National Inventors Hall of Fame
For 15 years, the Collegiate Inventors Competition (sponsored by the Abbott Fund and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) has encouraged undergraduate and graduate students – either individuals or teams – on their quest to change the world around them. With over $75,000 in prizes awarded to top inventors and their academic advisors each year, the competition is one of the most prestigious honors available to college and university innovators.
Deadline: 6/1/07
Award amount: One undergraduate and one graduate winner or team will each receive $15,000. One grand prize winner or team will receive $25,000. Academic advisers of the graduate and undergraduate winners will each receive $5,000 and the adviser to the grand prize student will receive $15,000.
http://www.invent.org/collegiate/
American Educational Research Association Dissertation Grants
AERA invites education policy- and practice-related dissertation proposals using NCES, NSF, and other national data bases. Dissertation grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support students while they write the doctoral dissertation. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as (but not limited to) education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics and psychometrics.
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Outstanding Dissertations Competition
The competition is open to anyone who has completed a dissertation that focuses on Hispanics in higher education or to any Hispanic who has completed a dissertation in the social sciences between June 1, 2004 and August 1, 2007. Dissertations are eligible if they are in domains related to the Educational Testing Services (ETS) corporate mission, including education, linguistics, psychology, statistics, testing, and so forth. Dissertations in the humanities, sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics are not eligible.
U.S. National Park Service: Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program
Doctoral dissertation scholarships for Ph.D. students throughout the Americas to support research critical to conserving the national parks of the region. Research projects in the biological, physical, social and cultural sciences are eligible, as are projects in technology innovation in support of conservation science.
Women's Research and Education Institute
The WREI awards annual fellowships to a select number of graduate students with a proven commitment to equity for women. WREI Fellows gain practical policymaking experience and graduate credit as they work from January to August as Congressional legislative aides in Washington, D.C. Fellows receive stipends for tuition and living expenses. Fellows are selected on the basis of academic competence as well as their demonstrated interest in the public policy process. They are expected to be articulate, adaptable and to have strong writing skills. Only students who are currently in, or have recently completed, a graduate or professional-degree program at an accredited institution in the United States are eligible. Fellows are responsible for transportation to and from Washington and for finding their own living arrangements.
Deadline: 05/18/07
Award amount: stipend of $1300 per month (plus $500 for purchase of health insurance); maximum of $1500 for tuition reimbursement (up to 3 credit hours per semester)
http://www.wrei.org/
Association for the Study of Higher Education/Lumina Foundation for Education Fellowship Program
The key objective is to promote innovative scholarship by creating an intergenerational community of scholars who will examine social, institutional and policy barriers to opportunity and student success.
