Duke International Fellowship

The Graduate School at Duke University offers the International Fellowship for Advanced Students. The Fellowship will be awarded for 2006-2007, providing one year of stipend support for one or two advanced students to do research abroad. Awardees must have completed all degree requirements except the dissertation by Apr. 27, 2008, and eligible students must be doing dissertation research abroad for the term of the award. Each fellowship provides an annual stipend of at least $16,000, and registration and health fees will be paid by the Graduate school. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Nov. 9, 2007.

INQUIRIES: Cyndi Duke, 919/681-1560; WEB LINK.

Stern Dissertation

The Graduate School at Duke University offers the Stern Dissertation Year Fellowship. The Fellowship will be awarded for 2008-2009, providing nine months of stipend support for up to 3 advanced graduate students in the write-up stage of their dissertation. Awardees must have completed all degree requirements except the dissertation and are expected to be in their final year at Duke. Each fellowship provides an annual stipend of at least $18,980, and registration and health fees will be paid by the Graduate school. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Nov. 9, 2007.

INQUIRIES: Cyndi Duke, 919/681-1560; WEB LINK.

Bass Advanced Instructorship Program

The Graduate School at Duke University offers the Bass Advanced Instructorship Program. The Fellowship will be awarded for 2007-08, providing one year of stipend support for advanced graduate students in Arts and Sciences departments with all degree requirements met except the dissertation, and this nearing completion. Criteria for selection include individual merit and that of the proposed course. The teaching load will be one course during the academic year. The proposal should include a course proposal for undergraduate instruction that has been designed by the student and is related in a significant way to the student's research. Each fellowship provides an annual stipend of at least $18,890, and registration and health fees will be paid by the Graduate school. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Nov. 9, 2007.

INQUIRIES: Cyndi Duke, 919/681-1560; WEB LINK.

Summer Research Fellowships

The Duke Graduate School will offer Summer Research Fellowships to PhD students in arts and science, humanities and social science programs. Fellowships will pay a stipend a stipend of $4,000 for the period June 1 - August 31, 2008, plus summer semester health and registration fees. In order to receive one of these research fellowships, students must have passed their preliminary examinations by the end of the Spring, 2006 semester. For this year’s competition, awardees will be selected from students who have completed 3, 4, 5, or 6 years of graduate study at Duke. Students who have completed less than 3 years, or more than 6 years, should not apply. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Nov. 9, 2007.

Inquiries: Cyndi Duke, 919/681-1560; WEB LINK.

Gerst Program in Political, Economic, and Humanistic Studies

The Gerst Program in Political, Economic, and Humanistic Studies is seeking nominations for 2-3 dissertation year instructorships for students working on questions in the general areas of liberty, democracy, ethics, or moral responsibility. The Instructorship will pay $10,000. Departments may nominate no more than 2 students. Candidates must be in the final year of their Ph.D. work. Each Instructor will be expected to teach one course during the 2004-2005 academic year and to participate in the Gerst Program's colloquia and conferences. Departments must agree to cover the student's fees if they receive the fellowship. Note: The Gerst Program will not sponsor a 2006 competition. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Dec. 2006 or Jan. 2007 (anticipated).

WEB: http://www.poli.duke.edu/gerst/index.html.

Advertising and Marketing

The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History at Duke University invites applications for the J. Walter Thompson Research Fellowships. Fellowships are available for research that focuses on the extensive archives of the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT), the oldest advertising agency in the United States and a major international agency since the 1920's. The Center's archives include JWT advertisements, and a moderate amount of agency documentation, as well as related collections documenting billboard history. Up to two fellowships are available for a minimum of two weeks at Duke. The stipend amount is $1,000 and travel grant amount is $750 (max.). Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Jan. 17, 2007.

INQUIRIES: Jacqueline Reid 919/660-5827; EMAIL:
hartman-center@duke.edu; WEB: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/specoll/grants.html

Weyerhaeuser Forest History Fellowship

The Weyerhaeuser Forest History Fellowship is awarded annually to a Duke University graduate student. The recipient is selected on the basis of merit; proposals are judged in terms of overall significance and quality of presentation. The project must be historical in nature and and treat land use, forestry, or environment in some general way. The award of up to $11,000 will be distributed on a quarterly basis. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2006.

INQUIRIES: 919/682-9319; WEB: http://www.foresthistory.org

Ford Doctoral Research Fellowships in South America

The Consortium in Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University announces a joint competition for Ford Doctoral Pre-Dissertation and Dissertation Research Fellowships in the areas of Democratic Governance and Human Welfare in South America. Preference will be given to investigations in the following issue areas: decentralization and local governments; the capacity of communities to mobilize resources for social services, job creation, and provision of micro-credit; the functioning of legal systems in the protection of civil, political, and socio-economic rights; education reform and its implications for equal access to high quality education; structure and role of media; gender equity and reproductive rights; and the development of philanthropy. The fellowships will support pre-dissertation and dissertation research by outstanding doctoral students while also providing the students with the opportunity to interact with the local scholarly community in the country to be visited. Deadline: Feb. 17, 2006.

INQUIRIES: Natalie Hartman 681-3983, EMAIL: njh@duke.edu; WEB: http://www.duke.edu/web/carolinadukeconsortium/index.html

Duke International Studies Travel Awards

The Graduate School Predissertation and Dissertation Travel Awards provide Graduate Awards for International Research. Travel Awards provide funding for Ph.D. students to travel outside the continental US. All students enrolled full-time in a graduate school program are eligible. Awards range from $500 to $3,000. Funding generally includes travel costs, some living expenses, and direct research expenses. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Feb. 10, 2006 (annual).

INQUIRIES: Cyndi Duke, 919/681-1560; WEB LINK.

Special Collection Library Internships

The Duke Graduate School will offer four Special Collection Library Internships for 2006-2007 as follows:

• Reference Intern: provides reference service to researchers in person, by telephone, and through correspondence; prepares and presents introductory classes on manuscript and rare book research for undergraduates; and prepares or assists in the preparation of exhibits.
• Archival Processing Intern: organizes, arranges, describes, screens for restrictions, and preserves archival materials to gain physical and intellectual control in subject areas such as African-American Studies, the history of economics, religious studies, women's studies, and southern literature.
• Advertising History Intern: performs similar functions for archival materials relating to the history of sales, advertising, and marketing.
• African American Studies Intern: works with the Director of the John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African American Documentation to design and execute independent projects that contribute towards assessment and development of the collection as well as towards educational outreach.

Fellowships will be for 9 months, beginning in September, 2006, and each provides a stipend of $16,000 and fees for the academic year. Established as a cooperative venture between the Perkins Library System and the Graduate School, these internships offer training in the acquisition, cataloging, and use of primary source materials. Departmental nominations, accompanied by students' letters of application and resume, should be forwarded to Lynne Grossman. Citizenship: unspecified. Deadline: Feb. 24, 2006.

INQUIRIES: Dr. Linda McCurdy (Reference Internship), 660-5825; Paula Mangiafico (Archival Processing Internship), 660-5915; Jacqueline Reid (Advertising History Internship), 660-5836; and Karen Hunt (African American Studies Internship), 660-5922; WEB LINK.

Aleane Webb Dissertation Research Fellowship

The Duke Graduate School will offer Aleane Webb Dissertation Research Fellowships for 2008-2009. Students who have completed all degree requirements except the dissertation by the last day of the Spring semester of the year in which the application is made are eligible for the competition. This fund was created to assist graduate students in funding miscellaneous projects associated with research. Eligible projects include the purchase of microfilm, photographic development of slides, and graphic reproduction. The award amount is $500 per project. Deadline: Nov. 9, 2007.

INQUIRIES: Cyndi Duke, 919/681-1560; WEB LINK.

Graduate Fellowships for Latin American Studies at Duke

The Graduate School is offering up to three competetive four-year fellowships to applicants to the Ph.D. at Duke who are interested in Latin American Studies. The competition is administered by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The fellowships provide tuition for the first three years, fees for the first four years, and an academic year fellowship stipend of $15,500 for students in humanities and social sciences or $17,000 for students in natural sciences for the first year. Letters of nomination from your Director of Graduate Studies, along with the application and letters of recommendation should be submitted to Natalie Hartman at the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Deadline: Feb. 25, 2005.

INQUIRIES: Natalie Hartman, 681-3980; njh@duke.edu; WEB: http://www.duke.edu/web/carolinadukeconsortium/funding/index.html.

Organization for Tropical Studies Fellowships

The Organization for Tropical Studies seeks applications for the OTS Fellowships to students interested in conducting research in the tropics. Research conducted at one of the three OTS biological stations in Costa Rica will receive priority. However, outstanding proposals for research at other locations will be considered. The awards are intended to assist thesis research in tropical biology and related fields. Applicants must be enrolled in degree programs at OTS member institutions or be OTS course alumni. Awards are intended to cover budget items such as travel, food, and lodging. Capital expenses such as equipment will receive lower priority. Salaries or stipends for the investigator are not allowable, but salaries for field assistants will be considered. Fellowship awards are up to $5,000. Pilot awards for exploratory research are available in amounts up to $1,500. Citizenship: Latin America, US. Deadline: Oct. 21, 2005 (annual).

INQUIRIES: 919/684-5774; EMAIL: nao@duke.edu; WEB LINK.

Teaching Mini-Grants

The Graduate School annually awards several Teaching Mini-grants to foster the professional and pedagogical development of Ph.D. students as scholarly teachers. Each proposal awarded will carry a $1,500 stipend (payable in September) plus up to $500 for project-related expenses. Proposals with more than one author, either within one department or across departments, will be accepted but must share the stipend. A faculty adviser is required and must write a letter of support for the project (due March 4). Deadline: Mar. 1.

INQUIRIES: Douglas L. James, Ph.D., 681-3251, douglas.james@duke.edu; WEB LINK.

Women's Studies

The Women's Studies Program at Duke University offers the following awards and grants:

• The Ernestine Friedl Research Award is given to an advanced graduate student to foster dissertation research exploring the cultural, social, and biological constructions of gender in any department of Duke University. Awards are given, up to $1,500, to graduate students who have passed the preliminary examinations and are engaged in dissertation research and writing. Deadline: Mar. 6, 2006.
• The Suzanne E. and Margaret A. Franks Gender and Science Research Award is given to a graduate or professional school student for work that contributes to transforming education in science, mathematics, and/or engineering. Deadline: Mar. 6, 2006.
• The Dora Anne Little Award is given to a Duke student at the undergraduate or graduate level, who has excelled in service to the campus and community which extends beyond the classroom. Deadline: Mar. 6, 2006.
• The Anne McDougall Memorial Award is given to a Duke woman undergraduate or graduate student who pursues areas of human service by studying psychology and related fields. Deadline: Mar. 6, 2006.
• The Race and Gender Award is given to undergraduate and graduate students whose projects promote scholarly exploration and research on topics of gender and race. Deadline: Mar. 6, 2006.

Award amounts vary from $300 to $1,500. Citizenship: unrestricted.

WEB: http://www.duke.edu/womstud/grad/awards.html

Women's Studies Dissertation Fellowships

The Graduate School awards two full Women's Studies Dissertation Fellowships each year. Each fellowship carries a nine-month ~$15,000 stipend (registration and health fees to be paid by the Graduate School). The intent of these awards is to 'buy time' for a doctoral candidate who is past course work and engaged in the early stages of dissertation research. As the fellowships are in Women's Studies, it is assumed that fellowship recipients will devote the year to deepening their knowledge of feminist theory and methods, and exploring interdisciplinary angles on the topics being researched. Graduate students enrolled in the Certificate Program will have priority for these awards. Deadline: Apr. 1, 2006.

INQUIRIES: Pat Hoffman 919/684-3655; EMAIL: phoffman@duke.edu; WEB: http://www.duke.edu/womstud/grad/awards.html.

Latin American Studies Summer Fellowships

The Carolina and Duke Consortium in Latin American Studies has available up to five non-service graduate fellowships for Duke students for the 2006 summer session to support the intensive study of Yucatec Maya, Brazilian Portuguese or another less commonly taught language of Latin America and the Caribbean. Each award provides a stipend of $2,400, remission of tuition and registration fees up to $3,600 for one summer intensive language course, plus an airfare allowance of up to $1,000. Deadline: Feb. 17, 2006.

INQUIRIES: Natalie Hartman 681-3983, EMAIL: njh@duke.edu; WEB: http://www.duke.edu/web/carolinadukeconsortium/funding/summerFLAS.htm

Foreign Language and Area Studies

The Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies invites applications for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for Duke graduate and professional students. The purpose of the fellowships is to encourage the study or use of foreign languages in combination with international or area studies. Priority will be given to students enrolling in a foreign language course each semester while completing full-time coursework. In some cases fellowships will be awarded for the use of the advanced foreign language while carrying out overseas research during the academic year. The award will include a stipend of $14,000 and a cost of education allowance up to $11,000 to cover tuition and required fees. Deadline: Mar. 11, 2005 (annual).

INQUIRIES: Natalie Hartman 681-3983, EMAIL: njh@acpub.duke.edu; WEB: http://www.duke.edu/web/las/
Council/compinfo.html

Latin American & Caribbean Studies

The Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies is pleased to announce the availability of Graduate Student Research Grants for the summer and fall of 2004. The grants support short periods of field research in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal by outstanding graduate and professional school students in the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences. The following research grants are offered:

• Tinker Field Research Grants Program, for Latin Americanist and Iberianist graduate students, support short periods of field research in Latin America, Spain and Portugal for students in the social sciences and the area of natural resource development. Tinker grants are limited to travel expenses only.
• Mellon Graduate Student Research Travel Grants provide graduate and professional school students with the opportunity to deepen their disciplinary interests in any country of Latin America and the Caribbean. Grants are limited to travel expenses and, when possible, a modest per diem.

Deadline: Mar. 25, 2005.

INQUIRIES: Natalie Hartman 681-3983, EMAIL: njh@duke.edu; WEB: http://www.duke.edu/web/las/.

Graduate Scholars Awards

The Graduate School and the Women's Studies Program offer two Graduate Scholars Awards to support the work of graduate students focusing on issues of gender and feminist studies and interested in participating in a graduate colloquium in the field of Women's Studies.

The Graduate Scholars Colloquium provides a site of vibrant intellectual exchange and engagement for graduate students across the disciplines engaged in the study of gender and its multiple social, cultural, political and material implications. The colloquium is designed to address a range of issues emerging out of the work of its participants, as well as other urgent questions in the field of Feminist Studies. In addition to graduate students, Women's Studies core and affiliated faculty participate in the colloquium.

The Graduate Scholars Awards are designed to support the research of two graduate students, who will be required to attend the colloquium, to coordinate the organization of the group (soliciting and scheduling presentations from other grad students and a guest faculty speaker(s), and to present their work once during the semester. Each awardee receives $1500 for the year. Deadline: Jul. 11.

INQUIRIES: Pat Hoffman, 919/684-3655, phoffman@duke.edu, WEB: http://www.duke.edu/womstud/index2.html.

Last updated: Nov. 12, 2007.