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5) Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (NSF)

These grants provide partial support of doctoral dissertation research to improve the overall quality of research. Allowed are costs for doctoral candidates to participate in scientific meetings, to conduct research in specialized facilities or field settings, and to expand an existing body of dissertation research.

DEADLINE: November 20, 2009

For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5234&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

6) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) for Graduate Students (NSF)

The Institutes provide U.S. graduate students in all NSF-supported disciplines first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan, an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location, and orientation to the culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. All institutes, except Japan, last approximately 8 weeks from June to August. Japan lasts approximately 10 weeks from June to August. Participants receive a stipend, a roundtrip international airline ticket, and support to attend a pre-departure orientation in the Washington, D.C. area. Foreign co-sponsoring organizations will provide additional support to cover EAPSI students living expenses abroad during !

the summer institutes, and will provide an in-country orientation to the science environment and culture(s) of each location. Applicants should identify potential host institutions and researchers in their applications, and secure provisional acceptances if possible.

DEADLINE: December 8, 2009

For more information: http://www.nsfsi.org/

14) Land Management and Conservation Program Internship (DOI)

The objective of this project is to provide opportunities for recent college graduates to gain hands-on experience in natural resource management, specifically in the areas of conservation biology, endangered species protection and management, conservation of sensitive species, and the management of public lands.

DEADLINE: November 20, 2009

For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49998

22) Prof. Rahamimoff Travel Grants Program for Young Scientists (BSF)

This opportunity is focused on PhD students and Post-Doc fellows doing research that requires facilities or expertise not available in their home countries. The trips arelimited to a higher education or a research facility in the U.S.A. (for Israelis) or Israel (for Americans). Areas of research for year 2010 are: Atmospheric & earth sciences, Ecology and systematic biology, Energy research, Environmental research (air,water,soil), Materials research, Oceanography & limnology etc.

DEADLINE: December 17, 2009

For more information: http://www.bsf.org.il/bsfpublic/DefaultPage1.aspx?PageId=25&innerTextID=25

28) Access to Education Scholarships (USA Funds)

USA Funds will award individual scholarships of up to $1,500. To qualify, graduate students must be enrolled full-time, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and be able to demonstrate financial need. Up to 50% of the scholarships will be targeted to applicants who are members of an ethnic-minority group (Alaskan Native, American Indian, Asian, Black/African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander) or have a documented physical disability. Deadline: Applications will be accepted online from December 15, 2009 to February 15, 2010.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2009

For more information: http://www.usafunds.org/planning/access_to_education_scholarship/index.html

27) Exploration Fund Grants (Explorer's Club)

The Explorers Club offers grants to students conducting individual scientific or exploration research projects through their respective schools with a supervising instructor. It should be emphasized that those expeditions aided will be for scientific purposes, in accordance with the club's stated objective, to broaden our knowledge of the universe. Mere travel to remote areas will not be considered. Three awards will be issued for both Youth Activity and Exploration Fund winners pertaining to the following three themes: 1. Biodiversity Research and Exploration, 2. Terrestrial - Land-Based research and Exploration, and 3. Marine Research and Exploration.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2009

For more information: http://explorers.org/resources/funding/funding.php

11) Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Follow-up Research Starter Grants (NSF)

The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Research Starter Grants in an effort to increase the diversity of researchers who participate in NSF programs in the social, behavioral and economic sciences and thereby increase the participation of scientists from underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the United States. These activities (postdoctoral fellowships and follow-up research starter grants) support training and research in the areas of social, behavioral and economic sciences within the purview of NSF.

DEADLINE: October 19, 2009

For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503424&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

12) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF)

The program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation features two mechanisms for support of student research: (1) REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a number of students in research. REU Sites may be based in a single discipline or academic department, or on interdisciplinary or multi-department research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme. Proposals with an international dimension are welcome. (2) REU Supplements may be requested for ongoing NSF-funded research projects or may be included as a component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements.

DEADLINE: October 22, 2009

For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

17) Undergraduate Student Fellowships (EPA)

Applications are invited for fellowships for undergraduate environmentally related study for bachelor's-level students. The program enhances and supports quality environmental education for undergraduates, and thereby encourages them to continue their education beyond the baccalaureate level, and pursue careers in environmentally related fields. Planned courses of study must focus on one of the following areas: 1. Natural and Life Sciences (e.g., Biology; Ecology; Microbiology; Molecular) 2. Environmental Science and Interdisciplinary (e.g., Biotechnology; Urban and Land Use Planning) 3. Engineering (e.g., Environmental Engineering; Green Building Engineering) 4. Social Sciences and Decision Making (e.g., Economics; Political Science; International Environmental Studies) 5. Physical Sciences (e.g., Atmospheric Sciences; Chemistry; Geology; Earth Sciences; Geography; Soil Science; Biogeochemistry) 6. Mathematics and Computer Science (e.g., Applied Mathematics; Statistics; Da!

tabase Management; Bioinformatics; Environmental Information Science).

DEADLINE: December 10, 2009

For more information: http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2010/2010_gro_undergrad.html

26) American Association of University Women American Fellowships (AAUW)

The Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations (Dissertation Fellowships); scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions (Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships); or scholars preparing research for publication (Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants).

DEADLINE: November 15, 2009

For more information: http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

30) Environmental Grants (Norman Foundation)

These research efforts may do the following: 1. Promote economic justice and development through community organizing 2. Work to prevent the disposal of toxins in communities, and to link environmental issues with economic and social justice 3. Promote civil rights by fighting discrimination and working for equity: The foundation's current priority for civil rights grantmaking is public education equity, with an emphasis on parent and youth organizing. The foundation provides grants for general support, projects, and collaborative efforts. It also welcomes innovative proposals designed to build the capacity of social change organizations working in the listed areas of interest.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2009

For more information: http://www.normanfdn.org/guidelines.html

36) Gates Millenium Scholar Program (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)

The program provides outstanding African American, American Indian or Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science. The goal is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for thousands of outstanding students with significant financial need to reach their fullest potential. The award will enable young Americans to attend undergraduate and graduate institutions of their choice and be prepared to assume important roles as leaders in their professions and in their communities. In addition to increasing access to higher education for individuals from groups that have traditionally been denied or discouraged from pursuing this path, the program also provides opportunities for scholars to prepare for leadership!

roles in their profession and in their communities.

DEADLINE: January 11, 2010

For more information: http://www.gmsp.org/

5) Science Master's Program (NSF)

The Program prepares graduate students for careers in business, industry, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies by providing them not only with a strong foundation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, but also with research experiences, internship experiences, and the skills to succeed in those careers. The program is intended to catalyze the creation of institution-based efforts that can be sustained without additional federal funding. This program is also intended to encourage diversity in student participation so as to contribute to a broadly inclusive, well-trained science and engineering workforce.

DEADLINE: October 5, 2009

For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503428&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

8) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (NSF)

NSF's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question.

DEADLINE: October 15, 2009

For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

9) Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Follow-up Research Starter Grants (NSF)

The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Research Starter Grants in an effort to increase the diversity of researchers who participate in NSF programs in the social, behavioral and economic sciences and thereby increase the participation of scientists from underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the United States. These activities (postdoctoral fellowships and follow-up research starter grants) support training and research in the areas of social, behavioral and economic sciences within the purview of NSF.

DEADLINE: October 19, 2009

For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503424&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

13) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for Graduate Students (NSF)

The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in all NSF-supported disciplines first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan, an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location, and orientation to the culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. All institutes, except Japan, last approximately 8 weeks from June to August. Japan lasts approximately 10 weeks from June to August. Participants receive a $5,000 stipend, a roundtrip international airline ticket, and support to attend a pre-departure orientation in the Washington, D.C. area. Foreign co-sponsoring organizations will provide additional support to cover EA!

PSI students' living expenses abroad during the summer institutes, and will provide an in-country orientation to the science environment and culture(s) of each location. Applicants should identify potential host institutions and researchers in their applications, and secure provisional acceptances if possible. Fellowships available this year are: Australia, 20; China, 40; Japan, 65; Korea, 15; New Zealand, 15; Singapore, 25; and Taiwan, 25.

DEADLINE: December 8, 2009

For more information: http://www.nsfsi.org/

14) Ecology of Infectious Diseases (NSF)

The program solicitation supports the development of predictive models and the discovery of principles governing the transmission dynamics of infectious disease agents. To that end, research proposals should focus on understanding the ecological and socio-ecological determinants of transmission by vectors or abiotic agents, the population dynamics of reservoir species, the transmission to humans or other hosts, or the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of disease communication. Research may be on zoonotic, vector-borne or enteric diseases of either terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems and organisms, including diseases of non-human animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern to developing countries are strongly encouraged. Investigators are encouraged to include links to the public health research community, including for example, partic!

ipation of epidemiologists, physicians, veterinarians, medical social scientists, medical entomologists, virologists, or parasitologists.

DEADLINE: December 9, 2009

For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5269&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

19) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (NIH)

The National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke provide Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards to promising doctoral candidates who will be performing dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers during the tenure of the award. Stipends start at $20,976/year for up to 5 years. DEADLINES: December 8, 2009; April 8 and August 8, 2010.

DEADLINE: December 8, 2009

For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-208.html

26) National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program (EPA)

In recognition of the growing interest in environmental issues and careers, EPA established this program in 1986 to encourage students to pursue environmental careers. It is a comprehensive fellowship program that provides students an opportunity to participate in a fellowship project that is directly related to their field of study.

DEADLINE: February 5, 2010

For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=50129

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40) College Scholarship Program (Hispanic Scholarship Fund)

The fund recognizes and rewards outstanding students in higher education throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. These students represent every region of the country, hundreds of institutions of higher learning, and every segment of the Hispanic community.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2009

For more information: http://www.hsf.net/scholarships.aspx?id=460

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41) Fellowships for Doctoral Research in France (Embassy of France)

The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Education Office of the Embassy of France in the U.S. Every year, it allows 15 doctorate students enrolled in American universities to conduct research in France for 9 months. Chateaubriand fellows receive about 1,300/month, a round trip ticket to France, health insurance, and about 30 days per diem for traveling in France for research purposes. Candidates do not have to be U.S. citizens, but they must be enrolled in an American university and they cannot be French citizens. Candidates must obtain a letter of invitation from a professor employed at a French university or research institution.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2009

For more information: http://france-science.org/chateaubriand3/chateaubriand_/culturel/fellow-intro.php

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53) Career Development Grants (AAUW)

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) will make 60 Career Development Grants of $2,000-$12,000 to women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force and who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who received their most recent academic degree before June 30, 2005. Special consideration is given to women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2009

For more information: http://www.aauw.org/education/fga//fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm

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62) Access to Education Scholarships (USA Funds)

USA Funds will award individual scholarships of up to $1,500. To qualify, graduate students must be enrolled full-time, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and be able to demonstrate financial need. Up to 50% of the scholarships will be targeted to applicants who are members of an ethnic-minority group (Alaskan Native, American Indian, Asian, Black/African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander) or have a documented physical disability. Applications will be accepted online from December 15, 2009 to February 15, 2010

DEADLINE: February 15, 2010

For more information: http://www.usafunds.org/planning/access_to_education_scholarship/index.html

From: Dan.Gerrity@lvvwd.com [mailto:Dan.Gerrity@lvvwd.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 12:39 PM
Subject: Southern Nevada Water Authority Intern Position

Dear Colleagues,

The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) will soon be hiring two graduate interns (our version of a Ph.D. student) so I wanted to provide you with the attached flyer in case anybody from your university is interested. The flyer describes the current and pending research projects requiring a graduate intern. The program is logistically complicated because the student is still enrolled at his/her university but works full-time in our R&D lab in Henderson, Nevada. SNWA covers salary and research costs, but the university still covers tuition for the student. Based on our current graduate interns (from UNLV, University of Miami-Ohio, University of Washington, Colorado State University), the program is very successful, and the students are able to take advantage of our analytical and pilot equipment for SNWA-related projects and their own research interests. A past intern was recently hired as a Post Doctoral Researcher after finishing his research and defending his dissertation.

I would appreciate it if you would pass this on to any interested faculty or students. Jeff Butler (SNWA Human Resources; email provided in the flyer) can provide details on salary and other employment-related questions. Thank you for your help!

Daniel Gerrity, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher
Southern Nevada Water Authority
Applied Research and Development Center
P.O. Box 99954
Las Vegas, NV 89193-9954
Tel: (702) 856-3666
Fax: (702) 856-3647

33) Graduate Women in Science Awards

Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science makes awards from $1,000 to $10,000 to support the research expenses of woman graduate students and early postdoctoral fellows in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology, and statistics.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2010

For more information: http://www.gwis.org/programs.html

42) Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships (Social Science Research Council)

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) program is designed to help graduate students in the early phase of their research in the humanities and social sciences design doctoral dissertation proposals. The program is organized around common intellectual questions and styles of research. Each year, the SSRC selects five fields proposed by pairs of tenured professors at different U.S. universities. The fields for 2010 are: After Secularization: New Approaches to Religion and Modernity; Discrimination Studies; Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Contentious Politics; Multiculturalism, Immigration, and Identity in Western Europe and the U.S.; Spaces of Inquiry; and Virtual Worlds. For each field, a group of 10-12 graduate students will be selected. Graduate student fellows participate in two workshops, one in the late spring that helps prepare them to undertake predissertation research on their topics, and one in the early fall designed to help them synthesize their summer research and to draft proposals for dissertation funding. DPDF Fellows are eligible to apply for up to $5,000 from SSRC to support predissertation research during the summer.

DEADLINE: January 29, 2010

For more information: http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/

Dear academic,

We are pleased to inform you that the next round of the Newton International Fellowship scheme will be open for applications on 14 December 2009. The scheme, run by The British Academy, The Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, aims to attract the world’s best postdoctoral researchers to the UK for two years.

The Fellowships cover the broad range of natural and social sciences, engineering and the humanities and are open to early-stage postdoctoral researchers who do not hold UK citizenship and are working outside the UK. Fifty Fellowships are available per round and successful candidates will receive an annual subsistence of £24,000, up to £8,000 for research expenses, and a one-off payment of up to £2,000 for relocation.

Newton Fellows may be eligible for follow-on funding of up to £6,000 per year for ten years, to help develop lasting international networks with the UK.

Applications are invited for Fellowships starting in January 2011. The deadline for applications is 8 February 2010. We would ask you to display the attached flyer in your department and bring this scheme to the attention of any colleagues who may be interested.

Thank you for your help in promoting this important scheme.

Newton Operations Team

www.newtonfellowships.org