Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Opportunities

Website: http://fellowships.ssrc.org/overview/

SSRC fellowship and grant programs provide support and professional recognition to innovators within fields, and especially to younger researchers whose work and ideas will have longer-term impact on society and scholarship. These programs often target the spaces between disciplines, where new perspectives emerge and struggle for acceptance, thus ensuring the production of knowledge and expertise on key topics, regions, and social challenges. They promote the diversification of knowledge production, strengthening research by ensuring that it remains open to (and challenged by) a range of perspectives, backgrounds, and nationalities.

NOTE: Below are current SSRC funding opportunities. SSRC offers other programs that are not accepting applications at that time. To learn more about those programs, visit the SSRC Website.

Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop
Application deadline: May 1, 2008

The Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop aims to foster a sustained network of advanced graduate students and faculty engaged in research on Korea. This four-day workshop provides an informal setting for participants to give and receive critical feedback on dissertations in progress. Applications are welcome from students in all fields of the social sciences and humanities who have not yet begun field work, who are currently in the field, and those who are in the process of writing their dissertations. Full-time advanced graduate students, who are enrolled at U.S. or Canadian institutions and have an approved dissertation prospectus are eligible. The 2008 workshop will take place Sunday, July 13 through Thursday, July 17 in Monterey, California.

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship - Faculty Opportunities
Application deadline: October 3, 2008

The DPDF Program, which supports early-stage graduate students in formulating successful doctoral dissertation proposals, invites applications from faculty teams for research fields. Proposed research fields should be subdisciplinary and interdisciplinary domains with common intellectual questions and styles of research. Applications have to be submitted by two tenured faculty from different US universities and, as relevant, different disciplines. Awardees serve as research directors for a group of 12 students that meet in two workshops in late spring and early fall 2009. The stipend is $10,000; the five research fields will be announced early November 2008.

Contact information:
Fellowships Office
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
New York City, NY 10019
(212) 377-2700, Ext. 500
fellowships@ssrc.org