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L'Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science 2010

Call for Applications

Applications open November 5, 2009
Applications close December 15, 2009

Recipients receive up to $60,000 each that they must put towards their postdoctoral research. Applicants must be female scientists, who will have completed their PhD and have started in a postdoctoral research position by September 1, 2010. Applicants must be American born, naturalized citizens or permanent residents, affiliated with a U.S.-based academic or research institution. Applicants must conduct their postdoctoral studies and research in the US and be involved in life or physical/material sciences, engineering, technology, computer science or mathematics.

The L'Oréal USA Fellowships for Women in Science program is a national awards program that annually recognizes and rewards five U.S.-based women researchers at the beginning of their scientific careers.

For more information and application visit: www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program 2010

Deadline: January 15, 2010

www.si.edu/research+Study

The Smithsonian Institution encourages access to its collections, staff specialties, and reference resources by visiting scholars, scientists, and students. The Institution offers in-residence appointments for research and study using its facilities, and the advice and guidance of its staff members in fields that are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations of the Institution.

At present these fields include:
Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics
Anthropology, including archaeology,
Astrophysics and astronomy
Earth sciences and paleobiology
Evolutionary and systematic biology
History of science and technology
History of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century
American crafts, and decorative arts
Social and cultural history of the United States
Folklife

POSTDOCTORAL Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held the degree or equivalent for less than seven years. SENIOR Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held the degree or equivalent for seven years or more. Applicants must submit a detailed proposal including a justification for conducting research in residence at the Institution. The term is 3 to 12 months. Both fellowships offer a stipend of $42,000* per year plus allowances.
* Earth and Planetary Sciences Senior and Postdoctoral stipends are $47,000 per year.

PREDOCTORAL Fellowships are offered to doctoral candidates who have completed preliminary course work and examinations. The applicant must submit a detailed proposal including a justification for conducting the research in-residence at the Institution. Candidates must have the approval of their universities to conduct doctoral research at the Smithsonian Institution. The term is 3 to 12 months. The stipend is $27,000 per year plus allowances.

GRADUATE STUDENT Fellowships are offered to students formally enrolled in a graduate program of study, who have completed at least one semester, and not yet have been advanced to candidacy if in a Ph.D. Program. Applicants must submit a proposal for research in a discipline which is pursued at the Smithsonian. The term is 10 weeks; the stipend is $6,000.

Postmark Deadline for submission is January 15, 2010.

Additional information and application forms are available at www.si.edu/research+Study

Other 2010 Fellowships and Internships

In addition, applications for the following program can also be access at the above website as well as information on other Smithsonian fellowship and internship opportunities.

Smithsonian Institution Latino Studies Fellowship Program
Smithsonian Institution Molecular Evolution Fellowship Program
Smithsonian Postgradute Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections
Minority Awards Program, including Minority Internships

OR Contact:

Office of Fellowships
Smithsonian Institution
470 L'Enfant Plaza Suite 7102
MRC 902 PO Box 37012
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
202-633-7070
E-mail: siofg@si.edu

Additional information and application forms are available at www.si.edu/research+Study

2010-2011 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Fellowship and Internship Programs in Research & Development

ETS offers several programs for scholars who either hold a doctoral degree or who are enrolled in a doctoral program in the field of educational research, measurement and related fields and who are interested in research opportunities.

Information and application instructions are posted on the ETS Web site at http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships.html. The deadline for applying for the summer internship and postdoctoral fellowship programs is February 1, 2010. The deadlines for applying for the Harold Gulliksen program are December 1, 2009 for the preliminary application materials and February 1, 2010 for the final application materials.

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection is seeking applicants for the Dakota Memories Doctoral Fellowship

The fellow will be responsible for working 20 hours per week, coordinating an oral history project. Created in 2005, the project focuses on the history and heritage of Germans from Russia. Specific topics include childhood memories, religion, agriculture, education, food ways, textiles and World War II. Fellows also can create a new focus that works for their dissertation research. The project was created in cooperation with the NDSU Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, NDSU Department of History and the NDSU Center for Heritage Renewal.

As long as they remain in good standing with the department, the Graduate School and Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, fellows receive a four-year research stipend worth $16,000 (12-month contract per year) and a full tuition waiver.

Candidates are eligible to apply once they have been admitted into a doctoral program in the humanities or social sciences at NDSU. For admission requirements, go to www.ndsu.edu/history/gradschool. Applicants should have a bachelor's and master's degree in a humanities or social sciences field (preferably history). Experience conducting oral histories is preferred, but not required.

Candidates should include a cover letter, proof of admission into an NDSU doctoral program (copy of acceptance letter or confirmation letter of pending application from department head or graduate director), curriculum vita, an interest statement and two letters of recommendation. The interest statement should be 250 words explaining the applicants interest in the fellowship and how their experience and capabilities will benefit the project.

Applications can be submitted to Michael Miller, the German's from Russia Heritage Collection director. The deadline is Feb. 1, 2010.

For more information, contact Acacia (Jonas) Stuckle at (701) 231-6596 or acacia.stuckle@ndsu.edu or go to www.ndsu.edu/grhc/dakotamemories.

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