Fellowship | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 3

CCWH/Berkshire and CCWH/Ida B. Wells Award, USA

This award is given to a female A.B.D. graduate student working on a historical dissertation, not necessarily in a history department. Applications for work on a project involving issues of race are particularly welcome.
1) be a CCWH member
(2) be a woman graduate student in a U.S. institution
(3) have passed to A.B.D. status by the time of the application. She may hold this award and others simultaneously. The applicant may specialize in any field, but must be working on an historical.The CCWH/Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Graduate Student Fellowship is a $1000 award to a female graduate student completing a dissertation in a history department.
The CCWH Ida B. Wells Graduate Student Fellowship is a $1000 award to an A.B.D. female graduate student working on a historical dissertation, not necessarily in a history department.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 Sept,2011

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2011 Design Impact Fellowship in India

In November 2011, Design Impact will celebrate our second year of embedded design by assigning our first round of full time designers, or “Fellows”, to Indian organizations–kicking off five projects that apply design to social and environmental issues.
As a Design Impact Fellow you will:
Live and work for six months amongst the challenges faced by resource-poor communities.Learn about international development and non-profit structures from a unique perspective.Play a leadership role on a design project that has measurable positive outcomes for society.Use your design skills in non-traditional functions such as organizational capacity building, product distribution patterns, partnership development, and solution implementation.

Scholarship Application Deadline:June 1st, 2011.

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2011-2012 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship in Journalism

The International Women’s Media Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2011-12 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, named for the 1998 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner and The Boston Globe correspondent who was killed in Iraq in May 2003. This program, created with Neuffer’s family and friends, aims to perpetuate her memory and advance her life mission of promoting international understanding of human rights and social justice while creating an opportunity for women journalists to build their skills.

One woman journalist will be selected to spend an academic year in a tailored program with access to Boston-area universities as well as The Boston Globe and The New York Times. The flexible structure of the program will provide the fellow with opportunities to pursue academic research and hone her reporting skills covering topics related to human rights.The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship is open to women journalists whose focus is human rights and social justice. Applicants must be dedicated to a career in journalism in print, broadcast or online media and show a strong commitment to sharing knowledge and skills with colleagues upon the completion of the fellowship. Excellent written and spoken English skills are required. A stipend will be provided, and expenses, including airfare and housing, will be covered.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
May 27, 2011

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