Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Latin American and Caribbean Fellowships

FYI due Dec. 1
For more information visit
(http://www.gf.org/broch.html).

For the Latin American and Caribbean competition: completed applications should be postmarked not later than December 1, 2007. Final selection of Latin American and Caribbean Fellows for 2008 will be announced in June 2008. In 2007 the Foundation awarded 35 Latin American and Caribbean Fellowships for a total of $1,200,000 (an average grant of $34,285). There were 395 applicants.

Franklin Research Grants

FYI due Dec. 1
For more information visit
(http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm).

The Franklin Research Grants program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.

Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape
recorders, or laboratory apparatus.

Disciplines: Environmental & Life Sciences; Medical - Basic Science;
Social Sciences; Physical Sciences & Engineering; International
Opportunities; Arts & Humanities.

Graduate Internships at the Getty

Due Dec. 15.
Find more information at
(http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/grad_interns.html).

Graduate Internships at the Getty support full-time positions for students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Programs and departments throughout the Getty provide training and work experience in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, information management, public programs, and grant making.

GRANT: Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy

American Political Science Association (APSA); Comparative Democratization Organized Section. The Comparative Democratization Organized Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) invites nominations for the Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy. The prize will be given for the best dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy completed and accepted in the past two calendar years prior to the APSA Annual Meeting where the award will be presented (2005 or 2006 for the 2007 Annual Meeting). The comparative study of democracy includes analyses of individual country cases as long as they are clearly cast in a comparative perspective.

DUE MARCH 15

GRANT: NEA Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing

The National Endowment for the Arts is accepting applications for FY 2008 Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing. The FY 2008 competition will award fellowships for prose, supporting creative writers of fiction and creative nonfiction. Awards of $25,000 will enable published writers to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Application is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents meeting specific publication requirements, as described in the full program announcement. An individual may submit only one application per year.

DUE MARCH 1