RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES ALERT! Compiled by the ORID Research Services Unit
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Research Services Unit Office of Research, Innovation and Development June 21, 2011 Research Opportunities Alert! Issue 2: Volume 3 (Prizes and Scholarships)
RAINEE FELLOWSHIP FUNDED BY THE SCAN/DESIGN FOUNDATION BY INGER AND JENS BRUUN TInternational Association for the Study of Pain
Description: Website: http://www.iasp- The International Association for the Study of pain.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=IASP_Fell Pain invites applicants for the trainee fellowship owships&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm& funded by the Scan/Design Foundation by Inger ContentID=7305 and Jens Bruun. The aim of this fellowship is to Application form: http://www.iasp- support trainees who wish to undertake either pain.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=IASP_Fell clinical or basic science research in the field of owships&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm pain under the guidance of a mentor at the &ContentID=7336 institution of his or her choice. There are no restrictions on the age, nationality or Eligibility profile qualifications of the applicant; however, it is ------anticipated that the trainee will generally be in Nationality of applicant institution: Any an early stage of their career. Both trainee and mentor must be members of IASP. Disciplines ------Two fellowships of 12 months duration will be Pain, Community-based Clinical Subjects (RAE awarded per year. Each fellowship comes with a Unit 2), Hospital-based Clinical Subjects (RAE stipend of $50,000 to cover salary and travel Unit 3), Other Studies and Professions Allied to costs. The stipend may not be used for indirect Medicine (RAE Unit 11), Community-based costs. Clinical Subjects, Hospital-based Clinical Subject, Other Studies and Professions Allied to Medicine, Quality of Life Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated once Contact Details a year. ------Posted date: 21 Dec 10 IASP Secretariat Award type: Predoctoral training fellowships, 111 Queen Anne Ave N Postdoctoral training fellowships Suite 501 Award amount max: $50,000 Seattle, WA 98109-4955 Award amount min: - Tel: +1 206 283 0311 Award budget total: $100,000 Fax: +1 206 283 9403 E-mail: [email protected]
OSEPH A BURTON FORUM AWARD American Physical Society J
Description: Examples include issues of: public education, The American Physical Society invites arms control, energy policy, protection of the nominations for the Joseph A Burton forum environment, international cooperation among award. The purpose of this award is to scientists, physics education, and the recognize outstanding contributions to the achievement of equity. public understanding or resolution of issues involving the interface of physics and society.
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The award consists of $3,000, a certificate citing Application form: the contributions of the recipient, and an http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= allowance for travel to the meeting of the society BURTON at which the award is presented. It will be awarded annually. Eligibility profile ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated once Disciplines a year. ------Posted date: 19 Apr 11 Physics, Physics (RAE Unit 19) Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, meetings etc. Contact Details Award amount max: $3,000 ------Award amount min: - APS Award budget total: - One Physics Ellipse Website: College Park, MD 20740-3844 http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/award Tel: +1 301 209 3268 s/burton.cfm E-mail: [email protected]
RENNERT-IVERSON SCHOLARSHIP Western History Association T
Description: Application form: The Western History Association invites Eligibility profile applications for the Trennert-Iverson ------scholarships. These two $500 annual awards for Nationality of applicant institution: Any MA or PhD students facilitate the students' attendance at the annual Western History Disciplines Association conference. The award also includes ------conference registration. American History, American Studies (RAE Unit 45), History (RAE Unit 59), American Studies
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: This call is repeated once ------a year. Western History Association Posted date: 12 Apr 11 University of Missouri-St Louis Award type: Travel to conferences, meetings etc. 152C University Center Award amount max: $500 1 University Blvd Award amount min: - St Louis, MO 63121 Award budget total: $1,000 Tel: +1 314 516 7282 Website: Fax: +1 314 516 7272 http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw E-mail: [email protected] ards/
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SFCC/J ROGER PORTER AWARD American Society for Microbiology U
Description: Award amount max: $2,000 The American Society for Microbiology Award amount min: - announces the United States Federation for Award budget total: - Culture Collections/J Roger Porter award. This Website: is to honor an outstanding effort by a scientist http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php?option=c who has demonstrated the importance of om_content&view=article&id=2297&Itemid=323 microbial biodiversity through sustained Application form: curatorial or stewardship activities for a major http://www.asm.org/asm/images/Academy/ resource used by the scientific community. AwardNominationForms/Nominating/usfcc.p df The recipient will have greatly aided other scientists by demonstrating the fundamentals of Eligibility profile culture collections and related resources and the ------rich biodiversity that such collections preserve. Nationality of applicant institution: Any These resources may include collections of cells or microorganisms, databases or tools, or major Disciplines reference works or services as an essential aspect ------of either one or more major publications or an Curatorship, Microbiology, Special Collections, extensive work effort. Biological Sciences (RAE Unit 14), Library and Information Management (RAE Unit 61) The award includes $2,000 and travel expenses to the ASM general meeting. The recipient is expected to deliver the USFCC/J Roger Porter award lecture. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ASM Deadline information: This call is repeated once 1752 N St NW a year. Washington, DC 20036-2904 Posted date: 16 Feb 11 Tel: +1 202 737 3600 Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, E-mail: [email protected] meetings etc.
APS25 AWARD American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists A
Description: defined by the nine AAPS sections or can be The American Association of Pharmaceutical more global in scope. The aim is to for students Scientists invites proposals for the AAPS25 to research and forecast some of the challenges award. This competition is aimed at identifying the industry will face. the greatest challenges for pharmaceutical sciences in the next 25 years. Submissions can be The top three entries will receive cash prizes of framed within the major disciplinary areas up to $2,500, and the top five entries will receive
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Research Opportunities Alert! Issue 2: Volume 3 (Prizes and Scholarships) certificates of recognition, complementary Eligibility profile registration to the annual meeting and a travel ------reimbursement of up to $500. AAPS students Nationality of applicant institution: Any and postdoctoral members are eligible to apply. Disciplines ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Biotechnology, Drug Metabolism, Pharmacy, Deadline information: Regulation, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Posted date: 14 Mar 11 Pharmacokinetics, Drug Design, Hospital-based Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit 3), Pharmacology meetings etc. (RAE Unit 8), Pharmacy (RAE Unit 9), Biological Award amount max: $3,000 Sciences (RAE Unit 14), Clinical Pharmacology, Award amount min: - Hospital-based Clinical Subject, Translational Award budget total: - Medicine Website: http://www.aaps.org/inside/Awards_Fellows Contact Details /AwardDescriptions.asp ------Application form: AAPS http://www.aaps.org/inside/Awards_Fellows 2107 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700 /documents/11Awards/2011- Arlington, VA 22201-3042 AAPS25Award.doc E-mail: [email protected]
ULIUS EDGAR LILIENFELD PRIZE American Physical Society J
Description: Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, The American Physical Society invites meetings etc. nominations for the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Award amount max: $10,000 prize. The purpose is to recognize a most Award amount min: - outstanding contribution to physics. Award budget total: - Website: The prize shall be awarded for contributions to http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes physics by a single individual who also has /lilienfeld.cfm exceptional skills in lecturing to diverse Application form: audiences. http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= LILIENFELD The prize consists of $10,000, a certificate and expenses for the three lectures by the recipient Eligibility profile given at an APS meeting, a research university, ------and a predominantly undergraduate institution. Nationality of applicant institution: Any
Disciplines Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: Physics, Physics (RAE Unit 19) Posted date: 06 Apr 11 Contact Details
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------College Park, 20740 American Center for Physics Tel: +1 301 209 3268 One Physics Ellipse Email: [email protected]
CM-IEEE CS KEN KENNEDY AWARD Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers A
Application form: Description: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Eligibility profile Engineers invites nominations for the ------ACM/IEEE CS Ken Kennedy award. This award Nationality of applicant institution: Any will recognize substantial contributions to programmability and productivity in computing Disciplines and substantial community service or mentoring ------contributions. The award includes a $5,000 Community & Outreach Programs, Computer honorarium and the recipient will be expected to Sciences, Computer Programming Languages, give a presentation. Computer Software, Computer Science (RAE Unit 25), Social Policy and Administration (RAE Unit 40) Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated once Contact Details a year. ------Posted date: 23 Feb 11 IEEE Computer Society Award type: Prizes 2001 L St., NW Suite 700 Award amount max: $5,000 Washington, DC 20036-4910 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected] Award budget total: - Website: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/award s/kennedy
ALTER RUNDELL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD IN WESTERN HISTORY Western History Association W
Description: The Western History Association invites applications for the Walter Rundell graduate Closing date: 01 Jul 11 student award. This graduate student award in Deadline information: This call is repeated once the field of western history is worth $1,500. The a year. applicant should be a doctoral candidate who Posted date: 12 Apr 11 has completed comprehensive examinations for Award type: Predoctoral fellowships their dissertation subject. Award amount max: $1,500
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Award amount min: - American History, American Studies (RAE Unit Award budget total: $1,500 45), History (RAE Unit 59), American Studies Website: http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw Contact Details ards/ ------Application form: Western History Association Eligibility profile University of Missouri-St Louis ------152C University Center Nationality of applicant institution: Any 1 University Blvd St Louis, MO 63121 Disciplines Tel: +1 314 516 7282 ------Fax: +1 314 516 7272 E-mail: [email protected]
UN-ICHI NISHIZAWA MEDAL Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers J
Description: Award budget total: - The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Website: Engineers invites nominations for the Jun-ichi http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/n Nishizawa medal. This is presented for ishizawa.html outstanding contributions to material and Application form: device science technology, including practical http://www.ieee.org/documents/nishizawa.pd application. In the evaluation process, the f following criteria are considered: quality of the technical achievement, enhancement of Eligibility profile technology, impact on the relevant technical ------community, impact on the profession and Nationality of applicant institution: Any benefit to the society, publications and patents and the quality of the nomination. Disciplines ------The award may be presented to an individual, Electronics & Electrical Engineering, multiple recipients, or a team of up to three in Microelectronics, Semiconductors, Electronic number and is open to all, regardless of IEEE Materials, Physics (RAE Unit 19), Electrical and membership. Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit 29), Metallurgy and Materials (RAE Unit 32), The award consists of a gold medal, bronze Nanoelectronics replica, certificate and cash honorarium. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 IEEE Awards Activities Deadline information: This call is repeated once 445 Hoes Lane a year. PO Box 1331 Posted date: 26 Apr 11 Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 732 562 3844 Award amount max: - Fax: +1 732 981 9019 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected]
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LEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers A
Description: Award budget total: - The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers invites nominations for the Alexander Website: Graham Bell medal. This award is intended to http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/b provide recognition for outstanding ell.html contributions to telecommunications. It may be presented each year to individuals or a team up Application form: to three in number, for exceptional contributions http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awa to the advancement of communications sciences rds/noms/bellnom.html and engineering. Eligibility profile This award is open to all persons, regardless of ------IEEE membership. Nationality of applicant institution: Any
The award consists of a gold medal, bronze Contact Details replica, certificate, and a cash honorarium. ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 IEEE Awards Activities Deadline information: This call is repeated once 445 Hoes Lane a year. PO Box 1331 Posted date: 12 May 11 Piscataway, NJ 08855-133 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 732 562 3840 Award amount max: - Fax: +1 732 981 9019 Award amount min: - E-mail:[email protected]
ILL ALLIS PRIZE FOR THE STUDY OF IONIZED GASES American Physical Society W The prize consists of $10,000, a certificate and an Description: allowance for travel to the APS meeting. The American Physical Society invites nominations for the Will Allis prize for the study of ionized gases. The purpose is to Closing date: 01 Jul 11 recognize outstanding contributions to the study Deadline information: This call is repeated of ionized gases. every 2 years. Posted date: 26 Jan 11 Nominations are open to scientists of all nations Award type: Prizes regardless of the geographical location at which Award amount max: $10,000 the work was done. The prize shall ordinarily be Award amount min: - awarded to one person but may be shared when Award budget total: - all recipients have contributed to the same Website: accomplishment. http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes /allis.cfm
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Application form: http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= Contact Details ALLIS ------APS Headquarters Eligibility profile 1 Physics Ellipse ------College Park, MD 20740-3844 Nationality of applicant institution: Any Tel: +61 8 8201 2958 Fax: +61 8 8201 2905 Disciplines E-mail: [email protected] ------Physics, Plasma, Physics (RAE Unit 19)
WT JONES TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP Royal Society of Chemistry J
Description: Award amount min: - The Royal Society of Chemistry invites Award budget total: - applications for the JWT Jones travelling Website: fellowships. These enable younger chemists to http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/F carry out short-term studies in well-established unding/TravelGrants/JWTJonesFellowship.asp scientific centres abroad and to learn and use Application form: techniques not accessible to them in their own http://www.rsc.org/images/JWT_Jones_Appli country. Candidates must be members of the cation_tcm18-139823.doc society and should be under 45 years of age. They must hold at least a doctorate in chemistry Eligibility profile or a related subject and should already be in a ------post and actively engaged in independent Nationality of applicant institution: Any research. Awards are worth a maximum of £5,000 over one to three months to cover travel Disciplines and subsistence. ------Chemical Sciences, Chemistry (RAE Unit 18)
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: Deadlines on: 1 January ------2011, 1 April 2011, 1 July 2011, 1 October 2011, RSC and repeated annually. Thomas Graham House Posted date: 21 Dec 10 Science Park, Milton Road Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Travel for Cambridge CB4 0WF research purposes Tel: +44 1223 432 316 Award amount max: £5,000 Fax: +44 1223 432 359
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ARS ONSAGER PRIZE American Physical Society L
Description: Application form: The American Physical Society invites http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= nominations for the Lars Onsager prize. The ONSAGER purpose is to recognize outstanding research in theoretical statistical physics including the Eligibility profile quantum fluids. ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any Nominations are accepted from all scientists of all nations regardless of geographical location. Disciplines The prize is open to researchers in statistical ------physics covering a wide range of physical Statistics, Physics, Theoretical, Physics, Fluid, phenomena, as long as the nominee is active at Physics, Fluid & Superfluidity, Physics (RAE the time of the award. Unit 19), Statistics and Operational Research (RAE Unit 24) The prize consists of $10,000 and a certificate. Contact Details Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: This call is repeated once American Center for Physics a year. One Physics Ellipse Posted date: 18 Feb 11 College Park, 20740 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 301 209 3200 Award amount max: $10,000 Fax: +1 301 209 0865 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected] Award budget total: - Website: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes /onsager.cfm
NDREI SAKHAROV PRIZE American Physical Society A
Description: The prize normally will be awarded to one or American Physical Society invites nominations more physicists, but scientists in other fields for the Andrei Sakharov prize. The prize is may be eligible if the selection committee feels intended to recognize outstanding leadership their qualifications are appropriate. and achievements of scientists in upholding human rights. The prize consists of $10,000 and Closing date: 01 Jul 11 an allowance for travel to the meeting of the Deadline information: This call is repeated every society at which the prize will be presented. 2 years. Posted date: 24 Jan 11 Award type: Prizes
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Award amount max: $10,000 Civil & Human Rights, Physics, Physics (RAE Award amount min: - Unit 19), Politics and International Studies (RAE Award budget total: - Unit 39) Website: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes /sakharov.cfm Contact Details Application form: ------http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= Executive Office SAKHAROV American Physical Society Headquarters One Physics Ellipse Eligibility profile College Park, MD 20740-3844 ------Tel: +1 301 209 3268 Nationality of applicant institution: Any Fax: +1 301 209 0865 E-mail: [email protected] Disciplines ------
KH PANOFSKY PRIZE IN EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS American Physical Society W Award amount min: - Description: Award budget total: - The American Physical Society invites Website: nominations for the WKH Panofsky prize in http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes experimental particle physics. The purpose is to /panofsky.cfm recognize and encourage outstanding Application form: achievements in experimental particle physics. http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= PANOFSKY Nominations are open to scientists of all nations regardless of the geographical site at which the Eligibility profile work was accomplished and will normally be ------awarded for contributions made at an early Nationality of applicant institution: Any stage of the recipient's career. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person but may be Disciplines shared when all recipients have contributed to ------the same accomplishment. Physics, Particle, Physics (RAE Unit 19)
The award consists of $10,000, an allowance for Contact Details travel to the APS meeting and a certificate. ------American Center for Physics One Physics Ellipse Closing date: 01 Jul 11 College Park, 20740 Deadline information: Tel: +1 301 209 3268 Posted date: 06 Apr 11 E-mail: [email protected] Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, meetings etc. Award amount max: $10,000
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NEESUR RAHMAN PRIZE FOR COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS American Physical Society A
Description: Award budget total: - The American Physical Society invites Website: nominations for the Aneesur Rahman prize for http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes computational physics. The purpose of this /rahman.cfm award is to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in computational Application form: physics research. Nominations are open to http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= scientists of all nationalities regardless of the RAHMAN geographical site at which the work was done. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one Eligibility profile person, but a prize may be shared when all ------recipients have contributed to the same Nationality of applicant institution: Any accomplishments. The prize consists of $5,000, a certificate and an allowance for travel to the APS Disciplines meeting. ------Physics (RAE Unit 19), Computational Physics
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: This call is repeated once ------a year. American Center for Physics Posted date: 12 Apr 11 One Physics Ellipse Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, College Park, 20740 meetings etc. Tel: +1 301 209 3268 Award amount max: $5,000 E-mail: [email protected] Award amount min: -
EO SZILARD LECTURESHIP AWARD American Physical Society L
Description: travel expenses for lectures given by the The American Physical Society invites recipient at an APS meeting and at two or more nominations for the Leo Szilard lectureship educational institutions or research laboratories award. The purpose of the award is to recognize in the year following the award. The lectures outstanding accomplishments by physicists in should be especially aimed at physicists early in promoting the use of physics for the benefit of their careers. Any living physicist is eligible. society in such areas as the environment, arms control, and science policy. The lecture format is intended to increase the visibility of those who Closing date: 01 Jul 11 have promoted the use of physics for the benefit Deadline information: This call is repeated once of society. a year. Posted date: 19 Apr 11 The award consists of $1,000, a certificate citing Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, the contributions of the recipient, plus $2,000 meetings etc.
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Award amount max: $3,000 ------Award amount min: - Sociology of Science, Natural Resources, Use of, Award budget total: - Physics, Science Planning & Policy, Physics Website: (RAE Unit 19), Environmental Sciences (RAE http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/award Unit 21), Politics and International Studies (RAE s/szilard.cfm Unit 39), Sociology (RAE Unit 42) Application form: http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= Contact Details SZILARD ------APS Eligibility profile One Physics Ellipse ------College Park, MD 20740-3844 Nationality of applicant institution: Any Tel: +1 301 209 3268 E-mail: [email protected] Disciplines
TURRENTINE AWARD Western History Association W
Description: Application form: The Western History Association invites nominations for its W Turrentine Jackson award. Eligibility profile The award will be presented to a beginning ------professional historian for a first book on any Nationality of applicant institution: Any aspect of the history of the American West. The winner of the $1,000 award will be announced Disciplines during the Western History Association's annual ------conference. American History, American Studies (RAE Unit 45), History (RAE Unit 59), American Studies To be eligible for award in 2011, the book must have been published in 2009 or 2010. Contact Details ------Western History Association Closing date: 01 Jul 11 University of Missouri-St Louis Deadline information: This call is repeated 152C University Center every 2 years. 1 University Blvd Posted date: 16 May 11 St Louis, MO 63121 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 314 516 7282 Award amount max: $1,000 Fax: +1 314 516 7272 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected] Award budget total: - Website: http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw ards/
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RRELL M GIBSON AWARD Western History Association A
Description: The Western History Association invites Application form: nominations for its Arrell M Gibson award. This award consists of a $500 cash prize for the best Eligibility profile essay of the year on the history of the Native ------Americans. No time period or geographic Nationality of applicant institution: Any restrictions apply, and essays will be judged on their significance to the field, their contributions Disciplines to knowledge, and their literary quality. ------American History, Native Americans, American Any WHA member, as well as the publisher or Indian, American Studies (RAE Unit 45), History author of the essay, may nominate an essay. To (RAE Unit 59), American Studies be eligible for award in 2011, articles must have appeared in 2009 or 2010 in a journal or edited Contact Details volume. ------Western History Association Closing date: 01 Jul 11 University of Missouri-St Louis Deadline information: This call is repeated 152C University Center every 2 years. One University Blvd Posted date: 15 Jun 10 St Louis, MO 63121 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 314 516 7282 Award amount max: $500 Fax: +1 314 516 7272 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected] Award budget total: - Website: http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw ards/
ALCOLM H KERR DISSERTATION AWARDS University of Arizona M
Description: There is a $1,000 award for the winning The University of Arizona's Middle East Studies dissertation in each category. Association invites nominations for the Malcolm H Kerr dissertation awards. These awards recognize exceptional achievement in research Closing date: 01 Jul 11 and writing for dissertations in Middle East Deadline information: This call is repeated once studies. Awards are given in two categories, a year. social sciences and humanities. Posted date: 19 Apr 11 Award type: Prizes All students completing their doctoral Award amount max: $1,000 dissertations between July 1, 2010 and June 30, Award amount min: - 2011 are eligible to submit entries. Award budget total: $2,000
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Website: Sciences, Middle Eastern and African Studies http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/excellence/kerr (RAE Unit 46), Theology, Divinity and Religious .htm Studies (RAE Unit 63), Middle Eastern and Application form: African Studies http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/pdf/Dissertatio n%20Submission%20Form.pdf Contact Details ------Eligibility profile Middle East Studies Association ------University of Arizona Nationality of applicant institution: Any 1219 N Santa Rita Avenue Tucson AZ 85721 Disciplines Tel: +1 520 626 4753 ------E-mail: [email protected] Middle East, Humanities, Arabic Language, Arabic Literature, Islam, Judaism, Social
AMAGIWA-YOSHIDA MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL CANCER STUDY GRANTS International Union Against Cancer Y
Description individual investigators, The International Union Against Cancer invites Networking/collaboration applications for the Yamagiwa-Yoshida Award amount max: - memorial international cancer study grants. Award amount min: - These enable cancer investigators from any Award budget total: - country to carry out bilateral research projects Website: abroad that exploit complementary materials or http://www.uicc.org/fellowships/study-grants skills, including training in advanced Application form: experimental research methods and techniques. http://forms.uicc.org/fellowship_applications/ Basic, translational or applied cancer research user_auth_login.php?cs=1 are eligible, and prevention-oriented projects are especially encouraged. Eligibility profile ------Candidates should be actively engaged in cancer Nationality of applicant institution: Any research with appropriate scientific or medical qualifications and recent publications in Disciplines international peer-reviewed literature. ------Applicants must possess a minimum of two Cancer Biology, Breast Cancer, Cancer & years postdoctoral experience. Grants are worth Carcinogenesis, Prostate Cancer, Oncology, $10,000 each on average over a maximum of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (RAE Unit 1), three months. Hospital-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit 3), Clinical Laboratory Science, Blood Cancer, Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Hospital-based Clinical Subject Deadline information: Deadlines on: 15 January Contact Details 2011, 1 July 2011, and repeated annually. ------Posted date: 24 Jan 11 UICC Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, 62 Route de Frontenex Postdoctoral training fellowships, Travel for 1207 Geneva research purposes, Directed grants for Tel: +4122809181 Fax: +41 22 809 1810
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ARY JANE OESTMANN PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD American Nuclear Society M
Description: Award amount max: - The American Nuclear Society invites Award amount min: - applications for the Mary Jane Oestmann Award budget total: - professional women’s achievement award. This Website: http://www.ans.org/honors/va- award was established to recognize outstanding oestmann personal dedication and technical achievement Application form: by a woman for work she has performed in the http://www.ans.org/honors/sd/oestmann- fields of nuclear science, engineering, research form.pdf or education. The award is made to recognize outstanding achievements by women who Eligibility profile might not have the tenure or visibility to be ------considered for the other awards of ANS. The Nationality of applicant institution: Any candidate's work in the field of engineering, education or research should have showed Disciplines technical leadership for work performed in her ------subject area. The award may be given for Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Technology, lifetime achievement or for a singular Nuclear Engineering Standards, Nuclear outstanding contribution to the technical Sciences, Nuclear Science & Technology, community. Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering (RAE Unit 30) The woman need not be an ANS member, but should be affiliated with the nuclear community Contact Details in some manner. An engraved plaque and a ------monetary award is given. Honors and Awards American Nuclear Society Closing date: 01 Jul 11 555 North Kensington Avenue Deadline information: This call is repeated once La Grange Park, Illinois 60526 a year. Tel: +1 708 352 6611 Posted date: 14 Apr 11 Fax: +1 708 352 0499 Award type: Prizes
RRINGTON-PRUCHA PRIZE IN WESTERN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY Western History Association A
Description: articles must have appeared in the prior year in The Western History Association invites a journal, magazine, or edited volume. Any nominations for the Arrington-Prucha prize in WHA member, as well as the publisher or western American religious history. A $500 cash author of the essay, may nominate an essay. prize is awarded for the best essay of the year on religious history in the West. The cash prize and Closing date: 01 Jul 11 a plaque are awarded to the author and a Deadline information: This call is repeated once certificate is awarded to the publisher. No time a year. period, geographic restrictions, or questions of Posted date: 12 Apr 11 religious persuasion apply. To be eligible, Award type: Prizes
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Award amount max: $500 History (RAE Unit 59), Theology, Divinity and Award amount min: - Religious Studies (RAE Unit 63), American Award budget total: $500 Studies Website: http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw Contact Details ards/ ------Application form: Western History Association University of Missouri-St Louis Eligibility profile 152C University Center ------1 University Boulevard Nationality of applicant institution: Any St Louis, MO 63121 Tel: +1 314 516 7282 Disciplines Fax: +1 314 516 7272 ------E-mail: [email protected] American History, History of Religious Thought, American Studies (RAE Unit 45),
AX BENTELE AWARD FOR ENGINE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION Society of Automotive Engineers M
Description: Award budget total: - The Society of Automotive Engineers invites Website: nominations for the Max Bentele award for http://www.sae.org/news/awards/list/bentel technology innovation. This award annually e/ recognizes an SAE member whose work has Application form: furthered innovation in the manufacture, design https://shop.sae.org/news/awards/list/bentel and improvement of engine technology for e/app-bentele.shtml ground, air or space vehicles. The award is designated for engineers under the age of 35 Eligibility profile who have made a major contribution through a ------new idea, concept, innovation or application Nationality of applicant institution: Any which provides a recognized improvement in engine technology and which has been verified Disciplines through proof of concept demonstrations. ------Automotive Engineering, Engines, Mechanical, The award includes a medal and a $2,000 Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering honorarium, which is presented at the awards (RAE Unit 30) ceremony during the SAE world congress. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 SAE World Headquarters Deadline information: This call is repeated once 400 Commonwealth Drive a year. Warrendale, PA 15096-0001 USA Posted date: 09 Aug 07 Tel: 1 724 776 4841 Award type: Prizes Fax: 1 724 776 0790 Award amount max: $2,000 E-mail: [email protected] Award amount min: -
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RTHUR L SCHAWLOW PRIZE IN LASER SCIENCE American Physical Society A
Description: Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, The American Physical Society invites meetings etc. nominations for the Arthur L Schawlow prize in Award amount max: $10,000 laser science. The purpose of the award is to Award amount min: - recognize outstanding contributions to basic Award budget total: - research that uses lasers to advance knowledge Website: of the fundamental physical properties of http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes materials and their interaction with light. Some /schawlow.cfm examples of relevant areas of research are: Application form: nonlinear optics; ultrafast phenomena; laser http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?prize=S spectroscopy; squeezed states; quantum optics; CHAWLOW multiphoton physics; laser cooling and trapping; physics of lasers; particle acceleration by lasers; Eligibility profile and short wavelength lasers. The prize consists ------of $10,000 and a certificate, plus an allowance Nationality of applicant institution: Any for travel to the APS meeting. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 American Center for Physics Deadline information: This call is repeated once One Physics Ellipse a year. College Park, 20740 Posted date: 12 Apr 11 Tel: +1 301 209 3268 E-mail: [email protected]
AX DELBRUCK PRIZE IN BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS PRIZE) M American Physical Society
Description: Deadline information: This call is repeated The American Physical Society invites every 2 years. nominations for the Max Delbruck prize in Posted date: 16 May 11 biological physics. The purpose is to recognize Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, and encourage outstanding achievement in meetings etc. biological physics research. Nominations are Award amount max: $10,000 open to scientists of all nationalities regardless Award amount min: - of the geographical site at which the work was Award budget total: - done. The prize may be awarded to more than Website: one investigator on a shared basis. The prize http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel to /delbruck.cfm attend the APS meeting, and a certificate. Application form: http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= DELBRUCK Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Eligibility profile
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EDAL OF HONOR Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers M
Website: Description: http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/ The Institute of Electrical and Electronic medalofhonor.html Engineers invites nominations for its medal of Application form: honor award. This is the institute's highest http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awa award and is given for an exceptional rds/noms/mohnom.html contribution or an extraordinary career in the fields of interest relevant to the institute. it is Eligibility profile presented only when a candidate is identified as ------having made a particular contribution which Nationality of applicant institution: Any forms a clearly exceptional addition to the science and technology of concern to the Disciplines institute. ------Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Applied The award consists of a gold medal, bronze Electronics, Communication Systems, Radio replica, certificate, and cash honorarium. The Engineering & Science, Telecommunications, candidate need not be a member of the IEEE to Electrical and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit be nominated. 29)
Contact Details Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: This call is repeated once IEEE Awards Activities a year. 445 Hoes Lane Posted date: 12 May 11 PO Box 1331 Award type: Prizes Piscataway, NJ 08855 Award amount max: - Tel: +1 732 562 3840 Award amount min: - Fax: +1 732 981 9019 Award budget total: - E-mail: [email protected]
ICHAEL P MALONE AWARD Western History Association M
Description: This biennial award is awarded for the best The Western History Association invites article, essay, or commentary on state, nominations for its Michael P Malone award. provincial, or territorial history in North
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America appearing in a periodical publication. Application form: Articles concentrate on events of historical significance centering on a state, province, or Eligibility profile territory in North America. ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any Nominations must be made by the editor of the journal in which the article or essay appeared. A Disciplines certificate and $500 cash prize will be awarded ------to the author of the winning essay. To be eligible American History, American Studies (RAE Unit for award in 2011, articles should have been 45), History (RAE Unit 59), American Studies published during 2009 and 2010 in a periodical publication. Contact Details ------Western History Association Closing date: 01 Jul 11 University of Missouri-St Louis Deadline information: 152C University Center Posted date: 15 Jun 10 One University Blvd Award type: Prizes St Louis, MO 63121 Award amount max: $500 Tel: +1 314 516 7282 Award amount min: - Fax: +1 314 516 7272 Award budget total: - E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw ards/
IOMÉRIEUX SONNENWIRTH AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY American Society for Microbiology B
Description: Posted date: 16 Feb 11 The American Society for Microbiology invites Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, nominations for the bioMérieux Sonnenwirth meetings etc. award for leadership in clinical microbiology. Award amount max: $2,000 This award honors a distinguished Award amount min: - microbiologist for the promotion of innovation Award budget total: - in clinical laboratory science, dedication to the Website: ASM and the advancement of clinical http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php?option=c microbiology as a profession. The prize includes om_content&view=article&id=36368&Itemid=32 $2,000, a commemorative piece and travel to the 3 ASM general meeting, where the awardee will Application form: deliver the Sonnenwirth award lecture. http://www.asm.org/asm/images/Academy/ AwardNominationForms/Nominating/biomeri The nominee must be a microbiologist identified eux.pdf with clinical microbiology. Self-nominations are not excepted. Eligibility profile ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated once Disciplines a year. ------
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Infectious Diseases & Agents, Bacteriology, Microbiology, Viral Studies (Virology), Clinical Laboratory Sciences (RAE Unit 1), Biological Sciences (RAE Unit 14), Clinical Laboratory Science
Contact Details ------ASM 1752 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-2904 Tel: +1 202 737 3600 E-mail: [email protected]
OLTON-KINNAIRD AWARD IN BORDERLANDS HISTORY Western History Association B
Description: Award amount max: $500 The Western History Association invites Award amount min: - nominations for its Bolton-Kinnaird award in Award budget total: - borderlands history. A cash prize of $500 will be Website: awarded for the best article on any phase of the http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw history of the borderlands, from the Floridas to ards/ the Californias, from the 16th century to the Application form: present, including the northward movement of Spanish-speaking people into the US in recent Eligibility profile times, major political, economic, and social Nationality of applicant institution: Any developments, cultures, peoples, institutions, and movements, broad essays of synthesis or Disciplines new interpretations. ------American History, Economic History, Political Any member of the association, as well as the Science, Migration, Social Movements, publisher or author of the essay, may nominate Economics and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38), an essay. A copy of the journal, an offprint, or a Social Policy and Administration (RAE Unit 40), photocopy must be submitted to each member Social Work (RAE Unit 41), Sociology (RAE Unit of the committee with a letter of nomination. 42), American Studies (RAE Unit 45), History Award-winning articles in languages other than (RAE Unit 59), American Studies English will be considered for publication in the Contact Details Western Historical Quarterly. To be eligible for ------award in 2011, articles must have been Western History Association published in 2010 in any scholarly journal or University of Missouri-St Louis edited volume. 152C University Center 1 University Boulevard Closing date: 01 Jul 11 St Louis, MO 63121 Deadline information: This call is repeated once Tel: +1 314 516 7282 a year. Fax: +1 314 516 7272 Posted date: 16 May 11 E-mail: [email protected] Award type: Prizes
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ICHOLSON MEDAL FOR HUMAN OUTREACH American Physical Society N
Description: Deadline information: This call is repeated once The American Physical Society invites a year. nominations for the Nicholson medal for human Posted date: 12 May 11 outreach. This medal recognizes the Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, humanitarian aspect of physics and physicists, meetings etc. and shall be awarded to a physicist who Award amount max: $1,500 through teaching, research, or science related Award amount min: - activities: Award budget total: - has demonstrated a particularly giving and Website: caring relationship as a mentor to students http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/award or colleagues, or has succeeded in s/nicholson.cfm motivating interest in physics through Application form: inspiring educational works; http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= has created special opportunities that NICHOLSON inspire the scientific development of students or junior colleagues, or has Eligibility profile developed programs for students at any ------level that facilitated positive career choices Nationality of applicant institution: Any in physics; has successfully stimulated the interest and Disciplines involvement of the general public on the ------progress in physics. Informal Science Education, Science Education, Physics, Physics (RAE Unit 19), Education (RAE Recognition consists of the Nicholson medal and Unit 68) a certificate which includes the citation for which the recipient has been recognized. Up to Contact Details $1,500 will be available for the recipient's travel ------expenses to the meeting at which the medal is APS presented. One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3844 Tel: +1 301 209 3268 Closing date: 01 Jul 11 E-mail: [email protected]
AUGHEY PRIZE Western History Association C
Description: award in 2011, the book must have been The Western History Association invites published in 2010. nominations for the Caughey prize. This prize is given annually for the most distinguished book on the history of the American west. The award Closing date: 01 Jul 11 consists of $2,500 and a certificate to the author, Deadline information: This call is repeated once and a certificate to the press. To be eligible for a year.
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Posted date: 12 Apr 11 American History, American Studies (RAE Unit Award type: Prizes 45), History (RAE Unit 59), American Studies Award amount max: $2,500 Award amount min: - Contact Details Award budget total: $2,500 ------Website: Western History Association http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw University of Missouri-St Louis ards/ 152C University Center Application form: 1 University Blvd St Louis, MO 63121 Eligibility profile Tel: +1 314 516 7282 ------Fax: +1 314 516 7272 Nationality of applicant institution: Any E-mail: [email protected]
Disciplines ------
LIVER E BUCKLEY PRIZE IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS American Physical Society O
Description: Website: The American Physical Society invites http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes nominations for the Oliver E Buckley prize in /buckley.cfm condensed matter physics. The purpose is to Application form: recognize and encourage outstanding theoretical http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= or experimental contributions to condensed BUCKLEY matter physics. Eligibility profile The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one ------person but may be shared when all the Nationality of applicant institution: Any recipients have contributed to the same accomplishments. Disciplines ------The award consists of $10,000 and a certificate. Condensed Matter, Physics (RAE Unit 19)
Contact Details Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: This call is repeated once American Center for Physics a year. One Physics Ellipse Posted date: 18 Feb 11 College Park, 20740 Award type: Prizes Tel: 1 301 209 3200 Award amount max: $10,000 Fax: 1 301 209 0865 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected] Award budget total: -
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ANNIE HEINEMAN PRIZE FOR MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS American Physical Society D
Description: Application form: The American Physical Society invites http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= nominations for the Dannie Heineman prize for HEINEMAN mathematical physics. The purpose is to recognize outstanding publications in the field Eligibility profile of mathematical physics. This prize is awarded ------for valuable published contributions made in Nationality of applicant institution: Any the field of mathematical physics, with no restrictions placed on a candidate’s citizenship Disciplines or country of residence. The prize may be ------awarded to multiple contributors, and consists Mathematics, Applied, Physics, Physics (RAE of $10,000 and a certificate, plus travel expenses Unit 19), Pure Mathematics (RAE Unit 22), to attend APS the meeting. Applied Mathematics (RAE Unit 23), Mathematics, Pure Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated once Contact Details a year. ------Posted date: 12 Apr 11 American Center for Physics Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, One Physics Ellipse meetings etc. College Park, 20740 Award amount max: $10,000 Tel: +1 301 209 3268 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected] Award budget total: - Website: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes /heineman.cfm
AVID ADLER LECTURESHIP AWARD American Physical Society D
Description: writing, and lecturing in the field of materials The American Physical Society invites physics. nominations for the David Adler lectureship award in the field of materials physics. The award recognises an outstanding contributor to Closing date: 01 Jul 11 this field, who is noted for the quality of their Deadline information: This call is repeated once research, review articles and lecturing. a year. Posted date: 30 Mar 11 The lectureship consists of an award of $5,000 as Award type: Prizes honorarium for the lecturer and a certificate Award amount max: $5,000 citing the contribution made by the recipient. Award amount min: - Nominations are open to anyone doing research, Award budget total: -
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Website: Materials Sciences, Physics, Materials, Physical http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/award Properties, Physics (RAE Unit 19), Metallurgy s/adler.cfm and Materials (RAE Unit 32) Application form: http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= Contact Details ADLER ------APS Eligibility profile One Physics Ellipse ------College Park, MD 20740-3844 Nationality of applicant institution: Any Tel: +1 301 209 3268 E-mail: [email protected] Disciplines ------
EACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS Rotary Foundation P
Description: submitted with the club and district The Rotary Foundation invites applications for endorsements to the relevant regional RI office. its peace and conflict studies fellowships. Funding supports advanced international education opportunities in peace and conflict Closing date: 01 Jul 11 resolution. Each year up to 60 master’s degree Deadline information: This call is repeated once fellowships and 50 professional development a year. certificate fellowships are offered at six rotary Posted date: 09 Mar 11 peace centres, which operate in partnership with Award type: Personal development, financial seven universities, including Chulalongkorn aid for postgraduate students University in Bangkok, Thailand; Duke Award amount max: - University and University of North Carolina at Award amount min: - Chapel Hill in the US; International Christian Award budget total: - University in Tokyo, Japan; Universidad del Website: Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina; University http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England; /EducationalPrograms/RotaryCentersForIntern University of California, Berkeley in the US; ationalStudies/Pages/ridefault.aspx University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Application form: http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_doc/ The master’s degree is a 15 to 24 month course 083en.doc that includes a two to three month practical internship, while the professional development Eligibility profile certificate is a three month course that includes ------two to three weeks of field study. Each applicant Nationality of applicant institution: Any must have a bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience, at least three years’ combined paid Disciplines or unpaid full-time relevant work experience for ------the master’s degree or five years’ relevant work Planning & Policy Studies, International experience with current full-time employment in Planning & Policy, Civil & Human Rights, a mid- to upper-level position for the Democracy, International Relations & professional development certificate. People Diplomacy, Conflict Resolution & Mediation, with disabilities and members of Rotaract clubs Peace & Disarmament & Amnesty, Politics and are encouraged to apply. Applications must be International Studies (RAE Unit 39)
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Evanston IL 60201 Contact Details Tel: +1 866 976 8279 ------Fax: +1 847 556 2141 Rotary Foundation of Rotary International E-mail: [email protected] One Rotary Center 1560 Sherman Avenue
HILIP BRETT AWARD American Musicological Society P
Description: Award amount min: - The LGBTQ study group of the American Award budget total: - Musicological Society invites nominations for Website: http://www.ams- the Philip Brett award. This award honors net.org/awards/brett.php exceptional musicological work in the field of Application form: gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender/transsexual studies completed during the previous two Eligibility profile academic years in any country and in any ------language. Works that will be considered for the Nationality of applicant institution: Any award include a published article, book, edition, annotated translation, a paper read at a Disciplines conference, teaching materials, and other ------scholarly work. The award consists of $500 and Music, Musicology & Music Theory, Gay & a certificate. Lesbian Community, Music (RAE Unit 67) Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Music Center Deadline information: This call is repeated once University of California a year. Santa Cruz Posted date: 16 Feb 11 CA 95064 Award type: Prizes E-mail: [email protected] Award amount max: $500
AVISSON-GERMER PRIZE IN ATOMIC OR SURFACE PHYSICS American Physical Society D
Description: for work done in the area of atomic physics. This The American Physical Society invites prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person, nominations for the Davisson-Germer prize in but may be shared when all recipients have atomic or surface physics. The purpose of this contributed to the same accomplishments. award is to recognize and encourage Nominations are open to scientists of all outstanding work in atomic physics or surface nationalities regardless of the geographical site physics. The 2012 prize recipient will be selected
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OLYMER PHYSICS PRIZE American Physical Society P
Description: Award budget total: - The American Physical Society invites Website: nominations for its polymer physics prize. This http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes prize recognizes outstanding accomplishment /polymer.cfm and excellence of contributions in polymer Application form: physics research. http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= POLYMER Nominations are open to all scientists of all nations regardless of membership in the society Eligibility profile or the geographical location in which the work ------was carried out. The prize shall ordinarily be Nationality of applicant institution: Any awarded to one person but may be shared when all the recipients have contributed to the same Disciplines accomplishments. ------Physics (RAE Unit 19), Polymer Physics The award consists of $10,000 and a certificate. Contact Details Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: This call is repeated once American Center for Physics a year. One Physics Ellipse Posted date: 18 Feb 11 College Park, 20740-3844 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 301 209 3200 Award amount max: $10,000 Fax: +1 301 209 0865 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected]
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E LA COURT PRIZE Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van DWetenschappen (KNAW)
Description: (RAE Unit 34), Geography (RAE Unit 35), Law The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and (RAE Unit 36), Anthropology (RAE Unit 37), Sciences invites applications and nominations Economics and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38), for the De la Court prize. Scientists carrying out Politics and International Studies (RAE Unit 39), unpaid research in the field of the arts and social Social Policy and Administration (RAE Unit 40), sciences are invited to compete for this prize. It Social Work (RAE Unit 41), Sociology (RAE Unit is also possible to recommend someone for the 42), Business and Management Studies (RAE prize. Researchers with appointments at a Unit 43), Accountancy (RAE Unit 44), American university or research institute who also carry Studies (RAE Unit 45), Middle Eastern and out research outside their own discipline may African Studies (RAE Unit 46), Asian Studies not compete for this prize. The research must (RAE Unit 47), European Studies (RAE Unit 48), have been performed entirely independently, Celtic Studies (RAE Unit 49), English Language which means that doctoral theses, trainee and Literature (RAE Unit 50), French (RAE Unit placement reports, etc, are not eligible. 51), German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages (RAE Unit 52), Italian (RAE Unit 53), The prize consists of a silver medal and a sum of Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages 6,800 euros. (RAE Unit 54), Iberian and Latin American Languages (RAE Unit 55), Linguistics (RAE Unit 56), Classics, Ancient History, Byzantine and Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Modern Greek Studies (RAE Unit 57), Deadline information: This call is repeated Archaeology (RAE Unit 58), History (RAE Unit every 3 years. 59), History of Art, Architecture and Design Posted date: 23 Jun 10 (RAE Unit 60), Library and Information Award type: Prizes Management (RAE Unit 61), Philosophy (RAE Award amount max: €6,800 Unit 62), Theology, Divinity and Religious Award amount min: - Studies (RAE Unit 63), Art and Design (RAE Award budget total: €6,800 Unit 64), Drama, Dance and Performing Arts Website: (RAE Unit 66), Music (RAE Unit 67), Education http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/27/205.bGF (RAE Unit 68), Sports-related Subjects (RAE uZz1FTkc.html Unit 69) Application form: Contact Details Eligibility profile ------Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Nationality of applicant institution: Netherlands Sciences Nationality of applicant institution: Any Secretariat Council for the Humanities (RGW) PO Box 19121 Disciplines 1000 GC Amsterdam ------Tel: +31 20 55 10 782 Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology E-mail: [email protected] (RAE Unit 13), Town and Country Planning
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ENNIS J PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers D
Description: Award budget total: - The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Website: Engineers invites nominations for its Dennis J http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/p Picard medal for radar technologies and icard.html applications. This award is for outstanding Application form: accomplishments in advancing the fields of http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/p radar technologies and is presented to an icard.html individual or group of up to three people. In the evaluation process, the following criteria are Eligibility profile considered: field leadership, contribution, ------originality, breadth, inventive value, Nationality of applicant institution: Any publications, other achievements, society activities, honors, duration, and overall strength Disciplines of the nomination. ------Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Radar, Nominations are open to anyone, regardless of Radar Systems, Electrical and Electronic IEEE membership. Engineering (RAE Unit 29)
The award includes a cash honorarium. Contact Details ------IEEE Awards Activities Closing date: 01 Jul 11 445 Hoes Lane Deadline information: This call is repeated once PO Box 1331 a year. Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 Posted date: 20 Apr 11 Tel: +1 732 562 3840 Award type: Prizes Fax: +1 732 981 9019 Award amount max: - E-mail: [email protected] Award amount min: -
AY ALLEN BILLINGTON PRIZE Western History Association R
Description: To be eligible, an article must deal with a topic The Western History Association invites relating to the North American West, including nominations for the Ray Allen Billington prize. Mexico, Canada, and Alaska. This prize was established to recognize the best article on western history published in any Nominations may be made only by the editors journal other than the Western Historical of the participating publications, but editors Quarterly. The award issues $400 to the author may, if they wish, seek the advice of their and $100 to the journal in which the article was editorial board or of a special committee. To be published. eligible for award in 2011, article must have appeared in a regular periodical within the twelve months ending July 1, 2011.
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Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Disciplines Deadline information: This call is repeated once ------a year. American History, American Studies (RAE Unit Posted date: 12 Apr 11 45), History (RAE Unit 59), American Studies Award type: Prizes Award amount max: $400 Contact Details Award amount min: ------Award budget total: $500 Western History Association Website: University of Missouri-St Louis http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw 152C University Center ards/ 1 University Blvd Application form: St Louis, MO 63121 Tel: +1 314 516 7282 Eligibility profile Fax: +1 314 516 7272 ------E-mail: [email protected] Nationality of applicant institution: Any
EACTOR TECHNOLOGY AWARD American Nuclear Society R
Description: Application form: The American Nuclear Society invites http://www.ans.org/honors/sd/reactech- applications for its reactor technology award. form.pdf This is to be made to an individual or individuals who have made original and Eligibility profile excellent contributions to the advancement of ------reactor technology. The award should Nationality of applicant institution: Any emphasize recognition of advances in the areas of design and safety in reactor technology. Disciplines ------Any member of the ANS can nominate a Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Technology, candidate, who does not have to be an ANS Nuclear Reactor, Environmental Effects, Nuclear member. The recipient will receive an engraved Reactor, Reactor Safety, Nuclear Reactor plaque and a $2,000 monetary award. Technology, Nuclear Reactors, Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering (RAE Unit 30) Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated once Details a year. ------Posted date: 20 Apr 11 Honors and Awards Award type: Prizes American Nuclear Society Award amount max: $2,000 555 North Kensington Avenue Award amount min: - La Grange Park, Illinois 60526 Award budget total: - Tel: +1 708 352 6611 Website: http://www.ans.org/honors/va- Fax: +1 708 352 0499 reactech E-mail: [email protected]
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EREK HARWOOD-NASH INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Radiological Society of North America D
Description: Award amount max: $10,000 The Radiological Society of North America Award amount min: - invites applications for the Derek Harwood- Award budget total: - Nash international fellowship. This fellowship Website: supports an individual faculty member at an http://www.rsna.org/International/CIRE/dhn international institution to study at a North ash.cfm American institution. Application form: http://www.rsna.org/International/CIRE/upl Candidates must be promising international oad/DHN_2011_APP.doc radiology scholars who have completed their radiology training, who are embarking on a Eligibility profile career in academic radiology, and who ------demonstrate that their specific educational goals Nationality of applicant institution: All African can be met most appropriately by a course of Nations, All Asian nations, All South American study in a North American institution. nations, All Oceanian nations, All European Proficiency in English is required. Nations
The fellowships provide a stipend of up to Disciplines $10,000 to cover travel and modest living ------expenses for a six- to twelve-week period and Medical Education, Radiotherapy, Radiology, education materials. In addition, each fellow Hospital-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit 3), will receive a one-year complimentary Education (RAE Unit 68), Hospital-based subscription to the RSNA journals on return to Clinical Subject his or her home country. Contact Details ------RSNA Closing date: 01 Jul 11 820 Jorie Boulevard Deadline information: This call is repeated once Oak Brook, IL 60523-2251 a year. Tel: +1 630 368 3742 Posted date: 26 Jan 11 Fax: +1 630 571 7837 Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, E-mail: [email protected] Institutional development, Travel for research purposes
ARLE K PLYLER PRIZE FOR MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY American Physical Society E
Description: award is to recognize and encourage notable The American Physical Society invites contributions to the field of molecular nominations for the Earle K Plyler prize for spectroscopy. The prize may be given for molecular spectroscopy. The purpose of this experimental or theoretical achievements, for a
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ESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften R
Description: Deadline information: This call is repeated once The Internationales Forschungszentrum a year. Kulturwissenschaften invites applications for its Posted date: 07 Apr 11 research fellowships. These support Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Personal postdoctoral scholars early in their careers. development, Travel for research purposes, Applicants must have a doctorate or a PhD at Directed grants for individual investigators the time of application. Qualified scholars are Award amount max: - eligible without regard to nationality, Award amount min: - institutional, or departmental affiliation; Award budget total: - although preference is given to qualified Austrian applicants. Fellowships include a Website: monthly stipend of maximum €2,325, office http://www.ifk.ac.at/index.php/actual- space at the IFK equipped with electronic calls.html facilities, one-time travel costs to and from Application form: Vienna and free accommodation in a studio apartment. The fellowships last for one Eligibility profile academic semester. ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Disciplines
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------Cultural Activities, Folk & Ethnic Studies, Visual Contact Details Arts, Anthropology, Cultural & Social, Political ------Economics & Economy, Political Science, IFK Anthropology (RAE Unit 37), Economics and Reichsratsstrasse 17 Econometrics (RAE Unit 38), Politics and 1010 Wien International Studies (RAE Unit 39), History Tel: +43 1 504 11 26 (RAE Unit 59), History of Art, Architecture and Fax: +43 1 504 11 32 Design (RAE Unit 60), Cultural History, E-mail: [email protected] Globalisation , Cultural Heritage
C WHITE RESEARCH AND MENTORING AWARD American Society for Microbiology D
Description: Award amount min: - The American Society for Microbiology invites Award budget total: - nominations for the DC White research and Website: mentoring award. This award recognizes http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php?option=c distinguished accomplishments in om_content&view=article&id=50931&Itemid=32 interdisciplinary research and mentoring in 3 microbiology. Consideration will be given to the Application form: breadth of contributions, as well as their http://www.asm.org/asm/images/Academy/ originality and overall impact. AwardNominationForms/Nominating/dc%20 white.pdf Nominees must have a distinguished record of accomplishments in microbiological research. Eligibility profile The recipient will receive a cash prize of $5,000, ------a commemorative medal, and travel to the ASM Nationality of applicant institution: Any general meeting where the laureate will deliver the DC White research and mentoring award Disciplines lecture. ------Microbiology, Biological Sciences (RAE Unit 14)
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: This call is repeated once ------a year. ASM Posted date: 10 Feb 11 1752 N Street, NW Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, Washington, DC 20036 meetings etc. Tel: +1 202 737 3600 Award amount max: $5,000 E-mail: [email protected]
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DISON MEDAL Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers E
Description: Award budget total: - The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Website: Engineers invites nominations for its Edison http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/e medal. This award is presented to an individual dison.html for a career of meritous achievement in electrical Application form: science, electrical engineering or the electrical http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awa arts. In the evaluation process, the following rds/noms/edisonom.html criteria are considered: leadership; individual contributions; originality; breadth; patents and Eligibility profile publications; other achievements; honors; ------duration of dominance; and quality of Nationality of applicant institution: Any nomination. Disciplines Any individual may be nominated regardless of ------IEEE membership. The award consists of a gold Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Electrical medal, small gold replica, certificate and a cash and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit 29) honorarium. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 IEEE Awards Activities Deadline information: This call is repeated once 445 Hoes Lane a year. PO Box 1331 Posted date: 12 May 11 Piscataway, NJ 08855-133 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 732 562 3840 Award amount max: - Fax: +1 732 981 9019 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected]
NTOMOLOGICAL FOUNDATION JEFFREY P LAFAGE GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD EEntomological Society of America
Description: world. The amount of the award is based on the The Entomological Society of America invites earnings from the endowment. nominations for its Entomological Foundation Jeffrey P LaFage graduate student research award. This recognizes a graduate student who Closing date: 01 Jul 11 proposes innovative research that advances or Deadline information: This call is repeated once contributes significantly to the knowledge of the a year. biology or control of pests in the urban Posted date: 19 Apr 11 environment, especially termites or other wood- Award type: Student awards destroying organisms. Nominees must be Award amount max: - candidates for a masters or doctoral degree at Award amount min: - any accredited university anywhere in the Award budget total: -
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Website: Biological Control of Insects, Pest Control http://www.entsoc.org/awards/student/lafag Strategies, Pest Management, Pesticides, e Entomology, Zoology, Biological Sciences (RAE Application form: Unit 14), Agriculture (RAE Unit 15) http://www.entsoc.org/nominate/entomologic al Contact Details ------Eligibility profile ESA ------10001 Derekwood Lane Nationality of applicant institution: Any Suite 100 Lanham, MD 20706-4876 Disciplines Tel: +1 301 731 4535 ------Fax: +1 301 731 4538 E-mail: [email protected]
ICHARD W HAMMING MEDAL Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers R
Description: Application form: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awa Engineers invites nominations for the Richard W rds/noms/hamnom.html Hamming medal. This award is given annually for exceptional contributions to information Eligibility profile sciences, systems and technology. It may be ------presented to an individual or group, up to three Nationality of applicant institution: Any in number. Any individual can be nominated, regardless of IEEE membership. Disciplines ------The award consists of a gold medal, bronze Communication Systems, Information & replica, certificate and a cash honorarium. Communication Systems, Information Science & Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science (RAE Unit 25), Electrical and Electronic Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Engineering (RAE Unit 29) Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year. Contact Details Posted date: 26 Apr 11 ------Award type: Prizes IEEE Awards Activities Award amount max: - 445 Hoes Lane Award amount min: - PO Box 1331 Award budget total: - Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 Website: Tel: +1 732 562 3844 http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/h Fax: +1 732 981 9019 amming.html E-mail: [email protected]
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VARTS A GRAHAM MEMORIAL TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP American Association for Thoracic Surgery E
Description: Award type: Postdoctoral training fellowships The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Award amount max: $75,000 invites applications for the Evarts A Graham Award amount min: - memorial traveling fellowship. Fellowship Award budget total: - grants support study by young cardiothoracic Website: surgeons from outside North America at sites of http://www.aats.org/EducationTraining/Clini their choice within North America and include calFellowships/GrahamMemorial.html costs for travel between sites. Goals of the Application form: program are to broaden overall training and http://awards.aats.org/?awID=16 increase international contacts. Eligibility profile Each fellow should plan to have one primary ------center for their activities where they should Nationality of applicant institution: All African spend six to nine months. The fellow should Nations, All Asian nations, All South American have identified an individual at that center who nations, All Oceanian nations, All European will act as their sponsor and assist in planning Nations the course of study at the host institution and at other institutions. In addition to the primary Disciplines center, the fellow is encouraged to plan to spend ------shorter periods of time at other secondary Cardiovascular Diseases, Lung Disease, Surgery, centers to enhance the fellowship experience. Clinical Laboratory Sciences (RAE Unit 1), The fellowship provides a stipend of $75,000. Hospital-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit 3), Candidates should not have had extensive Clinical Laboratory Science, Hospital-based clinical training in North America prior to Clinical Subject making application, and should be planning to return to their native country following the Contact Details completion of their fellowship. ------American Association for Thoracic Surgery 900 Cummings Center Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Suite 221-U Deadline information: This call is repeated once Beverly, MA 01915 a year. Tel: +1 978 927 8330 Posted date: 14 Apr 11 Fax: +1 978 524 8890
OBERT M UTLEY AWARD Western History Association R
Description: and Canada) from prehistory to the 20th The Western History Association invites century. The award grants $500 to the author nominations for the Robert M Utley award. This and a certificate to the publisher. Books award is given annually for the best book published in the previous calendar year are published on the military history of the frontier eligible for submission. and western North America (including Mexico
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Disciplines Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: This call is repeated once American History, Military History, American a year. Studies (RAE Unit 45), History (RAE Unit 59), Posted date: 12 Apr 11 American Studies Award type: Prizes Award amount max: $500 Contact Details Award amount min: ------Award budget total: $500 Western History Association Website: University of Missouri-St Louis http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw 152C University Center ards/ 1 University Blvd Application form: St Louis, MO 63121 Tel: +1 314 516 7282 Eligibility profile Fax: +1 314 516 7272 ------E-mail: [email protected] Nationality of applicant institution: Any
ELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME Australian Prime Ministers Centre F
Description: provide between $2,000 and $16,000 to cover The Australian Prime Ministers Centre invites travel, accommodation, living and research applications for its fellowships for research into expenses. Australia’s prime ministers, their lives, achievements and governments. The programme aims to provide a focus for research Closing date: 01 Jul 11 and scholarship on Australian parliamentary Deadline information: This call is repeated once history and welcomes research proposals in the a year. following categories: Posted date: 06 Apr 11 academic paper, such as a published journal, Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Senior book or website content; fellowships, Travel for research purposes, bibliography, which locates and describes Directed grants for individual investigators, significant records; Publish, edit, translate, disseminate creative project, such as a script for a play, Award amount max: $16,000 dramatic performance, the visual arts or Award amount min: $2,000 multimedia technology. Award budget total: - Website: Applicants should have scholarly credentials, http://apmc.oph.gov.au/fellowship.html preferably of at least master’s or PhD level, or a Application form: record of equivalent achievement in a field of http://static.moadoph.gov.au/ophgovau/medi specialisation from a range of disciplines. These a/images/apmc/docs/Fellowship_application_ may include history, social sciences, politics, form_20 11.doc museum studies, librarianship, the performing arts, literature and art. Innovative research Eligibility profile projects that support new forms of scholarly ------communication are encouraged. Fellowships Nationality of applicant institution: Any
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Management (RAE Unit 61), Drama, Dance and Disciplines Performing Arts (RAE Unit 66), Governance ------Modern History, Language & Literature, Contact Details Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Political Science, ------Democracy, Library Science, Politics and Australian Prime Ministers Centre International Studies (RAE Unit 39), History Old Parliament House (RAE Unit 59), Library and Information King George Terrace Parkes ACT 2600 E-mail: [email protected]
OBERT N NOYCE MEDAL Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers R
Description: Application form: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic http://www.ieee.org/documents/noyce.pdf Engineers invites nominations for its Robert N Noyce medal. This is awarded for exceptional Eligibility profile contributions to the microelectronics industry. It ------is given to individuals who have demonstrated Nationality of applicant institution: Any contributions in multiple areas including field leadership, contribution, originality, breadth, Disciplines inventive value, publications, society activies, ------honors and duration. Any individual may be Electronics & Electrical Engineering, nominated for this award, regardless of IEEE Microelectronics, Semiconductors, Physics (RAE membership. Unit 19), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit 29), Metallurgy and Materials (RAE The award includes a cash honorarium. Unit 32)
Contact Details Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: This call is repeated once IEEE Awards Activities a year. 445 Hoes Lane Posted date: 20 Apr 11 PO Box 1331 Award type: Prizes Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 Award amount max: - Tel: +1 732 562 3844 Award amount min: - Fax: +1 732 981 9019 Award budget total: - E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/n oyce.html
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OUNDERS MEDAL Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers F
Description: Website: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/f Engineers invites nominations for its founders ounders.html medal. This award is given to an individual or Application form: group, up to three in number, for outstanding http://www.ieee.org/documents/founders.pdf contributions in the leadership, planning, and administration of affairs of great value to the Eligibility profile electrical and electronics engineering profession, ------including technical developments. Nationality of applicant institution: Any
Any individual can be nominated, regardless of Disciplines IEEE membership. ------Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Electrical The award consists of a gold medal, bronze and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit 29) replica, certificate and a cash honorarium. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 IEEE Awards Activities Deadline information: This call is repeated once 445 Hoes Lane a year. PO Box 1331 Posted date: 05 Apr 11 Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 732 562 3844 Award amount max: - Fax: +1 732 981 9019 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected] Award budget total: -
OBERT R WILSON PRIZE FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PHYSICS OF PARTICLE ACCELERATORS R American Physical Society
Description: awarded for contributions made at an early The American Physical Society invites stage of the recipient's career. nominations for the Robert R Wilson prize for achievement in the physics of particle The award consists of $7,500, an allowance for accelerators. The purpose is to recognize and travel to the APS meeting and a certificate. encourage outstanding achievement in the physics of particle accelerators. Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated once Nominations are open to scientists of all nations a year. regardless of the geographical site at which the Posted date: 06 Apr 11 work was done. The prize shall ordinarily be Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, awarded to one person but may be shared when meetings etc. all recipients have contributed to the same Award amount max: $7,500 accomplishment. The prize will normally be Award amount min: -
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Award budget total: - Disciplines Website: ------http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes Physics, Particle, Physics (RAE Unit 19) /wilson.cfm Application form: Contact Details http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE= ------WILSON American Center for Physics One Physics Ellipse Eligibility profile College Park, 20740 ------Tel: +1 301 209 3268 Nationality of applicant institution: Any E-mail: [email protected]
ARA JACKSON AWARD IN WESTERN HISTORY Western History Association S
Description: The Western History Association invites Eligibility profile applications for the Sara Jackson award ------program. Funding of $500 will be given in Nationality of applicant institution: Any support of MA or PhD research in the field of western history. Preference will be given to Disciplines African American or other minority students. ------American History, American Studies (RAE Unit 45), History (RAE Unit 59), American Studies Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated once Contact Details a year. ------Posted date: 12 Apr 11 Western History Association Award type: Predoctoral fellowships University of Missouri-St Louis Award amount max: $500 152C University Center Award amount min: - 1 University Blvd Award budget total: $500 St Louis, MO 63121 Website: Tel: +1 314 516 7282 http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw Fax: +1 314 516 7272 ards/ E-mail: [email protected] Application form:
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RANK ISAKSON PRIZE FOR OPTICAL EFFECTS IN SOLIDS American Physical Society F
Description: Award amount min: - The American Physical Society invites Award budget total: - nominations for the Frank Isakson prize for Website: optical effects in solids. The purpose is to http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes recognize outstanding optical research that /isakson.cfm leads to breakthroughs in the condensed matter Application form: sciences. Preference will be given to work that http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE has been published within the past 10 years. =ISAKSON Nominations are open to scientists of all nations regardless of the geographical site at which the Eligibility profile work was done. ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any The prize consists of $5,000 and a certificate, plus an allowance for travel to the APS Disciplines meeting. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded ------to one person, but may be shared among Condensed Matter, Optics, Physics, Solid State, multiple contributors. Physics (RAE Unit 19)
Contact Details Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: This call is repeated APS Headquarters every 2 years. 1 Physics Ellipse Posted date: 26 Jan 11 College Park, MD 20740-3844 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 303 209 3268 Award amount max: $5,000 E-mail: [email protected]
EORGE E PAKE PRIZE American Physical Society G
Description: Posted date: 12 Apr 11 The American Physical Society invites Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, nominations for the George E Pake prize. The meetings etc. purpose is to recognize and encourage Award amount max: $5,000 outstanding work by physicists combining Award amount min: - original research accomplishments with Award budget total: - leadership in the management of research or Website: development in industry. The prize consists of http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes $5,000 and a certificate, plus an allowance for /pake.cfm travel to the APS meeting. Application form: http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE =PAKE Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated Eligibility profile once a year. ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any
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Disciplines Contact Details ------Management & Commerce, Industry, Physics, American Center for Physics Research & Development (R&D), Physics (RAE One Physics Ellipse Unit 19), Business and Management Studies College Park, 20740 (RAE Unit 43) Tel: +1 301 209 3268 E-mail: [email protected]
ENIOR FELLOWSHIPS Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften S
Description: Website: The Internationales Forschungszentrum http://www.ifk.ac.at/index.php/actual- Kulturwissenschaften invites applications for calls.html its senior fellowships. These support excellent Application form: scholars, who are well advanced in their careers, who wish to carry out projects in Eligibility profile Vienna that combine empirical investigation ------with thoughtful theoretical work. Scholars of Nationality of applicant institution: Any any nationality, and from any institution, are welcome to apply. Senior fellowships will be Disciplines granted for one academic semester and consist ------of a monthly allowance of up to €2,325 and a Cultural Activities, Folk & Ethnic Studies, workspace with computer and internet access at Visual Arts, Anthropology, Cultural & Social, the IFK. Fellows who are not residents of Political Economics & Economy, Political Vienna will receive a one off travel allowance Science, Anthropology (RAE Unit 37), and free accommodation in a studio apartment. Economics and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38), Politics and International Studies (RAE Unit 39), History (RAE Unit 59), History of Art, Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Architecture and Design (RAE Unit 60), Deadline information: This call is repeated Cultural History , Globalisation , Cultural once a year. Heritage Posted date: 07 Apr 11 Award type: Senior fellowships, Travel for Contact Details research purposes, Directed grants for ------individual investigators IFK Award amount max: - Reichsratsstrasse 17 Award amount min: - 1010 Wien Award budget total: - Tel: +43 1 504 11 26 Fax: +43 1 504 11 32 E-mail: [email protected]
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EORGE E VALLEY JR PRIZE American Physical Society G
Description: Award budget total: - The American Physical Society invites Website: nominations for the George E Valley Jr prize. http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes The biennial prize recognizes an individual in /valley.cfm the early stages of his or her career, for an Application form: outstanding scientific contribution to physics http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE that is deemed to have significant potential for =VALLEY a dramatic impact on the field. Eligibility profile Nominees must have received their PhD no ------earlier than five years before April 1 of the year Nationality of applicant institution: Any of the nomination deadline. Work done by a graduate student for his or her thesis is eligible Contact Details for consideration if it is demonstrated that the ------student's contributions have been crucial to an George E Valley Jr Prize important piece of research. The prize consists American Physical Society of $20,000 and a certificate. One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3844 Tel: 1 301 209 3200 Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Fax: 1 301 209 0865 Deadline information: This call is repeated E-mail: [email protected] every 2 years. Posted date: 18 Feb 11 Disciplines Award type: Prizes ------Award amount max: $20,000 Physics, Physics (RAE Unit 19) Award amount min: -
LAXOSMITHKLINE INTERNATIONAL MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD American Society for Microbiology G
Description: Nominees can be any international member of The American Society for Microbiology invites ASM who has made major contributions nominations for the GlaxoSmithKline towards the advancement of the international member of the year award. This microbiological sciences within the award honors a distinguished microbiologist international community through education, who exhibited exemplary leadership in the research, communication, and leadership. international microbiological community. The Nominees must not have served on the award recognizes an international ASM international committee, the international member for education, communication, microbiology education committee, or the research, and advancement of the profession to international membership committee within the the international microbiology community past two years. The award includes a while demonstrating a commitment to the commemorative piece and a $2,000 travel ASM. stipend to attend the ASM general meeting.
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Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Nationality of applicant institution: Canada, Deadline information: This call is repeated Mexico, All African Nations, All European once a year. Nations, All Asian nations, All South American Posted date: 12 May 11 nations, All Oceanian nations, Caribbean, Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, Central America meetings etc. Award amount max: $2,000 Disciplines Award amount min: ------Award budget total: $2,000 Science Education, Microbiology, Biological Website: Sciences (RAE Unit 14), Education (RAE Unit http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php?option= 68) com_content&view=article&id=36033&Itemid= 323 Contact Details Application form: ------http://www.asm.org/asm/images/Academy/ ASM AwardNominationForms/Nominating/gsk.pdf 1752 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-2904 Eligibility profile Tel: +1 202 737 3600 ------E-mail: [email protected]
EYMOUR CRAY COMPUTER ENGINEERING AWARD Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers S
Description: Application form: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society invites Eligibility profile nominations for the Seymour Cray computer ------engineering award. This award recognizes Nationality of applicant institution: Any innovative contributions to high performance computing systems that best exemplify the Disciplines creative spirit demonstrated by Seymour Cray. ------A crystal memento, illuminated certificate, and Computer Sciences, Computer Engineering, $10,000 honorarium will be awarded. Computer Operating Systems, Computer Science (RAE Unit 25)
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: This call is repeated ------once a year. IEEE Computer Society Posted date: 14 Mar 11 2001 L Street, NW Award type: Prizes Suite 700 Award amount max: $10,000 Washington, DC 20036-4910 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected] Award budget total: - Website: http://awards.computer.org/ana/award/view Awards.action
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IDNEY E MEAD PRIZE American Society of Church History S
Description: Application form: The American Society Of Church History invites nominations for the Sidney E Mead Eligibility profile prize. The prize, offered annually, is an award ------in the amount of $300 for the author of the best Nationality of applicant institution: Any unpublished essay in any field of church history written by a doctoral candidate or Disciplines recent graduate whose manuscript stems ------directly from doctoral research. The manuscript History of Religious Thought, Religious will be published in Church History, contingent Studies, Church & State, Politics and upon incorporating revisions stipulated by the International Studies (RAE Unit 39), History review committee. (RAE Unit 59), Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies (RAE Unit 63)
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: This call is repeated ------once a year. American Society of Church History Posted date: 09 Mar 11 PO Box 2216 Award type: Prizes Hewitt, TX 76643-2216 Award amount max: $300 Tel: +1 254 666 2457 Award amount min: - Fax: +1 254 666 8010 Award budget total: - E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.churchhistory.org/grants-prizes/
RADUATE STUDENT PAPER PRIZE University of Arizona G Award type: Prizes Description: Award amount max: $250 The University of Arizona's Middle East Award amount min: - Studies Association invites nominations for its Award budget total: - graduate student paper prize. This recognises Website: graduate student research papers on any aspect http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/excellence/stu of post 600 CE Middle East studies. Candidates dent_paper_award.htm must be current graduate students and the Application form: paper must have been produced between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011 and not exceed 7500 Eligibility profile words, excluding the bibliography. The prize ------consists of a certificate and $250. Nationality of applicant institution: Any
Contact Details Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: This call is repeated Tel: +1 520 626 4753 once a year. Tel: +1 520 626 9095 Posted date: 23 Feb 11 E-mail: [email protected]
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Disciplines Middle Eastern and African Studies (RAE Unit ------46), Cultural Studies, Middle Eastern and Middle East, Anthropology, Cultural & Social, African Studies Ethnography, Anthropology (RAE Unit 37),
IDNEY FERNBACH AWARD Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers S
Description: Application form: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics http://awards.computer.org/ana/nomination Engineers Computer Society invites /create.action?award.id=16 nominations for the Sidney Fernbach award. A certificate and $2,000 are awarded for Eligibility profile outstanding contributions in the application of ------high performance computers using innovative Nationality of applicant institution: Any approaches. Disciplines ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Computer Sciences, Computer Engineering, Deadline information: This call is repeated Computer Science (RAE Unit 25) once a year. Posted date: 14 Mar 11 Contact Details Award type: Prizes ------Award amount max: $2,000 IEEE Computer Society Award amount min: - 2001 L Street NW, Suite 700 Award budget total: - Washington, DC 20036-4910 Website: Tel: +1 202 371 0101 http://awards.computer.org/ana/award/view Fax +1 202 728 9614 Awards.action E-mail: [email protected]
AL K ROTHMAN BOOK AWARD Western History Association H
Description: Closing date: 01 Jul 11 The Western History Association invites Deadline information: This call is repeated nominations for its Hal K Rothman book every 2 years. award. This award is given biennially for the Posted date: 16 Jun 10 best book in western environmental history Award type: Prizes defined in its broadest sense. The award Award amount max: $500 consists of $500 and a certificate to the author, Award amount min: - and a certificate to the press. Award budget total: - Website: To be eligible for the award in 2011, the book http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw must have been published in 2009 or 2010. ards/
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Application form: Contact Details ------Eligibility profile Western History Association ------University of Missouri-St Louis Nationality of applicant institution: Any 152C University Center One University Blvd Disciplines St Louis, MO 63121 ------Tel: +1 314 516 7282 American History, Environmental Studies, Fax: +1 314 516 7272 American Studies (RAE Unit 45), History (RAE E-mail: [email protected] Unit 59), American Studies
IEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD American Society for Microbiology S
Description: Award amount max: $2,000 The American Society for Microbiology invites Award amount min: - nominations for the Siemens healthcare Award budget total: - diagnostics young investigator award. This Website: award honors outstanding applied research in http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php?option= clinical microbiology or antimicrobial therapy com_content&view=article&id=2307&Itemid=3 and is intended to further the educational and 23 career goals of a promising young scientist. Application form: http://www.asm.org/asm/images/Academy/ Nominees who are conducting outstanding AwardNominationForms/Nominating/siemen research in clinical microbiology, automation in s.pdf clinical laboratories, development of novel antimicrobial agents, mechanisms of action of Eligibility profile antimicrobial agents or mechanisms of ------resistance to antimicrobial agents are eligible. Nationality of applicant institution: Any Nominees must be no more than five years beyond completion of postdoctoral research Disciplines training in clinical microbiology, clinical ------immunology, or infectious diseases at the time Automated Clinical Analysis, Microbiology, of the nomination deadline. Clinical Laboratory Sciences (RAE Unit 1), Biological Sciences (RAE Unit 14), Clinical The award includes a cash prize of $2,000 and Laboratory Science, Anti-Microbial Agents travel to the ASM general meeting. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 ASM Deadline information: This call is repeated 1752 N Street, NW once a year. Washington, DC 20036-2904 Posted date: 10 Feb 11 Tel: +1 202 737 3600 Award type: Prizes, Young investigator E-mail: [email protected] awards, Travel to conferences, meetings etc.
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ANS A BETHE PRIZE American Physical Society H
Description: Eligibility profile The American Physical Society invites ------nominations for the Hans A Bethe prize. The Nationality of applicant institution: Any purpose is to recognize outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas Disciplines of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear ------astrophysics, or closely related fields. Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics, Physics (RAE Unit 19) It is open to any scientist working in these areas, worldwide. Contact Details ------The prize consists of $10,000 and a certificate. American Center for Physics One Physics Ellipse Closing date: 01 Jul 11 College Park, 20740 Deadline information: This call is repeated Tel: +1 301 209 3268 once a year. E-mail:[email protected] Posted date: 08 Apr 11 Award type: Prizes Award amount max: $10,000 Award amount min: - Award budget total: - Website: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes /bethe.cfm Application form: http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE =BETHE
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UNTINGTON-WHA MARTIN RIDGE FELLOWSHIP Western History Association H
Description: Website: The Western History Association invites http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw applications for the Huntington-WHA Martin ards/ Ridge fellowship. Applicants should send a Application form: description of their project, specifying the materials they plan to consult at the Huntington Eligibility profile Library and indicating progress to date on the ------project. Recipients of the fellowship are Nationality of applicant institution: Any expected to be in continuous residence at the Huntington for one month. The fellowship consists of $2,500. Disciplines ------PhD or equivalent or a doctoral student at the American History, American Studies (RAE Unit dissertation stage are eligible to apply. 45), History (RAE Unit 59), American Studies
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: This call is repeated ------once a year. Western History Association Posted date: 12 May 11 University of Missouri-St Louis Award type: Predoctoral fellowships 152C University Center Award amount max: $2,500 One University Blvd Award amount min: - St Louis, MO 63121 Award budget total: - Tel: +1 314 516 7282 Fax: +1 314 516 7272 E-mail: [email protected]
ACK S KILBY SIGNAL PROCESSING MEDAL Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers J
Description: The award is open to any nominee, regardless The Institute of Electrical and Electronic of IEEE membership and may be presented to Engineers invites nominations for the Jack S an individual or group of up to three in Kilby signal processing medal. This award is number. The award consists of a gold medal, presented for outstanding achievements in bronze replica, certificate and a cash signal processing. The achievement may be honorarium. theoretical, technological, or commercial. Subject areas such as algorithms, architecture and applications, theoretical, technological or Closing date: 01 Jul 11 commercial achievements, patents, Deadline information: This call is repeated publications, products, generally recognized once a year. major technological advancement in the field of Posted date: 26 Apr 11 signal processing and the quality of the Award type: Prizes nomination are considered. Award amount max: - Award amount min: -
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Award budget total: - Signal Processing, Electrical and Electronic Website: Engineering (RAE Unit 29) http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/ kilby.html Contact Details Application form: ------http://www.ieee.org/documents/kilby.pdf IEEE Awards Activities 445 Hoes Lane Eligibility profile PO Box 1331 ------Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 Nationality of applicant institution: Any Tel: +1 732 562 3844 Fax: +1 732 981 9019 Disciplines E-mail: [email protected] ------
AMES C MCGRODDY PRIZE FOR NEW MATERIALS American Physical Society J
Description: Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, The American Physical Society invites meetings etc. nominations for the James C McGroddy prize Award amount max: $10,000 for new materials. The purpose is to recognize Award amount min: - and encourage outstanding achievement in the Award budget total: - science and application of new materials. This Website: shall include the discovery of new classes of http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes materials, the observation of novel phenomena /mcgroddy.cfm in known materials leading to both Application form: fundamentally new applications and scientific http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE insights, and shall also include theoretical and =MCGRODDY experimental work contributing significantly to the understanding of such phenomena. Eligibility profile ------The prize is open to scientists of all nationalities Nationality of applicant institution: Any irrespective of where their work has been carried out. Disciplines ------The prize consists of $10,000 plus a certificate, Materials Sciences, Physics, Physics (RAE Unit and an allowance for travel to the APS 19) meeting. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 American Center for Physics Deadline information: This call is repeated once One Physics Ellipse a year. College Park, 20740 Posted date: 06 Apr 11 Tel: +1 301 209 3268 E-mail: [email protected]
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IMON RAMO MEDAL Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers S
Description: Website: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/ Engineers invites nominations for its Simon ramo.html Ramo medal. This is awarded for exceptional Application form: achievement in systems engineering and http://www.ieee.org/documents/ramo.pdf systems science. In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: significance of Eligibility profile achievement in systems engineering and ------systems science or for technical leadership in a Nationality of applicant institution: Any major innovative engineering project within the scope of the IEEE, originality, breadth, impact Disciplines on technology, patents and publications, and ------the quality of the nomination. Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Circuits & Systems, Control Systems (Electronic), Systems The medal may be presented to an individual Theory, Electrical and Electronic Engineering or up to three recipients and anyone may be (RAE Unit 29) nominated regardless of IEEE membership. The award includes a cash honorarium. Contact Details ------IEEE Awards Activities Closing date: 01 Jul 11 445 Hoes Lane Deadline information: This call is repeated PO Box 1331 once a year. Piscataway, NJ 08855-133 Posted date: 20 Apr 11 Tel: +1 732 562 3844 Award type: Prizes Fax: +1 732 981 9019 Award amount max: - E-mail: [email protected] Award amount min: - Award budget total: -
AMES H MULLIGAN, JR EDUCATION MEDAL Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers J
Description: writings on engineering education; leadership The Institute of Electrical and Electronic in the development of programs in curricula or Engineers invites nominations for its James H teaching methodology; contributions to the Mulligan, Jr education medal. This award is engineering profession through research, intended to recognize the importance of the engineering achievements, and technical educator's contributions to the vitality, papers; and participating in the education imagination, and leadership of the members of activities of professional societies. the engineering profession. It is presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to Any individual can be nominated regardless of education. IEEE membership.
The following criteria are considered: excellence The award consists of a gold medal, bronze in teaching and ability to inspire students; replica, certificate, and a cash honorarium. leadership in electrical engineering education Closing date: 01 Jul 11 through publication of course materials and
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Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year. Disciplines Posted date: 12 May 11 ------Award type: Prizes Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Electrical Award amount max: - and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit 29) Award amount min: - Award budget total: - Contact Details Website: ------http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/medals/ IEEE Awards education.html 445 Hoes Lane Application form: PO Box 1331 http://www.ieee.org/documents/education.p Piscataway, NJ 08855-133 df Tel: 1 732 562 3844 Fax: 1 732 981 9019 Eligibility profile [email protected] ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any
EROME B COHEN AWARD International Centre for Diffraction Data J
Description: Website: The International Centre for Diffraction Data http://www.icdd.com/resources/awards/coh invites applications for the Jerome B Cohen en.htm award. The award is intended to recognize the Application form: outstanding achievements of student research http://www.icdd.com/resources/awards/ICD in this field. All students, graduate or DCertificationForm.pdf undergraduate, who are working in the field of x-ray analysis, can submit a technical paper Eligibility profile describing their work. The research must be ------primarily the work of the student. The award, Nationality of applicant institution: Any consisting of a commemorative plaque and a gift of $1,000 will be presented at the plenary Disciplines session of the x-ray conference. ------Radiosources, X-ray, Physics (RAE Unit 19)
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: This call is repeated ------once a year. International Centre for Diffraction Data Posted date: 11 Apr 11 12 Campus Boulevard Award type: Prizes Newtown Square, PA 19073-3273 Award amount max: $1,000 Tel: +1 610 325 9814 Award amount min: - Fax: +1 610 325 9823 Award budget total: - E-mail: [email protected]
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EMPLETON FREEDOM AWARDS PROGRAM Atlas Economic Research Foundation T
Description: another one from a more difficult part of Atlas Economic Research Foundation invites the world. applications for the Templeton freedom awards program. The program recognizes the Two winners will be announced in each achievements and future promise of category. Both established and emerging non- independent think tanks. Prizes are awarded in profit institutes are encouraged to apply. Each each of the following categories: winner will receive $10,000. solutions of poverty. Recognizing outstanding research and innovative projects addressing how economic and Closing date: 01 Jul 11 legal institutions can solve problems of Deadline information: poverty; Posted date: 14 Apr 11 ethics and values. Recognizing Award type: Prizes outstanding research and innovative Award amount max: $10,000 projects concerning the relationship Award amount min: - between free enterprise and the ethics, Award budget total: $160,000 values, and character that sustain it; Website: http://atlasnetwork.org/prizes- student outreach. Recognizing grants/templeton-freedom-awards/how-to- outstanding work by think tanks to apply/ improve education about freedom; Application form: social entrepreneurship. Recognizing http://atlasnetwork.org/wp- outstanding research and innovative content/uploads/downloads/2011/04/2011- projects on social entrepreneurship to TFA-Nomination-Form.doc benefit the poor, increased cooperation among think tanks, the private sector Eligibility profile organizations for the free society, and ------general building of a sound, strong, civil Nationality of applicant institution: Any society; Disciplines initiative in public relations. Recognizing ------nonprofit research institutes that have Distribution of Poverty, Ghetto Poverty, demonstrated outstanding success in Poverty & the Poor, Surveys & Survey effectively communicating the ideas of a Research, Public Planning & Policy, Civil & free society; Human Rights, Freedom of Speech, Political innovative media award. Recognizing Institutions, Educational Research, Minority outstanding think tank projects that use Institution, Business Ethics, Small & Medium film or multimedia technologies to Sized Enterprises, Politics and International promote the principles of a free society; Studies (RAE Unit 39), Social Policy and award for special achievement by a Administration (RAE Unit 40), Business and university-based center. Recognizing Management Studies (RAE Unit 43), Education outstanding projects and achievement by (RAE Unit 68) university based centers in promoting
liberty; Contact Details award for special achievement by a young ------institute. Recognizing outstanding Atlas Economic Research Foundation performance by an institute that is less 1201 L Street, NW, 2nd Floor than five years old. One winner will be Washington, DC 20005 chosen from a developed country, and Tel: +1 202 449 8446 E-mail: [email protected]
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J SAKURAI PRIZE FOR THEORETICAL PARTICLE PHYSICS American Physical Society J
Description: Award budget total: - The American Physical Society invites Website: nominations for the JJ Sakurai prize. The http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes purpose is to recognize and encourage /sakurai.cfm outstanding achievement in particle theory. Application form: http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE Nominations are open to scientists of all =SAKURAI nationalities regardless of the geographical site at which the work was done. The prize may be Eligibility profile awarded to more than one person on a shared ------basis and will normally be awarded for Nationality of applicant institution: Any theoretical contributions made at an early stage of the recipients research career. Disciplines ------The prize consists of $10,000 and a certificate, Physics, Particle, Physics, Theoretical, Physics plus an allowance for travel to the APS (RAE Unit 19) meeting. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 American Center for Physics Deadline information: This call is repeated One Physics Ellipse once a year. College Park, 20740 Posted date: 12 Apr 11 Tel: +1 301 209 3268 Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, E-mail: [email protected] meetings etc. Award amount max: $10,000 Award amount min: -
HD TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD American Nuclear Society T
Description: appropriately inscribed plaque and monetary The American Nuclear Society invites award are given. applications for its thermal hydraulics division technical achievement award. This award aims to recognize outstanding past or current Closing date: 01 Jul 11 technical achievement and is granted to an Deadline information: This call is repeated individual based on a major contribution to the once a year. state of the art, an important publication, a Posted date: 20 Apr 11 major technical achievement, or a sustained Award type: Prizes record of accomplishment and technical Award amount max: - excellence in the art or science of thermal Award amount min: - hydraulics. Award budget total: - Website: http://www.ans.org/honors/va- Nominees must be members of ANS but need techachieve not be members of the THD division. An
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Application form: Engineering (RAE Unit 28), Mechanical, http://www.ans.org/honors/sd/techachieve- Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering form.pdf (RAE Unit 30)
Eligibility profile Contact Details ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any c/o Honors and Awards Committee American Nuclear Society Disciplines 555 North Kensington Avenue ------La Grange Park, Illinois 60526 Hydraulic Engineering, Thermodynamics Tel: 1 208 526 2897 Engineering, Thermosciences Engineering, Fax: 1 208 526 2930 Hydraulic Engineering Standards, [email protected] Thermodynamics, Physics (RAE Unit 19), Civil
OAN PATERSON KERR BOOK AWARD Western History Association J
Description: Application form: The Western History Association invites nominations for its Joan Paterson Kerr book Eligibility profile award. This award is presented biennially for ------the best illustrated book on the history of the Nationality of applicant institution: Any American West. An award of $500 is presented to the author or editor and a certificate goes to Disciplines the press. To be eligible for award in 2011, the ------book must have been published in 2009 or 2010. American History, American Studies (RAE Unit 45), History (RAE Unit 59), American Studies
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: ------Posted date: 15 Jun 10 Western History Association Award type: Prizes University of Missouri-St Louis Award amount max: $500 152C University Center Award amount min: - One University Blvd Award budget total: - St Louis, MO 63121 Website: Tel: +1 314 516 7282 http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/aw Fax: +1 314 516 7272 ards/ E-mail: [email protected]
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ITULAR FELLOWSHIPS Association of Commonwealth Universities T
Description: Award amount min: - The Association of Commonwealth Universities Award budget total: - invites applications for its titular fellowships. Website: These enable the universities of the http://www.acu.ac.uk/member_services/fello Commonwealth to develop the human wships_mobility/acu_titular_fellowships resources of their institutions and countries, Application form: and to do so through the interchange of people, http://www.acu.ac.uk/member_services/fello knowledge, skills and technologies. Preference wships_mobility/titular_application_form_201 will be given to workers in the following areas: 1 agriculture; forestry and food sciences; Eligibility profile biotechnology; ------ development strategies; Nationality of applicant institution: Australia, earth and marine sciences; United Kingdom, New Zealand, Botswana, engineering; Canada, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, health and related social sciences; Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, information technology; Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, management for change; United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, professional education and training; Zambia, Zimbabwe
social and cultural development; Disciplines university development and management. ------
Agriculture & Food, Forestry & Woodlands, Except where specific institutions or countries Food Sciences, Cultural Activities, Health Care of tenure are stipulated, fellowships will be Economics, Educational Planning & Policy, tenable in any Commonwealth country other Social Planning & Policy, Higher Education, than that in which the applicant works, for up Engineering, Aeronautical & Aerospace to a maximum of six months, either at a Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Chemical university in ACU membership or in industry, Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics & commerce or public service. Applicants must be Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, nominated by the executive head of a Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, university in ACU membership. Each nominee Petroleum Engineering, Biotechnology, Health must be on the staff of, or a nominee of, a Care, Health Care Policy, Training & university in membership of ACU or a Development, Earth Sciences, Marine & Ocean Commonwealth inter-university organisation, Sciences, Information Technology, Community- or be working in industry, commerce or public based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit 2), Biological service in a Commonwealth country. Sciences (RAE Unit 14), Agriculture (RAE Unit Fellowships are worth up to £5,000. 15), Computer Science (RAE Unit 25),
Economics and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38),
Social Policy and Administration (RAE Unit Closing date: 01 Jul 11 40), History of Art, Architecture and Design Deadline information: This call is repeated once (RAE Unit 60), Development Policy , Cultural a year. Heritage, Community-based Clinical Subjects Posted date: 04 Apr 11
Award type: Institutional development, Contact Details Directed grants to institutions, research groups ------etc [email protected] Award amount max: £5,000
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OHN H DILLON MEDAL FOR RESEARCH IN POLYMER PHYSICS American Physical Society J
Description: Award amount max: $3,000 The American Physical Society invites Award amount min: - nominations for the John H Dillon medal for Award budget total: - research in polymer physics. The purpose of Website: this award is to recognize outstanding research http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awar accomplishments by young polymer physicists ds/dillon.cfm who have demonstrated exceptional research Application form: promise early in their careers. http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE =DILLON Recognition includes of $2,000, up to $1,000 allowance for travel to the meeting of the Eligibility profile society. The medal will be awarded to one ------person for outstanding accomplishment and Nationality of applicant institution: Any unusual promise in research in polymer physics. The year of a nominee's terminal Disciplines degree cannot be earlier than 10th year prior to ------the year of the award for which they are a Physics (RAE Unit 19), Polymer Physics candidate. Contact Details ------Closing date: 01 Jul 11 APS Deadline information: This call is repeated once One Physics Ellipse a year. College Park, MD 2070-3844 Posted date: 19 Apr 11 Tel: +1 301 209 3268 Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, E-mail: [email protected] meetings etc.
OHN J BONICA TRAINEE FELLOWSHIP International Association for the Study of Pain J
Description: not intended to supplement or extend current The International Association for the Study of training. Preference will be given to candidates Pain invites applications for the John J Bonica who seek training outside their current trainee fellowship. The fellowship is intended institution. to support training in clinical and basic science research in the field of pain. Applicants will be expected to designate the institution and Closing date: 01 Jul 11 mentor of the proposed training. The trainee Deadline information: This call is repeated will generally be in an early stage of his or her once a year. career. Both trainee and mentor must be Posted date: 21 Dec 10 members of IASP. Award type: Predoctoral training fellowships, Postdoctoral training fellowships A stipend of up to $50,000 per year for up to Award amount max: $100,000 two years will be provided. The fellowship is Award amount min: -
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Award budget total: - Unit 3), Other Studies and Professions Allied to Website: http://www.iasp- Medicine (RAE Unit 11), Community-based pain.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=IASP_Joh Clinical Subjects, Hospital-based Clinical n_J_Bonica_Trainee_Fellowship Subject, Other Studies and Professions Allied to Application form: http://www.iasp- Medicine, Quality of Life pain.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=IASP_Joh n_J_Bonica_Trainee_Fellowship&Template=/C Contact Details M/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=7332 ------IASP Secretariat Eligibility profile 111 Queen Ave N ------Suite 501 Nationality of applicant institution: Any Seattle, WA 98109-4955 Tel: +1 206 283 0311 Disciplines Fax: +1 206 283 9403 ------E-mail: [email protected] Pain, Community-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit 2), Hospital-based Clinical Subjects (RAE
OM W BONNER PRIZE IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS American Physical Society T
Description: Award type: Prizes The American Physical Society invites Award amount max: $10,000 nominations for the Tom W Bonner prize in Award amount min: - nuclear physics. The purpose is to recognize Award budget total: - and encourage outstanding experimental Website: research in nuclear physics, including the http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes development of a method, technique, or device /bonner.cfm that significantly contributes in a general way Application form: to nuclear physics research. http://prizes.aps.org/prizes/login.cfm?PRIZE =BONNER Nominations are open to physicists whose work in nuclear physics is primarily Eligibility profile experimental or a particularly outstanding ------piece of theoretical work. There is no time Nationality of applicant institution: Any limitations on work described. The prize shall Contact Details ordinarily be awarded to one person but may ------be shared when all the recipients have American Center for Physics contributed to the same accomplishment. One Physics Ellipse College Park, 20740 The award consists of $10,000 and a certificate. Tel: 1 301 209 3268 [email protected]
Closing date: 01 Jul 11 Disciplines Deadline information: This call is repeated once ------a year. Nuclear Physics, Physics (RAE Unit 19) Posted date: 06 Apr 11
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NGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARD Optical Society of America E
Application form: Description: http://www.osa.org/awards_and_grants/awa The Optical Society of America invites rds/award_description/engineeringexcellence nominations for its engineering excellence /PFEE_A ward_Nomination_Form.pdf award. These awards recognize technical achievements in optical engineering by Eligibility profile individuals or teams. Nominations are solicited ------in: products, engineering publication, process, Nationality of applicant institution: Any software, patents, engineering education, contributions to society, engineering Disciplines management and furthering public ------appreciation of optical engineering. Individuals Engineering Project Management, Computer or groups may be nominated by current Software, Optics, Physics (RAE Unit 19), members of the society or an employee of a Computer Science (RAE Unit 25) member organization. Contact Details ------Closing date: 02 Jul 11 Optical Society of America-Executive Deadline information: Office/Awards Posted date: 12 May 11 2010 Massachusetts Ave NW Award type: Prizes Washington, DC 20036-1023 Award amount max: - Tel: 1 202 416 1960 Award amount min: - Fax: 1 202 416 6134 Award budget total: - [email protected] Website: http://www.osa.org/aboutosa/awards/theaw ards/awardsdesc/award17.asp
ISSERTATION AWARD WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research D
Description: A first prize of $2,500 is being offered. Up to The WE Upjohn Institute for Employment two honorable mention awards of $1,000 may Research invites submissions for its annual also be given. Any person whose dissertation prize for the best PhD dissertation on was accepted during the 24-month period of employment-related issues. The institute July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011 is eligible for the supports and conducts policy-relevant research 2010 prize. There are no nationality restrictions. on employment, unemployment, and social insurance programs. The dissertation award further pursues this mission. The dissertation Closing date: 08 Jul 11 may come from any academic discipline, but it Deadline information: This call is repeated once must have a substantial policy thrust. a year. Posted date: 11 Apr 11 Award type: Prizes
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Award amount max: $2,500 Benefits, Labour Relations, Personnel, Law Award amount min: $1,000 (RAE Unit 36), Economics and Econometrics Award budget total: - (RAE Unit 38), Politics and International Website: Studies (RAE Unit 39), Social Policy and http://www.upjohninst.org/grantsawards.htm Administration (RAE Unit 40), Business and l Management Studies (RAE Unit 43), Public Application form: Policy
Eligibility profile Contact Details ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award W E Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Disciplines 300 South Westnedge Avenue ------Kalamazoo, MI 49007-4686 Welfare & Welfare-to-Work, Employment & Tel: 1 269 343 5541 Unemployment Studies, Labour Economics, [email protected] Labour Market & Unemployment, Public Planning & Policy, Labour Law, Employee
EORGE B DANTZIG DISSERTATION AWARD Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences G
Description: Award budget total: - The Institute for Operations Research and the Website: Management Sciences invites applications for http://www.informs.org/index.php?c=134&ka the George B Dantzig dissertation award. This t=Dantzig+Award award aims to promote greater interaction between academia and industry by Application form: encouraging researchers to conduct innovative research that is relevant to practice in any area Eligibility profile of operations research and management ------science. Doctoral dissertations must have been Nationality of applicant institution: Any written no more than 15 months prior to the submission deadline and not have been Disciplines previously submitted. ------Systems Theory, Management & Commerce, The first and second place winners will receive Management Information Systems, awards of $800 and $400 respectively, Management Sciences, Operations Research, additional finalists will receive honorable Statistics, Pure Mathematics (RAE Unit 22), mentions and $100 awards. Statistics and Operational Research (RAE Unit 24), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit 29), Business and Management Studies Closing date: 08 Jul 11 (RAE Unit 43) Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year. Contact Details Posted date: 14 Apr 11 ------Award type: Prizes General Motors Tech Fellow & Group Manager Award amount max: $800 Manufacturing Systems Research Lab Award amount min: - General Motors R&D Center
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HD DISSERTATION AWARD Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management P
Deadline information: This call is repeated once Description: a year. The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Posted date: 12 May 11 Management invites nominations for its PhD Award type: Prizes dissertation award. The award is intended to Award amount max: $1,500 recognize emergent scholars in the field of Award amount min: - public policy and management by presenting Award budget total: - an award for the best PhD dissertation in public Website: policy and management. https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/Dynamic Page.aspx?Site=appam&WebCode=dissertation Any dissertation that has been completed in the Application form: academic years 2009 or 2010 and granted a degree in that period is eligible for Eligibility profile consideration. Dissertations from any discipline ------are acceptable as long as they deal Nationality of applicant institution: Any substantively with public policy issues and are nominated through an institutional member of Disciplines APPAM. ------Public Planning & Policy, Public Policy Systems The award is in the amount of $1,500 in Analysis, Management & Commerce, Planning addition to a plaque, recognition at the annual & Policy, Politics and International Studies APPAM fall research conference, and (RAE Unit 39), Business and Management publication of an abstract in the Journal of Studies (RAE Unit 43), Public Policy Policy Analysis and Management. A separate grant covering travel costs to the conference Contact Details will be provided. ------APPAM 1029 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 1150 Closing date: 08 Jul 11 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 1 202 496 0130 x203 [email protected]
WARD FOR BEST DISSERTATION IN PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN ASIA Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management A
Description for best dissertation in public policy and The Association for Public Policy Analysis and management in Asia. The purpose of this Management invites nominations for its award award is to recognize and encourage quality
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research on practical public problems in Asia Award amount min: - by emergent scholars. Award budget total: - Website: Any dissertation whose substantive concern is http://www.appam.org/awards/asiaphd.asp public policy or management and deals with Application form: some real-life public problem in one or more countries in Asia, and accepted for the granting Eligibility profile of a degree in the preceding academic year are ------eligible for the award. Dissertations must be Nationality of applicant institution: Any written in English. Nominations must be made by an institutional member of APPAM. Disciplines ------The award consists of a cash prize in the Asia, International Planning & Policy, Public amount of $1,500, a plaque and up to $2,500 for Planning & Policy, Management & Commerce, travel to receive the award. Planning & Policy, Politics and International Studies (RAE Unit 39), Business and Management Studies (RAE Unit 43), Public Closing date: 09 Jul 11 (Forecast) Policy Deadline information: !! Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the Contact Details approximate deadline we expect. This call is ------repeated once a year. APPAM Posted date: 21 Jun 10 1029 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 1150 Award type: Prizes, Travel to conferences, Washington, DC 20005 meetings etc. [email protected] Award amount max: $4,000
OSTDOCTORAL BURSARIES University of Edinburgh P
Description: Applicants must have been awarded a The University of Edinburgh's Institute for doctorate, normally within the last three years, Advanced Studies in the Humanities invites and should not have held a permanent position applications for its postdoctoral bursaries. at a university, or a previous fellowship at the Applications are invited for postdoctoral Institute for Advanced Studies. bursaries from candidates in any area of the humanities and social sciences, whose work falls within the scope of one of the Institute for Closing date: 09 Jul 11 (Forecast) Advanced Studies' current research themes or Deadline information: !! Call has not yet been across disciplinary boundaries in the announced by sponsor but this is the humanities. approximate deadline we expect. This call is repeated once a year. The bursaries are tenable for fellowships of Posted date: 07 May 10 three to nine months, in the period 1 September Award type: Mid-Career fellowships 2010 to 31 August 2011. Awards will be worth Award amount max: £10,000 up to £10,000. The bursary may be used to top Award amount min: - up an existing postdoctoral fellowship, or as a Award budget total: - contribution towards living expenses.
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Website: Scandinavian Languages (RAE Unit 52), Italian http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/bursaries.html (RAE Unit 53), Russian, Slavonic and East Application form: European Languages (RAE Unit 54), Iberian http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/bursary.form.html and Latin American Languages (RAE Unit 55), Linguistics (RAE Unit 56), Classics, Ancient Eligibility profile History, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies ------(RAE Unit 57), Archaeology (RAE Unit 58), Nationality of applicant institution: Any History (RAE Unit 59), History of Art, Architecture and Design (RAE Unit 60), Library and Information Management (RAE Unit 61), Disciplines Philosophy (RAE Unit 62), Theology, Divinity ------and Religious Studies (RAE Unit 63), Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology (RAE Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Unit 13), Town and Country Planning (RAE (RAE Unit 65), Education (RAE Unit 68), Unit 34), Geography (RAE Unit 35), Law (RAE Sports-related Subjects (RAE Unit 69) Unit 36), Anthropology (RAE Unit 37), Economics and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38), Contact Details Politics and International Studies (RAE Unit ------39), Social Policy and Administration (RAE Institute for Advanced Studies in the Unit 40), Social Work (RAE Unit 41), Sociology Humanities (RAE Unit 42), Business and Management University of Edinburgh Studies (RAE Unit 43), Accountancy (RAE Unit Hope Park Square 44), American Studies (RAE Unit 45), Middle Edinburgh EH8 9NW Eastern and African Studies (RAE Unit 46), Tel: 44 131 650 4671 Asian Studies (RAE Unit 47), European Studies Fax: 44 131 668 2252 (RAE Unit 48), Celtic Studies (RAE Unit 49), [email protected] English Language and Literature (RAE Unit 50), French (RAE Unit 51), German, Dutch and
ESKI INNOVATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR NON-AUSTRALIANS Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation V
demonstrate an outstanding record of Description: achievement in their field. The Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation invites expressions Applicants must have been working overseas of interest for its VESKI innovation fellowships. for the past 12 months. These are awarded each year to outstanding non-Australian individuals who wish to Each fellow may receive up to $50,000 per undertake research in Victoria in the fields of annum for up to three years. science, technology or design. Specifically, fellowships will be awarded across innovative technology, biotechnology, design, advanced Closing date: 13 Jul 11 manufacturing, environmental technologies, or Deadline information: Deadline time: 5pm the enabling sciences and technologies. AEST. This call is repeated once a year. Posted date: 09 May 11 Fellows must be able to demonstrate that they Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Senior have the support from a host organisation in fellowships matching funding and they must be able to Award amount max: $150,000 Award amount min: -
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Award budget total: - Sources, Resources Availability, Renewable Website: Energy, Community-based Clinical Subjects http://www.veski.org.au/Default.aspx?id=31 (RAE Unit 2), Hospital-based Clinical Subjects Application form: (RAE Unit 3), Biological Sciences (RAE Unit 14), http://www.veski.org.au/uploads/Pages/VES Computer Science (RAE Unit 25), Chemical KI_VIF_nonAus_201112_ApplicationForm.pdf Engineering (RAE Unit 27), Civil Engineering (RAE Unit 28), Electrical and Electronic Eligibility profile Engineering (RAE Unit 29), Mechanical, ------Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering Nationality of applicant institution: New (RAE Unit 30), Technology, Community-based Zealand, All African Nations, All European Clinical Subjects, Hospital-based Clinical Nations, All Asian nations, All South American Subject nations, All North American nations Contact Details Disciplines ------VESKI Environmental Engineering, Information & Milton House Communication Systems, Engineering Design, Level 1 Industrial Design, Manufacturing (Mechanical 25 Flinders Lane Engineering), Biotechnology, Patient Outcomes, Melbourne VIC 3000 Science & Technology, Maths, Computing, Tel: 61 3 9635 5700 Biological Sciences, Computer Sciences, Fax: 61 3 9650 8774 Information Technology, Renewable Energy [email protected]
HD FELLOWSHIPS Novo Nordisk A/S P
Description: applicant graduated from a non-Danish Novo Nordisk invites applications for its PhD university. Danish graduates must satisfy the fellowships. marks criteria for the Danish industrial PhD programme: Currently, Novo Nordisk co-finances fellows under the Danish industrial PhD approximately 70 PhD fellows in the R&D programme can be of any nationality. The organisation. Some are industrial PhD fellows university must be officially authorised in who spend approximately 50 per cent of their the country in question to conduct PhD time at Novo Nordisk. Others are associated programmes. If the host university is with PhD schools at Danish universities. Novo outside Denmark, a Danish university must Nordisk and the university jointly define the be attached to the industrial PhD project as project. Projects must be related to Novo a third party; Nordisk's R&D areas. other PhD fellowships must be linked to a PhD school at a Danish university; To be considered for a fellowship, applicants PhD fellowships at foreign universities may must hold a master’s degree with a grade point be considered if co-funding from other average belonging to the top 20 per cent of the sources can be provided. grading scale at the university where the master's degree was awarded. A certificate Applications can only be submitted by a Novo from the university of this is required, if the Nordisk scientist.
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Eligibility profile ------Closing date: 14 Jul 11 (Forecast) Nationality of applicant institution: Any Deadline information: !! Call has not yet been announced by sponsor but this is the Contact Details approximate deadline we expect. This call is ------repeated 3 times a year. Tel: +45 4442 3355 Posted date: 12 Jan 11 [email protected] Award type: Studentship allocations, Directed grants for individual investigators, Disciplines Networking/collaboration ------Award amount max: - Pharmacology, Diabetes, Health Care, Award amount min: - Community-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit Award budget total: - 2), Pharmacology (RAE Unit 8), Pharmacy (RAE Website: http://www.novonordisk.com/ Unit 9), Pharmacotherapy, Community-based Application form: Clinical Subjects
SSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION/BOHDAN S WYNAR RESEARCH PAPER COMPETITION AAssociation for Library and Information Science Education
Description: Award amount min: - The Association for Library and Information Award budget total: $5,000 Science Education invites proposals for the Website: ALISE/Bohdan S Wynar research paper http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId competition. This competition aims to further =55551 stimulate the communication of research at Application form: ALISE annual meetings. Papers containing any aspect of library and information science are Eligibility profile eligible. This competition is not limited to ------research regarding LIS education. Any research Nationality of applicant institution: Any methodology is acceptable. At least one applicant in each group must be a personal Disciplines member of ALISE. Research papers completed ------in the pursuit of masters or doctoral studies are Information Science & Systems, Library Science, not eligible for entry. Up to two winning papers Computer Science (RAE Unit 25), Library and may be chosen. An honorarium of $2,500 will Information Management (RAE Unit 61) be awarded. Contact Details ------Closing date: 15 Jul 11 [email protected] Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year. Posted date: 24 Mar 11 Award type: Prizes Award amount max: $2,500
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SSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION/DIALOG METHODOLOGY PAPER COMPETITION AAssociation for Library and Information Science Education
Description: Website: The Association for Library and Information http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId Science Education invites proposals for its =55542 methodology paper competition, sponsored by Application form: Dialog. This competition aims to stimulate communication on research methodologies at Eligibility profile ALISE annual conferences. Papers must be ------limited to the description and discussion of a Nationality of applicant institution: Any research method or a technique associated with a particular research method. These include Disciplines sampling, grounded theory, historical methods ------and statistical methods. At least one author in Methodologies & Procedures, Social Science, each group must be a personal member of Surveys & Survey Research, Economics of ALISE as of the deadline date. An honorarium Research & Development, Information Science of $500 will be paid to the author. & Systems, Library Science, Computer Science (RAE Unit 25), Social Policy and Administration (RAE Unit 40), Library and Closing date: 15 Jul 11 Information Management (RAE Unit 61), Deadline information: This call is repeated once Empirical Research, Research Regulation & a year. Ethics Posted date: 24 Mar 11 Award type: Prizes Contact Details Award amount max: $500 ------Award amount min: - [email protected] Award budget total: -
SSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION/LIBRARY MEDIA CONNECTION PAPER AWARD AAssociation for Library and Information Science Education
the relationship between libraries and other Description: organizations; The Association for Library and Information collection development. Science Education, in collaboration with Linworth Publishing, invites papers for their Papers must include a section on the youth services paper award. This award applicability of research to practice, and should recognises an outstanding paper reporting not have been previously published. Authors innovative research into youth services in must be personal members of ALISE or the public libraries or school library media centres. ALISE youth services special interest group. Possible topics include: Awards are worth $1,000. resources specially developed for youth; history of youth services in libraries; information seeking behavior of youth; Closing date: 15 Jul 11 service and program evaluation; Deadline information: This call is repeated once policy research; a year. technology innovation; Posted date: 24 Mar 11
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Award type: Prizes ------Award amount max: $1,000 Adolescents, Information Science & Systems, Award amount min: - Information Technology, Library Science, Award budget total: - Computer Science (RAE Unit 25), Social Policy Website: and Administration (RAE Unit 40), Social Work http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId (RAE Unit 41), Sociology (RAE Unit 42), Library =55541 and Information Management (RAE Unit 61) Application form: Contact Details Eligibility profile ------School of Information Resources and Library Nationality of applicant institution: Any Science The University of Arizona Tel: +1 520 626 8984 Disciplines [email protected]
ERND TERSTEEGEN AWARD Verband Deutsche Nierenzentren der DDnÄ - Association of German Nephrology Centers of the DDnÄ B
Award budget total: - Description: Website: The Association of German Nephrology http://www.ddnae.de/aktuelles/preisausschr Centers of the DDnÄ invites nominations for eibungen/bernd_tersteegen_preis/ the Bernd Tersteegen award. This recognises Application form: basic and clinical research related to chronic renal insufficiency and to advances in treatment Eligibility profile of end-stage renal disease. ------Nationality of applicant institution: Any The award, worth 8,000 euros, is usually given to a single applicant but may be shared under Disciplines certain circumstances. Physicians, researchers ------and engineers who are involved in research in Disease Entities & Medical Problems & the area of renal failure and renal replacement Behaviour, Kidney Disease, Intervention, Types therapy may apply. Only research papers that of (Health & Safety & Medical), Dialysis, have been published in 2010 or 2011, or have Nephrology, Clinical Laboratory Sciences (RAE not yet been published, are suitable for Unit 1), Hospital-based Clinical Subjects (RAE submission. Papers should be written in Unit 3), Clinical Laboratory Science, Hospital- German or English. based Clinical Subject
Contact Details Closing date: 15 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: This call is repeated once Verband Deutsche Nierenzentren der DNeV a year. Immermann Strasse 65 A Posted date: 18 Feb 11 40210 Düsseldorf Award type: Prizes Tel: +49 2 11 17 95 790 Award amount max: €8,000 Fax: +49 2 11 17 95 79 60 Award amount min: -
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ALIHAN ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIP Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty C
Description: Award budget total: - The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion Website: and Liberty invites applications for its Calihan http://www.acton.org/programs/students/ca academic fellowship. The purpose is to provide lihan_academic_scholarship.php scholarships and research grants to future Application form: scholars and religious leaders whose academic http://www.acton.org/files/2010calihan.pdf work shows outstanding potential. Applicants studying theology, philosophy, economics, or Eligibility profile related fields must demonstrate the potential to ------advance understanding in the relationship Nationality of applicant institution: Any between theology and the principles of the free and virtuous society. Such principles include Disciplines recognition of human dignity, the importance ------of the rule of law, limited government, religious History of Religious Thought, Philosophy, liberty, and freedom in economic life. Religious Studies, Theology & Religion, Economics, Civil & Human Rights, Freedom of Awards are open to seminarians or graduate Speech, Political Theory, Sociology of Religion, students in theology, philosophy, religion, Politics and International Studies (RAE Unit economics, or in related fields. All nationalities 39), Sociology (RAE Unit 42), History (RAE are eligible to apply. Fellowships are worth up Unit 59), Theology, Divinity and Religious to $3,000. Studies (RAE Unit 63), Free Societies
Contact Details Closing date: 15 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: Deadlines on: 15 July Acton Institute 2011, 15 October 2011, and repeated annually. Awards and Scholarships Posted date: 12 May 11 161 Ottawa NW, Suite 301 Award type: Predoctoral fellowships, Directed Grand Rapids, MI 49503 grants for individual investigators Tel: 1 616 454 3080 Award amount max: $3,000 Fax: 1 616 454 9454 Award amount min: - [email protected]
REEDOM TO CREATE PRIZE Freedom to Create F
Description: receive $50,000 which will be shared with an Freedom to Create invites nominations for the organisation nominated by the winning entrant freedom to create prize. This is a celebration of to further the cause the artwork has the courage and creativity of artists, and the highlighted. The first runner up will receive positive influence of their work to promote $15,000 and the second runner up will receive social justice and inspire the human spirit. $10,000. The imprisoned artist prize is There are two categories: the main prize and presented to artists who are imprisoned the imprisoned artist prize. The main prize is because of their courage and creativity in open to artists or groups whose participants are pursuing their art, and the role of their work in over the age of 16. The first place winner will highlighting injustice. There will be less
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emphasis placed on the artist’s work (quality) Eligibility profile and more on the personal courage ------demonstrated by them, the message conveyed Nationality of applicant institution: Any through their work and its impact. The prize of $25,000 is awarded to one winner, to be Disciplines directed towards securing the artist's release, ------advocating on behalf of them and their cause Arts, General & Other, Drama, Cultural and offering support to their family. Both prizes Activities, Design Arts, Music, Performing Arts, encompass all forms of art in any creative field Dance, International Planning & Policy, and are open to any individual or group of any Political Science, Civil & Human Rights, Politics gender, religion or nationality. and International Studies (RAE Unit 39), Art and Design (RAE Unit 64), Drama, Dance and Performing Arts (RAE Unit 66), Music (RAE Closing date: 15 Jul 11 Unit 67) Deadline information: This call is repeated once a year. Contact Details Posted date: 13 Apr 11 ------Award type: Prizes, Development Freedom to Create (Africa/Caribbean) Level 46 Award amount max: $50,000 UOB Plaza 1 Award amount min: $10,000 80 Raffles Place Award budget total: $100,000 Singapore 048624 Website: http://www.freedomtocreate.com/ Tel: 65 62105560 Application form: [email protected]
URU NANAK INTERFAITH PRIZE Hofstra University G
Description: Application form: Hofstra University invites nominations for the Eligibility profile Guru Nanak interfaith prize. The aim of the ------award is to enhance awareness of the critical Nationality of applicant institution: Any role of religious dialogue in the pursuit of Disciplines peace, as well as to provide direct support for ------the furtherance of such activities. Any Theology & Religion, International Planning & individual or organisation can be nominated. Policy, Social Planning & Policy, Sociology, The prize is worth $50,000. Sociology of Religion, Peace & Disarmament & Amnesty, Politics and International Studies Closing date: 15 Jul 11 (RAE Unit 39), Social Policy and Deadline information: This call is repeated Administration (RAE Unit 40), Sociology (RAE every 2 years. Unit 42), Theology, Divinity and Religious Posted date: 19 May 11 Studies (RAE Unit 63) Award type: Prizes Award amount max: $50,000 Contact Details Award amount min: ------Award budget total: - Hofstra University Website: Hempstead http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Colleges NY 11549-1000 /HCLAS/rel/nanak/nanek_award.html Tel: +1 516 463 660
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UPAP YOUNG SCIENTIST PRIZE IN OPTICS International Commission for Optics I
Description: Website: http://www.ico- The International Commission for Optics optics.org/awards.html invites applications for the International Union Application form: of Pure and Applied Physics prize in optics. This prize is awarded to a scientist who has Eligibility profile made noteworthy contributions to applied ------optics and photonics during a maximum of Nationality of applicant institution: Any eight years of research experience after having earned a PhD degree. The prize is awarded at a Disciplines major ICO meeting, where the recipient is ------expected to deliver a presentation. The prize is Electromagnetics, Optics, Photonics, Physics, worth 1,000 euros. Theoretical, Physics (RAE Unit 19), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit 29)
Closing date: 15 Jul 11 Contact Details Deadline information: This call is repeated once ------a year. Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) Posted date: 01 Feb 11 Department of Engineering Physics Award type: Prizes, Young investigator awards PO Box 3500 Award amount max: €1,000 FI-02015 TKK Award amount min: - Tel: 358 9 451 3127 Award budget total: - Fax: 358 9451 3155 [email protected]
LUGE CENTER FELLOWSHIPS Library of Congress K
Description: manuscripts, maps, music, films, recorded The Library of Congress invites qualified sound, prints and photographs are also scholars to conduct research in the John W available. Kluge Center using the Library of Congress collections and resources for a period of up to Fellowships are tenable for periods up to 11 11 months. months at a stipend of $4,200 per month for residential research at the Library of Congress. The center especially encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of Scholars who have received a terminal the library's large and varied collections. advanced degree within the past seven years in Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural or multi-lingual the humanities, social sciences or in a research is particularly welcome. Among the professional field such as architecture or law collections available to researchers are the are eligible. Applicants may be US citizens or world's largest law library and outstanding foreign nationals. multi-lingual collections of books and periodicals. Deep special collections of Closing date: 15 Jul 11
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Deadline information: This call is repeated once 44), American Studies (RAE Unit 45), Middle a year. Eastern and African Studies (RAE Unit 46), Posted date: 23 Feb 11 Asian Studies (RAE Unit 47), European Studies Award type: Predoctoral fellowships, Mid- (RAE Unit 48), Celtic Studies (RAE Unit 49), Career fellowships, Senior fellowships, Travel English Language and Literature (RAE Unit 50), for research purposes French (RAE Unit 51), German, Dutch and Award amount max: $46,200 Scandinavian Languages (RAE Unit 52), Italian Award amount min: - (RAE Unit 53), Russian, Slavonic and East Award budget total: - European Languages (RAE Unit 54), Iberian Website: and Latin American Languages (RAE Unit 55), http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/k Linguistics (RAE Unit 56), Classics, Ancient luge.html History, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Application form: (RAE Unit 57), Archaeology (RAE Unit 58), http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/docs/klugeap History (RAE Unit 59), History of Art, p-generic.pdf Architecture and Design (RAE Unit 60), Library and Information Management (RAE Unit 61), Eligibility profile Philosophy (RAE Unit 62), Theology, Divinity ------and Religious Studies (RAE Unit 63), Nationality of applicant institution: Any Communication, Cultural and Media Studies (RAE Unit 65), Education (RAE Unit 68), Disciplines Sports-related Subjects (RAE Unit 69) ------Architecture, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Contact Details Psychology (RAE Unit 13), Built Environment ------(RAE Unit 33), Town and Country Planning Office of Scholarly Programs (RAE Unit 34), Geography (RAE Unit 35), Law Library of Congress (RAE Unit 36), Anthropology (RAE Unit 37), 101 Independence Ave, SE Economics and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38), Washington, DC 20540-4860 Politics and International Studies (RAE Unit Tel: 1 202 707 3302 39), Social Policy and Administration (RAE Fax: 1 202 707 3595 Unit 40), Social Work (RAE Unit 41), Sociology [email protected] (RAE Unit 42), Business and Management Studies (RAE Unit 43), Accountancy (RAE Unit
OSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Feinberg Graduate School P
Description: funding source. No more than four years may The Feinberg Graduate School invites have elapsed since receiving confirmation of applications for its postdoctoral fellowship the doctorate and the designated date for the programme. Fellowship positions are offered start of the fellowship programme. every year for postdoctoral research in the areas of life sciences, chemical sciences, physical The Feinberg Graduate School also awards the sciences, mathematical sciences, computer Koshland scholarship for exceptionally sciences and science teaching. The programme outstanding postdoctoral fellows. This carries is open to citizens of all nations, regardless of an additional $5,000 lump sum which the religion, race or gender. The applicant must fellow will receive at the end of their first year, have a PhD or MD and proof of an existing as well as an annual travel allowance of $4,140.
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Closing date: 15 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: Deadlines on: 15 July Science Education, Biological Sciences, 2011, 5 January 2012, and repeated annually. Chemical Sciences, Computer Sciences, Posted date: 03 Aug 10 Mathematics, Applied, Physical Sciences, Other Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Senior Studies and Professions Allied to Medicine fellowships (RAE Unit 11), Biological Sciences (RAE Unit Award amount max: - 14), Pure Mathematics (RAE Unit 22), Applied Award amount min: - Mathematics (RAE Unit 23), Education (RAE Award budget total: - Unit 68), Mathematics, Pure, Life Science Website: (Bioscience) http://www.fgs.org.il/en/article.php?id=92& prt=1 Contact Details Application form: ------Feinberg Graduate School Eligibility profile Weizmann Institute of Science ------Rehovot 76100 Nationality of applicant institution: Any Tel: +972 8 934 2924 E-mail: [email protected] Disciplines
IR RATANJI DALAL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP Royal College of Surgeons of England S
Description: Award budget total: - The Royal College of Surgeons of England Website: invites applications for the Sir Ratanji Dalal http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/surgical_awards_an research scholarship. This supports a project in d_grants/travelawards/ratanji.html either tropical surgery or tropical medicine. If Application form: the research will not be carried out in a tropical http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/surgical_awards_an country, the relevance of the project to tropical d_grants/docs/Ratanapp.doc medicine should be made clear. Eligibility profile The scholarship is tenable for one year, and is ------worth £20,000. It is open to all medical Nationality of applicant institution: practitioners registered in any part of the Commonwealth member states Commonwealth. It may be held in any institution in Britain, or overseas, that is Disciplines approved by RCSE and the Royal College of ------Physicians of London. Surgery, Tropical Medicine, Community-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit 2), Hospital-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit 3) Closing date: 22 Jul 11 Deadline information: This call is repeated Contact details once a year. ------Posted date: 13 Apr 11 Membership and Events Department Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Senior RCSEng fellowships, Directed grants for individual 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields investigators London WC2A 3PE Award amount max: £20,000 Tel: +44 207 869 6091 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected]
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NDUSTRIAL CASE AWARDS Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) I
Description: manufacturing base, as well as foreign-owned The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences companies are eligible to apply. Research Council invites applications for its industrial case awards. These will be awarded Funding for 88 four-year studentships is in the form of flexible doctoral training grants available. commencing in the 2012/13 academic year. Rather than funding individual studentships, DTGs provide funding in the form of a single Closing date: 28 Jul 11 training grant to the academic partner. This Deadline information: Deadline time: 4pm. gives the department considerable flexibility in This call is repeated once a year. how it chooses to use the funding, in discussion Posted date: 06 May 11 with the industrial partner, for example: Award type: Studentship allocations, Research flexible start dates for students; calls for business, Academic-Industry links, ability to part-fund studentships with Networking/collaboration other sponsors; Award amount max: - joint funding of studentships with another Award amount min: - Research Council; Award budget total: - offering three-year studentships where Website: appropriate with the flexibility to use http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/training/in funding across different headings. dustrial-case.aspx Application form: https://je-s.rcuk.ac.uk/ All industrial case research students are based at a university (or other eligible research Eligibility profile organisation), but must spend part of their time ------with the company. It is expected that the Nationality of applicant institution: United company will provide a placement for a period Kingdom of between six and 18 months. The company is Nationality of applicant institution: Any required to ensure sufficient time is allocated during the placement to fulfil all aspects of the Disciplines training being provided. This should include ------wider business-related training for the student Animal Diseases & Pathology, Disease Entities in, for example: project-management; business & Medical Problems & Behaviour, Biological strategy; and finance. Diversity, Biology, Cellular, Genetics, Physiology, Human, Biological Sciences (RAE The company must contribute to the Unit 14), Veterinary Science (RAE Unit 17), studentship at least £1,400 per year to the Computer Science (RAE Unit 25), academic institution, cover travel and Bioinformatics / Health Informatics, Genomics accommodation as well as provide a cash Contact Details payment of at least £2,500 per year to the ------student. BBSRC
Polaris House Proposals can be submitted by either an North Star Avenue industrial company or an individual academic Swindon SN2 1UH supervisor. Companies registered for business Tel: +44 1793 411486 and trading in the UK with a UK research or Fax: +44 1793 414 674 E-mail: [email protected]
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DVANCED POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International A
Description: Closing date: 29 Jul 11 The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Deadline information: Deadlines on: 19 International invites applications for its January 2011, 29 July 2011, and repeated advanced postdoctoral fellowships. This annually. program is designed to give qualified and Posted date: 17 May 10 promising health scientists an opportunity to Award type: Postdoctoral training fellowships receive full-time research training, and to assist Award amount max: $380,000 them in transitioning from a fellowship to an Award amount min: - independent faculty-level position. The three- Award budget total: - year award provides critical research training Website: that enables fellows to work at the leading edge http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ho of their chosen field. An additional, optional me.viewPage&page_id=6F4A1C69-2A5E-7B6E- one-year transition award will further assist 16EC54F696666D28 fellows to proceed to independent faculty or Application form: research appointments and will serve as a http://proposalcentral.altum.com/ bridge between the fellowship and independent competitive research funding. During the Eligibility profile fellowship phase, the applicant is required to ------work with a sponsor who can provide a Nationality of applicant institution: Any training environment conducive to beginning a career in diabetes-relevant research. Applicants Disciplines must have a doctoral degree or the equivalent ------from an accredited institution and must not be Diabetes, Pancreatic Disorders, Disease simultaneously serving an internship or Prevention, Endocrinology, Medicine, Internal, residency. The doctoral degree should have Clinical Laboratory Sciences (RAE Unit 1), been received no more than five years before Community-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit the start of the fellowship. Fellowship research 2), Hospital-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit may be conducted at US and international for- 3), Clinical Laboratory Science, Community- profit and non-profit, public and private based Clinical Subjects, Hospital-based Clinical organizations. There are no citizenship Subject requirements. Budgets worth up to $90,000 per year for up to three years may be requested. Contact Details Stipends are worth $37,740 to $52,068 per year ------depending on experience. The transition award JDRF International for the researcher's first year as a faculty 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor member provides up to $110,000 total costs for New York, NY 10005-4001 one year. USA Tel: +1 212 479 7537 E-mail: [email protected]
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EALTH SERVICES RESEARCH IMPACTS AWARD AcademyHealth H
Description: AcademyHealth requests nominations for its Website: health services research awards. These awards http://www.academyhealth.org/About/conte are made in recognition of research that has nt.cfm?ItemNumber=953&navitemnumber=234 made a positive impact on health policy and/or 2 practice. The lead researcher of the winning Application form: impact will receive $2,000, and the research will http://www.academyhealth.org/files/impacta be disseminated widely as part of ward/2012ImpactNomPacket.pdf AcademyHealth's ongoing efforts to promote the field of health services research and Eligibility profile communicate its value for health care decision------making. Nationality of applicant institution: Any
Research may be published or unpublished, a Disciplines single study or a body of work, the work of an ------individual or a team. The time frame for when Health Care, Assessment of Health Care, the research was conducted is open, but the Health Care Evaluation & Analysis, Health impact should have occurred recently. Care Policy, Public Health, Community-based Nominators and nominees are not required to Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit 2), Social Policy and be AcademyHealth members. Self-nominations Administration (RAE Unit 40) are accepted. Contact Details ------Closing date: 29 Jul 11 AcademyHealth Deadline information: 1150 17th Street NW, Suite 600 Posted date: 12 May 11 Washington, DC 20036 Award type: Prizes Tel: +1 202 292 6738 Award amount max: $2,000 Fax: +1 202 292 6800 Award amount min: - E-mail: [email protected] Award budget total: -
OSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International P
Description: training environment conducive to beginning a The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation career in research relevant to type one diabetes. invites applications for its postdoctoral fellowship. These fellowships are designed to Fellowships are intended for investigators in a attract qualified, promising scientists entering relatively early stage of their career, ie the first their professional career in the diabetes degree (MD, PhD, DMD, DVM or equivalent) research field. The applicant is required to work will have been received no more than five years with a sponsor who is affiliated full-time with before the fellowship. Applicants may not have an accredited institution and who can provide a faculty appointments. Applicants from US and international, for-profit and non-profit, and
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public and private organizations are eligible. Eligibility profile There are no citizenship requirements. The ------award will provide funds of between $43,240 Nationality of applicant institution: Any and $53,440 per year over three years. Disciplines ------Closing date: 29 Jul 11 Diabetes, Pancreatic Disorders, Diagnosis, Deadline information: Deadlines on: 19 Medical, Disease Prevention, Treatment, January 2011, 29 July 2011, and repeated Medical, Endocrinology, Medicine, Internal, annually. Clinical Laboratory Sciences (RAE Unit 1), Posted date: 17 May 10 Community-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, 2), Hospital-based Clinical Subjects (RAE Unit Postdoctoral training fellowships 3) Award amount max: $160,320 Award amount min: $129,720 Contact Details Award budget total: ------Website: JDRF International http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=1032 26 Broadway, 14th Floor 40 New York, NY 10004 Application form: Tel: +1 212 479 7537 http://proposalcentral.altum.com/ E-mail: [email protected]
A LODGE AWARD FOR MEDICAL ENGINEERING Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly the Institution of Electrical Engineers), UK J
Description: Application form: The Institution of Engineering and Technology http://www.theiet.org/about/scholarships- invites nominations for the JA Lodge award for awards/achievement/jalodge-apply.cfm medical engineering. This award is presented to Eligibility profile a promising electronic or electrical engineer ------working in the field of research and Nationality of applicant institution: Any development in biomedical engineering. The Disciplines award includes a cash prize of £250 and a year's ------subscription to IET. Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Medical Devices Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Closing date: 30 Jul 11 (Forecast) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit Deadline information: !! Call has not yet been 29) announced by sponsor but this is the approximate deadline we expect. This call is Contact Details repeated once a year. ------Posted date: 30 Mar 10 IET Award type: Prizes Michael Faraday House Award amount max: £250 Six Hills Way Award amount min: - Stevenage Award budget total: - Hertfordshire SG1 2AY Website: Tel: +44 1438 313 311 http://www.theiet.org/about/scholarships- Fax: +44 1438 765 526 awards/achievement/jalodge-what.cfm E-mail: [email protected]
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IOMEDICAL PRIZE Wiley Foundation B
Description: Application form: The Wiley Foundation invites nominations for http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id- its prize in biomedical sciences. This is intended 390111.html to recognize breakthrough research in the pure Eligibility profile or applied life sciences that is distinguished by ------its excellence, originality and impact on the Nationality of applicant institution: Any understanding of biological systems and processes. The award may recognise a specific Disciplines contribution or series of contributions by either ------an individual or group that demonstrate Disciplines & Fields, Biomedical, Medical & significant leadership in the development of Health & Safety, Biomedical Research, research concepts or their clinical application. Multidisciplinary, Clinical Laboratory Sciences Preference will be given to research that (RAE Unit 1), Community-based Clinical champions novel approaches and challenges Subjects (RAE Unit 2), Hospital-based Clinical accepted thinking in the biomedical sciences. Subjects (RAE Unit 3), Clinical Dentistry (RAE This is an international prize worth $35,000. Self Unit 4), Pre Clinical Studies (RAE Unit 5), nominations are not accepted. Anatomy (RAE Unit 6), Physiology (RAE Unit 7), Pharmacology (RAE Unit 8), Pharmacy (RAE Unit 9), Nursing (RAE Unit 10), Other Studies Closing date: 31 Jul 11 and Professions Allied to Medicine (RAE Unit Deadline information: This call is repeated 11), Biological Sciences (RAE Unit 14), Life once a year. Science (Bioscience) Posted date: 21 Apr 11 Award type: Prizes Contact Details Award amount max: $35,000 ------Award amount min: - Wiley Foundation Award budget total: $35,000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc Website: 111 River Street http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileyfoundati Hoboken, NJ 07030 on/about_prize.html E-mail: [email protected]
APPS GREEN ZOMAYA AWARD Royal Society of Chemistry C
Description: scientists may apply. The award is worth The Royal Society of Chemistry invites £1,000. nominations for the Capps Green Zomaya award. This recognises outstanding Closing date: 31 Jul 11 contributions to medicinal or computational Deadline information: Deadline: nominations medicinal chemistry by applicants aged 40 due between 1 September 2010 and 31 July 2011 years and under. UK and international Posted date: 02 Dec 09 Award type: Prizes Award amount max: £1,000
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Award amount min: - Disciplines Award budget total: ------Website: Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry (RAE Unit 18) http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/ Awards/CappsGreenZoyama/index.asp Contact Details Application form: ------http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/ RSC Awards/Nomination/Index.asp Burlington House, Piccadilly London W1J 0BA Eligibility profile Tel: +44 20 7437 8656 ------Fax: +44 20 7437 8883 Nationality of applicant institution: Any
V RAMAN INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR AFRICAN RESEARCHERS Department of Science and Technology, India C
Description: month. Three fellowships are available, The Department of Science and Technology in lasting for one month each, per African India, in collaboration with the Federation of country. Indian Chamber and Industry invites applications for the CV Raman fellowships for African investigators, actively engaged in African researchers. Grants enable African research at a university or academic institution researchers to conduct research in Indian in the African country, may apply. Fellowships research laboratories and institutes in any field include a one-time contingency grant worth up of science and technology, including to 20,000 rupees, accommodation, economy mathematics and statistics. class return airfare and local transport costs between the airport and the host institute. Fellowship categories include: postdoctoral fellowships, for which each applicant must possess a PhD. Funding Closing date: 31 Jul 11 provides a sustenance allowance of 40,000 Deadline information: This call is repeated rupees per month. Two fellowships, once a year. lasting six months each, or one fellowship Posted date: 27 Apr 11 lasting 12 months, are available per Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Senior African country; fellowships, Travel for research purposes, visiting fellowships, for which each Directed grants for individual investigators applicant must possess a PhD or MTech or Award amount max: - MSc in an engineering or technical subject, Award amount min: - or six to 10 years working experience. Award budget total: - Funding provides a sustenance allowance Website: of 50,000 rupees per month. Three http://www.dst.gov.in/whats_new/main- fellowships are available, lasting three new.htm months each, per African country; Application form: senior fellowships, for which each applicant must be a senior expert, scientist Eligibility profile or professor. Funding provides a ------sustenance allowance of 50,000 rupees per Nationality of applicant institution: All African Nations
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Disciplines Metallurgy and Materials (RAE Unit 32), Town ------and Country Planning (RAE Unit 34), Social Sciences, Engineering, Aeronautical & Geography (RAE Unit 35), Law (RAE Unit 36), Aerospace Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Anthropology (RAE Unit 37), Economics and Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Econometrics (RAE Unit 38), Politics and Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Industrial International Studies (RAE Unit 39), Social Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Policy and Administration (RAE Unit 40), Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Science & Social Work (RAE Unit 41), Sociology (RAE Technology, Maths, Computing, Mathematics, Unit 42), Business and Management Studies Statistics, Natural Sciences, Psychology (RAE (RAE Unit 43), Accountancy (RAE Unit 44), Unit 13), Biological Sciences (RAE Unit 14), Education (RAE Unit 68), Sports-related Chemistry (RAE Unit 18), Physics (RAE Unit Subjects (RAE Unit 69) 19), Earth Sciences (RAE Unit 20), Environmental Sciences (RAE Unit 21), Pure Contact Details Mathematics (RAE Unit 22), Applied ------Mathematics (RAE Unit 23), Statistics and FICCI Science and Technology/Innovation Operational Research (RAE Unit 24), Computer Secretariat Science (RAE Unit 25), General Engineering Federation House (RAE Unit 26), Chemical Engineering (RAE Tansen Marg Unit 27), Civil Engineering (RAE Unit 28), New Delhi 110 001 Electrical and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit Tel: +91 112 373 6306 29), Mechanical, Aeronautical and Fax: +91 112 332 0714 Manufacturing Engineering (RAE Unit 30), E-mail: [email protected] Mineral and Mining Engineering (RAE Unit 31),
IASPORA AFRICAN SCIENTIST University of Ghana D
Description: individual investigators, Development The University of Ghana’s Regional Institute for (Africa/Caribbean) Population Studies invites invites applications Award amount max: - for its Diaspora African scientist opportunity. Award amount min: - The Diaspora African scientist will be hosted at Award budget total: - RIPS for a period of six months. The successful Website: http://start.org/news/positions- scientist will receive funding for the entire available-rips-ug.html duration of stay at RIPS. The selected scientist Application form: will be expected to assist with graduate student mentoring, student supervision, teaching, and Eligibility profile grant writing. This programme is under the ------African Adaptation Research Centre initiative Nationality of applicant institution: All African with funding from the International Nations Development Research Centre, Canada. Disciplines ------Closing date: 31 Jul 11 International Planning & Policy, Population Deadline information: Studies, Abrupt Climate Change, Climate Posted date: 18 May 11 Variation & Change, Earth Sciences, Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Travel for Environmental Studies, Earth Sciences (RAE research purposes, Directed grants for Unit 20), Environmental Sciences (RAE Unit
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21), Politics and International Studies (RAE PO Box LG 96 Unit 39), Development Policy , Development Legon Studies (Less-Developed Countries), Diaspora Tel: +233 0302 500274 Fax: +233 0302 500273 Contact Details E-mail: [email protected] ------University of Ghana
IELD RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS Korea Foundation F
Description: Posted date: 08 Jun 10 The Korea Foundation is inviting applications Award type: Predoctoral fellowships for its field research fellowships. The program Award amount max: - is designed to facilitate in-depth research on Award amount min: - Korean topics by supporting on-site study and Award budget total: - research by scholars and Korea specialists. Website: http://www.kf.or.kr/ Fellowship awards may last three to 12 months Application form: and support Korea-related research in the humanities, social sciences, culture and arts, Eligibility profile and comparative research related to Korea. ------Candidates may not currently reside in Korea. Nationality of applicant institution: Any The foundation invites applications from: doctoral candidates who have completed Disciplines all academic requirements except their ------dissertation, entitled to a monthly stipend Korea, Arts, General & Other, Cultural of 1.7 million Korean won; Activities, Folk & Ethnic Studies, History, Asian assistant professors or lecturers with History, Jurisprudence, Language & Literature, doctoral degrees, who may receive 2.2m Asian Languages, Asian Literature, Korean Korean won per month; Language, Korean Literature, Music, full and associate professors. Funding for Philosophy, Religious Studies, Social Sciences, these amounts to 2.7m Korean won per Asian Studies (RAE Unit 47), History (RAE Unit month. 59)
In addition, each successful applicant is entitled Contact Details to airfare costs, a settling-in allowance of ------300,000 Korean won and traveler's insurance. Korean Studies Department Korea Foundation 10F Diplomatic Center Building Closing date: 31 Jul 11 (Forecast) 2558 Nambusunhwanno, Seocho-gu Deadline information: !! Call has not yet been Seoul, 137-863 announced by sponsor but this is the Tel: +82 2 2046-8537 approximate deadline we expect. This call is E-mail: [email protected] repeated once a year.
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ENRY O FUCHS STUDENT AWARD Society of Automotive Engineers H
Description: The Society of Automotive Engineers invites Eligibility profile nominations for the Henry O Fuchs student ------award. The award recognizes a graduate or Nationality of applicant institution: Any recently graduated student that is working in the field of fatigue research and applications. Disciplines The purpose of the award is to promote the ------education of engineering students in the area of Mechanical Engineering, Applied Fracture fatigue technology. The award consists of a Mechanics, Automotive Engineering, Fatigue & framed certificate, an honorarium of $100, and a Fracture, Mechanical, Aeronautical and transportation allowance to attend the SAE Manufacturing Engineering (RAE Unit 30), fatigue design and evaluation committee Metallurgy and Materials (RAE Unit 32) meeting where the award is presented. Contact Detaills Closing date: 31 Jul 11 ------Deadline information: SAE World Headquarters Posted date: 08 Feb 11 400 Commonwealth Drive Award type: Prizes Warrendale, PA 15096-0001 Award amount max: $100 Tel: +1 724 776 4841 Award amount min: - Fax: +1 724 776 0790 Award budget total: $100 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://students.sae.org/awdscholar/awards/f uchs/ Application form:
OCHON PRIZE Stop TB Partnership K
Description: and Stop TB Partnership coordinating board The Stop TB Partnership, in collaboration with members for the last two years may not enter the Kochon Foundation, invites applications for this competition. The prize includes $65,000 the Kochon prize. This recognises major plus the cost of awardees' participation in the contributions to stopping tuberculosis. award ceremony. Nominations must be made by a recognised national health body of any World Health Organization member state, any Stop TB Closing date: 31 Jul 11 partner or any former recipient of the prize. Deadline information: This call is repeated Nominees may be individuals, organisations or once a year. institutions. They should have significant and Posted date: 31 Mar 11 documented achievements in the formulation Award type: Prizes and implementation of a system or policy for Award amount max: $65,000 anti-tuberculosis programmes, or in research, Award amount min: - advocacy, education or training for the Award budget total: - prevention of TB. Current WHO staff members
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Website: Unit 1), Community-based Clinical Subjects http://www.stoptb.org/global/awards/kocho (RAE Unit 2), Law (RAE Unit 36), Education n/ (RAE Unit 68), Health Education , Clinical Application form: Laboratory Science, Community-based Clinical http://www.stoptb.org/global/awards/kocho Subjects, Hospital-based Clinical Subject n/howtoapply.asp Contact Details Eligibility profile ------Stop TB Partnership Secretariat Nationality of applicant institution: Any WHO 20 Avenue Appia Disciplines CH-1211 Geneva ------Tel: +41 22 791 2879 Infectious Diseases & Agents, Tuberculosis, Fax: +41 22 791 4886 Disease Prevention, Treatment, Medical, Public E-mail: [email protected] Health Law, Clinical Laboratory Sciences (RAE
ASTERS SCHOLARSHIPS African Institute for Development and Planning M
Description: Website: The African Institute for Economic http://www.unidep.org/Release3/Training/E Development and Planning invites applications nglishPages/Index.htm for its masters scholarships. These support Application form: citizens of IDEP member states who have been http://www.unidep.org/release3/training/Fil accepted onto an IDEP masters programme in es/Application%20bilingue.pdf economic policy and management. As well as holding member states citizenship, applicants Eligibility profile should have an excellent academic record and ------at least two years of professional experience. Nationality of applicant institution: Angola, They should have a good command of English Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, or French, as these are the main working Congo, the Democratic Republic of the, Central languages of IDEP. Scholarships provide African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, funding for: tuition fees; a monthly living Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, stipend; medical expenses; books, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, documentation and thesis preparation. Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Madagascar, Closing date: 31 Jul 11 (Forecast) Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Deadline information: !! Call has not yet been Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, announced by sponsor but this is the Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, approximate deadline we expect. This call is Senegal, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, repeated once a year. Swaziland, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Posted date: 20 Dec 07 United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Award type: Predoctoral fellowships Zimbabwe Award amount max: - Award amount min: - Disciplines Award budget total: ------
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Economic Stabilization, Planning & Policy Rue du 18 Juin, behind Assemblée Nationale Studies, Economic Development, Economics PO Box 3186, CP 18524 and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38), Accountancy Dakar (RAE Unit 44), Financial Management Tel: +221 823 10 20 Fax: +221 822 29 64 Contact Details E-mail: [email protected] ------African Institute for Development and Planning
ILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGY PRIZE Finnish Technology Award Foundation - Suomen teknologiapalkintosäätiö M
Description: Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering, The Finnish Technology Award Foundation Ceramic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, invites nominations for the Millennium Civil Engineering, Electronics & Electrical technology prize. This recognises a specific Engineering, Industrial Engineering, groundbreaking innovation in the field of Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, technology and aims to stimulate further Petroleum Engineering, Science & Technology, cutting-edge research in science and Maths, Computing, Biological Sciences (RAE technology. The prize may be awarded to a Unit 14), Chemistry (RAE Unit 18), Physics research team or a single individual. (RAE Unit 19), Earth Sciences (RAE Unit 20), Candidates may be nominated by any science Environmental Sciences (RAE Unit 21), Pure and engineering academy, university, research Mathematics (RAE Unit 22), Applied institute, industrial enterprise or association. Mathematics (RAE Unit 23), Statistics and Operational Research (RAE Unit 24), Computer Closing date: 31 Jul 11 Science (RAE Unit 25), Chemical Engineering Deadline information: (RAE Unit 27), Civil Engineering (RAE Unit 28), Posted date: 18 Jan 11 Electrical and Electronic Engineering (RAE Unit Award type: Prizes 29), Mechanical, Aeronautical and Award amount max: - Manufacturing Engineering (RAE Unit 30), Award amount min: - Mineral and Mining Engineering (RAE Unit 31), Award budget total: €1,100,000 Metallurgy and Materials (RAE Unit 32) Website: http://www.millenniumprize.fi Application form: Contact Details http://www.millenniumprize.fi/uploads/pdf ------/cfn2012/Nomination%20form%202012.pdf Technology Academy Foundation Fredrikinkatu 25 B 26 Eligibility profile 00120 Helsinki ------Tel: +358 9 6818 090 Nationality of applicant institution: Any Fax: +358 9 6818 0955 E-mail: [email protected] Disciplines ------
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PHIL AND PHD PROGRAMMES ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPMENT MUniversity of Ghana
Description: Application form: The University of Ghana’s Regional Institute for Population Studies invites applications for its Eligibility profile MPhil and PhD programmes on climate change ------adaptation research and training capacity for Nationality of applicant institution: All African development. This programme is under the Nations African Adaptation Research Centre initiative of the International Development Research Contact Details Centre, Canada. Successful candidates will ------receive funding for the entire duration of the University of Ghana programme. PhD candidates will be sponsored PO Box LG 96 to a University in North America for a period of Legon 10 months for mentoring as part of the Tel: +233 0302 500274 programme. Fax: +233 0302 500273 E-mail: [email protected] Closing date: 31 Jul 11 Deadline information: Disciplines Posted date: 18 May 11 ------Award type: Predoctoral fellowships, Financial International Planning & Policy, Abrupt aid for postgraduate students, Travel for Climate Change, Climate Variation & Change, research purposes, Directed grants for Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Earth individual investigators, Development Sciences (RAE Unit 20), Environmental Sciences (Africa/Caribbean) (RAE Unit 21), Politics and International Award amount max: - Studies (RAE Unit 39), Development Policy , Award amount min: - Development Studies (Less-Developed Award budget total: - Countries), Diaspora Website: http://start.org/news/positions- available-rips-ug.html
OSTDOCTORAL DIASPORA AFRICAN RESEARCHER University of Ghana P
Description: with funding from the International The University of Ghana’s Regional Institute for Development Research Centre, Canada. Population Studies invites applications for its postdoctoral Diaspora African researcher opportunity. The postdoctoral Diaspora African Closing date: 31 Jul 11 researcher will be hosted at RIPS for a period of Deadline information: one year. The successful researcher will receive Posted date: 18 May 11 funding for the entire duration of stay at RIPS. Award type: Mid-Career fellowships, Senior While there the researcher is expected to be fellowships, Postdoctoral training fellowships, involved in graduate student mentoring and Travel for research purposes, Directed grants to grant writing. This programme is under the institutions, research groups etc, Development African Adaptation Research Centre initiative (Africa/Caribbean)
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Award amount max: - Variation & Change, Earth Sciences, Award amount min: - Environmental Studies, Earth Sciences (RAE Award budget total: - Unit 20), Environmental Sciences (RAE Unit Website: http://start.org/news/positions- 21), Politics and International Studies (RAE available-rips-ug.html Unit 39), Development Policy , Development Application form: Studies (Less-Developed Countries), Diaspora
Eligibility profile Contact Details ------Nationality of applicant institution: All African University of Ghana Nations PO Box LG 96 Legon Disciplines Tel: +233 0302 500274 ------Fax: +233 0302 500273 International Planning & Policy, Population E-mail: [email protected] Studies, Abrupt Climate Change, Climate
OSTGRADUATE TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS FOR WOMEN SCIENTISTS Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World P
Description: Fellowships cover travel expenses and a modest The Third World Organization for Women in monthly living allowance. Science invites applications for its postgraduate training fellowships for women scientists. Funding enables female students from sub- Closing date: 31 Jul 11 Saharan Africa and least developed countries to Deadline information: This call is repeated pursue postgraduate studies leading to a PhD once a year. in the natural sciences at centres of excellence in Posted date: 26 Oct 10 the South. Host institutions must be located in a Award type: Financial aid for postgraduate developing country other than the applicant's students home country. An applicant who wishes to Award amount max: - register as a PhD student at her home institute Award amount min: - can choose a sandwich option, whereby part of Award budget total: - the research programme is undertaken at a host Website: institute in another developing country. For this http://twows.ictp.it/activities/postgraduate- option, the fellowship provides support for training-fellowships-for-women-scientists-in- travel, accommodation and living expenses for sub-saharan-africa-and-least-developed- a minimum of six months while the applicant is countries-ldc-at-centres-of-excellence-in-the- based at the host institution. Alternatively, an south applicant can enroll as a full-time research Application form: student at an institution outside her country. In http://twows.ictp.it/Files%20for%20download this case, the fellowship provides support for /2010%20TWOWS%20application_Word.doc travel, accommodation and living expenses for three years. Eligibility profile ------Young women science graduates below 40 Nationality of applicant institution: Haiti, years of age from eligible regions may apply. Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Bhutan, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the, Central African
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Republic, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Eritrea, Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Chemical Sciences, Geology, Environmental Guinea-Bissau, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, Studies, Physics, Natural Sciences, Biological Lao People's Democratic Republic, Liberia, Sciences (RAE Unit 14), Chemistry (RAE Unit Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, 18), Physics (RAE Unit 19), Earth Sciences (RAE Mauritania, Maldives, Malawi, Mozambique, Unit 20), Environmental Sciences (RAE Unit 21) Niger, Nepal, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Sao Contact Details Tome and Principe, Chad, Togo, Timor-Leste, ------Tuvalu, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, TWOWS Secretariat Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, Zambia c/o TWAS Nationality of applicant institution: Sub- ICTP Campus, Strada Costiera 11 Saharan Africa 34014 Trieste Tel: +39 402 240 321 Disciplines Fax: +39 402 240 689 ------E-mail: [email protected]
CHOLARSHIPS FOR POSTGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES WITH RELEVANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SGerman Academic Exchange Service - Deutscher Akademische Austauschdienst
Description: monthly award of 750 euros. As a rule, the The German Academic Exchange Service scholarship additionally includes certain invites applications for its scholarships for payments towards health insurance cover in postgraduate degree courses at German Germany, appropriate flat-rate travel universities with relevance to developing allowance, a study and research allowance and, countries. These degree courses, which consist where appropriate, a rent subsidy and family of one to two years of concentrated study, allowance. Applicants will come either from a provide young academically-trained public authority or a state or private company professionals in leading positions from in a developing country and be engaged in the developing countries with the opportunity to planning and execution of directives and engage in postgraduate education and training projects on development policies having a in their particular field or profession. At bearing on technological, economic or social present, postgraduate courses are offered in the areas. They will be under 36 and have following fields: completed their bachelor’s degree in a related economic sciences, business subject far above average and will have at least administration, political economics; two years working experience. Good German development cooperation; language skills are generally a requirement. engineering and related sciences; Applicants who have been resident in Germany mathematics; for longer than one year at the time of regional planning; application will not be considered. agriculture and forest sciences; environmental sciences; medicine and public health; Closing date: 31 Jul 11 veterinary medicine; Deadline information: Deadline: applications must be submitted to the German embassy or social sciences, education and law. DAAD regional offices by 31 July, to DAAD’s The study scholarship will be awarded for head office in Bonn by 30 August or to the between 12 and 24 months. DAAD will pay a
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higher education institutions by 30 September Medical Problems & Behaviour, Education & or 15 October, annually. Instruction (Health & Safety & Medical), Posted date: 07 Feb 11 Environment (Health & Safety & Medical), Award type: Financial aid for postgraduate Public Health, Law, Public Health Law, students, Travel for research purposes Business Administration, Economic Award amount max: - Development, Science & Technology, Maths, Award amount min: - Computing, Environmental Studies, Award budget total: - Mathematics, Community-based Clinical Website: Subjects (RAE Unit 2), Psychology (RAE Unit http://www.daad.de/deutschland/foerderung 13), Agriculture (RAE Unit 15), Food Science /stipendiendatenbank/00462.en.html?detailid= and Technology (RAE Unit 16), Veterinary 2&fachrichtung=&land=201&status=&seite=1& Science (RAE Unit 17), Environmental Sciences overview=1&daad=1 (RAE Unit 21), General Engineering (RAE Unit Application form: 26), Town and Country Planning (RAE Unit 34), http://www.daad.de/deutschland/download Geography (RAE Unit 35), Law (RAE Unit 36), /03118.en.html Economics and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38), Politics and International Studies (RAE Unit Eligibility profile 39), Social Policy and Administration (RAE ------Unit 40), Education (RAE Unit 68), Education in Nationality of applicant institution: Lower- Developing Countries , Development Policy , Middle-Income countries, Low Income Development Studies (Less-Developed countries, Upper-Middle-Income countries Countries)
Contact Details Disciplines ------DAAD Developing & Underdeveloped Nations, Ref 431 Agriculture & Food, Agriculture, Forest PO Box 20 04 04 Ecology, Forest Economics, Forest Engineering, D-53134 Bonn Veterinary Medicine, Social Sciences, Political Fax: +49 228 882 662 Economics & Economy, Planning & Policy E-mail: [email protected] Studies, Education, Engineering, Biomedical, Medical Sciences, Health, Disease Entities &
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