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Miller Center of Public Affairs Fellowships of the University of Virginia Grant provides support for one year of research and writing which focuses on important public policy questions, twentieth-century politics, and governance in the United States. For information, visit: http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/programs/apd/fellowship.html


National Science Foundation's Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Grant awards support scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented.

For information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/polisci/ddrip.htm or http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf01113


American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Grant awards given for research in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: anthropology, archaeology, art history, economics, film, geography, history, languages and literatures, law, linguistics, musicology, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, rhetoric and communication, and sociology.

For information, visit: http://www.acls.org/felguide.htm


American Political Science Association (APSA) Information regarding public and private funding opportunities within political science and related disciplines.

For information, visit:
http://www.apsanet.org/PS/grants/


Canadian Consortium of Human Security Proposals showing promise to contribute to the advancement of the human security agenda in national foreign policy in regional and global contexts are awarded stipends.

For information, visit: http://www.humansecurity.info/CCHS_web/HSF/en/index.php


Center on Development, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University Proposals accepted from pre-doctoral students at the write-up stage and post-doctoral students working in four specific program areas. Two to four fellowships are awarded per year. And appointments are for nine months with a modest stipend.

For information, visit:
http://cddrl.stanford.edu/docs/fellowships/


Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral support is awarded to members of specific underrepresented minority groups who are pursuing or have completed a Ph.D. or Sc.D. in a research-based field of study.

For information, visit: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FELLOWSHIPS/Ford_Fellows_Home_Page.html

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans provides opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. The Program is established in recognition of the contributions New Americans have made to American life and in gratitude for the opportunities the United States has afforded the donors and their family.

For information, visit: http://www.pdsoros.org/requirements.html

The Brookings Institution Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships are awarded for research in foreign policy and governance studies.

For information, visit: http://www.brookings.edu/admin/fellowships.htm


The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego Awards support advanced research and writing on aspects of international migration and refugee flows.

For information, visit:
http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/Programs/fellowships.htm


The Dirksen Congressional Center Grants are awarded for research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress.

For information, visit: http://www.dirksencenter.org/grantcongresearchaward.htm


The Eisenhower Institute Academic scholarships are awarded for studies and research in fields such as history, government, economics, business administration, and international affairs.

For information, visit: http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/programs/scholarships/index.htm

UCLA Global Fellows Program Grants are awarded based on research in arts and humanities (including literary studies and philosophy), the natural sciences (including engineering, medicine, and public health), and the social sciences (including law, public policy, and management).

For information, visit: http://www.international.ucla.edu/globalfellows/article.asp?parentid=5062


United States Institute for Peace Grants are awarded for the research and writing of doctoral dissertations addressing the sources and nature of international conflict and ways of preventing or ending conflict and sustaining peace.

For information, visit: http://www.usip.org/fellows.html