Issue 36 | Volume 11 | September 21, 2023
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International Funding Opportunities Update
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The Mekong Culture WELL team invite you to an
Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Mekong Delta
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
We are inviting faculty, graduate students, artists, teachers, undergraduates, and activist partners, affiliates and supporters to *briefly* (5 minutes) present and discuss our collaborative work on the transformations of the Lower Mekong River Basin.
The purpose of the event is to learn about and from the various approaches that faculty, students, artists and activists are taking to understand and address the uneven transformations taking place across the Mekong.
This symposium will be held predominantly in person on MSU’s campus, but will also have virtual options and translations for our partners who are located in Southeast Asia, Hawai’i, New Zealand and beyond.
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Listed below are international funding opportunities identified in the past week. All other open opportunities may be accessed in a searchable database by clicking on the button to the right.
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Global IDEAS hosts the International Data Portal where you can learn about MSU's international presence. There is information about past international awards, educational programming, and MSU's international student body.
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Visit the new foundation funding opportunities website created and maintained by the MSU Office of Foundation Relations. This website is updated daily and provides a resource for MSU researchers to learn more about current and upcoming foundation funding opportunities.
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Interested in pursuing a subaward opportunity with USAID?
to search open subaward opportunities by sector and location.
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Innovative Veterinary Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance (InnoVet-AMR) is a four-year, CAD26.3 million partnership between IDRC and the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The initiative is aimed at reducing the emerging risk that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals poses to global health and food security.
Through InnoVet-AMR, IDRC and DHSC aim to achieve two main objectives:
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Support research that will identify and develop prophylactic and therapeutic innovative veterinary solutions, including vaccines, to improve health, while reducing the use of antimicrobials in ruminants and aquaculture operations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
- Build effective gender-balanced partnerships to better contribute to the discovery and development of innovative veterinary solutions to reduce the use of antimicrobials in ruminants and aquaculture operations in LMICs.
This initiative will invite research proposals focused on veterinary solutions, where new product-oriented solutions would significantly reduce the therapeutic and/or non-therapeutic use of antimicrobials in low- and middle-income countries in ruminants and/or aquaculture production. These solutions should target the prevention and control of bacterial infectious diseases of importance in low- and middle-income countries and the reduction of the use of antimicrobials while considering gender equity and inclusion and demonstrating commitment to climate change mitigation.
The research team must include at least one researcher from an institution based in a LMIC as principal investigator or co-applicant.
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Award size: $1.2M
Deadline: October 30, 2023
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Climate, Water, Environment, & Energy
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The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorates for Geosciences (GEO), Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), and Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) jointly support research to address the twenty-first century global challenge of climate change by seeking to increase understanding of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Removal (CDR) and Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) science, governance, and consequences. While the rapid reduction of CO2 and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remains a top priority, the scientific community has urged federal agencies to support research on additional potential solutions and their consequences, including strategies that may ameliorate anthropogenic climate change. In addition, recent U.S. Government reports seek to mobilize the Federal Government and civil society toward enhancing current understanding of potentially effective and innovative climate mitigation strategies.
This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) seeks to encourage submission of proposals on the fundamental understanding and assessment of environmental processes, and/or social, cultural, and ethical impacts of CDR and SRM which encompass a broad and growing range of strategies, each with specific potential environmental, and societal impacts and unintended consequences. Effective strategies need to be co-developed in an environmentally and socially responsible manner that includes community-engaged research promoting and adhering to open scientific research aligned with FAIR 6 and CARE 7 principles of data sharing and data use.
This DCL welcomes proposals in relevant areas of research that align with participating divisions, with particular interest on projects that integrate research programs from both GEO and SBE. Examples include projects that have integrative engagement with ethical frameworks, governance structures, and/or environmental justice issues that help guide research and potential scaling and deployment of CDR and SRM measures. Requests to form and foster interdisciplinary national and international research teams are particularly encouraged through submission of types of proposals described in Chapter II.F of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), including planning, workshop 8, Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI), and Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE), and to existing program solicitations including Research Coordination Network (RCN), AccelNet, and Global Centers.
This DCL does not constitute a new competition or program. Rather, interested proposers should prepare and submit proposals in accordance with the guidance contained in the PAPPG and any solicitation or program specific instructions for the relevant programs.
All relevant programs within participating Divisions/Offices:
- GEO/Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
- GEO/Division of Earth Sciences
- GEO/Division of Ocean Sciences
- GEO/Office of Polar Programs
- SBE/Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
- SBE/Division of Social and Economic Sciences
- OISE
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Award size: varies with proposal
Deadline: varies with NSF Division
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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Office of Minority Health (OMH) are seeking community-led strategies and tools to address health disparities in communities disproportionately impacted by environmental risks and hazards including those related to climate change, and the cumulative impacts of other stressors. The Challenge mechanism provides an opportunity for community voices to participate in developing novel innovative approaches to addressing the adverse health impacts of environmental conditions and increase community resilience within their local, disproportionately impacted communities.
HHS is creating a national competition to identify innovative and effective approaches to enhance community-driven efforts to address the health consequences of communities burdened by environmental and climate change-related hazards. Desired outcomes include the development of community-driven strategies and application of data-driven tools to advance health equity and address environmental hazards including those related to climate change, and the cumulative impacts of environmental and other stressors. Participants will have access to a technical assistance opportunity in each phase of the Challenge.
This Challenge seeks to achieve its desired outcomes by providing support to community-based and Tribal organizations in the areas of:
- Development or implementation of innovative and effective community-driven strategies to address health disparities in communities that are disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards including those related to climate change, and the cumulative impacts of environmental and other stressors.
- Application of publicly available data tools (i.e., Environmental Justice Index, Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, Environmental Justice Screen) to identify signals or patterns of an inequity in the distribution of environmental and climate change-related hazards, support measures of community resilience and research around the effectiveness of exposure mitigation efforts on human health.
- Effective partnerships between community-based or Tribal organizations and other civil organizations, such as faith-based, healthcare and public health and educational organizations, to address environmental and climate change-related hazards and support community resilience.
- Innovative approaches to building capacity in community-based or Tribal organizations on project planning, needs assessment, budgeting, engagement with community members, and grant application writing, to address environmental and climate change-related hazards as drivers of health disparities.
- Novel approaches to addressing the mental health impacts of environmental and climate change-related hazards and other cumulative stressors, especially among children and youth.
Subject and Scope of Prize Competition
Projects should have a clear focus on community specific health issues, including mental health issues, and address community or Tribal interests related to environmental and climate change-related exposures and drivers of health disparities. The approaches will be shared with the general public. The competition has two phases. All eligible submissions will be evaluated, and separate prizes will be awarded for each of the two phases. The winners are required to present their project findings and participate in post-award activities within six months after the end of the competition.
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Award size: $1M
Deadline: January 30, 2024
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This request for proposals (RFP) seeks proposals for innovative, high-quality modeling projects that will address specific research questions whilst:
- increasing connectedness between African modeling institutes.
- growing the African modeling ecosystem.
- accelerating the translation of modeling outputs into meaningful policy and programmatic impact.
We are looking for projects with a duration of 3-5 years that will achieve the following objectives:
- Advance scientific understanding of key public health priority areas (see thematic areas below for eligible topics) and leverage modeling outputs to inform decision-making by local, regional, or continental health officials and agencies.
- Develop, implement, and/or improve tools, processes and methods that enable the use of modeling to inform public health decision-making.
- Strengthen connections between African modeling units, data partners (e.g. data scientists/collectors) and policy- and decision-making officials and agencies through collaborative projects. Such collaboration should lead to programmatic impact, with co-creation of the analytical questions, analysis plans, and communication of outputs.
- Design and execute South-South collaborative activities to support knowledge exchange, cultivate partnerships between modeling units, and promote the use of modeling within health systems.
- Use community standards for open science, including FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles where possible, thereby contributing to the development of trustworthy data science to promote collaboration within funded projects and beyond.
Option A – Wellcome-funded
Proposals must focus on one or more of the following diseases: Chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever, zika, malaria and schistosomiasis.
Proposals must address one or more of the following:
- Environmental change: Modeling to understand the effect of i) direct climate (e.g., temperature, rainfall, short/long-term climate change) and/or ii) indirect environmental (e.g., population movement, landscape change) factors on the spread and burden of the focus diseases (e.g., vector spread, behavior, ability to transmit disease), and implications for control.
- Control interventions: Modeling to i) understand optimal use of existing and novel interventions (including combinations of interventions and assessment of resistance to interventions where relevant), and ii) identify barriers to implementation and uptake of interventions for the focus diseases.
Option B-Gates Foundation-funded
Proposals should address one or more of the following thematic areas:
- HIV
- Neglected tropical diseases
- Malaria and climate
- Malaria control interventions
- Enteric and diarrheal diseases
- Primary health care (PHC) service delivery and management
- Maternal and newborn health
- Nutrition
- Immunization program planning and policy
- The impact of climate and environmental change on population movement and impact on transmission/burden of diseases, such as HIV, TB, malaria, and enteric and diarrheal diseases, and planning of primary health care and immunization services.
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Award size: $3.7M (Wellcome-funded); $1M (BMGF-funded)
Deadline: October 23, 2023
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This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) promotes collaborative research programs to support the development/enhancement of infrastructure (e.g., tools, surveys, bio-specimens, data) for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) neuroscience research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Africa, as defined by the World Bank.
Specifically, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) seeks to support UG3/UH3 Exploratory/Developmental Phase Innovation Awards Cooperative Agreement projects to enable the following:
- The formation of transformative collaborations between institutions/scientists in the US and LMICs in Africa;
- The development, or enhancement, of research infrastructure and resources for studies of AD/ADRD neuroscience relevant to Africa, as well as to examine how social or behavioral factors influence AD/ADRD in Africa; and
- The initiation of pilot or exploratory studies that may inform future research for AD/ADRD neuroscience in Africa.
The research infrastructure programs are expected to contribute to the long-term goals of building sustainable AD/ADRD neuroscience research capacity and research, with the aim of ultimately leading to prevention and mitigation strategies for AD/ADRD in Africa.
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Award size: $400,000/yr (UG3 phase); $800,000/yr (UH3 phase)
Letters of intent due January 12, 2024
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The Yidan Prize Foundation is dedicated to creating a better world through education. The Yidan Prize was established in 2016 to support change makers working towards this goal. Looking at decades of research, we find that education makes life safer and makes people healthier and live longer. Every intervention that makes quality education more accessible makes the world a better place. To achieve this vision, we need to find and disseminate the most effective educational concepts.
We believe that by recognizing individuals and teams with the most innovative thinking in the field of educational research and practice, and building a global learning community with them, we can accelerate the popularization of excellent educational concepts and practices, thereby improving the quality and accessibility of global education.
We celebrate the best individuals and teams in education and work with them to build a global learning community. This community promotes cooperation, shares effective methods, and has equally strong capabilities in research testing and practical application.
For this reason, we have divided the awards into two categories:
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Educational Research Awards Learning theories such as science, psychology, statistics—help educators develop a more systematic understanding of working methods.
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Educational Development Award Learning practices such as new methods of education, means of popularizing education - promote effective educational techniques.
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Award size: $1.9M
Nominations will open in October, 2023
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The primary focus of the Toshiba International Foundation (TIFO) during its initial phase was on holding international symposia, collaborations in special exhibitions with leading museums outside Japan, donations of books for Japanese studies to university libraries overseas, and internship in Japan for students from Europe, the US and Asia.
The scope of our activities have expanded since then and today, our major activities are based on two pillars. Through grant giving, we support symposia organized by international educational institutions, academic societies and think tanks; events at museums around the world that showcase Japanese culture; research centered on Japan; and human resource development projects. Activities that TIFO itself initiates encourage next-generation leaders to cultivate an understanding of Japan, and promote research and publications on Japan.
TIFO supports projects that promote understanding of Japan, and divides them into the following four categories:
- Symposia and seminars that promote international understanding of Japan
- Cultural programs that promote international understanding of Japan
- Research and studies that promote international understanding of Japan
- Programs to foster future experts who will contribute to promoting international understanding of Japan
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Award size: $5,000 up to $10,000
Application portal opens in October, 2023
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In partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation, ACLS is offering a new travel grant competition for graduate students in a PhD program and non-tenure track faculty at any career stage. The grant supports travel for conducting basic research in China or conducting China studies-related research in databases, collections, and archives anywhere in the world.
Scholars may use these funds to travel to archives and field sites, to establish contact with scholars in Chinese-language communities, and to secure necessary permissions for fieldwork or archival research.
The Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies promotes inclusion, equity, and diversity as integral components of merit that enhance the scholarly enterprise. It is a priority that every cohort of fellows and grantees is broadly inclusive of different backgrounds, cultures, and any aspects that make one unique. In China studies we seek balance in regard to national origin, educational background, and current university affiliation, as well as in disciplinary approaches, topics, and historical periods studied.
Priority will be given to:
- Applicants that propose travel to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Tibet, or Xinjiang. Proposals based on research outside these areas will also be considered.
- Applicants with limited access to research funding or resources at their institution.
Grant funds may be used for:
- Costs associated with travel (e.g., air and ground transportation, visas, living expenses).
- Contacting scholars in Chinese-language communities.
- Accessing databases, collections, and archives (e.g., permits, fees).
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Award size: up to $5,000
Deadline: November 16, 2023
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The goal of the RCN program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic, and international boundaries. The RCN program provides opportunities to foster new collaborations, including international partnerships where appropriate, and address interdisciplinary topics.
Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies, collaborative technologies, training, broadening participation, and development of community standards for data and meta- data are especially encouraged. RCN awards are not meant to support existing networks; nor are they meant to support the activities of established collaborations. RCN awards also do not support primary research. Rather, the RCN program supports the means by which investigators can share information and ideas; coordinate ongoing or planned research activities; foster synthesis and new collaborations; develop community standards; and in other ways advance science and education through communication and sharing of ideas.
Proposed networking activities directed to the RCN program should focus on a theme to give coherence to the collaboration, such as a broad research question or a particular technology or a unique approach to address a current challenge. PIs are encouraged to consider approaches that enhance the geographic diversity of participation in the chosen theme.
Participating programs in Directorates for:
- Biological Sciences (BIO),
- Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE),
- Geosciences (GEO),
- STEM Education (EDU),
- Engineering (ENG),
- Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), and
- Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP).
PIs are encouraged to discuss suitability of an RCN topic with a program officer that manages the appropriate program. For proposals submitted to the CISE, ENG, SBE and TIP directorates consultation PRIOR to submission is mandatory. The NSF Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity(NSF GRANTED) program welcomes inquiries about potential RCN proposals aimed at strengthening the capability of institutions of higher education to develop, submit, and manage research proposals and awards.
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Award size: $500,000
Proposals accepted at any time
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Scholarships & Fellowships
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The National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program aims to strengthen research on education and learning by supporting early career scholars from a wide range of fields. Each year, the program funds a small group of outstanding advanced doctoral candidates so that they can devote themselves full-time to the completion of their dissertation. In addition to the stipend, fellows participate in two professional development retreats. While these meetings offer dissertation writing support, they also provide opportunities designed to expand fellows’ networks, build research and career skills, and support their transition into professional roles.
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Award size: $27,000 stipend
Deadline: October 5, 2023
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The Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships in Public Health are offered through a partnership between the Fulbright Program and the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. These awards were established to promote the expansion of research in public health and clinical research in resource-limited settings.
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships carry the same benefits as the traditional Fulbright Study/Research grants to the host country. The Fogarty International Center, NIH, will provide support to the research training site and may provide orientation for the fellows at the NIH.
By the start of the program year (July 2024), fellows must be an MD (and other professional degrees) student who has completed their 3rd year or a Ph.D. candidate who has completed their Master’s level requirements (i.e., post-qualifying exam). The basic requirements and process for applying for the Fulbright-Fogarty Program are the same as for any Fulbright U.S. Student Study/Research Grant.
For the 2024-2025 academic year, Fulbright-Fogarty placements will be available in these countries:
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East Asia-Pacific: Vietnam
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda
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South and Central Asia: Nepal
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Western Hemisphere: Jamaica and Peru
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Award size: varies with appointment
Deadline: October 10, 2023
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The Digital Democracy Centre at the University of Southern Denmark is launching a new fellowship program with support from TrygFonden. For this call, we are seeking the first cohort of fellows for an exciting and dynamic fellowship program, beginning in the spring of 2024. The program aims to foster collaboration between researchers, journalists, and policymakers in exploring the impact of digital technology and AI on media, politics, and democracy. Through the fellowship program, selected fellows will have the opportunity to generate new knowledge, contribute to the public debate, develop new networks, collaborate with DDC and its partners, and produce tangible outreach outputs such as policy briefs, educational packages, and talks.
The purpose of the Fellowship Program is to utilize and leverage the knowledge of DDC in a new way. The objective is to generate new knowledge and foster interaction between TrygFonden, DDC, new and existing partners of DDC, and the selected fellows. We aim for the Fellowship program to lead to new knowledge and tangible outputs, such as new networks, new collaborations, educational packages, contributions to the public debate, policy briefs, talks, and other outreach activities.
Types of fellows
The Digital Democracy Centre/TrygFonden fellowship program welcomes a diverse range of fellows. The target group of the fellowship program will be researchers and journalism graduates who may currently hold various positions in national and international research and educational institutions as well as in media organizations, ministries, NGOs, etc.
The Digital Democracy Centre / TrygFonden fellowship offers three types of fellowships:
- academic fellows who do research on technology and democracy
- journalist fellows who cover technology and democracy
- policy fellows who contribute to the regulatory debate on technology and democracy
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Award size: see website
Deadline: October 24, 2023
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The Wenner-Gren Foundation is committed to playing a leadership role in anthropology. We help anthropologists advance anthropological knowledge, build sustainable careers, and amplify the impact of anthropology within the wider world.
This grant program funds individual research projects undertaken by doctorates in anthropology or a closely related field. Our goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that integrate two or more subfields and pioneer new approaches and ideas.
This grant program funds doctoral or thesis research that advances anthropological knowledge. Our goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that integrate two or more subfields and pioneer new approaches and ideas.
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Award size: up to $25,000
Deadline: November 1, 2023
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Long-term fellowships are financially supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Long-term research fellowships will enable recent PhDs (without tenure and within eight years of the PhD) to take leave from university responsibilities for four to nine months to carry out research and writing towards a significant scholarly product.
Possible project outcomes include, but are not limited to, contributions to the development of one or more of the following: monographs, scholarly articles, conference papers, book chapters, or book on a topic in the humanities or interpretive social sciences.
ACLS also encourages projects that have the potential to contribute to:
- Pedagogical tools that make meaningful connections between a scholar’s research and post-secondary teaching.
- Works that bridge scholarly and creative practice.
- Community-engaged projects grounded in scholarly research but geared toward a public audience. Potential or actual community and/or student engagement with the research project is encouraged, as is the dissemination of the research to audiences across higher education.
Early Career fellowships support scholarly research in all disciplines of the humanities and the interpretive social sciences. Research may be conducted on any topic related to cultures, histories, and societies in China, and their influence and impact on communities, countries, and cultures around the world, as required by the research plan. Research on Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang is eligible. The study of non-traditional sites (e.g., sites in Africa or Latin America) is also permitted, so long as there is a clearly articulated rationale for the relationship to Chinese or Chinese-language communities and cultures. There are no restrictions regarding time period or methodological approach.
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Award size: $20,000 up to $45,000
Deadline: November 16, 2023
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EPFL is Europe’s most cosmopolitan technical university. It welcomes students, professors and collaborators of more than 120 nationalities who engage in cutting-edge research in subjects ranging from engineering to quantitative biology on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. EPFL has both a Swiss and international vocation and focuses on three missions- teaching, research and innovation.
The Summer Research Program features:
- 20-25 participants each summer
- 8 weeks of lab experience
- Mentoring by faculty and scientific staff
- Access to scientific seminars
- Science related and personal development Friday afternoon workshops
- Closing symposium with poster session or presentations from all participants
- Rich program of social activities, including a day hike to Swiss alps with raclette, BBQs and a few possible excursions to points of interest such as CERN
Scientific goals and benefits to the students:
- Join on-going research in a lab of the EPFL School of Life Sciences
- Learn new techniques while studying a research topic related to current health issues
- Improve critical thinking and experimental design
- Prepare for future independent research as a graduate student
- Experience the excitement and challenges of scientific research gaining insight into what a research career entails.
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Award size: $3300/month stipend
Deadline: January 31, 2024
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The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) solicits applications from scholars facing threats to their lives or careers. Fellowships support temporary academic positions at colleges, universities, and other research institutions anywhere in the world where the scholars can continue their academic work in safety.
Professors, researchers, and public intellectuals from any country, field, or discipline may apply.
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Award size: $25,000
Applications may be submitted at any time
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Global Innovations in Development, Engagement, and Scholarship (Global IDEAS) catalyzes interdisciplinary thought, research, and action to solve global/grand challenges in an international development context. We facilitate communities of practice; collaborate and engage with external partners and donors; enhance opportunities for faculty and staff to conduct research, education, and engagement; and provide proposal development and project management to support MSU’s international objectives.
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1405 S. Harrison Rd. Manly Miles Bldg., Suite 308
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: (517) 884-2987
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