Summer Fellowship in Austria

Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), located in Schloss Laxenburg near Vienna, Austria, hosts a selected group of graduate students, primarily doctoral, from around the world in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). These students work closely with IIASA's senior scientists on projects within the Institute's 3 theme areas. Funding is available to cover travel to IIASA and a modest living allowance. APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: 19 JAN 2009. 2009 YSSP DATES: 1 JUNE - 31 AUGUST. Detailed information is on the IIASA Website: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/. An on-line application form, along with more information, is at http://www.iiasa.ac.at/yssp/register/. General Questions: Tanja Huber, YSSP Coordinator ysspsupport@iiasa.ac.at; U.S. contact: Margaret Goud Collins, Program Director for the U.S. Committee for IIASA, National Academy of Sciences mcollins@nas.edu.

SSRC Doctoral Proposal Development Fellowship

To enable humanities and social science graduate students to conduct preliminary research and prepare dissertation research and funding proposals, the Social Science Research Council offers Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships. Fellows participate in two proposal preparation workshops and receive up to $5,000 in support of research during the summer of 2009. The fellowship competition is open to all second and third-year graduate students in any discipline of the social sciences and humanities who are currently enrolled full time in a PhD program at an accredited university in the United States and whose research projects and dissertation proposals fit within one of five specified research fields. Students awarded fellowships participate in two four-day workshops led by leading scholars of different disciplinary perspectives in each of the fields. Workshop dates are May 28-31, 2009 in New Orleans and September 10-13, 2009 in Philadelphia. The fellowship covers all necessary costs of travel, meals, and lodging for the workshops and provides up to $5,000 for summer research. For descriptions of research fields, eligibility and application requirements, and the DPDF program, visit: http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf. Apply by January 30, 2009. Social Science Research Council, 810 Seventh Avenue, FL 31, New York, NY 10019.

Communities and Environment Fellowships

The Community Forestry and Environmental Research Partnerships Program provides fellowships to graduate students in the social sciences for study of the political, cultural, economic and ecological forces that bear on the relationships between communities and the environment. Masters fellowships provide awards of up to $7,000. Pre-Dissertation fellowships provide awards of up to $2,000. Dissertation fellowships provide awards of up to $15,000. Applications must be received by February 2, 2009. Applications and full program details online: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/community_forestry. For further information: Carl Wilmsen, CFERP Program Coordinator, University of California, Berkeley, 101 Giannini Hall #3100, Berkeley, CA 94720, Tel: (510) 642-3431, Email: cffellow@nature.berkeley.edu.

Fellowship in Population, Environment, and Human Security

The Compton Foundation/Population Reference Bureau International Fellowship in Population, Environment, and Human Security is available to highly motivated Master's and Ph.D. students for capstone/internship work and dissertation research on topics that examine the interactions linking family planning/reproductive health/population dynamics with environmental and/or human security issues. Application deadline: January 23, 2009. For further information/application instructions: http://www.prb.org/Home/EventsTraining/InternationalTraining/ComptonFellows/ComptonInternationalFellows.aspx.

Summer Course in Malawi

The University of Rochester Department of Anthropology offers a summer immersion course in Malawi, Africa, from May 24-June 15 and from June 21-July 15, 2009. The Malawi Immersion Seminar provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to be participant observers and experience a homestay in a rural Malawian village while they complete ethnographic research. This three-week intensive immersion course will familiarize students with the Chichewa language, issues in sustainable development, and Malawian culture through formal lectures and excursions/homestays to local sites. Students will take 6 credits of coursework in total. The application deadline is January 30, 2009. Non-UR students are encouraged to apply. Additional program details, as well as information on how to apply online, can be found at: www.rochester.edu/college/ant/malawi. For further information, please contact Joseph Lanning, Instructor and Program Director at joseph.lanning@rochester.edu.