Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies

Dumbarton Oaks makes a limited number of grants to assist with scholarly projects in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies. The normal range of awards is $3,000–$10,000. Support is generally for archaeological research, as well as for the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost. Funding is typically awarded for transportation, meals, housing, vehicle rental, workmen's wages, costs of technical analysis, etc.; grants are not normally made for the purchase of computers or the salary of the principal investigator. Project grants are limited to applicants holding a doctorate or the equivalent, and are awarded on the basis of 1) ability and preparation of the principal project personnel (including knowledge of the requisite languages) and 2) interest and value of the project to the specific field of study. Before applying, applicants must contact the appropriate Director of Studies, no later than October 1, 2008, to determine if the project falls within the purview of the Project Grants.

Due: November 1, 2008

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AAHHE and ETS Outstanding Dissertations Competition

The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) and Educational Testing Service (ETS) are proud to announce the Outstanding Dissertations Competition 2009. AAHHE and ETS are providing an opportunity to spotlight top doctoral students and, at the same time, are rewarding excellence in Hispanic student performance at the doctoral level. 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, broadly defined, between June 1, 2006 and August 1, 2008. Dissertations in the humanities, sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics are not eligible.

Due: September 8, 2008

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ACLS Competitions and Deadlines

The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to announce several competitions which are currently accepting applications.

ACLS Fellowships
October 2, 2008
Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships
October 2, 2008
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
October 2, 2008
ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships
October 2, 2008
ACLS Collaborative Research Awards
November 12, 2008
Andrew W. Mellon/ACLS Early Career Fellowships
Dissertation Completion Fellowships
November 12, 2008
Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients
December 10, 2008
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
November 12, 2008
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Grants to Individuals inEast and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History
November 14, 2008
American Research in the Humanities in China
November 12, 2008
New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society
November 12, 2008
East European Studies Programs
Dissertation Fellowships
November 12, 2008
Postdoctoral Fellowships
November 12, 2008
Conference Grants
January 30, 2009
Travel Grants
January 30, 2009
Language Grants to Individuals for Summer Study
January 16, 2009
Language Grants to Institutions for Summer Courses
January 16, 2009
Heritage Speakers Research Grant
January 16, 2009
ACLS Humanities Program in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine
November 17, 2008

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The Walter J. Jensen Fellowship for French Language, Literature, and Culture

The Walter J. Jensen Fellowship is awarded for at least six months of study in France. The purpose of the award is to help educators and researchers improve education in standard French language, literature and culture and in the study of standard French in the United States. The fellowship is awarded annually and has a stipend of at least $10,000. Phi Beta Kappa will also cover a single round-trip, economy-class ticket for the recipient to travel to France; some additional support may be available to those with dependents. Candidates must have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year institution with a 3.0 minimum GPA in French language and literature as a major.

Due: October 1, 2008

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Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program

The Jacob K. Javits (JKJ) Fellowship Program is pleased to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected field of study at accredited institutions of higher education. Eligible individuals include those who at the time of application will be entering a doctoral program in academic year 2009–2010 or who, at the time of application, have not yet completed their first full year of study in the doctoral program for which they are seeking support or will be entering a Master of Fine Arts program in academic year 2009–2010 in which the master’s degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected field of study among others.

Due: September 4, 2008.

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ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships

The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for the third annual competition for the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships. The program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. ACLS does not support creative works (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translations, or purely peda- gogical projects. ACLS will award up to five ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships in this competition year. Each fellowship carries a stipend of up to $55,000 towards an academic year's leave and provides for project costs of up to $25,000. The program is open to scholars in all fields of the humanities and the humanistic social sciences. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree conferred prior to the application deadline.

Due: October 3, 2008

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