fellowship information

This webpage is a working list of grants and fellowships that can be used to support dissertation research in cultural anthropology, particularly in Japan. I would appreciate any suggestions or corrections.


National Fellowships
Fulbright http://www.cies.org/
Fullbright Scholars Program http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/
Fulbright Japan http://www.cies.org/country/japan.htm
(Deadline: October 3, 2003)

Fulbright-Hays
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/ddrap.html
(Deadline: October 25, 2003)

National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov
NSF – Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/
NSF – Cultural Anthropology
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/anthro/start.htm
Fastlane – NSF online application
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp
(Deadline: January 1, 2004)

Seth Curley has written tips and notes about preparing NSF applications.

Social Science Research Council
http://www.ssrc.org/
International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships (IDRF)
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/idrf/
(Deadline: November 12, 2003)

Wenner Gren
http://www.wennergren.org/index.html
Individual Research Grants
http://www.wennergren.org/programsirg.html
(Deadline: November 1, 2003)

Fellowships related to Japan
Japan Foundation
http://www.jfny.org/jfny/index.html
Doctoral Fellowships
http://www.jfny.org/jfny/fellow.html
(Deadline: November 1, 2003)

Internal Yale Monies
Yale Center for International and Area Studies http://www.yale.edu/ycias/
The Program in Agrarian Studies, Globalization and Self-Determination
http://www.yale.edu/agrarianstudies/real/colloq2.html

Other Necessary Applications
Yale Human Subjects Review Board http://www.yale.edu/hsc/

Notes from Info Meetings
These informal meetings were held in Yale’s anthropology department with graduate students and professors.
Seth Curley’s notes from 2002
Allison Alexy’s notes from 2003