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2011 George P.Shultz Fellowship in Canadian Studies, Stanford University, USA

The Canadian Studies Committee is pleased to announce the availability of funds, in honor of George P. Shultz, to support research-related activities of graduate and undergraduate students specializing in Canadian Studies. The program is intended to fill in the gaps between the availability of university and external funding for student research of Canada and the Canada-U.S. relationship in all facets, at all educational levels, and in all disciplines.Some topics that can be considered highly relevant to the Canada-U.S. relations include smart and secure borders; North American economic competitiveness; regulatory cooperation; Canada-U.S. trade and investment partnership; energy security and sustainability; environmental sustainability; emergency planning and management; Canada-U.S. security and defense cooperation; global health policy; and changing demographics in North America. The program also encourages projects that include collaboration with researchers at Canadian institutions.

Awards will be made on a competitive basis primarily to students who are in one of the following categories:
* preparing dissertation or thesis proposals;
* undertaking field research and requiring supplemental assistance;
* writing up the results of research work.
Research-related expenses that can be funded include tuition, travel, and/or reasonable living expenses. No funds are available to cover travel or maintenance costs for dependents and spouses.

Scholarship Application Deadline:April 1, 2011.

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PFF Community Leadership Fellowships at Stanford University, USA

A new fellowship program will provide opportunities for students to develop their global leadership skills by working with international communities in need. The PFF Community Leadership Program, funded by the Pathy Family Foundation and administered by the Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC), offers up to $30,000 for each eight to 12-month fellowship. Two fellowships will be awarded this year and four fellowships each of the following two years.“Many leadership-oriented students dream up innovative projects but struggle to find the funding to carry them out. This program will empower them to affect social change around the world,” says Rowena Selby, QUIC education abroad advisor.
Projects can vary in scope as long as they address a community need. Innovative and entrepreneurial projects of social and intercultural significance will receive special consideration. Applicants must also show the potential on-going sustainability of the project after the fellowship. The foundation chose to partner with Queen’s because it was impressed by QUIC’s support for and commitment to international student activities and programs. PFF hopes recipients will benefit from the leadership experience provided by the fellowship and that it will reinforce their commitment to community service throughout their lives. At the end of the fellowship, the students will return to Queen’s and participate in activities on campus that deepen people’s understanding of the social and cultural context of the communities within which the projects were undertaken.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 14 April  2012

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2011 CASBS-Residential Fellowship Program at Stanford University, USA: Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology Humanistic Disciplines, Education, Linguistics and Biological Sciences.

The Center offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for scientists and scholars from this country and abroad. Since 1954, CASBS fellowships have been awarded to scholars working in a diverse range of disciplines. These include the five core social and behavioral disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology and sociology as well as scholars from a wide range of humanistic disciplines, education, linguistics and the biological sciences.

Many activities offer Fellows significant opportunities to engage with one another (as well as with other accomplished scholars on Stanford campus):

•a seminar series in which Fellows are invited to present their work
•informal work groups that emerge during the year, which give Fellows with broadly overlapping interests a basis for sustained conversation
•public meetings of special projects in residence, which give Fellows a chance to learn more about these projects and to engage with participants on substantive issues of mutual interest
•daily lunches at the Center, which often result in one-on-one meetings between potential collaborators
•special events and recreational activities organized by the Center
•Stanford campus colloquia and seminars provided by the Psychology Department, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, the Humanities Center, etc.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
April 6, 2011

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