Funding Opportunities August 2008

The graduate studies website has a page with information about more than 600 different external fellowships. The files are organized in table format with fellowship titles, descriptions, deadline dates and Web addresses. You can search subject areas or view the entire collection in one file. The site can be accessed at www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/fundingexternal.shtml.

This 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, 2006 and Aug. 1, 2008. 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.

The Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program encourages a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. 

Although the dissertation topic must concern education, recipients may be in any academic discipline or professional field. Candidates should be interested in pursuing further research in education once the doctorate is attained.

The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the ethnic and racial diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. The Fellowship grants awards at the predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral levels to students who demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to enter the professoriate.

 The Academic Achievement Award encourages academic excellence by recognizing contributions to the field of public water supply. All masters theses and doctoral dissertations relevant to the water supply industry are eligible. The manuscript must reflect the work of a single author and be submitted during the competition year in which it was submitted for the degree.

 Awarded for study in mathematical, physical, biological, and social sciences; engineering; science education; and in the history and philosophy of  science. For U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents at or near the beginning of graduate study. Three years of support. Intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study.