EAS : Study in the US : Funding

Postdoctoral Level Awards

The awards listed below, unless otherwise noted, are tenable in the USA for postdoctoral scholars/researchers; they do not cover work toward a degree and are not necessarily, unless indicated, restricted by nationality.

This is not intended to be an exhaustive list; other possible sources of grant information are The Grants Register (Macmillan), Study Abroad (UNESCO), The Directory of Grant-Making Trusts (Charities Aid Foundation), or Foundation Grants to Individuals (The Foundation Centre). These and other financial aid directories are available for reference at the Educational Advisory Service. For further information about the awards listed, including application procedure, contact the foundation directly. Please note that all deadlines stated are for 2006-2007 applications and may vary in future years.

CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
75 Alta Road, Stanford, CA 94305 USA. Tel: 001 650 321 2052, fax: 001 650 321 1192

The Center offers Postdoctoral Residential Fellowships in the behavioural sciences and biological sciences. The award is equivalent to up to half of a nine-month university salary plus travel allowance to and from the Center for recipients and their families. The fellowship lasts from 9-12 months. Candidates should be nominated by academic officers or distinguished scholars.

THE CHARLES A. AND ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH FOUNDATION
708 South 3rd Street, Suite 110, Minneapolis, MN 55415-1141 USA. Tel: 001 763 576 1596, fax: 001 763 576 1664, web site: www.lindberghfoundation.org

Research grants are awarded in many disciplines: adaptive technology, waste management, agriculture, aviation/aerospace, natural resource conservation and biomedical research and health and population sciences. The maximum grant awarded is $10,580. Applications are due not later than the second Tuesday in June.

THE FULBRIGHT COMMISSION
British Programme Manager, The Fulbright Commission, 62 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2JZ. Tel: 020 7404 6880, fax: 020 7404 6834
email: programmes@fulbright.co.uk web site: www.fulbright.co.uk

A number of Fulbright Grants for Visiting Lecturers, Postdoctoral Research and Professional Fellowships are on offer:

Distinguished Scholar Awards
Fellowships in Cancer Research
Fellowship in Police Studies
Visiting Professorship in British History
Fulbright-Astra Zeneca Research Scholarship
Fulbright-Chester Schirmer Fellowship in Music Composition
Fulbright-Hubert Humphrey Fellowship for Civil Servants
Fulbright-Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust Research Fellowship
Fulbright-Royal Society Postdoctoral Science Fellowship

HAGLEY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY
P.O. Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807-0630 USA
Tel: 001 302 658 2400, fax: 001 302 655 3188
email: crl@udel.edu , web site: www.hagley.org

Researchers in the fields of architecture, fine arts, business and economics and history may apply for several types of fellowships. Fellows will receive a stipend of $1,200 to $1,500 per month for a maximum of six months. Application deadlines will vary according to the type of fellowship. Recipients should be prepared to devote their full time to fellowship research for the duration of the appointment. Research must be relevant to Hagley's collections.

HARRY RANSOM HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER
The University of Texas at Austin, P.O. Box 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219 USA
Tel: 001 512 471 8944, fax: 001 512 471 9646
email: reference@hrc.utexas.edu web site: www.hrc.utexas.edu

The Center conducts research in literature, arts and the humanities and awards approximately twenty-five fellowships annually. One-month fellowships are granted $2,200 per month on a variety of research topics. Two- to four-month fellowships are also awarded $2,200 per month. For projects requiring less than one month's research at the Center, a travel stipend of $750 may be given. Travel stipends, however, may not be used with other Ransom Center Fellowships. The deadline for applications is 1 February 2006.

RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
34 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Tel: 001 617 495 8212, fax: 001 617 495 8136
email: fellowships@radcliffe.edu web site: www.radcliffe.edu

Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. October 3 is the deadline for applicants in the Creative Arts (including Writing), Humanities and Social Sciences. Applications from natural scientists and mathematicians must be postmarked no later than December 1, 2005.

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028-0198 USA
Tel: 001 212 650 2763, fax: 001 212 396 5168
web site: www.metmuseum.org

The Metropolitan Museum of Arts offers annual resident fellowships in conservation to qualified graduate students at the pre-doctoral level as well as to postdoctoral researchers. Fellowship applications for short-term research for senior Museum conservators are also considered. Projects should relate to the Museum's collections. The fields of research for conservation candidates include paintaints; paper; photographs; objects (including sculpture, metalwork, glass, ceramics, furniture and archaeological objects); textiles; musical instruments; costumes; and scientific research. It is desirable that applicants for the conservation fellowship program should have reached an advanced level of experience or training. All fellowships must take place between September 1, 2006 and August 31, 2007. Fellowships generally begin September 2006. Application, along with the required letters of recommendation, must be made by letter and must be received by the deadline date of January 6, 2006. Electronically submitted applications and letters of recommendation will not be accepted. The following fellowships are offered:

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Polaire Weissman Fund
The Sherman Fairchild Foundation

Annual resident fellowships in Art History are also offered to qualified graduate students at the predoctoral level as well as postdoctoral researchers. Projects should relate to the Museum's collections. The fields of research for Art History candidates include Asian art; arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas; antiquities; arms and armor, costumes; drawings, illuminated manuscripts; paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, textiles and Western art. Some Art History fellowships for travel abroad are also available for students whose projects involve firsthand examination of paintings in major European collections. The application deadline for art history fellowships awarded for the 2006-2007 year is November 4, 2005. The following fellowships are offered:

The Bothmer Fellowship
Chester Dale Fellowships
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships
J. Clawson Mills Scholarships
Polaire Weissman Fund
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowships
Theodore Rousseau Fellowships
Annette Kade Fellowship
The Douglass Foundation Fellowship in American Art

MICHIGAN SOCIETY OF FELLOWS
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070 USA
Tel: 001 734 763 1259, email: society.of.fellows@umich.edu
web site: www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.html

Michigan Society of Fellows awards grants in order to promote academic and creative excellence in the arts and social sciences. Research is to be conducted for three years at the University of Michigan. Candidates for the award should have received their doctorate degrees within the past two years. The annual stipend awarded is $47,271. The application deadline is 30 September 2005.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF EDUCATION
New York University, School of Education, New York, NY 10003-9580 USA. Tel: 001 212 998 9035, fax: 001 212 995 4435
email: nae.info@nyu.edu , web site: www.nae.nyu.edu/spencer/

The National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships are designed to promote scholarship in the US and abroad on matters relevant to the improvement of education in all its forms. Fellows will receive $55,000 for one academic year of research or $27,000 for each of two contiguous years, working half-time. Fellows will be included in professional development retreats with other fellows and Academy members. The application deadline is 10 November 2005.

THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER
P.O. Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA
Tel: 001 919 549 0661, fax: 001 919 990 8535
email: nhc@ga.unc.edu , web site: www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080

The Center is a residential institute for advanced study in history, languages and literature, philosophy and other fields of the humanities. Approximately forty fellowships are awarded annually. Recipients are expected to work at the Center. Most fellowships are from September to May. Travel expenses for fellows and their dependants to and from North Carolina will be covered. Fellowships ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 are individually determined, depending on the needs of the Fellow and the Center's ability to meet them. Applications must be postmarked by 15 October 2005.

NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY
520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 USA
Tel: 001 804 296 0221, fax: 001 804 296 0385
email: brodrigu@nrao.edu , web site: www.nrao.edu

Jansky Postdoctoral Appointments provide opportunities for research in radio astronomy. Appointments are for two years and renewable for a third. Starting salaries will be approximately $49,000 and will include a travel budget and scientific page charge support, as well as other benefits. Candidates must have received their Ph.D. before beginning the appointment and normally within the past four years. Applications and three letters of reference must be received by 15 November 2005.

UNION INTERNATIONALE CONTRE LE CANCER/INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST CANCER
3, rue Conseil-General, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: 00 41 22 809 1840, fax: 00 41 22 809 1810
email: fellows@uicc.org , web site: http://fellows.uicc.org

The Fellowship Programme provides fellowships of varying length to qualified investigators, clinicians, and nurses. Fellowships include, but are not limited to, the NOVARTIS Translational Cancer Research Fellowship (twelve months), the American Cancer Society International Fellowships for Beginning Investigators (twelve months), and the International Cancer Technology Transfer (1-3 months). Application deadlines are as follows: Translational Cancer Research Fellowship, 1 December; American Cancer Society International Fellowships for Beginning Investigators, 1 December; International Cancer Technology Transfer, no deadline.

WHITEHALL FOUNDATION, INC.
Suite 211, 251 Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach, FL 33480 USA
Tel: 001 561 655 4474, fax: 001 561 659 4978
email: whitehall@aol.com , web site: www.whitehall.org

Whitehall Foundation, Inc. is interested in investigators doing basic research in neurobiology. They prefer recent doctoral graduates. The award can be granted for up to three years and the researcher must work at a US institution. Applications are reviewed for an award of $30,000 to $75,000 three times a year.

THE WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20004-3027 USA
Tel: 001 202 691 4170, fax: 001 202 691 4001
email: fellowships@wwic.si.edu , web site: www.wilsoncenter.org

The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities related to national or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary importance. Men and women from any country and from a wide variety of disciplines may apply. The deadline is 1 October.