: Early June - Late August 2013
You'll need a resume, 1 to 2 letters of recommendation, and statement of interest highlighting experience with data science projects and passion for social impact.

Greater Good Dissertation Research Awards

To galvanize young researchers in the study of gratitude, the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley will grant up to seven awards for dissertation-level research projects with the greatest potential to advance the science and practice of gratitude. Eight excellent researchers received $10,000 awards in the first cycle of this program.

Preference will be given to innovative projects that have clear scientific or translational impact. Awardees will receive up to $10,000 for one year to support the conduct of their dissertation research. No more than 15 percent of the total costs ($1,500) may be allocated to Facilities & Administrative (F&A)/Indirect Costs.
Please read on for details. If you have any questions about the application process or the awards themselves, please consult our Dissertation Research Awards FAQ; if you don’t see your question there, please email it to gratitude@berkeley.edu.

This Dissertation Research Award program is part of a larger project, Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude, funded by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
Timeline

• Application Window: February 1 – April 5, 2013
• Winners Announced: April 29, 2013
• Funding Starts: June 1, 2013

Job offer: Post-doctoral research fellowship (3 yrs) in the politics of development/state-building

Post-doctoral Research Fellowship (3 yrs) in the Politics of Development/State-building

http://www.murdoch.edu.au/About-us/Careers-at-Murdoch/

Asia Research Centre
 

·         Fixed term contract – 3 years.

·         $68,052 to $92,319 including employer superannuation contributions and an opportunity to salary package.

Dr Caroline Hughes and Dr Shahar Hameiri at the Asia Research Centre are offering a three year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in the area of politics of development and/or state-building to assist in the research and delivery of an Australian Government funded research project that is investigating the politics of public administration reform in the context of state-building in the Asia-Pacific.

The work will involve collaborating with Dr Hughes and Dr Hameiri in the conduct of the project described below. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to develop and pursue their own research project.

Project: The Politics of Public Administration Reform: Capacity Development and Ideological Contestation in the Context of International State-building.

Summary: Why do expensive international aid programs often fail to achieve public administration reform in fragile states? Prevailing explanations focus on civil servants’ lack of technical skills, or resistance from vested local interests benefiting from poor governance. In contract, this study focuses on the role of public administrations in managing societal conflict. Ideologies of bureaucratic organisation and functioning emerge to justify modes of governance that legitimise particular distributions of power and resources. Understanding the political economy of state power and its implications for ideologies of public authority can inform donor efforts to promote reform, by identifying mutually beneficial tactical alliances with local actors.

The successful applicant will have a PhD in Political Science or a closely cognate field, a high level of written and oral communication skills, and demonstrated interpersonal skills. Applicants should have a demonstrated capacity to undertake independent research and a record of refereed research publications, relative to opportunity.

It is essential that applicants can demonstrate skills in qualitative research techniques, including elite interviewing and experience of fieldwork in developing countries, preferably in Asia or the Pacific. Of particular interest will be applicants who can demonstrate a commitment to publishing their research in international journals.

For further information about this position please contact Dr Shahar Hameiri by phone on +61 (0) 8 9360 6228 or by email at s.hameiri@murdoch.edu.au. Application procedures and a position description with detailed selection criteria is available from the web links shown below.

Full project description and information about research at the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, are available in this Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/17cnix3gyyyyj01/kbQiamoXbS.

All applicants are required to address the selection criteria within their application. Please send applications to recruitment@murdoch.edu.au.
 

Closing date:  Sunday 7th April 2013

Abigail Reynolds Hodgen Publication Funds

This endowment was established in 1937 to assist with the publication of manuscripts by women graduate students or women faculty (members of the Academic Senate) in the Social Sciences.

Awards are up to a maximum of $5,000 . Proposals are restricted to those that require funding for publication costs only.

Proposals need not be more than one or two pages. They should include the manuscript title, a brief description of the project, and a budget breaking out the different items on which funds are to be spent.

Examples of previously approved proposals:

• Permission/copyright charges for illustrations
• Hiring a UC Berkeley GSR to assist with editing and indexing a book manuscript
• Hiring a cartographer to prepare maps for an article to be submitted to a journal
• Hiring a copyeditor
• Reprint and printing costs
• Printing supplies, photocopying, mail costs
• Attendance at a conference to "workshop" a book chapter or paper that has been accepted for publication

Examples of denied proposals:

• Computer purchases
• Travel to perform research
• Stipends to applicant
• Attendance at a conference to present a paper that has not yet been accepted for publication

It is strongly recommended that budgets be reviewed by Department managers. Budgets involving UC Berkeley payroll (e.g., a GSR) must estimate benefits costs (which include fee remission costs as appropriate).

Requests should be addressed to Dean Carla Hesse and submitted via email by the Department Chair with his/her brief endorsement to Associate Dean Cathryn Carson (clcarson@berkeley.edu). The due date is April 5, 2013. Awards should be expended by June 30, 2014. If an extension is needed on the timeframe for expenditure, Budget Officer Helen Workman (hworkman@berkeley.edu) will consider it on a case-by-case basis.

Scholarships to Attend 2013 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research

The Hanes Walton, Jr. Award for Quantitative Methods Training provides scholarships for recipients to attend the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. Scholarship recipients will receive a waiver of Program Scholar fees to attend the four and/or eight week ICPSR Summer Program. The scholarships are designed to encourage faculty and graduate students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), as well as women and minority graduate students and faculty at other institutions, to attend the Summer Program. There will be one award per category: (1) Graduate Students in PhD programs who have acquired ABD status; and (2) Tenure-Track & Non-Tenured Faculty.

The National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) will also provide scholarship recipients with a travel stipend of up to $500.

Deadline to apply is April 15, 2013.

For an application or additional information, contact Dr. Tyson King-Meadows at tkingmea@umbc.edu or consult the NCOBPS website (www.ncobps.org).

Travel Grants ASMEA

TRAVEL GRANTS 2013
6th Annual ASMEA Conference

Tides of Change: Looking Back and Forging Ahead
in the Middle East & Africa

November 21-23, 2013 
Key Bridge Marriott Hotel * Washington, D.C.

We are pleased to announce a new travel grant of up to $500 to professors and students who wish to attend our upcoming 6th Annual Conference. 

To apply for the ASMEA Travel Grant:

•           Applicants must be engaged in ongoing study of the Middle East or Africa and enrolled in a Ph.D. program (preferably with M.A. complete), or serve in a post-doc capacity, or serve as a visiting/ adjunct/ assistant professor teaching a minimum of two courses per semester

•           Each grant may be used to cover hotel, conference registration, transportation, and related costs.

•           Applications must be accompanied by a paper proposal for the conference. Paper proposals must be relevant to the regions of study and represent new and un-published research. Students may submit research poster proposals.

•           Professors/post-docs must submit a brief letter of reference from their department chair. Students must submit proof of enrollment.

•           Applicants must be members of ASMEA at the time the award is made.

•           The application deadline is April 30.

For questions about ASMEA, the travel grants, or the Annual Conference, please do not hesitate to contact us at 202-429-8860 or info@asmeascholars.org.

Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
www.asmeascholars.org