Category Archives: Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities, Training/Education

Paid PhD studentship on youth and aspiration

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Oxford Brookes University
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Education

To mark its 150th Anniversary, Oxford Brookes University is pleased to offer a number of full-time PhD Studentships across a range of subject areas in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, starting in January 2015. Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship in Urban Futures:  Aspiration, Inequality and Transitions to Adulthood among Young People in London and New York City. Continue reading Paid PhD studentship on youth and aspiration →

Calls for Papers: Conferences, Funding Opportunities

CFP, Conf Funding, & Grad Awards: Education, Teaching, History and Popular Culture

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Popular Cultural Association/American Culture Association

Education, Teaching, History & Popular Culture 

Call for Papers

The Area of Education, Teaching, History and Popular Culture is now accepting submissions for the PCA/ACA National Conference, New Orleans, LA, held April 1-4, 2015 at the New Orleans Marriott (http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/msyla-new-orleans-marriott). For detailed information please seehttp://pcaaca.org/national-conference/.

Educators, librarians, archivists, scholars, independent researchers and students at all levels are encouraged to apply.  Submissions that explore, connect, contrast, or otherwise address area themes of schooling, education, teaching (including preparing teachers/preservice teacher education), history, archival studies, and/or their linkages to popular culture from all periods are desired.   Sample topics for papers include, but are not limited to:

  • Reflections/linkages between schooling and popular culture in the United States and internationally/multinationally;
  • The role of history in education, teaching, or preservice teacher education in the United States;
  • The use(s) of popular culture in education, teaching, or preservice teacher education in the United States;
  • How education has impacted pop culture/how popular culture has impacted education in the United States;
  • Representations of teaching and/or schooling in popular culture throughout history in the United States;
  • Using popular culture to subvert/supplement prescriptive curricula in schooling;
  • The impact/emergence of LGBTQ studies in schooling and education;
  •  Queering any of the area fields (education, schooling, history, archival studies, teaching, preservice teacher education, popular culture);
  • Developing means to re-integrate foundations of education into preservice teacher education;
  • Tapping into (or resisting) popular technology to improve instruction;
  • Exploring the intersections of social media, social identity, and education.

Deadline for proposals is November 1, 2014. To be considered, interested individuals should please prepare an abstract of between 100-250 words.  Individuals must submit electronically by visiting http://pcaaca.org/national-conference-2/proposing-a-presentation-at-the-conference/ and following the directions therein.

Graduate students are STRONGLY encouraged to submit their completed papers for consideration for conference award.  Graduate students, early career faculty and those traveling internationally in need of financial assistance are encouraged to apply: http://pcaaca.org/grant/overview.php.

Decisions will be communicated within approximately two weeks of deadline.  All presenters must be members of the American Culture Association or the Popular Culture Association by the time of the conference.  Any further inquiries can be directed to Dr. Edward Janak at ejanak@uwyo.edu.  For additional information about the conference, please seehttp://pcaaca.org/national-conference-2/

Funding Opportunities, Training/Education

Childhood Studies, Rutgers-Camden, now accepting applications for graduate study for 2015; funding available

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Applications now being sought for Ph.D. and MA programs. Ph.D. application deadline: January 5, 2015. Funding available.
http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/2013/06/07/applications/

The Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey USA (http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/), opened its doors in September 2007 as the first Ph.D. granting program in Childhood Studies in North America. In addition to the Ph.D., the multidisciplinary program offers BA and MA degrees. Graduate students in the program (http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/graduate-program/graduate-students/), come from a variety of backgrounds and bring with them an impressive array of educational and life experience. The Masters of Art program continues to grow and produce new and innovative leaders in their field.

With three new full-time faculty joining the Department in Fall 2014(http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/2014/03/24/new-faculty-members/), the program is poised to bring innovation and growth to the already vibrant department and field of childhood studies (http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/faculty/).
Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2015 entering doctoral class; applications for the Masters of Arts program are accepted year-round.Deadline for applications for doctoral study is January 5, 2014. Funding is available on a competitive basis for qualified applicants .

Visit the Graduate Admissions website http://gradstudy.rutgers.edu/

Funding Opportunities

FCD Young Scholars Program 2014

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Call for Proposals

The FCD Young Scholars Program (YSP) supports policy- and practice-relevant research on the development and learning needs of the nation’s young children growing up under conditions of poverty and low-income.  FCD believes that early learning is a solid first step towards lifelong development and that promoting research in this area, conducted in a holistic and culturally sensitive manner, will help address the disparities in children’s outcomes.

YSP encourages applications from scholars who are:

  • From historically disadvantaged or underrepresented groups, e.g. first-generation college graduates, and those from low-income communities.
  • Scholars who represent a variety of disciplines and methods, given that mental, physical, health, social, economic, institutional, and community factors impact early learning and child development.

Eligibility

Eligible researchers will have received their doctoral degrees (e.g., Ph.D., J.D., Ed.D., Psy.D., M.D.) within seven years of application submission. Ten years for physician applicants.

To view additional eligibility criteria, research focus and for more information about applying to the YSP please visit the YSP Program page of the FCD Website.

Timeline

March 10, 2014: Visit FCD website for full YSP guidelines

Early April 2014 – Early May 2014: Submit Letters of Intent (check FCD website for dates)

Questions

Questions can be addressed to: ysp@fcd-us.org

Quick Links

FCD website: www.fcd-us.org

YSP Program: www.fcd-us.org/our-work/young-scholars-program

 

Funding Opportunities

New research scholarship opportunity for EU graduates in children rights

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Please find below information on a summer research scholarship. Application deadline is April 1, 2014.

The ChildPact summer research scholarship programme provides a one-time scholarship of 1,000 EUROS  to develop and implement a field-level research initiative in any ChildPact country (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Romania, or Serbia). Chosen ChildPact Scholars will be paired with a ChildPact-affiliated host NGO for field-level access and networking purposes to facilitate research implementation.
Child Pact was formed at the initiatives of Eastern and South Eastern European countries and they are very active in promoting children’s rights in the region. World Vision Romania and Bulgaria played an important role in forming this alliance.

Find more information on the call here: http://www.childpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ChildPact-Summer-Scholarship-2014.pdf

Funding Opportunities

*International Scholars* – New SPA Travel Grant Program

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Dear colleague,
 
The Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) is pleased to announce a new funding program – the International Early Career Scholar Travel Grant Program – whose purpose is to provide funding for international scholars to travel to the United States to participate in conferences affiliated with the SPA. Applications are open to non-U.S. citizens who work in an academic or applied capacity broadly related to anthropology or who are attending a graduate school outside of the United States. Applicants need not be a member of the SPA or the AAA, but must be presenting a paper or poster. Given the overlap in interests between the SPA and the ACYIG, I would urge you to consider applying if the circumstances fit.
 
The travel grant will provide funding for all costs associated with the conference, including room and board, transportation, and conference registration fees up to US$2,000. In addition to providing funding, grantees will also be paired with a senior scholar working in their area of research for the purposes of mentorship and networking. The first funding cycle will provide scholars with an opportunity to attend the Annual Meeting of the AAA in Washington DC in November 2014 and the second cycle to attend the Biennial Meeting of the SPA in Boston, MA in April 2015. More details on the award and the application can be found on the SPA’s website (IECSTG).
 
We understand that it can be difficult for international scholars to find a paper session in which they can present their work. To help interested scholars locate sessions to join at the 2014 AAA Annual Meeting in Washington DC, we have created a forum on which they can post brief description of their paper and contact information on the SPA website here:2014 AAA.
 
Please help us make this program successful by sharing this email with your colleagues and students. If you have any questions on the program, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
 
Kind regards,
Hal Odden
Funding Opportunities, Training/Education

Funded PhD Studentships at Loughborough University, UK

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Applications are invited for funded postgraduate research studentships in the School of Social, Political and Geographical Sciences at Loughborough University.

Applications are invited for funded studentships in the School of Social, Political and Geographical Sciences at Loughborough University. Internationally renowned for its research excellence, the University has a vibrant research student community of around 1200 students supported by a £6 million annual investment. In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, every department was found to be undertaking research that is internationally recognised, with many regarded as ‘world leading’. Comfortably ranked in the top 20 of all major university league tables, the University was voted The Times Higher Education ‘Best Student Experience’ in England for six years running.

In human geography, we have led intellectual agendas in ‘Children, Youth and Families <http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/geography/research/crics/childrenyouthandfamilies/> ’ research, and have developed distinctive contributions to knowledge on ‘Migration, Identity and the State’ <http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/geography/research/crics/migrationidentityandthestate/> . Inter-disciplinarity, and a commitment to the co-production of knowledge with non-academic partners, are hallmarks of our work, giving geographical research at Loughborough a meaningful role in contemporary debates about social and environmental futures

Before submitting an application, you must contact the School to discuss your proposal and ensure that it relates to School staff expertise. Please feel free to email or ring any member of human geography staff who you think could oversee your work.  We are a friendly bunch and more than happy to chat to you about your application. Details of how to apply can be found here:http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AHU100/phd-studentships/. For enquiries about the application process, please contact Sandie Duddle (S.E.Duddle@lboro.ac.uk).

Funding and eligibility

The studentships are open to graduates with backgrounds in relevant disciplines and who are articulate, well qualified and highly motivated. The minimum entry qualification is a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent. The studentship provides a tax free stipend of £13,726 per annum for a period of three years plus tuition fees at the UK/EU rate. Note: International (non EU) students may apply but due to funding restrictions will need to find the difference in fees between those for a ‘UK/EU’ and ‘international’ student themselves. Non UK applicants must meet the minimum English language requirements, details available here: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/international/englang/index.htm

The candidate will be expected to register for 1st April 2014.

Closing date for applications: Monday 3rd February 2014. 

Funding Opportunities, Training/Education

TWO Funded PhD opportunities at University of Hull, UK

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Caring Children in Malawi & East Yorkshire – Children’s Work within Families affected by Illness and Disability 

This PhD studentship is an opportunity to explore across connected communities, the care-giving work children undertake for family members (parents, siblings, grandparents, other adult relatives) with differing needs for care based on chronic illness (especially HIV), associated disability/impairment, young and old age.

This studentship will investigate the outcomes of caregiving by children in the Global North and South across rural and urban locales with respect to young caregivers’ education, health, well-being and aspiration. Sharing lessons North-South and South-North through connecting stakeholder partners in Hull, East Yorkshire and Malawi in Southern Africa, the study will inform policies and interventions to support families affected by illness/disability.

This study offers a valuable opportunity to extend ongoing inter-disciplinary research by human geographers and other social scientists. Informed by a ‘new social studies of childhood’ perspective and using a qualitative, participatory methodology the project aims to explore outcomes of caregiving by children for their education, physical and emotional wellbeing and aspirations.

A key objective is to identify policies and practices to support families with care needs. This will be achieved through engagement with and connecting organisations supporting young caregivers in Southern Malawi and Hull/East Riding in order to undertake fieldwork (funding available) and develop policy recommendations. Interested applicants should have relevant degree (min 2:1) or Masters in sociology, human geography, social work or related discipline

To discuss informally how you might develop this doctoral research please contact Dr Elsbeth Robson <mailto:E.Robson@hull.ac.uk> 10, Department of Geography, Environment and Earth Science.


In order to qualify for this scholarship you will require at least a 2.1, but preferably a Masters degree, in a relevant subject.
Full-time UK/EU PhD Scholarship will include fees at the‘home/EU’ student rate and maintenance (£13,726 in 2014/15) for three years, depending on satisfactory progress. Full-time International Fee PhD Studentships will include full fees at the International student rate for three years, dependent on satisfactory progress.
PhD students at the University of Hull follow modules for research and transferable skills development and gain a Masters level Certificate, or Diploma, in Research Training, in addition to their research degree.
Closing date: – 3rd February 2014.

For details of how to apply please visit the 2014 PhD Studentships web pages <http://www2.hull.ac.uk/student/graduateschool/phdscholarships.aspx#ConnectedCommunities>  http://www2.hull.ac.uk/researchandinnovation/connectedcommunities/phdscholarships/caringchildren.aspx