Grants: Congressional Research Grants
DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than March 1, 2015.
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress. Since 1978, the Congressional Research Grants program has invested more than $944,208 to support over 436 projects. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is March 1 for the annual selections, which are announced in April.
The Center has allocated $50,000 in 2015 for grants (an increase of $15,000 over 2014) with individual awards capped at $3,500. Stay tuned for news on the application and selection process.
The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States.
The grants program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study. Organizations are not eligible. Research teams of two or more individuals are eligible. No institutional overhead or indirect costs may be claimed against a Congressional Research Grant.
Download the Word document -- Congressional Research Grant Application<http://dirksencenter.org/crg_app2015.doc> -- and complete the required entries. You may send the application as a Word or pdf attachment to an e-mail directed to Frank Mackaman<mailto:fmackaman@dirksencenter.org> at fmackaman@dirksencenter.org<mailto:fmackaman@dirksencenter.org>. Please insert the following in the Subject Line: "CRG Application [insert your surname]." Thank you.
The Congressional Research Award Application contains the following elements: Applicant Information, Congressional Research Award Project Description, Budget, Curriculum Vita, Reference Letter, and Overhead Waiver Letter.
The entire application when printed must NOT exceed ten pages. Applications may be single-spaced. Please use fonts no smaller than 10-point. This total does NOT include the reference letter (one additional page) or the Overhead Waiver Letter (one additional page).
All application materials must be received on or before March 1, 2015. Awards will be announced in April 2015.
Complete information about what kind of research projects are eligible for consideration, what could a Congressional Research Award pay for, application procedures, and how recipients are selected may be found at The Center's Website:http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRGs.htm.
PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY. Frank Mackaman<mailto:fmackaman@dirksencenter.org> is the program officer -mailto:fmackaman@dirksencenter.org
Cindy Koeppel
The Dirksen Congressional Center
2815 Broadway Rd.
Pekin, IL 61554
Phone: 309.347.7113
Fax: 309.347.6432
http://www.dirksencongressionalcenter.org
Historicus - Military History, books, and teaching
Friday, February 27, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
Einstein Fellowship 2016 - Einstein Forum und Daimler und Benz Stiftung, Potsdam
Einstein Fellowship 2016
Einstein Forum und Daimler und Benz Stiftung, Potsdam
Bewerbungsschluss: 15.04.2015
The Einstein Forum and the Daimler and Benz Foundation are offering a
fellowship for outstanding young thinkers who wish to pursue a project
in a different field from that of their previous research. The purpose
of the fellowship is to support those who, in addition to producing
superb work in their area of specialization, are also open to other,
interdisciplinary approaches - following the example set by Albert
Einstein.
The fellowship includes living accommodations for five to six months in
the garden cottage of Einstein's own summerhouse in Caputh, Brandenburg,
only a short distance away from the universities and academic
institutions of Potsdam and Berlin. The fellow will receive a stipend of
EUR 10,000 and reimbursement of travel expenses.
Candidates must be under 35 and hold a university degree in the
humanities, in the social sciences, or in the natural sciences.
Applications for 2016 should include a CV, a two-page project proposal,
and two letters of recommendation. All documents must be received by
April 15, 2015.
At the end of the fellowship period, the fellow will be expected to
present his or her project in a public lecture at the Einstein Forum and
at the Daimler and Benz Foundation. The Einstein Fellowship is not
intended for applicants who wish to complete an academic study they have
already begun.
A successful application must demonstrate the quality, originality, and
feasibility of the proposed project, as well as the superior
intellectual development of the applicant. It is not relevant whether
the applicant has begun working toward, or currently holds, a PhD.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO FELLOWSHIPS WILL BE GIVEN FOR DISSERTATION RESEARCH.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT MUST BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN CONTENT, AND
PREFERABLY FIELD AND FORM, FROM THE APPLICANT'S PREVIOUS WORK.
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Mit dem Stipendium möchten das Einstein Forum und die Daimler und Benz
Stiftung herausragenden jungen Wissenschaftlern aus dem In- und Ausland
die Möglichkeit bieten, ein Forschungsvorhaben zu realisieren, das sich
außerhalb ihrer bisherigen Arbeit ansiedelt. Dadurch sollen jene jungen
Universalisten gefördert werden, die sich - ähnlich wie Albert Einstein
- neben ihren außergewöhnlichen Leistungen in einem spezifischen
Wissenschaftsgebiet besonders durch disziplinenübergreifendes Engagement
auszeichnen.
Das Stipendium ist verbunden mit einem Aufenthalt im Gartenhaus des
Sommerhauses von Einstein in Caputh, der zwischen fünf und sechs Monate
dauert. Das Einsteinhaus ist ein sowohl wissenschafts- als auch
architekturhistorisch bedeutsamer Ort mit Anbindung an die
Universitätsstandorte Potsdam und Berlin. Der/die Stipendiat/in erhält
eine Förderung in Höhe von EUR 10.000 sowie die anfallenden
Reisekosten.
Bewerber sollten unter 35 Jahre alt sein und einen qualifizierten
Hochschulabschluss in einer geistes-, sozial- oder
naturwissenschaftlichen Fachrichtung besitzen. Die Bewerbungen für das
Jahr 2016 sollten einen Lebenslauf und ein Exposé des im Rahmen des
Stipendiums geplanten Projekts (beides in englischer Sprache) sowie zwei
wissenschaftliche Referenzen enthalten und bis zum 15. April 2015
eingereicht werden.
Von den Stipendiaten wird erwartet, die während der Monate in Caputh
geleistete wissenschaftliche Arbeit angemessen zu dokumentieren. Zur
Dokumentation gehört es, einen öffentlichen Vortrag im Einstein Forum
und in der Daimler und Benz Stiftung zu halten. Das Stipendium dient
allerdings ausdrücklich nicht der Fertigstellung einer bereits
begonnenen Arbeit, wie etwa einer Dissertations- oder
Habilitationsschrift.
Die Evaluation der Bewerbungen erfolgt nach Qualität, Originalität und
Realisierbarkeit der Projektvorschläge sowie nach dem wissenschaftlichen
Werdegang des Bewerbers. Hier spielt es keine Rolle, ob bereits eine
Promotion begonnen oder abgeschlossen wurde.
BITTE BEACHTEN SIE, DASS DAS STIPENDIUM NICHT FÜR EIN FORSCHUNGSVORHABEN
INNERHALB EINER DISSERTATION VERGEBEN WIRD. EINGEREICHTE PROJEKTE MÜSSEN
SICH MERKLICH IN INHALT, BEREICH UND FORM VON FRÜHEREN ARBEITEN DES
BEWERBERS UNTERSCHEIDEN.
Applications should be submitted by mail to: /
Bewerbungen sind zu richten an:
Prof. Dr. Susan Neiman
Einstein Forum
Am Neuen Markt 7
14467 Potsdam
Germany
Or by email to: fellowship@einsteinforum.de
For more information, call or fax the Einstein Forum at:
phone: +49-331-271780
fax: +49-331-2717827
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goor Zankl
Einstein Forum, Am Neuen Markt 7, 14467 Potsdam
+49-(0)331 - 27178 0
+49-(0)331 - 27178 27
fellowship@einsteinforum.de
Homepage
<http://www.einsteinforum.de/index.php?id=35&L=1%2Fasset.....et.reflect.php%3Freflect_%27%20and%20char%28124%29%2Buser%2Bchar%28124%29%3D0%20and%20%27%27%3D%27>
URL zur Zitation dieses Beitrages
<http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/chancen/type=stipendien&id=11110>
Einstein Forum und Daimler und Benz Stiftung, Potsdam
Bewerbungsschluss: 15.04.2015
The Einstein Forum and the Daimler and Benz Foundation are offering a
fellowship for outstanding young thinkers who wish to pursue a project
in a different field from that of their previous research. The purpose
of the fellowship is to support those who, in addition to producing
superb work in their area of specialization, are also open to other,
interdisciplinary approaches - following the example set by Albert
Einstein.
The fellowship includes living accommodations for five to six months in
the garden cottage of Einstein's own summerhouse in Caputh, Brandenburg,
only a short distance away from the universities and academic
institutions of Potsdam and Berlin. The fellow will receive a stipend of
EUR 10,000 and reimbursement of travel expenses.
Candidates must be under 35 and hold a university degree in the
humanities, in the social sciences, or in the natural sciences.
Applications for 2016 should include a CV, a two-page project proposal,
and two letters of recommendation. All documents must be received by
April 15, 2015.
At the end of the fellowship period, the fellow will be expected to
present his or her project in a public lecture at the Einstein Forum and
at the Daimler and Benz Foundation. The Einstein Fellowship is not
intended for applicants who wish to complete an academic study they have
already begun.
A successful application must demonstrate the quality, originality, and
feasibility of the proposed project, as well as the superior
intellectual development of the applicant. It is not relevant whether
the applicant has begun working toward, or currently holds, a PhD.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO FELLOWSHIPS WILL BE GIVEN FOR DISSERTATION RESEARCH.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT MUST BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN CONTENT, AND
PREFERABLY FIELD AND FORM, FROM THE APPLICANT'S PREVIOUS WORK.
--------
Mit dem Stipendium möchten das Einstein Forum und die Daimler und Benz
Stiftung herausragenden jungen Wissenschaftlern aus dem In- und Ausland
die Möglichkeit bieten, ein Forschungsvorhaben zu realisieren, das sich
außerhalb ihrer bisherigen Arbeit ansiedelt. Dadurch sollen jene jungen
Universalisten gefördert werden, die sich - ähnlich wie Albert Einstein
- neben ihren außergewöhnlichen Leistungen in einem spezifischen
Wissenschaftsgebiet besonders durch disziplinenübergreifendes Engagement
auszeichnen.
Das Stipendium ist verbunden mit einem Aufenthalt im Gartenhaus des
Sommerhauses von Einstein in Caputh, der zwischen fünf und sechs Monate
dauert. Das Einsteinhaus ist ein sowohl wissenschafts- als auch
architekturhistorisch bedeutsamer Ort mit Anbindung an die
Universitätsstandorte Potsdam und Berlin. Der/die Stipendiat/in erhält
eine Förderung in Höhe von EUR 10.000 sowie die anfallenden
Reisekosten.
Bewerber sollten unter 35 Jahre alt sein und einen qualifizierten
Hochschulabschluss in einer geistes-, sozial- oder
naturwissenschaftlichen Fachrichtung besitzen. Die Bewerbungen für das
Jahr 2016 sollten einen Lebenslauf und ein Exposé des im Rahmen des
Stipendiums geplanten Projekts (beides in englischer Sprache) sowie zwei
wissenschaftliche Referenzen enthalten und bis zum 15. April 2015
eingereicht werden.
Von den Stipendiaten wird erwartet, die während der Monate in Caputh
geleistete wissenschaftliche Arbeit angemessen zu dokumentieren. Zur
Dokumentation gehört es, einen öffentlichen Vortrag im Einstein Forum
und in der Daimler und Benz Stiftung zu halten. Das Stipendium dient
allerdings ausdrücklich nicht der Fertigstellung einer bereits
begonnenen Arbeit, wie etwa einer Dissertations- oder
Habilitationsschrift.
Die Evaluation der Bewerbungen erfolgt nach Qualität, Originalität und
Realisierbarkeit der Projektvorschläge sowie nach dem wissenschaftlichen
Werdegang des Bewerbers. Hier spielt es keine Rolle, ob bereits eine
Promotion begonnen oder abgeschlossen wurde.
BITTE BEACHTEN SIE, DASS DAS STIPENDIUM NICHT FÜR EIN FORSCHUNGSVORHABEN
INNERHALB EINER DISSERTATION VERGEBEN WIRD. EINGEREICHTE PROJEKTE MÜSSEN
SICH MERKLICH IN INHALT, BEREICH UND FORM VON FRÜHEREN ARBEITEN DES
BEWERBERS UNTERSCHEIDEN.
Applications should be submitted by mail to: /
Bewerbungen sind zu richten an:
Prof. Dr. Susan Neiman
Einstein Forum
Am Neuen Markt 7
14467 Potsdam
Germany
Or by email to: fellowship@einsteinforum.de
For more information, call or fax the Einstein Forum at:
phone: +49-331-271780
fax: +49-331-2717827
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goor Zankl
Einstein Forum, Am Neuen Markt 7, 14467 Potsdam
+49-(0)331 - 27178 0
+49-(0)331 - 27178 27
fellowship@einsteinforum.de
Homepage
<http://www.einsteinforum.de/index.php?id=35&L=1%2Fasset.....et.reflect.php%3Freflect_%27%20and%20char%28124%29%2Buser%2Bchar%28124%29%3D0%20and%20%27%27%3D%27>
URL zur Zitation dieses Beitrages
<http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/chancen/type=stipendien&id=11110>
Sunday, February 8, 2015
NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON BRITISH STUDIES | 2016 NACBS-HUNTINGTON LIBRARY FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION
NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON BRITISH STUDIES
2016 NACBS-HUNTINGTON LIBRARY FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION
The NACBS, in collaboration with the Huntington Library, offers annually the NACBS-HUNTINGTON LIBRARY FELLOWSHIP to aid in dissertation research in British Studies using the collections of the library. The amount of the fellowship is $3000. A requirement for holding the fellowship is that the time of tenure be spent in residence at the Huntington Library. The time of residence varies, but may be as brief as one month. Applicants must be U. S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents and enrolled in a Ph.D. program in a U. S. or Canadian institution.
Nominations and applications for the 2016 award are invited. Please note that the applications are due on November 15, 2015. Applications should consist of a curriculum vitae, two supporting letters (one from the applicant's dissertation advisor), and a description of the dissertation research project. The letter should include a description of the materials to be consulted at the Huntington and the reason that these are essential sources for the dissertation.
A copy of the application package should be sent to each member of the Huntington Library Fellowship Committee listed below. Letters should be placed in sealed envelopes, signed across the flap and given to the applicant for inclusion in the application package. Applications must be postmarked by November 15, 2015. Awards will be announced by January 30, 2016.
Applicants for the NACBS fellowship are also welcome to apply to supplement that award with a short-term award from the Huntington Library itself under the terms of its own fellowship competition, the closing date for which is also November 15, 2015. See:http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=566
Send materials to:
Chair: Dr. Steve Hindle
Director of Research
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108 USA
shindle@huntington.org<mailto:shindle@huntington.org>
Dr. Holly Brewer
Burke Chair of American History & Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Maryland
2115 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park, MD 20742 USA
hbrewer@umd.edu<mailto:hbrewer@umd.edu>
Dr. Brent Sirota
Department of History
North Carolina State University
350 Withers Hall, Campus Box 8108, Raleigh, NC 27695-8108 USA
bssirota@ncsu.edu<mailto:bssirota@ncsu.edu>
2016 NACBS-HUNTINGTON LIBRARY FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION
The NACBS, in collaboration with the Huntington Library, offers annually the NACBS-HUNTINGTON LIBRARY FELLOWSHIP to aid in dissertation research in British Studies using the collections of the library. The amount of the fellowship is $3000. A requirement for holding the fellowship is that the time of tenure be spent in residence at the Huntington Library. The time of residence varies, but may be as brief as one month. Applicants must be U. S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents and enrolled in a Ph.D. program in a U. S. or Canadian institution.
Nominations and applications for the 2016 award are invited. Please note that the applications are due on November 15, 2015. Applications should consist of a curriculum vitae, two supporting letters (one from the applicant's dissertation advisor), and a description of the dissertation research project. The letter should include a description of the materials to be consulted at the Huntington and the reason that these are essential sources for the dissertation.
A copy of the application package should be sent to each member of the Huntington Library Fellowship Committee listed below. Letters should be placed in sealed envelopes, signed across the flap and given to the applicant for inclusion in the application package. Applications must be postmarked by November 15, 2015. Awards will be announced by January 30, 2016.
Applicants for the NACBS fellowship are also welcome to apply to supplement that award with a short-term award from the Huntington Library itself under the terms of its own fellowship competition, the closing date for which is also November 15, 2015. See:http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=566
Send materials to:
Chair: Dr. Steve Hindle
Director of Research
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108 USA
shindle@huntington.org<mailto:shindle@huntington.org>
Dr. Holly Brewer
Burke Chair of American History & Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Maryland
2115 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park, MD 20742 USA
hbrewer@umd.edu<mailto:hbrewer@umd.edu>
Dr. Brent Sirota
Department of History
North Carolina State University
350 Withers Hall, Campus Box 8108, Raleigh, NC 27695-8108 USA
bssirota@ncsu.edu<mailto:bssirota@ncsu.edu>
Friday, February 6, 2015
Call for Papers, Annual Meeting, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, 16&17 October 2015.
Call for Papers, Annual Meeting, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, 16&17 October 2015.
The Northeast Conference on British Studies (NECBS) will hold its annual meeting in 2015 at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, on Friday and Saturday, October 16 and 17. The 2015 conference will be hosted by the University of Ottawa, with Richard Connors acting as local arrangements coordinator.
We solicit the participation of scholars in all areas of British Studies, broadly defined. In particular, we welcome proposals for interdisciplinary panels that draw on the work of historians, literary critics, and scholars in other disciplines whose focus is on Britain and its empire, from the Middle Ages to the present. Proposals for entire panels on a common theme will be given priority, although individual paper proposals will also be considered if several of them can be assembled to create a viable panel. Proposals for roundtable discussions of a topical work, on current issues in the field, or pedagogical practices with respect to the teaching of particular aspects of British Studies are also encouraged. The typical ninety-minute panel will include three papers (each lasting for fifteen to twenty minutes), a chair, and a commentator. Roundtables may have a looser format.
Proposals should include a general description of the panel or roundtable (including an overall title), a 200-300 word abstract for each paper to be read and a one-page curriculum vitae for each participant. Please include the address, phone number, and e-mail address of all participants (including the chair and commentator) in the proposal. For panel or roundtable proposals, please note the name of the main contact person. Electronic submissions (as e-mail attachments in Word) are preferred, with all the various materials presented in a single document.
All submissions must be received by March 15, 2015 (final decisions will be announced in June 2015).
Please send your proposals to:
Paul Deslandes, NECBS Program Chair
Paul.Deslandes@uvm.edu<mailto:Paul.Deslandes@uvm.edu>
The Northeast Conference on British Studies (NECBS) will hold its annual meeting in 2015 at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, on Friday and Saturday, October 16 and 17. The 2015 conference will be hosted by the University of Ottawa, with Richard Connors acting as local arrangements coordinator.
We solicit the participation of scholars in all areas of British Studies, broadly defined. In particular, we welcome proposals for interdisciplinary panels that draw on the work of historians, literary critics, and scholars in other disciplines whose focus is on Britain and its empire, from the Middle Ages to the present. Proposals for entire panels on a common theme will be given priority, although individual paper proposals will also be considered if several of them can be assembled to create a viable panel. Proposals for roundtable discussions of a topical work, on current issues in the field, or pedagogical practices with respect to the teaching of particular aspects of British Studies are also encouraged. The typical ninety-minute panel will include three papers (each lasting for fifteen to twenty minutes), a chair, and a commentator. Roundtables may have a looser format.
Proposals should include a general description of the panel or roundtable (including an overall title), a 200-300 word abstract for each paper to be read and a one-page curriculum vitae for each participant. Please include the address, phone number, and e-mail address of all participants (including the chair and commentator) in the proposal. For panel or roundtable proposals, please note the name of the main contact person. Electronic submissions (as e-mail attachments in Word) are preferred, with all the various materials presented in a single document.
All submissions must be received by March 15, 2015 (final decisions will be announced in June 2015).
Please send your proposals to:
Paul Deslandes, NECBS Program Chair
Paul.Deslandes@uvm.edu<mailto:Paul.Deslandes@uvm.edu>
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