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The American Council of Learned Societies is launching this year a new fellowship program providing support for young scholars to complete their dissertation and, later, to advance their research after being awarded the Ph.D. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program will award fellowships in two categories: Dissertation Completion Fellowships and Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients. For more information go to http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is inviting applications from Ph.D. students for the following dissertation fellowships. The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies (www.woodrow.org/womens-studies) offers awards for candidates doing original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships (www.woodrow.org/newcombe) support the final year of work on Ph.D. dissertations dealing with ethical or religious values in fields across the humanities and social sciences.


The Hertz Foundation is inviting students to apply for its fall 2007 Graduate Fellowships. Eligible applicants for Hertz Fellowships must be students of the applied physical sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States. College seniors wishing to pursue the Ph.D. degree in any of the fields of particular interest to the Foundation, as well as graduate students already in the process of doing so, may apply.

Successful applicants have the choice of two Fellowship options:

1. Five-Year Hertz - Option 1
- $28,000/9-month personal stipend
- Full tuition equivalent
- Renewable for up to 5 years

2. Five-Year Coordinated - Option 2
Hertz Period - Two Years
- $33,000/9-month personal stipend
- Full tuition equivalent
Other Fellowship Period - Up to Three Years
- $3,000/ year supplemental stipend from Hertz
- Requires Awardee to accept a 3-year Fellowship from another source

The application deadline is October 27, 2006. For more information, including instructions about how to apply, visit www.hertzfoundation.org


The Switzer Environmental Fellowship program was created to assist talented scholars dedicated to environmental problem-solving and to encourage those highly trained and committed individuals to become leaders in the environmental field.

One-year fellowships are available to graduate students in California and New England whose studies are directed toward improving the quality of our natural environment. Fellowships are not limited by field of study. In the past, awards have been made to students pursuing environmental policy studies, economics, engineering, public health, and law as well as those pursuing the more traditional sciences: biology, chemistry and physics. Technical knowledge, analytical skills and environmental experience are important components of a successful application regardless of field of study.

The Fellowship includes a $15,000 award, career coaching, net-working support with Switzer Fellowship alumni and environmental professionals and access to other professional development and grant support.

More information is available at: http://www.switzernetwork.org/fellowship-overview.html


2007 CESASC Scholarship Application is now available at the CESASC website http://www.cesasc.org. If you or your children are currently a US college undergraduate or graduate student, you are eligible to apply for the Scholarship. The application deadline is December 31, 2006.

At a recent press conference, CESASC Chairman Shan Lee told reporters that more than forty years ago, a group of engineers and scientists in Southern California formed CESASC to let the US society recognize the contributions Chinese-Americans have made in advanced science and technology of the time. They also established the organization to facilitate Chinese-American engineers and scientists to help each other in their careers. Later they established CESASC Scholarship Foundation and regularly gave financial awards to outstanding students and students in financial need in the spirit of CESASC. Most of these students are Chinese-Americans.

Tony Ding, the CESASC Public Relations Committee Chairman, commented that some old recipients of the CESASC Scholarship Awards are now making significant contributions to the society. He mentioned Dr. Linda Liau, the chief surgeon of UCLA Neurosurgery Department, who was the recipient of the CESASC Scholarship Award in 1986, was the recipient of the prestigious CESASC Achievement Award earlier this year.

Dr. Tzung Hsiai, the CESASC Scholarship Committee Chairman, explained that his Committee consists of professors from several Southern California universities and research institutes. They will select about 10 Scholarship recipients from all applicants based on academic achievements, potentials, future goals as well as extra-curriculum activities. Each scholarship is between $500 and $1,000. Applicants will be notified of their application status in March, 2007. Award recipients should attend the CESASC 45th Convention and Award Ceremony on April 14, 2007 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport to receive the certificates and checks.

Questions and applications should be sent to Dr. Hsiai at hsiai@usc.edu, or by mail or fax. Please check http://www.cesasc.org for more details. Some news media coverage is available at:
http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-la-news.php?nt_seq_id=1435663
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The University has been invited to nominate up to three graduate students for the 2007 Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowships.

Please find attached the Conditions and Application Form. Each fellowship covers the cost of tuition and a stipend of $18,000 for academic year 2007-2008. The home school or department will be expected to pay health and dental insurance and the health center fee for the recipient. Candidates will need to demonstrate a need for financial assistance and be citizens of the United States.

To be considered for nomination, applicants must submit one set of application materials to the Graduate School c/o Richard Tithecott, Grace Ford Salvatori Suite 315 (mail code 1695), by January 15th, 2007. Application materials will need to be copied so applicants should not use staples or submit pages with information on both sides. Only a single binder clip should be used to group each applicant’s materials.