Program on Climate Change Fellowships

Graduate student fellowships are an important part of the PCC, and are awarded to highly qualified students interested or involved in interdisciplinary climate research. Traditionally, fellowships have been awarded to first-year students in one of the PCC core departments.
To enhance PCC’s interdisciplinary flavor , we now also award PCC fellowships to students *outside the core* departments.

The Program on Climate Change is able to award one nine-month at-large fellowship for the academic year 2010/2011; the student may be an incoming, first year student, or an existing student enrolled in a degree granting UW department, excluding those in departments that currently receive PCC fellowships (ESS, Chemical and Physical Oceanography, and Atmospheric Sciences).

To be considered for this fellowship, the student must have the prerequisite science and mathematics coursework to qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Climate Science (GCeCS) as listed under part (b) of the Admission Requirements (see Graduate Certificate link under Academics on the PCC web site).

Application materials must be submitted to the PCC office, with recommendation from a potential faculty advisor in their home department, by 5 May 2010. The application must include:

1. A copy of the application submitted to the home department, including undergraduate and graduate transcripts (where applicable).

2. Statement from the applicant describing their research area, how they see the PCC relating to their career/research interests, and affirm that they plan to fulfill the requirements of the climate certificate.

3. Recommendation from their chosen faculty advisor, who should be or become familiar with the PCC and PCC educational goals.

4. A list of science and mathematics prerequisites and grades received, that fulfill the Admission Requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Climate Science (GCeCS).

*All PCC Fellowship Awardees are expected to participate in PCC-sponsored activities and are highly encouraged to enroll in the graduate climate certificate (GCeCS) .*

Additional PCC program information can be found at:
http://uwpcc.washington.edu/

Questions? Please contact the PCC Director, Chris Bretherton (breth@washington.edu), or the PCC Program Manager, Miriam Bertram (uwpcc@u.washington.edu).

Smithsonian Fellowships

Graduate Fellowships allow students to conduct research for ten-week periods in association with Smithsonian research staff members. P

FIELDS:

• § American History, American Material and Folk Culture, and the History of Music and Musical Instruments
• § History of Science and Technology
• § History of Art, Design, Crafts, and the Decorative Arts
• § Anthropology, Archeology, Linguistics, and Ethnic Studies
• § Evolutionary, Systematic, Behavioral, Environmental Biology and Conservation
• § Earth, Mineral, and Planetary Science
• § Materials Characterization and Conservation

ELIGIBILITY: Graduate Student Fellowships: Applicants must be formally enrolled in a graduate program of study, must have completed at least one semester, and must not yet have been advanced to candidacy in a doctoral program. Fellowships allow research for ten-week periods.

EVALUATION AND SELECTION: Applicants are evaluated on their academic standing, scholarly qualifications, experiences, the quality of the research project or study proposed and its suitability to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and programs.

STIPEND: Graduate Students – $6,000

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 15 annually

For additional information and application materials, please visit the Smithsonian Institution Fellowships Home Page
http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship

DEADLINE: January 4, 2010
(Paper applications are available from the Office of Fellowships and Awards, G-1 Communications Building)
The Graduate School Office of Fellowships and Awards is now accepting applications from students for the Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship. Mrs. Liebmann set up a trust fund to provide funding for graduate students of “outstanding character and ability who hold promise for achievement and distinction in their chosen fields of study.” This is the first year that we have participated in this national fellowship competition; we are able to send three nominees to the foundation for consideration. The Office of Fellowships and Awards will collect all applications and a faculty panel will review and choose the nominees.

AWARD: The fellowship provides an $18,000 stipend plus tuition and may be renewed for a total of three years of funding.

FIELDS: Eligible fields are: any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture, or other formal professional training).

ELIGIBILITY:
Must be in an advanced degree program at the UW
Must be U.S. citizen
Must have outstanding undergraduate record
Must show financial need
Must have received baccalaureate degree
Not advocate communism . . . (yes this is for real.)

For more information about the fellowship and application process, please go to: http://www.grad.washington.edu/students/fa/liebmann/index.shtml or contact us at gradappt@u.washington.edu or 206-543-7152

Kate’s Note:  This is not your usual fellowship. Be sure to get your paper application in early and be as complete as possible in enumerating your academic record and financial need. (This is no time to be shy and modest.) Also remember that faculty will be doing the first selection. Then the applicants go on to the next level of selection.

FLAS Applications

Apply now for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

Application packets for Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships are now available for students to pick up from the Jackson School of International Studies, Office of Student Services in Thomson 111. Incoming and current graduate and professional students from all departments and schools are encouraged to apply. The deadline is January 15, 2010.

Incoming and current M.A and Ph.D. students, who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and plan to study a modern foreign language*, in combination with area or international studies or international aspects of professional fields, are eligible for Academic Year awards. Summer fellowships are granted to those who will take an intensive foreign language course in the U.S. or abroad.

FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education through eight National Resource Centers located in the Jackson School of International Studies: Canada, East Asia, Global (International) Studies, Middle East, Russia/East Europe/Central Asia (REECAS/Ellison), South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Europe.

Summer 2010 awards will provide tuition up to $4,000, plus a living allowance of $2,500. Travel funds up to $1,000 are available with summer awards only. Academic Year 2010-11 fellowships, pending funding, will grant tuition up to $12,000**, plus a stipend of $15,000**. Graduate appointee health insurance is paid out of the tuition amount.

Students may download application materials from http://jsis.washington.edu/advise/catalog/flasapp.html .

Eight campus-wide information sessions about the FLAS fellowship will be held in November and December. (Dates, times and locations are attached.) Students may register by emailing Mary Ann Curtis at macurtis@uw.edu.

*2009-10 FLAS award languages: Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian/Malay, Italian, Japanese, Kazak, Kirgiz, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Urdu, Uzbek, and Vietnamese. Award languages for 2010-11 are not confirmed.

**2009-10 funding levels. Academic Year 2010-11 award amounts have not been determined.

Mary Ann Curtis, Coordinator
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Program Jackson School of International Studies University of Washington macurtis@uw.edu
Phone: 206-616-8679

PS – Listing of campus info sessions is in the next item below.

Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Grad Fellowship

Deadline   November 01, 2009

The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship is available to graduate students. You must be pursing a graduate degree in a field of science, engineering, medicine, veterinary medicine, business, law or education. During the course of the fellowship, each fellow will be assigned to a senior staff member who will assist and guide the fellow in developing essential skills. The fellowship will allow students to engage in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology and familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology and government.

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/index.html

Scan|Design Fellowships – Just FYI

Scan|Design Fellowships http://uwgfis.blogspot.com/2009/10/deadline-for-scandesign-fellowship-for.html The deadline for the Scan|Design Fellowship for Spring Semester 2010 (UW winter and spring quarters) has been extended to OCTOBER 26, 2009. This competition is open to GRADUATE students . The Scan|Design fellowship supports graduate students and seniors in many disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as in the Evans School, College of Engineering,and Program on the Environment, to study at selected Danish institutions for one semester. The fellowship award covers UW in-state tuition, travel and most living expenses in Denmark. Coursework conducted in English. Application and more information about the Fellowships and the UW’s Danish partner universities can be found at http://depts.washington.edu/scand/studyindenmark/ Please contact afuller@uw.edu for more information.

Scan|Design Fellowships Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:32 PM PDT Learn all about the Scan|Design Fellowships here: http://depts.washington.edu/scand/studyindenmark/scandesign_fellows.php

Women in Transportation Scholarship Event

The Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Puget Sound Chapter & UW-Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies Program (GTTL) are proud to sponsor:

“The WTS Autumn Networking/Scholarship/Pizza Student Workshop”

Tuesday, October 13th
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
University of Washington Campus
Electrical Engineering (EEB), Room 403

Please join WTS and GTTL for our Networking, Scholarship, and Pizza Workshop.

WTS is giving away $12,000 in scholarships to women studying transportation! Stop by October 13th to find out more about the scholarships and pick-up application materials. The workshop will also feature networking with WTS members and speakers from donating transportation engineering and planning organizations, PLUS high-quality PIZZA!

All students welcome! — RSVPs appreciated: gttl@u.washington.edu, 206-616-5778

Local CSDE Fellowship Program Open

CSDE Fellowship Program: Advanced Graduate Training in Demography

Applications welcome now!

This is to announce this year’s round of applications for the CSDE Fellowship Program for Advanced Graduate Training in Demography. Applications to become a CSDE Fellow are now open, until end of day on Friday, October 9th.

Participation in the CSDE Fellows program is open to any graduate student at the University of Washington.

The idea behind this program is to create a group of graduate students who are affiliated with CSDE, and a training program for students interested in demography. Many students regularly attend CSDE Seminars, and are linked to CSDE through advisers or mentors who are CSDE Faculty Affiliates; CSDE wants to offer the support of CSDE core services to these students; limited financial support for conference attendance is also available. Otherwise, these Fellowships are not funded.

For more details on Fellowship requirements, instructions and an application form, please visit the CSDE Fellowships page at http://csde.washington.edu/training/fellowships.shtml

HOW TO APPLY:

1. Applicants should register for CSDE 502 (Population Proseminar) in Autumn quarter right away. In CSDE 502 they will be introduced to the core services offered by CSDE.

2. Applications can be submitted online by visiting http://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/latsch/83761 (NetID required). The application is in the form of an online WebQ survey. Applications are due by end of day on Friday, October 9th.

Questions? Send an email to Wolfram Latsch at latsch@u.washington.edu

Next Cycle of Presidential Management Fellows Announced

Here's a flyer about the wonderful two-year federal opportunity
open to individuals completing a graduate degree this coming academic
year.  SMA has a great history of PMFs. You can also find more information by:

Attending an Information Session:
http://careers.washington.edu/Calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D8569
9432

Downloading an Informative PowerPoint Presentation:
https://www.pmf.opm.gov/Documents/AcadPresent.pdf

Checking the PMF website:
https://www.pmf.opm.gov/index.aspx

PCC Grad Student Fellowships

Graduate student fellowships are an important part of the PCC, and are awarded to highly qualified students interested or involved in interdisciplinary climate research. Traditionally, fellowships are awarded to first-year students in one of the PCC core departments, and more recently to students outside the core departments.

We are able to award one nine-month at-large fellowship for the academic year 2009/2010. We are aware of one highly qualified candidate, but would like to know if there are others. The candidate must be an incoming student admitted to a degree-granting graduate department at the UW.   

 To make this available fall quarter, we need your nominations AND student applications ASAP, and no later than 2 September 2009, for decision by 15 September 2009.

Application materials must be submitted to the PCC office, with recommendation from a potential advisor, by September 2, 2009. The application must include:

1.  A copy of the application submitted to the home department.

2.  Statement from the applicant describing their research area, how they see the PCC relating to their career/research interests, and affirm that they plan to fulfill the requirements of the climate certificate which is currently being implemented.  Visit the academics section of the PCC website (http://uwpcc.washington.edu/) for more information.

3.  Recommendation from a potential faculty advisor.

All PCC Fellowship Awardees are expected to enroll in the graduate climate certificate and participate in PCC sponsored activities.

General PCC program information can be found at:  http://uwpcc.washington.edu/

Questions?  Please contact the PCC Director, Chris Bretherton (breth@washington.edu), or the PCC Program Manger, Miriam (uwpcc@u.washington.edu).