Center for Women’s & Gender Studies

A website: http://www.scholarshipsandgrants.us/scholarships-for-women/

The Center for Asian American Studies (CAAS) at The University of Texas at Austin is an interdisciplinary academic program devoted to raise awareness of issues pertaining to Asian Americans. CAAS provides scholastic awards for exceptional students who have furthered the promotion of research, service, and academic involvement which is imperative for the growth of Asian American Studies.
CAAS Scholarships are open to any student attending the University of Texas at Austin, pending that they meet specific application requirements. Please visit this website in the Spring Semester to download the scholarship application(s). Contact CAAS if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
SPRING 2011 Awards:

Spring 2010 Scholarship/Awards are now available. Click Here!
Scholarships Available: DUE DATE for all scholarships is Friday, April 22nd.
CAAS Student Service Award:
The Center for Asian American Studies (CAAS) at The University of Texas at Austin is an interdisciplinary academic program devoted to raise awareness of issues pertaining to Asian Americans. CAAS provides scholastic awards for exceptional students who have furthered the promotion of research, service, and academic involvement which is imperative for the growth of Asian American Studies.
Community involvement is highly encouraged both at the UT-Austin and CAAS levels. Additional support to CAAS is very appreciated and should be noted in the applicants CV/resume.
Undergraduate applicants must have completed or are enrolled in at least 1 (3 credit hour) Asian American Studies (AAS) course.
Service Award Amount for the 2010-2011 academic year: (Pending on the applications received, one award will be received by an undergraduate student and the second to a graduate student.)
$250 for two undergraduate students
CAAS: Asian American Undergrad. Student Organizational Excellence Award:
CAAS provides scholastic awards for exceptional students and organizations who have furthered the promotion of research, service, and academic involvement which is imperative for the growth of Asian American Studies. University and community involvement is highly encouraged both at the UT-Austin and CAAS levels. Additional support to CAAS is very appreciated and should be noted in the application.
Award will be given to President of the organization. This individual should be the one who fills out the scholarship form. This individual will also be the recipient of the monetary award. Only one form per organization please.
Student Organizational Excellence Award Amount for the 2010-2011 academic year:
$500 for one undergraduate student organization
CAAS: Undergraduate Research/Scholarship Award:
Due to the interdisciplinary focus of our program, the scholarship awards can include research papers, works of fiction, visual art/representation, and other types of research activities. Research must be backed by the faculty assigned to the course in which the research paper/project was completed. Research submitted may be from the Fall 2009 and/or Spring 2010 semester. Items submitted must be in it’s completed and graded form from Fall 2009. However, Spring 2011 research may be “works in progress” meaning that they are 90% completed. This is for research that would be graded for the final, but due to the deadline of this application may not have received the final grade before May 6, 2010.
Please submit a copy of the completed Research Papers/Project with the grade you received on it. We need some indication on what grade you received for the Research/Project. A letter of recommendation from the faculty member who was the instructor of record for the course your research paper/project is required. Papers should be electronically submited to Barbara Jann a barbaraj@austin.utexas.edu. Anything on DVD/CD should be delievered to CAAS.
Undergraduate applicants must have completed or are enrolled in at least 1 (3 credit hour) Asian American Studies (AAS) course.
Undergraduate Research Award Amounts for the 2010-2011 academic year:
$200 for two undergraduate student with an exceptional research paper/project
CAAS: Graduate Student Research Scholarship Award
Please see description above for undergraduate research scholarship award.
Additionally, graduate students should acknowledge in their application any affiliations they have with CAAS. Please also attach your CV/Resume.
Graduate Research Award Amounts for the 2010-2011 academic year:
$250 for one graduate student

The McNair Scholars Program is in the process of accepting applications for the 2011-2012 cohort.

Are you interested in pursuing a graduate degree and earning a Ph.D.?

If you are looking for an opportunity for gain research experience, participate in scholarly activities, attend and present at conferences, prepare for the GRE, receive assistance with applying to graduate school and have a faculty mentor, then consider applying to the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program. If you are interested please print and fill out the attached McNair Scholars Program Application Packet. The application packet does include a “Do You Qualify?” form to assist you in determining eligibility. Application deadline is May 1, 2011.

For more information or questions, please contact the McNair Scholars Program at 512-471-1205 or via e-mail at nava@austin.utexas.edu.

The following is a link to a website with scholarship, grant and financial aid applications/resources for women. Check it out!

http://www.scholarshipsandgrants.us/scholarships-for-women/

UT Community Engagement Center
Social Justice Institute: Activist Research Grant Initiative

Summer 2011

The Social Justice Institute (SJI) of the UT Community Engagement Center seeks applicants for the Activist Research Grant Initiative. This is a summer research grant awarded to fulltime UT graduate students whose research projects serve as direct political engagement. Activist Research is here defined as a scholarly project that advances social justice in collaboration with a community-based partner (organizations, coalitions or other community-based entities). For the purpose of this grant, such collaborations may be carried out locally, nationally or internationally. Applicants from all fields of study may apply.

The Activist Research Grant Initiative is funded through a consortium of the SJI, the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, Teresa Lozano Long Institute for Latin America, the Center for Mexican American Studies and the Center for Gender and Women’s Studies. As such, priority will be given to research that addresses the thematic concerns of one or more of these centers.

Grant recipients will be asked to participate in at least one SJI event during the Fall 2011 semester, as well as offer a presentation on their research finding during the annual UT Activist Scholarship Conference (to take place sometime during the Spring 2012 semester).

Award amount: $2,500-$3,500

Date of Award: June 15, 2011

How to apply: Please fill out the attached Application Form and submit it along with the following documentation:

1. Statement of Research (3 pages). This statement should outline the specific research project objectives, methods and final product, including a description of the collaboration between researcher and community-based partner. As well, it should describe how the summer grant is to be used (e.g., personal stipend, travel expenses, research material). Finally, it should provide an analysis of the broader social justice impact of the proposed project.

2. CV/Resume

3. One Faculty Letter of Reference

4. One Community-based Letter of Support (This letter should state the community partner’s support of the proposed research collaboration).

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 22, 2011

Please send all materials to Jayne Medina, Administrative Officer, Community Engagement Center: Jayne Medina jayne.medina@austin.utexas.edu. The faculty letter of reference should and the community-based letter of support should be sent directly by from the recommender.

For more information, please contact Eric Tang, Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, Associate Director, UT Community Engagement Center: erictang@mail.utexas.edu

The deadline has been extended to April 4th.

Ellen Clarke Temple Award In the Study of Women in History
This award is given to graduate students affiliated with WGS in support* of student’s travel, research, and other similar needs in the study of the history of U.S. women. Preference will be given to those concentrating their studies on some aspect of women in Texas history. Secondary preference will be given to students concentrating their studies on some aspect of women in American history, looking first to the Southwest region of the United States. The awards (up to $3000 each) will be presented at the annual Women’s and Gender Studies Spring Reception in late April/early May, date TBA.

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/awards/Graduate/Ellen-Clarke-Temple-Award.php

More Info and Deadline:
Please visit each award’s link for detailed eligibility information and application.
Students must belong to the WGS MA or dual degree graduate programs, or enrolled in the WGS Portfolio Program to be eligible for these awards. Essays, applications and letters (if required) must be submitted online by 5:00pm on April 4th 2011.
For information on the WGS Portfolio Program enrollment please visit:

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/academics/Graduate-Portfolio/application.php

If you have been involved in the CWGS community, please consider applying for the Cynthia Walker Peña Scholarship award, which is now available through UT Direct.

The deadline has been extended to April 4th 2011.

The Cynthia Walker Peña Scholarship in Women’s and Gender Studies
The scholarship is awarded annually to an undergraduate student who has earned distinction in Women’s and Gender Studies scholarship and service (with an emphasis on service). Scholarship of up to $250 to be awarded at the Annual Spring Reception in late April/early May, date TBA.

For more info and application, please visit: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/awards/Undergraduate/Pena-Scholarship.php

Please remember that you can submit applications for CWGS scholarships by this Friday, March 25. The scholarships available are:

Lora Romero Memorial Graduate Award for Interdisciplinary Research in Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Ellen Clarke Temple Award In the Study of Women in History
Women’s and Gender Studies Dissertation Fellowships
The Cynthia Walker Peña Scholarship for undergraduate students

Point Foundation Online Scholarship Application for LGTBQ students:

Point Foundation is the nation’s largest publicly-supported organization granting scholarships to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit. Point provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate scholarships, mentorship, leadership training and hope for students of merit who have been marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Additionally, Point Foundation provides programs that affect social change by challenging attitudes that contribute to social stigma and its resulting prejudice, which is often experienced by those in the LGBT community.

The application for the 2011-2012 scholars opened on December 10th, 2010 at 8am PST and will close on February 11th, 2011 at 11:59pm PST on our website (http://www.pointfoundation.org/instructions.html ).

If you have any questions, please email Joey Hernandez, Program Administrative Assistant (joey@pointfoundation.org ).

Deadline: February 15, 2011

The Gender Studies Program at Northwestern University invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in social scientific approaches to sexuality studies, to run September 2011 – August 2013. Applications are welcome from scholars who study sexuality from a social science perspective (broadly construed). The Fellow will be affiliated with both the Gender Studies Program and a department at Northwestern, which must be either Anthropology, History, Human Development and Social Policy, Linguistics, Performance Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, or
Sociology. That is, the Fellow must have relevant expertise in both sexuality studies and one of these fields, and must be prepared to teach courses that are cross-listed in both Gender Studies and the affiliated department.

The Fellow will pursue a program of independent scholarship under the guidance of a faculty mentor and will teach two undergraduate courses each
year. The Fellow will also be expected to assist in the organization of on-campus educational activities such as an annual workshop, as part of a
new interdisciplinary initiative on sexuality and health in social context.

Applicants must have completed all the requirements for the Ph.D. (or equivalent) by September 1, 2011, or have received their degree within the
last five years. The stipend is $45,000 plus benefits in the first year of the fellowship and $46,350 plus benefits in the second year. In addition,
the Fellow is eligible for $2,000 per year to fund research and conference travel, and up to $2,000 for allowable relocation expenses in the first year.

In order to ensure full consideration, all application materials must be received by February 15, 2011. Applicants should send the following
materials in PDF format by email attachment to sexuality@northwestern.edu, with the subject heading of “Postdoc Application”:

1) a cover letter: Please briefly situate your work in relation to the field of sexuality studies. Please identify the department(s) with which you are
qualified to be affiliated, from among the above list. Optionally, please identify a possible faculty mentor in that department or in Gender Studies.
Please address the question of your experience within interdisciplinary academic environments.

2) a full curriculum vitae

3) a two-page summary of the dissertation

4) a two-page research plan for the fellowship period (this may include, but should extend beyond, revisions to the dissertation)

5) titles and short descriptions of at least two courses that you could teach and that might be appropriate for cross-listing between Gender Studies and your department

6) a writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or an article

7) a full graduate school transcript from your doctoral-degree-granting institution

In addition, please arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent, either by email to the same address (subject heading: “Postdoc application
letter of reference”), or by mail to Gender Studies Program, Sexuality Studies Postdoc, Northwestern University, Kresge Hall 2-321, Evanston, IL
60208-2211. One letter should be from the dissertation chair, and at least one should comment on teaching qualifications.

Administrative questions should be directed to Clare Forstie at sexuality@northwestern.edu. Substantive questions may be addressed to Héctor
Carrillo at hector@northwestern.edu or Steve Epstein at s-epstein@northwestern.edu. For more information about any of the
participating departments or programs, see http://offices.northwestern.edu/browse/A/academic.

AA/EOE: Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged.

Spring Deadline: January 24, 2011
The Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF) program provides support for specific scholarly research projects conducted by full-time UT undergraduate students enrolled in any department. These fellowships are intended to cover costs associated with academic research projects proposed and written by student applicants and undertaken with the supervision of a university tenured or tenure-track faculty member, lecturer, senior lecturer or full-time research scientist/engineer. Find guidelines and current application here: http://www.utexas.edu/research/about/awards-fellowships-grants .

Apply Now!

Postdoctoral Fellowship Announcement (2011-2012 Academic Year)
The Center for Research on Gender and Women, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Center for Research on Gender and Women at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship beginning August 29, 2011 and lasting through the academic year. The fellow will take a leading role in a Sawyer Seminar entitled “Globalization and the New Politics of Women’s Rights,” which is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The postdoctoral fellow may come from any discipline in the social sciences or humanities.

Theme of Sawyer Seminar:
In recent years, women’s rights have attained greater public awareness around the globe with both interesting and troubling consequences. Our seminar will explore these changing understandings and critically examine their impact. Today women’s rights are being variously depicted as critical to addressing problems of third world poverty; women’s education is being described as an essential component in the fight against global terrorism; women politicians are seen by some as a key defense in the fight against government corruption; and gender equality, some argue, serves as the crucible in the “clash of civilizations.” While these are not new ideas, they have today increasingly captured the popular imagination, influencing policy makers, foundations and even military strategists. The proposed seminar takes a critical look at implications of contemporary discourses surrounding women’s rights and places them in a historical and comparative perspective.

We are particularly interested in postdoctoral fellows whose scholarship examines, for example, theoretical and historical perspectives on women and citizenship; critical gender perspectives of modernization and the post-colonial project; women and contemporary Islam; redefining global conflict through gender relations; shifts in gender relations with the end of the Cold War; social movements and world polity; and how local and global women’s rights discourses influence one another. Other topics related to changing global context of women’s rights are also of interest.

Eligibility:
The applicant must have received his or her PhD between August 1, 2006 and July 31, 2011. The stipend for the postdoctoral fellowship is $45,000, plus benefits. Sawyer Seminar participation is required but there is no other teaching obligation. However, the fellow is expected to be in residence full-time in academic year 2011-12.

Application:
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter 1) outlining their research and its relation to the seminar’s theme; 2) what they plan to accomplish during their year at UW-Madison; 3) their long-term research goals. Applicants will be hosted at the Center for Research on Gender and Women and affiliated with the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. If applicants wish to affiliate with an additional department or have specific faculty with whom they wish to collaborate, they may indicate this in the cover letter. Applicants should send a current curriculum vitae and an article-length writing sample to Celeste Benson (cbenson@ssc.wisc.edu). Applicants should also request letters from two referees to be sent directly to Ms. Benson. Applications and letters of support must be received by January 17, 2011, to be considered.

Seminar coordinators:
Aili Mari Tripp (Professor of Political Science and Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director, Center for Research on Gender and Women) and Myra Marx Ferree (Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for German and European Studies).

Inquiries:
Please send all inquiries to Celeste Benson (cbenson@ssc.wisc.edu)

The LGBTQ Studies section of the Ransom Center’s Guide to the Collections has been recently revised and expanded. Please see: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/guide/lgtbq/ Since the terms used to describe queer and sexuality-related materials vary by repository and continue to change, an introductory note about research methods to help researchers search the Center’s collection more effectively has been included. Please feel free to email Gabriela Redwine at with suggestions about how to make this portion of the Guide more useful and accessible.

The Center’s research fellowship program is open to all students, faculty, and independent researchers. Applications for 2011-2012 fellowships must be received by Tuesday, February 1, 2011, in order to be considered for the 2011-2012 academic year.
The Harry Ransom Center, an internationally renowned humanities research
library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, annually awards
over 50 fellowships to support research projects that require substantial
on-site use of its collections. The fellowships support research in all
areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the
performing arts, music, and cultural history.

The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of $3,000 per
month. Also available are $1,200 to $1,700 travel stipends and dissertation
fellowships with a $1,500 stipend. Complete applications for the 2011-2012
Research Fellowships in the Humanities must be received by February 1, 2011.

More information about the fellowships and the Ransom Center¹s collections
is available online at http://budurl.com/epyt . Please contact Bridget
Gayle atbrigayle@mail.utexas.edu or 512-232-3214 with any questions or
concerns.

DEADLINE: January 5, 2011

We have received materials announcing the competition for the Dolores Zohrab
Liebmann Fellowships for 2011/2012. I ask that you advertise this
competition to your students, some of whom may wish to apply. The Office of
Graduate Studies can nominate up to three UT graduate students for this
fellowship. We are asking each department to collect and pre-screen the
students  applications and forward no more than 2 nominations to us in the
Graduate School. Last year we received sixteen applications; submitted
three nominations to the Foundation and two were approved. Hopefully, we
will do as well in this new competition.

The terms of the fellowships are very attractive, providing the costs of
study, tuition, room and board and ordinary living expenses, as well as
income taxes on the money received in past this has typically amounted to
$18,000 plus tuition for nine months. Recipients can apply for renewal of
the fellowship for two additional years, and to date all renewal requests
have been approved. Applicants must be citizens of the United States. An
unusual feature of the application is that the applicant must declare that
he or she is not an advocate or supporter of communism. There is no
restriction on field and no longer any age requirement.

A copy of the application form is attached to this letter. Your office
should endorse students who wish to apply, and all required materials must
reach our office by January 5, 2011, so that we can process them and meet
the deadline of January 21 for submission to the awarding Foundation.

For further information please feel free to call my assistant, Mary Alice
Davila at 232-3603.

The Volunteer and Service Learning Center is excited to introduce the Students in Service AmeriCorps program. SIS is a part-time AmeriCorps program that offers scholarships to students who serve their community for total of 300 hour throughout the year.

300 service hours = $1132 (1 year)

Who can participate?
Just about any student who serves their community through:
Volunteering at a legitimate non-profit, government or education institution.
Completing non-paid internship a non-profit organization
Practicum hours, such as nursing, counseling, firefighting, student teachers who qualify (see below), etc.
Student teachers teaching at a Title 1 school, in Special Education, ESL/Bilingual Education, or Math and Science Education
Completing service-learning requirements for a class
Participating in Federal Work Study Program

How to get started?
Attend one of the informational session listed below
Sign-up for one of the 40 slots available during the information session
For additional information, contact Yvonne Fuentes at yfuentes@austin.utexas.edu
Informational sessions
MONDAY, October 18, 2011 – 6:00pm-7:00pm
SSB G1.106
TUESDAY, October 19, 2011 – 5:00pm-6:00pm
SSB: Multicultural Information Center, 1.104

We are professionals at The University of Texas at Austin committed to excellence in the delivery of student services and to the The University’s purpose of transforming lives for the benefit of society. We recognize the pivotal role of support staff in the academic success of individual students and the contributions of our members to the larger community. Membership is open to any interested member of the UT Austin community.