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Web Sites
Brico Fund
http://www.bricofund.org/
The foundation supports programs for women and girls in the areas of reproductive
rights, leadership skills and advocacy in particular, primarily in Wisconsin.
(Last checked 03/12/08)
Chinese Society for Women's Studies, Inc.
http://www.csws.org/
40 D. Loantaka Way, Madison, NJ 07940
Giving only for research on Chinese women's issues.
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Institute for Women's Policy Research
(Mariam K.) Chamberlain Fellowship in Women & Public Policy
http://www.iwpr.org/About/employment.htm#fellowship
Deadline : March 1
The Mariam K. Chamberlain Fellow works as a general research assistant on a variety of research projects and reports. Research tasks may include reviewing literature; collecting, checking and analyzing data; gathering information; and preparing reports and report graphics. Attending relevant Congressional briefings, policy seminars and meetings is also an integral part of the fellowship program. Applicants should have at least a bachelor's degree in a social science discipline, statistics, or women's studies. Graduate work is not required. Applicants should have strong quantitative and library research skills and knowledge of women's issues; familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel is required. Knowledge of STATA, SPSS, SAS, and graphics software a plus. Qualitative research skills also a plus. Research areas for 2008-2009 include:
(1) Women's wages, political participation, access to health care, and other indicators of the status of women on a state-by-state basis.
(2) The work and welfare experiences of low-income women at the state and national levels.
(3) Reforming income support policies for women such as Unemployment Insurance, Family Leave, and Social Security.
(4) Strategies for improving child care access, affordability, and quality.
(5) Older women's economic issues, including social security and pensions.
(6) Women's values and activism; new strategies for engaging a diverse range of organizations, including religious ones, in women's-issue activism.
All Fellows are also responsible for a certain amount of general office work, including such tasks as responding to information requests, photocopying, assisting in maintaining the library, and answering telephones. The stipend for the 2007-2008 term was $1,950 per month, plus health insurance and a public transportation stipend. The positions are full-time and generally span the academic year (September-May), but can start as early as June depending upon the fellow's preferences.
To Apply: Mail a letter of interest, a resume, a list of relevant classes taken (this list can be included with the resume), a 3-7 page writing sample, and two confidential (sealed) letters of recommendation to : Fellowship Coordinator, Institute for Women's Policy Research, 1707 L Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20036. Questions may be addressed to the Fellowship Coordinator by E-mail at crum@iwpr.org.
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Michigan State University
Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change (GJEC)
Dissertation Research Fellowship
http://www.gjec.msu.edu/fellowship.htm
Deadline : April 1
Ph.D. students at MSU who have completed all requirements for their degree with the exception of their dissertation research. Applicants must have dissertation projects that focus on the gender dimensions of environmental and/or agricultural change.
Application Requirements: Application form, budget, proposal, executive summary, and recommendation from chair.
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Michigan State University
Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change (GJEC)
Dissertation Completion Fellowship
http://www.gjec.msu.edu/fellowship.htm
Deadline : April 1
Ph.D. students at MSU who have completed all requirements for their degree program including dissertation research. Applicants’ dissertations must focus on gender or other social inequalities as they relate to environmental and/or agricultural change. Application Requirements: Application, summary of dissertation, letter of recommendation.
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Michigan State University
MSU-WID Core Faculty Group Mini-Grants
http://www.wid.msu.edu/forstudents/opportunities.htm
WID offers mini-grants to the MSU-WID Core Faculty Group for initiation of faculty research and for the development of new courses, course modules, and study-abroad programs related to gender, development, and global change.
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National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Guide to Graduate Work in Women and Gender Studies
http://www.nwsa.org/downloads/GradGuide2006.pdf
New features from the 2006 edition include essays by current or former graduate students; advice about the application process from graduate directors and chairs; more detailed information about program and department fellowship or assistantship opportunities; and information about career placements. Other features of the Guide remain the same—the programs continue to be listed in alphabetical order, and the appendices include separate listings of programs by state and programs by degrees.
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National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Graduate Scholarship Award in Women's Studies
http://www.nwsa.org/students/scholarships/index.php
Deadline: Feb. 15
NWSA will award $1,000 to a student who, in the fall of the year of the award, will be engaged in the research or writing stages of a Master's Thesis or Ph.D. Dissertation in the interdisciplinary field of women's studies. The research project must be on women and must enhance the NWSA mission. Applicants must be members of NWSA at the time of application.
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National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Jewish Caucus Prize
http://www.nwsa.org/students/scholarships/index.php
Deadline: March 1
Reserved for a graduate student who is enrolled full-time and who has a special interest in the lives, work and culture of Jewish Women. The award currently is $1000.
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National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Lesbian Caucus Prize
http://www.nwsa.org/students/scholarships/index.php
Deadline: Feb. 15
NWSA will award $500 to a student who, in the fall of the year of the award, will be engaged in the research or writing stages of a Master's Thesis or Ph.D. Dissertation in the interdisciplinary field of lesbian studies.
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National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Women of Color Scholarship
http://www.nwsa.org/students/scholarships/index.php
Deadline : Feb. 15
(Last checked 03/12/08)
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Schlesinger Library
http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/grants
Deadline : April 5
Applications for grants for research requiring access to the holdings of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. For more information contact the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138; Phone: (617) 495-8262
(Last checked 03/12/08)
University of Rochester
Susan B. Anthony Institute
Research Grants, Awards, and Fellowships
http://www.rochester.edu/College/WST/
The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies offers grants to support research in gender and women's studies by University of Rochester undergraduate and graduate students, and by faculty associates of the Institute. The Grants Committee's policy traditionally has been to award money to as many eligible applicants as possible. Grant awards are frequently in the range of $100-200; rarely are they more than $400.
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Women's Research and Education Institute
http://www.wrei.org/
Offer Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy.
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Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies
http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/
To encourage original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Recent winning topics include Women, Law, and the Victorian Novel; Girls, Boys, and Popular Literature; Changing Conceptions of Marriage, Labor, and Culture in Southeastern China; African American Women in Electoral Politics; Women, Violence, and Visual Representation in South Africa; and Gender and Race in Colonial New York City. Special grants of $2,000 each are also available for dissertations concerning women's or children's health.
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Databases
Community of Science Funding Opportunities Database
On campus access
Off campus access using EZ Proxy Server
Michigan State university faculty, staff, and students can identify additional funding opportunities by searching this database. Select Main Search and then type in the academic discipline of your choice in the "All Fields" box.
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Foundation Grants to Individuals Online (Main Library Access Only)
http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/ipl.php
Includes descriptions of more than 6,000 foundations and public charities that fund individual grantseekers, and is searchable by nine different criteria. Records provide contact information, financial data, application information, and program descriptions, with links to more than 500 foundation Web sites. Updated quarterly.
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GrantSelect
http://72.3.247.11/gs/cgi-bin/welcome.pl
GrantSelect is the online version of the GRANTS Database containing over 10,000 funding opportunities provided by over 3,400 sponsoring organizations. Michigan State university faculty, staff, and students can identify additional funding opportunities by searching this database.
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MSU Scholarship Search
https://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholSearch.Asp
MSU offers a wide variety of scholarships, some of which have criteria which severely limit the number of students who might be eligible for the scholarship, while others have much broader criteria. This facility should help you find those MSU scholarships for which you might be eligible. You can search either by unit (College/Department) within the University or by criteria such as major/specialization, Michigan county of permanent residence, high school, or study abroad.
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Cornell University
Graduate School Funding Database
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
(Last checked 03/12/08)
ENotes Scholarships and Loans Directory
http://college.enotes.com/scholarships-loans/
Covers over 4,200 scholarships by type of school, gender, field of study and special recipient criteria. Or you can browse by state/province with the links on the left. Our database contains a total of 7,200 scholarships, grants, loans, prizes and fellowships.
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FastWeb
http://www.fastweb.com/.
If you have access to the world wide web and are willing to fill in the online forms, this service promises a free customized list of financial aid sources. FastWeb is actually a searchable database of more than 400,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans from more than 3,000 sources for all levels of higher education. First-time visitors have to register (first and last name and a user ID), then complete a profile, including background and fields of study. Registrants then receive a list of all currently relevant funding sources. The registration information is stored and can be used on subsequent visits. The entire sign-up process, and delivery of available funding sources, can be a bit tedious: about five to twenty minutes, depending on the connection speed. Approximately 500 new scholarships are added to the database daily, so registrants can stay current. Provided courtesy of Financial Aid Information Page and Student Services, Inc. created by Mark Kantrowitz and sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
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Books
The books mentioned on this page are available for public use in the Michigan State University Libraries. If you are unable to visit our library, consider visiting a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection in your home state or a local public library in your home town. If the books are not available there, ask about interlibrary loan or visit a local bookstore to find out whether they can be purchased.
Opportunities for Research and Study: 1994-1995
New York, N.Y. : National Council for Research on Women, 1992. 27pp. HQ1181 .U5 O66 1994-1995
An updated listing of the fellowships, affiliated scholar programs, grants, and internships sponsored by member centers of the National Council for Research on Women.
Annual Register of Grant Support
Wilmette, Ill. : National Register Publishing Co., annual. Funding Center (1 East) LB2336 .A7
Includes information on programs sponsored by government agencies, public and private foundations, educational and professional associations, special interest organizations and corporations. Covers a broad range of interests including academic and scientific research, publication support, equipment and construction support, in-service training, competitions and prizes, and travel and exchange programs. Organized by broad subject areas with four indexes: subject, organization and program, geographic and personnel.
Directory of Research Grants
Phoenix, Ariz. : The Oryx Press, annual. Funding Center (1 East) LB2338 .D5
An annual print version of the Grants Database. Contains information about grants and fellowships available for research projects from federal and state governments, private foundations, professional organizations, and corporations. List grants programs by specific funding areas; indexed by sponsoring organization and grant name.
Foundation Grants to Individuals
New York, N.Y. : Foundation Center, biennial. Funding Center (1 East) LB2336 .F6
The most comprehensive listing available of private foundations which provide financial assistance to individuals. The foundations described have made grants to students, artists, scholors, foreign individuals, minorities, musicians, scientists and writers for scholarships, fellowships, student loans, internships, residencies, arts and cultural projects, medical and emergency assistance, residencies and travel programs.
The Grants Register
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, annual. Funding Center (1 East) LB2338 .G7
The complete guide to postgraduate funding worldwide.
Awards, Honors, and Prizes : Volume I, United States and Canada and Volume II, International and Foreign
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., irregular. Main Library Reference AS8 .A87
Directory of awards and their donors recognizing achievement in advertising, architecture, arts and humanities, business and finance, communications, computers, consumer affairs, ecology, education, engineering, fashion, film, journalism, law, librarianship, literature, medicine, music, performing arts, photography, public affairs, publishing, radio and television, religion, science, social science, sports, and transportation. Indexed by sponsoring organization, award, and subject area.
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Jon Harrison