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The sponsor's provides a fellowship to support promising scholars and educators from different backgrounds, races, ethnic groups, and other diverse groups whose life experience, research experience, and employment background will contribute significantly to academic excellence at NYU.

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Support is provided for research fellowships in most fields of study at the University of Alberta. Each fellowship is valued at $46,000 per annum, and includes a one-time $4,000 travel/research grant.

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The sponsor is pleased to announce one post-doctoral fellowship funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for an outstanding junior scholar who wishes to pursue a curatorial career in the art museum field. Comprising a two to three year period, the fellowship will support scholarly research related to the collections of the Walters Art Museum and provide curatorial training.

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The aim of the program is to assist American institutions in acquiring documentation that will help faculty members and students better understand Québec. Particular emphasis will be placed on contributing to the support of special programs focusing on Québec studies in American institutions.

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The sponsor provides support to encourage the proper care and accessibility of research materials in New York State. Eligible applicants are New York State not-for-profit libraries, archives, historical societies, similar agencies, and consortia or cooperating groups of such agencies. Up to $40,000 in funding is provided.

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The James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Research Fellowships support the use of special collections materials by visiting scholars and UCLA graduate students. Special collections materials are located in the Arts, Biomedical, Music, and Research libraries and the University Archives.

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The sponsor awards a fellowship to attract recently graduated scholars (within the past two years) of superior research ability to Dalhousie University, and to provide the recipients with the opportunity to establish themselves as productive members of the academic community.

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The sponsor provides support for research and graduate education partnerships between French and American Universities with emphasis placed on novel, innovative and, when relevant, interdisciplinary approaches that involve exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries. Applicants are expected to develop new or deeper partnerships through the collaboration.

Deadline Note

There are three grant cycles planned in 2009. The first cycle opens April 15 and closed June 15, 2009; the second cycle opens July 15 and closes September 15, 2009; and the third cycle opens October 15 and closed December 15, 2009.

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The sponsor provides support for registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public schools or tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. who are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community.