[URBANTH-L]ANN: SSRC International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship

[Angela Jancius]

2006 International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship
Deadline:  November 10, 2005
Fellowship Amount: $20,000.00

 The Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned
Societies are pleased to announce the 2006 competition of the International
Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF) program, which is designed to
support distinguished graduate students in the humanities & social sciences
conducting dissertation field research in all areas & regions of the world.
Fifty fellowships of approximately $20,000 will be awarded in 2006 with
funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF Program is
committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about cultures, societies,
aesthetics, economics and/or polities outside the United States. The program
promotes work that is relevant to a particular discipline while resonating
across other fields & area specializations. The program is open to full-time
graduate students in the humanities and social sciences - regardless of
citizenship - enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States. Applicants
must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except fieldwork and dissertation
by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2006, whichever comes
first. Fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months in the
field, plus travel expenses. The fellowship must be held for a single
continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2006 and December
2007. Applications for the IDRF program must be submitted electronically
using the SSRC's Online Application Portal.

Eligibility Requirements: The International Dissertation Field Research
Fellowship (IDRF) program supports full-time graduate students in the
humanities and social sciences, enrolled in doctoral programs in the United
States, conducting dissertation field research in all areas and regions of
the world. Applicants must have completed all Ph.D. requirements except
fieldwork and dissertation by the time the fellowship begins or by December
2006, whichever comes first.

 Contact Information
IDRF Program
810 Seventh Avenue
31st Floor
New York NY 10019 USA
Phone: 212-377-2700
Email: idrf at ssrc.org
URL http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf