DUCIS Graduate Awards for Research and Training
Competition deadline is:
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 by 5.00pm. (No applications accepted beyond this date & time).
The DUCIS Graduate Awards for Research
and Training provide graduate students working on
international, regional or comparative research
with funding for travel to archival and research
sites inside and outside the continental United
States, for attendance at specialized conferences,
or for foreign language & methods training.
Awards range from $500 to $2,500. Funding
requests may include costs of international and
in-country travel, living expenses, and directly-related
research materials.
To be eligible, the applicant must be enrolled full
time in a graduate or professional school program
at Duke University and must have been a regular
participant during 2007-2008 in one of the working groups or seminars sponsored by the Center for International
Studies. The working groups and seminars for 2007-2008
are:
(1)
University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy;
Funding may be used between June 1, 2008 and May
31, 2009. Please note that while students
seeking support for dissertation research are encouraged
to apply, funding is not meant to replace external
funding. Dissertation students are strongly
encouraged to apply for external support. The number of awards is subject to availability
of funds in the next fiscal year.