Research grants: two awards of $16,000 each for the 2013-2014
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">The Association for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce the Call for Submissions for the </font><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://www.ajsnet.org/berman.htm"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt"><font color="#0000ff">Berman Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Support of Research in the Social Scientific Study of the Contemporary American Jewish Community</font></span></b></a></span><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">. The application deadline is <b>Friday, March 22, 2013</b>. The Berman Fellowships – two awards of $16,000 each for the 2013-2014 academic year – aim to support the development and expansion of the field of the social scientific study of Jewish Americans and the contemporary Jewish-American experience; enhance funding opportunities for up-and-coming scholars in the midst of institutional cutbacks in higher education; and encourage graduate students in sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, demography, contemporary history, social work, political science, geography and education to include in their research </font></font><a name="_GoBack"></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">the study of North American Jewry. Fellowships will be awarded for one academic year. Preference will be given to applicants seeking support for doctoral research, but requests for funding to support the writing phase of the dissertation will also be considered. Support for this project is generously provided by the Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation.<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"><font color="#000000"> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> <font size="3"><font color="#000000">Further information, including application instructions, can be found on the AJS </font><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://www.ajsnet.org/berman.htm"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt"><font color="#0000ff">website</font></span></a></span><font color="#000000">. Please contact Karen Terry, AJS Program and Membership Coordinator, at </font><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt"><a href="mailto:ajs@ajs.cjh.org"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt"><font color="#0000ff">ajs@ajs.cjh.org</font></span></a></span><font color="#000000"> or 917.606.8249 if you have any questions regarding the application process or fellowship program. 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Posted By: Farideh Goldin
Date: Thu Jan 31 10:32:48 EST 2013