Issue 37 | Volume 10 | September 30, 2022
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International Funding Opportunities Update
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Upcoming events of the
Community of Practice on Global Development
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Faculty Meet and Greet
Wed. October 5th, 10am-11:30am
Please join Global IDEAS and members of the Community of Practice on Global Development for this networking event on Zoom. Faculty members from across campus who are engaged in international research for development will give short presentations about their work, followed by breakout discussions and time for networking.
Speakers at this networking event include:
- Dr. Evangelyn Alocilja, Professor, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
- Dr. Stephen L. Esquith, Dean, Residential College of Arts & Humanities
- Dr. Geoffrey Henebry, Professor, Geography Environment Spatial Sciences
- Dr. Krista Isaacs, Assistant Professor, Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences
- Dr. Anna Maria Santiago, Assoc. Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives, College of Social Sciences
Coming in November:
Gender and Global Development (date/time TBD)
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Coffee hour with Global IDEAS
These informal gatherings present an opportunity to meet Global IDEAS staff, and network with other MSU researchers engaged in international research.
- Thursday, October 24, 4pm in Room 303 of the International Center
- Thursday, December 1, 4pm in Room 303 of the International Center
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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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The CS Fund and Warsh-Mott Legacy take an activist approach in making grants to defend traditional management of agriculture and natural resources in the Global South.
Specific interests include protecting local seeds and reducing chemicals in agriculture; regulating the introduction of genetically modified organisms; and supporting communities in their self-governance of natural resources. Recent grants include several for Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Award size: up to $30,000
Deadline: accepted at any time
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Climate, Water, Environment, & Energy
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The Safer End of Engineered Life – Open burning grant scheme is looking to fund projects to tackle the open burning of waste that leads to a reduction of risk to human health and safety globally. The Engineering X is offering grants through its open burning Baseline Studies or Awareness Raising Grant Program to build an evidence base and gather new valid and reliable data on the open burning of municipal solid waste to fill data gaps, inform future projects and/or engage with policies and regulations.
The purpose of the baseline studies grants is to fund scoping activities to build up an evidence base and gather new valid and reliable data on the open burning of municipal solid waste to fill data gaps, inform future projects and/or engage with policies and regulations.
An awareness raising grant will seek to raise awareness of the issue of open burning of municipal solid waste at all levels. It will include the use of existing bodies of data and disseminate it through creative approaches. This can be for a targeted group of stakeholders (ie, policy makers) or for general public awareness.
Objectives:
- To raise awareness and broader understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the tackling of the open burning of municipal solid waste including any unintended consequences.
- To facilitate the development of evidence and use of evidence-based approaches to mitigate the impact of open burning of municipal solid waste on human health and safety.
- To increase knowledge sharing across region, cities and sectorial boundaries on effective implementation of phasing out of open burning of municipal solid waste.
- To decrease the practice of open burning of municipal solid waste through evidence-based ap
Some examples may include but are not limited to:
- reducing burning by introducing targeted improvements to solid waste management systems.
- introducing/enhancing sustainable waste management initiatives which integrate informal workers as service providers and reduces their risks.
- reducing the identified health risks for informal workers and small scale recyclers.
- improving working practices and providing appropriate support and training to vulnerable groups.
- introducing changes in policies and practices, which will bring sustainable changes in the system to reduce adverse impacts for the most vulnerable groups.
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Award size: $10,000 up to $100,000
Deadline: November 8, 2022
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The Science and Research Fund of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) provides grants of up to £50,000 to support research projects that help MSC certified fisheries uphold best practice in sustainability and maintain certification. The fund supports projects that deliver the essential research needed for MSC certified fisheries to maintain global best practice.
In 2023, MSC welcomes projects focusing on bycatch reduction. Bycatch is a global fisheries challenge that requires all ocean stakeholders to work together to develop effective reduction strategies. Bycatch, or unwanted catch, includes undersized or surplus individuals for which fisheries do not have quota; endangered, threatened and protected species; and unwanted "non-target" species.
Priority will be given to projects that aim to develop low-cost solutions and which have strong match funding in place. Preference will also be given to the projects that have the potential to benefit multiple fisheries and the wider ocean community.
Additional aims include:
- To deliver research essential for fisheries to maintain best practice and MSC certification, including projects focusing on conducting research needed to close conditions
- To address barriers to maintaining certification
- To fund research that has the potential to benefit a range of fisheries and circumstance
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Award size: $10,000 up to $100,000
Deadline: December 5, 2022
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Since the first award in 1990 the Volvo Environment Prize has become one of the scientific world’s most respected environmental prizes. Laureates represent all fields of environmental and sustainability studies and initiatives. The Prize is awarded by an independent foundation. A Scientific Committee does the initial screening and evaluation of candidates. Internationally renowned scientists in the Prize Jury make the final selection of prize laureate.
There are many outstanding biologists and environmental scientists among the laureates but the scope of the award is wide. The idea is to promote scientific research and innovations that in broad terms fall within the environmental and sustainability field. So previous laureates also include economists, urban development experts, energy specialists, poverty adversaries and many others who are exploring the path to sustainability. Self-nominations are not accepted.
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Award size: $150,000
Deadline: January 10, 2023
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The Adaptation Sciences Program resides in the Climate Program Office’s (CPO’s) Climate and Societal Interactions Division (CSI). In FY 23, Adaptation Sciences is seeking proposals for interdisciplinary adaptation research activities to identify and better understand evolving climate -related risks, vulnerabilities, and adaptive capacity and foster the integration of this knowledge into adaptation and resilience planning for islands in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Programs managed by CSI are a key component of NOAA’s cutting-edge research enterprise, which has evolved over time to include the private sector, NGOs, and a wide range of practitioners. CSI includes the Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) research program (https://cpo.noaa.gov/Divisions-Programs/Climate-and-Societal-Interactions/The-Adaptation-Sciences-Program), which supports projects and partnerships to help advance the knowledge, methods, and frameworks needed to move society beyond incremental adaptation toward more widespread, connected, adaptive pathways and resilience strategies with clear economic and societal co-benefits, and the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (https://cpo.noaa.gov/Divisions-Programs/Climate-and-Societal-Interactions/RISA/About-RISA) or RISA program,which advances equitable adaptation through sustained regional research and community engagement. CSI seeks to foster collaboration and integration across these program areas in order to optimize the investment of NOAA resources in support of capacity-building to meet societal needs.
The Adaptation Sciences Program
The AdSci program is composed of several lines of effort - each shaped by ongoing engagement and structured partnerships with key stakeholders - and program strategies that reflect the societal needs and opportunities for collaboration that emerge from these partnerships. AdSci’s current lines of effort include partnerships and projects focused on the following: international collaboration to advance adaptation and resilience; climate impacts on fisheries and pathways for adaptation in fishing communities; and water-resources challenges and opportunities in coastal communities.
Research focuses on the integration of acute and chronic stressors that occur over multiple timescales, which can lead to cascading impacts that threaten to overwhelm and undermine systems important to daily life and social and economic well-being.
The goal of the AdSci Program is to foster adaptation and resilience by supporting research and partnerships focused on:
- Developing an understanding of key drivers and conditions that shape and enable adaptation across multiple temporal and spatial scales (e.g., socioeconomic context, adaptive behaviors, risk perception, public awareness and education); and
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Identifying key aspects of and promoting opportunities for the use of scientific information to best support preparedness and planned adaptation of high value to social and economic goals.
The AdSci International program element works with partners in the public and private sector to enhance the knowledge, engagement and capacity needed to foster adaptation and resilience in the face of a changing climate. Programs work across regions, and the sectors and systems upon which communities depend (e.g., human health, disaster risk reduction, water resources, coastal and marine ecosystem management, food security, infrastructure), and help support the integration of climate information in related risk management and decision making processes.
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Award size: $150,000 up to $300,000
Deadline: January 11, 2023
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The AXA Research Fund is seeking applications for its Chair Grant to support projects in the broad risk areas of global health, climate and environment, and socioeconomics.
The AXA Chair is a highly selective funding scheme intended to support significant advancements in the development of a research area within a host institution in line with the institution’s long-term strategy. It aims at creating a full-time academic position in the host institution and fostering a step-change in the career of the appointed AXA Professor. The host Institution must intend to create a permanent full-time position.
The AXA Research Fund does not interfere with the researchers work and is committed to providing full research independence to its endorsed grantees. The AXA Research Fund believes these conditions are crucial to ensure the innovation, the impact, and the quality of the research results.
Research Topics
The AXA Research Fund supports academic projects that contribute to better understanding global risks, in particular in the areas of:
- Health
- Environment
- Socioeconomics
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Award size: $100,000 up to $500,000
Letters of interest are due: October 13, 2022
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The AKA-NIH Partnership Program seeks to encourage increased collaborative research between investigators in the U.S. and Finland. This is to be facilitated through the submission of grant applications from U.S. institutions that include collaboration with Finnish investigators selected by AKA to participate in the joint research program. NIH will support the project through regular investigator-initiated NIH application processes and review.
AKA will fully fund Finnish investigators on collaborative grant applications that are selected for funding by participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) while NIH will fund the U.S. component. Research areas AKA may support through this program are described in AKA’s Finnish Research Flagships (https://www.aka.fi/en/research-funding/programmes-and-other-funding-schemes/flagship-programme/) and need to align with research areas that fall clearly within the missions of participating NIH ICs.
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Award size: see website
Deadline: February 5, 2023
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The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (the Foundation) was established in 1989 in memory of the late President of the Republic of China, Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988). Operational funds come from interest generated from an endowment donated by both the public and private sectors.
The Foundation is deeply committed to its mission of encouraging scholars at academic institutions throughout the world to undertake research projects in the humanities and social sciences that can shed new light on Chinese culture and society, as well as engage in international cooperation and exchange.
Research Grants Scholars at academic institutions are eligible to apply for research grants. Priority will be given to collaborative projects involving institutions in Taiwan. Projects on Taiwan Studies are especially encouraged. Research grants are usually given for no more than two years.
The budget for research grants does not include salary for the researcher except for summer salary calculated at 1/9 of the scholar's annual salary. An average research grant might also include costs for research assistants, living costs, and travel expenses.
Doctoral Fellowships Doctoral candidates who are non-ROC citizens and who are enrolled in an accredited university in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, or South America may apply for financial support for writing dissertations in the field of Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. Citizens of the ROC should apply for Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad.
Scholar Grants Professors and postdoctoral fellows may apply for a CCK Scholar Grant ranging from $20,000 to $35,000 to help replace half of their salary while they're on sabbatical, or for time off for research and writing. This grant will be for one year. Priority will be given to collaborative projects involving institutions in Taiwan. Projects on Taiwan Studies are especially encouraged.
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Award size: varies with program
Deadline: October 15, 2022
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The U.S. Embassy invites interested organizations to submit applications for projects that would provide reliable, statistically valid television ratings measurement in Moldova. This program has the goal of establishing an independent trusted provider of unbiased (open) data on TV audiences in Moldova to be used by advertisers, media outlets and other stakeholders.
Reliable and trustworthy ratings data are essential for a functioning media market. This project seeks a partner who has a research-based, creative proposal to collect and publish such data for Moldova. Applicants are encouraged to think broadly about the problem and propose solutions that will result in ratings data that reflect reality and can be proven to be accurate.
Such a solution could include the following elements:
- Establishing a consortium of reputable organizations in Moldova to lead the process to create an alternative measurement system.
- Consulting with Moldovan TV stations, media organizations, and advertising agencies during the design of the new rating system
- Negotiating access to audience data with major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) whose services include access to TV as well as others who may have audience data.
- Providing expert analysis of the data collected, including through the use of outside, independent experts.
- Providing free access to ratings and independent data analysis.
- Promoting the new service among stakeholders (advertisers, media outlets, business community).
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Award size: $500,000 (total program spending)
Deadline: October 31, 2022
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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.
Post-Ph.D. Research Grants are awarded to individuals holding a Ph.D. or equivalent degree to support individual research projects. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas.
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Award size: up to $25,000
Deadline: November 1, 2022
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The Office of Private Sector Exchange (BridgeUSA) of ECA will announce an open competition for the administration of the FY2023 BridgeUSA Africa Polytechnic Collaboration Initiative. U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) including organizations that represent consortia or other combinations of accredited U.S. community colleges/universities may submit only one proposal to cooperate with BridgeUSA under this competition to provide approximately 20 scholarships to scholars and professionals evenly distributed across participating countries from East Africa (AF) for the FY2023 BridgeUSA Africa Polytechnic Collaboration Initiative. The scholarship will cover BridgeUSA program fees, healthcare benefits coverage, visa fees, SEVIS fees, and airfare. The program should be implemented in a 36-month time frame.
The BridgeUSA Africa Polytechnic Collaboration Initiative scholarships would further ECA’s goal of promoting mutual understanding and lasting partnerships between emerging leaders from foreign countries and the United States as well as provide opportunities for BridgeUSA exchange visitors to collaborate with U.S. counterparts and share ideas, approaches, and strategies to develop solutions to pressing local and global challenges and address foreign malign influence in higher education space in the region.
This pilot will initially focus on East Africa including the islands along the east coast of Africa: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Proposals should address the combination of at least five countries from the list above and the proposed eligible J-1 categories described under Section C.2.1 Eligible Countries and J-1 Categories. ECA program office will finalize participating countries with the regional bureau.
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Award size: $100,000
Deadline: November 28, 2022
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The Office of Private Sector Exchange (BridgeUSA) of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the administration of the BridgeUSA Journalism and Rule of Law Scholarship (JROL) Program. U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to provide 20 exchange visitors from select European countries with scholarships in the Intern, Trainee, and Specialist program categories of the Exchange Visitor Program.
The program will be administered over 36 months from the date the award is made. The award recipient will recruit and select exchange visitors from marginalized populations (social, political, and economic) in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
BridgeUSA JROL scholarship selection should ensure that at least five countries are represented among the exchange visitors and ensure a balance of exchange visitors with any of the following academic or professional backgrounds: media and communications, governance and rule of law, or public administration and policymaking.
Exchange visitors may come from any of these three backgrounds but should be able to demonstrate a clear nexus to journalism and/or rule of law in their intern/trainee/specialist exchange program. The scholarships would be used to cover exchange visitors’ program fees, including placement at a U.S.-based host organization, health benefits coverage, visa fees, SEVIS fees, and airfare. The award recipient shall oversee all aspects of the BridgeUSA JROL Scholarship Program.
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Award size: $100,000
Deadline: November 28, 2022
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Scholarships & Fellowships
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USIP's Peace Scholar Fellowship program awards non-residential fellowships to PhD candidates enrolled in U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics broadly related to conflict management, peacebuilding and relevant security studies. Since 1988, the program has supported the dissertations of 387 young scholars, many of whom have gone on to distinguished careers in research, higher education, and policy making.
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Award size: see website
Deadline: October 6, 2022
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CIFAR invites exceptional early-career researchers from across the natural, biomedical and social sciences and the humanities to join one of our interdisciplinary research programs that address some of the most important questions facing science and humanity. The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program accelerates the development of the next generation of research leaders and positions them to heighten their impact
in academia and beyond.
We invite applications from early-career research leaders who can engage with any of the following CIFAR research programs:
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Award size: $100,000 in unrestricted research support
Deadline: October 25, 2022
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The Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF), in collaboration with the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI), encourages applications for fellowships for advanced study or research during the academic year 2023-2024, at VKI. The offer is directed to US citizens.
BAEF fellowships 2023-2024 can be initiated between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023. Fellows should be in residence in Belgium during the tenure of their fellowship and stay for a period of 12 months. If the Fellow chooses to remain in Belgium for less than 12 months, the stipend will be prorated accordingly. The minimum fellowship period is 6 months.
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Award size: Stipend: $29,000 (Master's or PhD student); $33,000 (Post doc); health insurance
Deadline: October 31, 2022
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The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to invite applications for one to three advanced long-term fellowships for research in affiliation with ARIT centers in Turkey, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The fields of study cover all periods of history in the general range of the humanities and include humanistically oriented aspects of the social sciences, prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics, as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history. The fellowships tenures range from four to twelve continuous months during 2023-2024.
Scholars who have completed their formal training by the application deadline and plan to carry out research in Turkey for four months or longer may apply. They may be U.S. citizens or three-year residents of the U.S. Please consult ARIT U.S. office for questions of eligibility. Advanced scholars may also apply for ARIT Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
ARIT maintains two research institutes in Turkey. The ARIT Istanbul library concentrates on Byzantine and Ottoman Turkey and facilitates archival research in the city. ARIT – Ankara focuses on art, archaeology, and ancient history in its library, and serves Turkish and American archaeologists through its programs. Both centers support research on modern Turkey. The centers offer research and study facilities, as well as connections with colleagues, institutions, and authorities in Turkey.
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Award size: up to $5,000 per month stipend
Deadline: November 1, 2022
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The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to offer ARIT fellowships for research in Turkey for the 2023-2024 year. Grants for tenures up to one academic year will be considered; applications for projects of shorter duration, as brief as one or two months, are also supported. ARIT offers research and study facilities as well as connections with colleagues, institutions, and authorities through its branch centers in Istanbul and Ankara.
Scholars and advanced graduate students engaged in research on ancient, medieval, or modern times in Turkey, in any field of the humanities and social sciences, are eligible to apply. Student applicants must have fulfilled all requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation by June 2023, and before beginning any ARIT-sponsored research. Non-U.S. applicants who reside in the U.S. or Canada are expected to maintain an affiliation with an educational institution in the U.S. or Canada. Scholars who have completed their formal training may also apply for ARIT fellowships sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Award size: see website
Deadline: November 1, 2022
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ConDev's Student Media Grant Program awards funds to current students or recent graduates from within the Texas A&M University System interested in conducting field work in conflict-affected areas of the world.
Grantees can work on a variety of research or extension programs that will allow them to chronicle critical issues being faced by communities.
Topics can include:
- Peace and reconciliation,
- Poverty and food insecurity,
- Forms of violence (gender, school, domestic, political, etc),
- Migration/refugee crisis
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Award size: up to $5,000
Deadline: November 15, 2022
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The American Academy in Rome supports innovative artists, writers, and scholars living and working together in a dynamic international community. Each spring, the Academy awards the Rome Prize and Italian Fellowship to a select group of artists and scholars, after an application and juried process that begins in the previous fall. The winners are invited to Rome to pursue their work in an atmosphere conducive to intellectual and artistic freedom and interdisciplinary exchange.
Fellowships are chosen from the following disciplines:
- Ancient studies
- Architecture
- Design: includes graphic, industrial, interior, exhibition, set, costume, and fashion design, urban design, city planning, engineering, and other design fields
- Historic preservation and conservation
- Landscape architecture: includes environmental design and planning, landscape/ecological urbanism, landscape history, sustainability and ecological studies, and geography
- Literature: includes fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry
- Medieval studies
- Modern Italian studies
- Musical composition
- Renaissance and early modern studies
- Visual arts: includes painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, film and video, installation, new media, digital arts, and other visual-arts fields
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Award size: Stipend-$16,000 (half-term); $30,000 (full-term)
Deadline: November 15, 2022
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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
Deadline: Applications accepted 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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