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The sponsor provides modest grants to support research in the history of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Only members of the sponsor's organization are eligible.

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The sponsor offers grants to support research in the history of the Western hemisphere (United States, Canada and Latin America). Applicants must be members of the sponsor's organization.

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The sponsor provides funds for summer/winter in-residence research in marine sciences and oceanography on Bermuda. Grants help defray in-house charges only. Grants in 2008 ranged from $300 to $3,000.

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Applications should be filed before the given deadline date for conferences to be held during the following six-month period.

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Support is provided to institutions for conferences and workshops related to Chinese studies in the humanities and the social sciences. Budgets for conferences should not exceed $25,000.

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Research grants are limited exclusively to research projects conducted by an individual U.S-based post-doctoral scholar or individuals with comparable research or professional skills.

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Research Contracts are limited exclusively to collaborative research projects conducted by multiple post-doctoral scholars or individuals with comparable research or professional skills who do not hold Ph.Ds, including at least one scholar/researcher based in the U.S.

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The sponsor provides funding for projects that: are designed and implemented by women and girls; reflect the diversity of the community served; promote building community power; promote racial, social, economic and environmental justice; and have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding.

Deadline Note

The sponsor accepts and reviews applications and grants awards on a year-round basis. Application deadlines will be updated regularly for those who would like to be considered for funding in advance of the Skoll World Forum.

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Skoll Awards provide core support in the form of grants, loans or a combination of the two. The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship support social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale influence on critical challenges of our time: environmental sustainability, health, tolerance and human rights, institutional responsibility, social and economic equality, peace and security. The awards are not intended for new or early-stage programs or initiatives. Programs submitted for consideration should have a track record of at least three years.

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This nine month (August-May) Fellowship Program offers exceptional Latino college graduates and young professionals unparalleled exposure to professional experience in the public policy areas of Health, Housing, Law, International Affairs (includes three months abroad in Mexico or Spain: February – May) and Science, Technology, Education & Math (STEM).

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The sponsor makes an award to recognize "the best paper or article of the year on intercultural or international relations". Eligible applicants are non-members, as well as members of SPSSI, and graduate students are especially urged to submit papers. A cash award is given.

Deadline Note

Referrals must be received by February 8, 2010. Applications must be received by February 23, 2010. The Foundation does accept “spontaneous” candidacies to the program. A candidate does not need to be referred to the program in order to apply.

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Since its inception, the program has taken small groups of carefully selected up-and-coming leaders in government, business, media, the military and the non-profit sector and provided them with the opportunity to spend five days together two years in a row, once in France and once in the United States. During the annual meetings, Young Leaders spend time discussing policy issues of critical contemporary concern and, more importantly, getting to know their French-American Young Leader counterparts.

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The sponsor invites applications for research to develop a process for evaluating sustainable design concepts and technology alternatives in the planning and design phases of airport project development.

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The sponsor invites applications for research to provide information on the environmental benefits and other considerations of aircraft auxiliary units (APUs). This information will assist airports and airlines in evaluating APU alternatives.

Deadline Note

To receive an application for Fellowship, a nomination letter must be submitted to Fellowship Affairs by January 29, 2010. The application is due by February 26, 2010.

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The sponsor provides a fellowship for a foreign correspondent or editor which enables the fellow to be in residence for nine months at the Council on Foreign Relations headquarters in New York.

Deadline Note

The February 28 deadline is for Fall Session, and the August 31 deadline is for Spring Session.

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The sponsor provides a fellowship designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, and/or transatlantic relations to AICGS for research stays of two months each.

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The sponsor's grant activity supports developmental projects, instructional projects, and training programs in engineering education and research that fit the sponsor's fields of interest. These currently include enhancing communication and use of information in engineering, women in engineering, and information access in developing countries.

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The sponsor will fund postdoctoral investigators presently working out of France.

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The call aims to identify investigators presently working abroad willing to set up their own Alzheimer’s research team in France.

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The sponsor awards an annual fellowship for the study of Chinese art. The award is conceived to permit the study of Chinese art, with special relation to painting and its reflection of Chinese culture, and to permit the translation into English of works upon the said subject for the purpose of furthering a better understanding of Chinese painting in the United States.

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The sponsor provides support for subventions in support of new book-length publications in the field of Classical Archaeology (defined as Greek, Roman, and Etruscan archaeology and art history). Particularly welcome are projects that publish the work of first-time authors or represent the publication of final reports of primary data from sites already excavated or surveyed, but are still unpublished.

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Questions about how to submit entries should be addressed to Dr. Martin Thomas, Prize Committee Chair at Martin.C.Thomas@ex.ac.uk

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The sponsor provides an annual award for the best book published during the previous year dealing with the French colonial experience from the 16th to the 20th century.

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The sponsor provides grants which are intended as support and seed funding for new initiatives that offer promising models for replication and address critical issues in international affairs; human rights; public service; and environment and natural resources management.

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The sponsor provides support for programs targeted to environmental issues. Grants typically range from $500 to $10,000.

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The sponsor provides support to promote research in the study of coins of ancient Central Asia.

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The sponsor provides annual support for one or more grants of up to about £400 each towards travel and accommodation costs to enable the successful applicant(s) to study some aspect of Oriental numismatics.

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The Charles S. Sydnor Award is awarded in recognition of a distinguished book in southern history published in odd-numbered years and awarded in even-numbered years. It will be awarded at the 2010 meeting in Charlotte, NC for a book published during 2009.

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The H. L. Mitchell Award is awarded for recognition of a distinguished book concerning the history of the southern working class, including but not limited to industrial laborers and/or small farmers and agricultural laborers. Awarded in even-numbered years for a book published during the two preceding years, it will next be awarded at the 2010 annual meeting in Charlotte, NC for a book published during 2008 and 2009.

Deadline Note

This award is given every other year.

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The Wall Prize will be awarded to the best book published in southern business or economic history over a two-year period. The next award will be made at the annual meeting in 2010 in Charlottee, NC for a book published in 2008-2009.

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Short-term, in-residence research support is available to scholars who have a particular need to utilize the library, archival or other specialized resources of the Washington, DC area. Academic participants must possess either a doctoral degree or have almost completed their dissertations. For non-academics, an equivalent degree of professional achievement is expected. Recipients receive $100 per day for up to one month.

Deadline Note

Letters of inquiry must be received by March 2, 2010. The sponsor will invite applicants to submit full applications.

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These grants will provide funding to help creative Jewish educators develop and implement significant and cost-effective approaches to Jewish education that are potentially replicable in other settings. Covenant Grants may also be awarded for projects whose purpose is to disseminate particularly effective existing programs.

Deadline Note

Letters of inquiry must be received by March 2, 2010. The sponsor will invite applicants to submit full applications.

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These grants will provide funding to help creative Jewish educators develop and implement significant and cost-effective approaches to Jewish education that are potentially replicable in other settings. Covenant Grants may also be awarded for projects whose purpose is to disseminate particularly effective existing programs.

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This award recognizes significant, long term efforts as a leader in the grassroots, volunteer environmental movement in Alaska.

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This award recognizes longstanding service to Alaska environmental concerns. These individuals have influenced local, regional, statewide and national environmental issues through their professional careers.

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This award recognizes a current or retired, elected or appointed public official who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to conservation.

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The Dixon Award acknowledges and rewards innovative educators who integrate stewardship of Alaska's vast and precious natural resources into their instructive efforts.

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The M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet Fund for Research in France is a memorial to M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet, one of the foremost scholars of French music from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is to be awarded annually to one or more doctoral students at or graduates of universities in the United States and Canada to conduct doctoral or post-doctoral musicological research in France.

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The Ecosystems Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) seeks to generate the evidence on ecosystem services, their full value and links to sustainable poverty reduction, so as to equip end users and decision makers with the knowledge on how to manage ecosystems better. The sponsor invites proposals for the first substantive ESPA call.

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The sponsor provides subventions to individual scholars toward the publication costs of literary works in the field of Turkish studies published in the U.S.

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The sponsor provides funds for the development of instructional materials in the field of Turkish studies.

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The sponsor provides funds for the procurement costs of publications relating to Turkish studies. Eligible applicants are educational institutions.

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The sponsor provides funds for the establishment of new university teaching positions within the field of Turkish studies. The maximum award is fifty percent of the full-time earnings of a junior faculty appointment.

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The sponsor provides partial support for conferences, workshops, and lecture series that will promote knowledge and learning about Turkish history, politics, and culture. Eligible applicants are universities or educational organizations. Fifty percent support is provided by the sponsor, and fifty percent support is required from the applicant institution.

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Support is provided to postdoctoral scholars in a social sciences or humanities discipline to conduct research in Turkey. The maximum award is round-trip airfare to Turkey. Recipients must spend a minimum of four weeks in Turkey.

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The sponsor provides grants of up to $10,000 to colleges and universities seeking to either expand or develop overseas programs in Turkey. The time period for these grants can be either a semester or the whole academic year depending on the length of the study abroad program in Turkey.

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The sponsor provides funding for graduate students at the dissertation research stage and for post-doctoral scholars in the U.S. who study aspects of the Republic of Turkey (post-1922) in a comparative context.