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Funding Opportunities

Fulbright Scholar Program
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering lecturing/research awards in some 140 countries for the 2004-2005 academic year. Opportunities are available not only for college and university faculty and administrators, but also for professionals from business and government, as well as journalists, lawyers, scientists, artists, independent scholars and many others.

Traditional Fulbright awards are available from two months to an academic year or longer. A new short-term grants program-the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program- offers two-to-six-week grants in a variety of disciplines and fields.

While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most Fulbright lecturing assignments are in English. Some 80 percent of the awards are for lecturing.

For the Fulbright New Century Scholars program, "thirty top academics and professionals collaborate for a year on a topic of global significance. For the current year, the research theme is 'Toward Equality: The Global Empowerment of Women.'"

Application deadlines for 2004-2005 awards are:
Rolling deadline for Fulbright Senior Specialists Program
November 1, 2003 for U.S.-Germany International Education Administrators Program, U.S.-Japan International Education Administrators Program, U.S. –Korea International Education Administrators Program, and Fulbright German Studies Seminar
December 15, 2003 for Fulbright New Century Scholars program

For information, contact the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) at 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008-3009. Telephone: 202-686-7877; E-mail: apprequest@cies.iie.org. Information and an online application are also available on the Web at http://www.cies.org.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars offers fellowships in the social sciences and humanities, including residential fellowships. The Center accepts applicants from any country for projects on national and/or international issues with relevance to public policy.

For information, contact the Scholar Selection and Services Office, 1 Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004-3027, (202) 691-4170 Fax: (202) 691-4001. E-mail: fellowships@wwic.si.edu. Information and an online application are also available on the Web at http://www.wilsoncenter.org.

The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Pew Charitable Trusts offer funding in the six areas of culture, education, environment, health and human services, public policy, and religion. Additionally, The Pew Charitable Trusts offers the Venture Fund, designed to provide funding for projects that outside these six categories.

For information and applications, consult the web site.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation’s Civil Society grant program offers funding for plans for strengthening the nonprofit sector, promoting citizen rights and responsibilities, and improving racial and ethnic relations.

For information and applications, consult the web site. Or, write the C.S. Mott Foundation, 503 S. Saginaw St., Suite 1200, Flint, MI 48502-1851. Phone: (810) 238-5651. Fax: (810) 766-1753. E-mail: infocenter@mott.org.


Editor: David Ryfe , University of Nevada, Reno. Last Updated: August 9, 2006