Center for Women’s & Gender Studies

The Campus Action Projects (CAP) enable student leaders and campus faculty to design and implement effective programs that enhance campus offerings, promote leadership, and improve academic and career outcomes.

Through an application process, around ten teams composed of students and a campus professional are selected at colleges and universities around the country to implement their project proposal on a specific topic. Grants range from $1,000 to $5,000. Additionally, a member from each team will be funded to report on the project at the annual AAUW/NASPA National Conference for College Women Student Leaders in Washington, D.C.

Apply now for the 2010-11 CAP grant.
The topic is breaking through barriers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for women and girls. Applications are due Oct. 22, 2010.

The Study Abroad Office is sponsoring a general information session for Juniors, Seniors, Graduate Students, and Alumni who are interested in applying to the U.S. Fulbright Scholars Program for 2012-2013.

Vijay Renganathan, Senior Program Officer for Fulbright Student Outreach from the Fulbright offices in New York will be on campus to facilitate.

The details are as follows:

Fulbright Scholarship General Info Session and Q&A
Thursday, October 7, 2010
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Wooldridge Hall (W.O.H.), Room 1.102

A flier has also been attached for distribution to your students and department. Please contact kgonzales@austin.utexas.edu
if you have any questions or concerns.

This note is to announce the PCA/ACA Travel and Research Grants for next year’s Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The conference will run from April 20 through April 23, 2011. The list below outlines the various category of grant offered by the PCA/ACA. I would appreciate you passing along the information below to the members of your department and others who might have an interest.

Ø The Michael Schoenecke Travel Grant for Graduate Students to the National Conference (for 2011, 32 grants @ $300 each).

Ø The Peter Rollins Travel Grant for early-career faculty to the National Conference (for 2011, 12 grants @ $500).

Ø The Madonna Marsden International Travel Grant for Individuals presenting at the National Conference (for 2011, 10 grants @$500 each).

Ø The Marshall Fishwick Travel Grant to Popular Culture Studies/American Culture Studies Research Collections (for 2011, 3 grants @ $750 each).

Ø The Douglas A. Noverr Grant for Institutional Collection Enhancement to Build Popular and American Culture Collections (for 2011, up to $5,000).

Applications for all awards must be received no later than January 7, 2011. For specific information on the grants and to download applications please visit our website http://www.pcaaca.org/grant/overview.php and follow the links.

Sincerely,

Professor John Bratzel
276 Bessey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824

The BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism, held by Dr. Tara Smith in the Philosophy Department, is sponsoring the Third Annual Undergraduate Essay Contest on Ayn Rand’s novel, Atlas Shrugged this year.

First prize is $2500, second prize is $1750, and third prize is $1200. All full-time undergraduates registered at UT for the 2010-2011 academic year – including those students who participated in last year’s contest – are eligible to submit an entry. The submission deadline is November 15th.

For the essay questions and full details, please visit <http://laits.utexas.edu/sites/bbtchair/essay-contest/>  or email vmwilli@austin.utexas.edu.

Purpose of Award
For students in the College of Liberal Arts planning on going on an Exchange Study Abroad Program. Number of awards vary in each semester.

Eligibility Criteria
Undergraduate student currently enrolled in Liberal Arts with at least one semester completed in the College.
Completion of a minimum of 15 hours of coursework in residence, through the Summer 2010 semester (at time of application).
UT-Austin GPA of at least 3.0.
One letter of recommendation from a UT faculty member.
Award amounts: $1,000 – $2,000

DEADLINE: October 15, 2010

To apply, go to
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/student-affairs/Programs/Scholarships.php

Purpose of Award
To support undergraduate student research.
To enable students to attend conferences pertaining to their field of study.

Award amounts: up to $1,000.00 will be awarded for fall 2010 or spring, 2011.

Eligibility Criteria
Student must have declared a Liberal Arts major
GPA of at least 3.2 at time of application

DEADLINE: October 15, 2010

Purpose of Award
For students in the College of Liberal Arts with a UT Austin GPA between 3.25 and 3.69.

Eligibility Criteria
GPA: 3.25 – 3.69
30 hours in residence at UT at time of application.

Award amounts from $1,000 – $2,000.

DEADLINE: October 15, 2010

If you are interested, please submit all your materials to the Office of Graduate Studies no later than March 22, 2010.

AAUW Austin BranchFellowships for

Female Doctoral Candidates

The University of Texas at Austin

2010-2011 Academic Year

In 1934, AAUW Austin Branch established an endowment fund to provide fellowships to female doctoral candidates at The University of Texas at Austin. Contributions were made to this fund over a period of years, until the endowment reached sufficient size to support awarding of annual fellowships. Beginning with the 1985-1986 academic year, sixty-four women (64) have received fellowships from our branch, to financially assist them in completing the final year of their doctoral studies.

For the 2010-2011 academic year, AAUW Austin Branch will award 1-3 fellowships, each in the amount of at least $2000, to female doctoral candidates at The University of Texas at Austin. The only eligibility requirements are (1) formal admission to doctoral candidacy at The University of Texas at Austin, and (2) cumulative graduate school grade point average of 3.5 or better. Women pursuing doctoral studies in all fields are encouraged to apply. Both USA citizens and non-citizens are eligible.

http://www.main.org/aauw/fellowship.html

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Women’s Center at Virginia Tech

Program Coordinator

Full-Time

Need some funding? Apply for our annual awards! Deadline: April 7th 2010.
We have moved these applications online in order to conserve resources.
Please contact the CWGS office if you have any questions about the online application system.

The Cynthia Walker Peña Scholarship
This is awarded each spring to a deserving WGS undergraduate who has earned distinction in WGS scholarship and service. Please check the Peña Award page for details.

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/awards/Undergraduate/Pena-Scholarship.php

The Lora Romero Memorial Award for Interdisciplinary Research in Race, Ethnicity and Gender
This is an annual award created in memory of former UT colleague, Lora Romero. One or two awards will be presented each spring, alternating between graduate and undergraduate student recipients. The award will honor and support students working in the area of gender studies and Chicano/a studies or the intersection between race, ethnicity and gender. Please check the Romero Award page for details.

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/awards/Undergraduate/Lora-Romero-Memorial-Award.php

The Ellen Clarke Temple Graduate Award
This award is to provide support for graduate students of Liberal Arts to be used to aid students’ travel, research, and other similar needs in the study of the women in American history, particularly in Texas or the Southwest. Please check the Temple Award page for details.

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

WGS Graduate Student Dissertation Awards
These awards are awarded each spring to deserving graduate students who are doing research on a feminist or gender-related topic. This award is designed to encourage WGS scholarship at the graduate level. Please check the Dissertation Award page for details.

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/awards/Graduate/Dissertation-Fellowships.php

PFLAG National scholarships available for 2010:
$5,000 scholarships, $2,500 scholarships, $1,000 scholarships!
Review the following eligibility requirements:
You are a graduating senior entering higher education for the first time in 2010 (if you graduated in 2009 and took a year off you are still eligible to apply).
You self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) or as a straight ally
You demonstrate an interest in service to the LGBT community.
You have applied to an accredited higher education institution.
In order to be considered for a scholarship, you will need to submit:
A complete application form
A one page essay
A high school transcript
One letter of reference
A release form
Application Process:
Send your high school transcript, letter of reference and the release form in one packet to PFLAG National (see address below).
PFLAG National
1726 M St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Submit your application and essay online (if you prefer, you may submit a hard-copy of your application and essay). For online submissions, you will be assigned a reference number; this number needs to appear on the cover of your packet containing the reference, transcripts and release form that you send to PFLAG National.
The deadline to apply for the PFLAG National Scholarship is March 12, 2010.

Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars

Each year, The New York Public Library provides stipends for up to three Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars. The stipends support travel to New York City and related expenses to do research in the Library’s premier LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) history collections. The travel grants awarded range from $1,000 to $8,500. The program is limited to emerging scholars, those  without permanent academic appointments, or those who are unaffiliated with an academic institution. Recipients must supply a written summary of their findings upon completion of their work. Interested applicants should send a 3-5 page research proposal specifying the relevant collections at the Library for their project, a draft budget and itinerary for their planned trip, a CV, and an appropriate letter of recommendation.

Applications due March 1, 2010.

Applications should be sent to Jason Baumann, The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018. Applications must be received by March 1. Notice of awards will be sent beginning March 31.

The Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars are funded by the generous support of Martin Duberman and Eli Zal.

If you have any questions about the program or the Library’scollections, please contact Jason Baumann, Coordinator of Collection Assessment and LGBT Collections at jbaumann@nypl.org.

PFLAG National scholarships available for 2010:
$5,000 scholarships, $2,500 scholarships, $1,000 scholarships!
Review the following eligibility requirements:

You are a graduating senior entering higher education for the first time in 2010 (if you graduated in 2009 and took a year off you are still eligible to apply). You self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) or as a straight ally. You demonstrate an interest in service to the LGBT community. You have applied to an accredited higher education institution.

For more information, please contact, www.pflag.org

The deadline to apply for the PFLAG National Scholarship is March 12, 2010.

The LGBT Foreign Affairs Scholarship Board will award one $2,500 scholarship to a disadvantaged student who plans to intern in a foreign affairs-related field in the summer of 2010.  The LGBT Foreign Affairs Scholarship serves as need and merit-based financial aid for students pursuing degrees and/or careers in foreign affairs. The fund helps reduce the personal costs for students in high cost areas such as Washington, DC or in other world capitals or cities.

The Scholarship partners with the U.S. Department of State’s officially recognized LGBT affinity group, Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA), to foster knowledge of international issues and careers for disadvantaged youth (view more information about this group here:  www.glifaa.org <http://www.glifaa.org/> ).

PFLAG National scholarships available for 2010:
$5,000 scholarships, $2,500 scholarships, $1,000 scholarships!
Review the following eligibility requirements:

You are a graduating senior entering higher education for the first time in 2010 (if you graduated in 2009 and took a year off you are still eligible to apply). You self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) or as a straight ally. You demonstrate an interest in service to the LGBT community. You have applied to an accredited higher education institution.

For more information, please contact, www.pflag.org

The deadline to apply for the PFLAG National Scholarship is March 12, 2010.

I wanted to inform you of the upcoming opening of the 2010-2011 Point’s online scholarship application on December 11, 2009 – a wonderful opportunity for many of your student leaders.

Point Foundation is the nation’s largest scholarship granting organization for LGBT students of merit. Point provides support through multi-year   scholarships, leadership training, mentoring and hope to LGBT student who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identityor gender expression.

Applications for the 2010-2011 school year become available at www.pointfoundation.org on December 11, 2009 with a February 12, 2010 deadline.

I ask that you please distribute this message and attachment to your students and encourage them to apply. Point really is a great scholarship organization, which provides leadership development, mentoring opportunities, and hope to those who receive Point’s scholarship. We hope today’s LGBTQ students become tomorrow’s leaders, and with your help we can assist LGBTQ students reach their potential through Point’s support!

If you have any questions, please contact the Point Foundation at shannon@pointfoundation.org, and please visit  www.pointfoundation.org