Social Science Research Council

The SSRC is currently accepting applications for the following programs:

• Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program:  provides support for graduate students in the humanities and social sciences to formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions.   The program is designed to intervene at a critical moment in the career development of graduate students in the humanities and social sciences by aiding their transition from students to researchers.  The 2007 research fields are:
  • Black Atlantic Studies
  • The Political Economy of Redistribution
  • Rethinking Europe:  Religion, Ethnicity, Nation
  • Visual Culture
  • Water Sustainability:  Society, Politics, Culture

For complete program information, please visit the SSRC DPDF program page.    Deadline:  application due March 1, 2007

• International Dissertation Research Fellowship Program:  provides support for social scientists and humanists conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of the world.  Up to fifty fellowships will be awarded in the year 2005.  The program is administered by the SSRC in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies.   Funds are provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  The IDRF awards enable doctoral candidates of proven achievement and outstanding potential to use their knowledge of distinctive cultures, societies, languages, economies, polities, and histories, in combination with their disciplinary training, to address issues that transcend their disciplines or area specializations.  The program supports scholarship that treats place and setting in relation to broader phenomena as well as in particular historical and cultural contexts.  Standard fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months in the field, plus travel expenses; no award will be granted for less than nine months at a research site.  Award will be for approximately $20,000.  Applicants must complete all Ph.D. requirements except fieldwork and dissertation by the time the fellowship begins.  The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2007 and December 2008.   Deadline:  application due November 1, 2006
  
  
• Eurasia Title VIII Fellowship Program:  offers several fellowships at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels for research, writing, training, and curriculum development on or related to any of the New States of Eurasia, the Soviet Union, and/or the Russian Empire.   Deadline:  applications and deadline available on the program page after September 1, 2006
  
  
• Title VIII Dissertation Workshops:  provide full-time graduate students, from relevant social science and humanities disciplines whose projects examine Eurasia, with the opportunity to receive creative and critical input on their dissertation projects and to address the workshop's theme more generally.  Deadline:  April 24, 2006
  
  
• SSRC-Mellon Predoctoral Research Grant:  designed to diversify the faculties at colleges and universities by providing support for qualified minority scholars and others with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities.   Refer to program guidelines for additional information.  Deadline:  applications due November 15, annually
  
  
• JSPS Fellowship Program:  for US researchers provide promising and highly qualified recent Ph.D's (and ABD's -- see eligibility requirements) with opportunities to conduct research in Japan. JSPS guidelines target the applicant who wishes to conduct cooperative research under the leadership of a host researcher, thereby advancing the Fellow's own research and at the same time stimulating Japanese academic circles through close collaboration with young Japanese researchers.  Deadline:  applications due December 1, 2006

All applications must be submitted through the On-line Application Portal system.  For more information regarding requirements and eligibility criteria, please refer to each of the individual funding programs.