[colombiamigra] Fw: [NIEM] DPDF Student Fellowship Competition [Migration, Immigrants]
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- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 19:02:58 -0800 (PST)
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DPDF Student Fellowship Competition
Providing graduate students with support to formulate effective doctoral
dissertation proposals
Open for applications, next deadline is February 3rd 2014. Apply Now
Click here for a sample application.
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Student Fellowship
Competition is organized to help graduate students in the humanities and social
sciences formulate effective research proposals through exploratory research
and exchanges with other scholars within interdisciplinary areas of study.
Each year, the program offers dissertation proposal development workshops led
by pairs of tenured senior faculty who define emerging or reinvigorated
interdisciplinary research fields. These research field directors lead groups
of 12 graduate students through two multiday workshops during the fellowship
cycle. The spring workshop helps students focus their research questions and
prepare them for summer exploratory research that will inform the design of
dissertation proposals. The fall workshop helps students apply their summer
research experiences to writing dissertation research proposals for their
departments or funding agencies. Students may apply for up to $5,000 to cover
summer research costs. Travel, accommodations, and meals for both workshops are
covered by the DPDF Program.
Working together with faculty research directors, graduate students design
research that will help to shape evolving fields in the humanities and social
sciences. All of the program's activities seek to create professional networks
that will have value throughout the participants' research careers.
* Research Fields
* Structure of the DPDF Program
* Eligibility Criteria
* Application Requirements and Procedures
* Selection Criteria
Research Fields
Each year, the DPDF program selects five or more fields of study for
dissertation research proposal training, choosing emerging or reinvigorating
fields that address broad public concerns and can be approached from multiple
intellectual, societal, and geographic orientations. Each field centers on a
core set of issues and questions that can valuably be addressed through the
intellectual perspectives and research styles of different humanities and
social science disciplines. Usually, at least one research field is formed
through an international partnership with a non-US research institution,
expanding the potential for cross-national dialogue.
The 2014 DPDF Research Fields are:
* Development and Migration (International Field)
* Immigrants and Their Homeland Connections: Transnationalism in
Historical Perspective
* Making the Biotech Body: Technologies, Knowledge, and Global Markets
* Modernity and Autochthony: The Question of Land-Based Group Identity
* Oceanic Studies: Seas as Sites and Subjects of Interdisciplinary
Inquiry
* State Building and Governance in Retrospect and Prospect
Potential applicants are asked to review carefully the current research field
descriptions to assess into which research field, if any, their project might
fit best. For questions about whether a specific research project conforms with
a field, please contact DPDF staff.
Structure of the DPDF Program
Workshops and Summer Research
DPDF annual cycles are organized around spring and fall workshops that bracket
student summer research. Student fellows are required to participate in both
workshops.
* In the spring workshop, fellows work with their research directors in
both individual and group settings to refine research questions and identify
useful methods of investigation, considering the field's broader research
literature in conjunction with their own research goals.
* During the summer, fellows are required to undertake at least six
weeks of exploratory research that will help them become familiar with sources,
locations, and intended methods of investigation, which can be supported with
stipends of up to $5,000.
* In the fall workshop, fellows work with their research directors to
draw lessons from their spring workshop and summer experiences to refine their
research proposals for their home departments or external funding agencies.
DPDF Workshops for all fields are held in the United States at the same time
and place, except for the spring workshops of fields labeled "international
fields," which meet overseas.
Student Support
The DPDF program covers all travel and lodging expenses for fellows to attend
both workshops, as well as meals during the workshop period. In addition,
applicants may request up to $5,000 to support expenses directly related to
summer research, such as travel, accommodations, and limited research equipment
and supplies. Please read the Summer Research Funding section in theDPDF
Frequently Asked Questions for Prospective Student Applicants for guidelines on
allowable expenses.
Eligibility Criteria
* Applicants must be currently enrolled full time in PhD programs at
accredited universities within the United States.
* The "international field" is open to students enrolled in PhD
programs within the United States and other select countries. Review each
research field's description for specific information.
* Applicants must have completed at least two full years of graduate
study by the end of the 2013–2014 academic year (including study toward a
master's degree at their current or previous institution).
* Applicants must be on track to obtain approval of their dissertation
proposals within their doctoral programs after the conclusion of the fall
workshop but no later than the end of the 2014–2015 academic year. Similarly,
applicants must also be on track to complete all other precandidacy/pre-ABD
requirements by the end of the 2014–2015 academic year.
* Students who have already submitted proposals to funding agencies for
support of dissertation research are no longer eligible to apply to the DPDF
Program. Refer to the FAQs for details.
Please read the DPDF Frequently Asked Questions for Prospective Student
Applicants, which provides answers to common questions. If your question is not
answered within the FAQs, please contact DPDF staff for all other inquiries
regarding the program, eligibility, or application process. Do not contact
research directors directly.
Application Requirements and Procedures
All applications to the student competition must be submitted through the SSRC
application portalby the posted deadline.
Each completed application must include four components:
1. An online application form (available within the online portal). The
form contains questions about the applicant's:
* Educational background;
* Proposed dissertation topic and its relevance to the research field;
* Preliminary research plans and a proposed summer research budget (if
requesting research funds);
* Relevant research and employment experiences;
* Applicable language skills;
* Previous, current, or pending funding opportunities in graduate
school.
2. A one-page bibliography (uploaded in PDF format to the online
portal).
3. Copies of unofficial or official transcripts from all prior and
current graduate-degreegranting institutions (uploaded in PDF format to the
online portal).
4. One letter of reference, to be written by the applicant's advisor or
the faculty member who can best speak to the applicant's research interests and
abilities (uploaded to the online portal by referee).
Additionally, all applicants must confirm within the application form that they
will be able to:
* Attend both the spring and fall workshops in their entirety. (Please
read each research field's description for workshop dates and locations.)
* Undertake at least six weeks of exploratory summer research between
the spring and fall workshops.
All necessary instructions for submitting an application are included within
the online portal itself. Applicants with questions about the application
process should read the Frequently Asked Questions for Prospective Student
Applicants before contacting DPDF program staff. For any remaining questions,
contact staff at dpdf@xxxxxxxx.
Selection Criteria
Student applications will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
Fit of proposed dissertation topic within a selected research field. The
dissertation topic must be clearly relevant to one of this year's research
fields as described on the DPDF website. Applicants will be assessed on how
their topics can both draw from and contribute to the stated aims of the
research field and also add to the interdisciplinary dialogue within the field.
Preparation of the student for proposal development. The application materials
submitted should demonstrate the applicant’s readiness to develop and refine a
dissertation proposal for their department or funding agency. The most
competitive students will likely have completed one or more research papers or
presentations related to their dissertation topic or the research field (e.g.,
undergraduate honors papers, major research papers, MA theses, or workshop or
conference presentations).
Connection between summer research plans and proposal development. The
program’s goal is to help students explore the potential value of different
research methods and approaches rather than to get a head start in completing
their dissertation research. Therefore, preliminary summer plans must explain
how undertaking exploratory empirical investigations—whether qualitative,
quantitative, archival, library-based or other—can contribute to the
development of their dissertation proposals. Students should describe the kinds
of investigations they expect to pursue, sources they might consult, and how
they might explore alternative methodologies. It is recommended, though not
required, that students make prior formal and professional contacts at their
research sites.
Potential significance of proposed dissertation topic. The description of the
dissertation topic should show how the applicant intends to build on such and
contribute to existing scholarship by presenting an innovative new research
question and considering suitable methods of investigation that will enable the
applicant to answer the question presented.
Clarity of goals and potential for benefit from the DPDF Program. The
application materials submitted should make clear in what ways the applicant
seeks to benefit from the training and research components of the DPDF Program.
Applicants should be able to describe how they anticipate their dissertation
proposal and summer research plans could benefit from dialogue with colleagues
across different disciplines.
Program Director
Josh DeWind
Contact
* Anna Mokros
Program Staff
* Marika Dunn, Program Officer
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