Provided By: Independent Institute
Deadline: May 03, 2010
Type of Award: Fellowship
Amount: $2500
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www.independent.org/students/essay/

Description:
The Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest is available to undergraduate and graduate students under the age of 35. You must compose an essay between 1,500 and 5,000 words addressing the quote by Frederic Bastiat: "Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget the state wants to live at the expense of everyone." Assuming Bastiat is correct, what ideas or reforms could be developed that would make people better aware that government wants to live at their expense?

Applicable Majors:
American Government and Politics (United States)
American History
Ancient Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Applied Economics
Archeology
Asian History
Canadian Government and Politics
Canadian History
Cartography
Criminology
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
Demography and Population Studies
Development Economics and International Development
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
Economics
European History
Geography
History
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
International Economics
International Relations and Affairs
International/Global Studies
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Physical Anthropology
Political Science and Government
Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
Social Sciences
Sociology
Urban Studies/Affairs

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Provided By: Foundation for Economic Education
Deadline: November 01, 2009
Type of Award: Essay Contest
Amount: $2000
Awards Available: 1
Website: http://fee.org/contest/eugene-thorpe-essay-contest/

Description:
The Eugene S. Thorpe Award is available to students with an interest in free-market economics. You must compose an original 2000 to 3000 word essay on a provided topic to enter this competition.

Applicable Majors:
Accounting
Accounting Technician and Bookkeeper
Accounting and Business/Management
Accounting and Finance
Actuarial Science
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
Agribusiness Operations
Agricultural Business Technology
Agricultural Business and Management
Agricultural Communication/Journalism
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Production Operations
Agricultural and Extension Education Services
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling
American Government and Politics (United States)
American History
Anthropology
Apparel and Accessories Marketing
Applied Economics
Area Studies
Asian History
Auctioneering
Auditing
Banking and Financial Support Services
Business
Business Administration and Management
Business Statistics
Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing
Business/Corporate Communications
Business/Managerial Economics
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry
Canadian History
Construction Management
Consumer Economics
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
Consumer Services and Advocacy
Credit Management
Customer Service Management
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation
Demography and Population Studies
Development Economics and International Development
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
Economics
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
European History
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
Family and Consumer Economics
Fashion Merchandising
Fashion Modeling
Finance
Financial Planning and Services
Franchising and Franchise Operations
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
General Studies
Geography
History
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Home Furnishings and Equipment Installers
Hospitality Administration and Management
Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
Housing and Human Environments
Human Resources Development
Human Resources Management
Human Sciences Business Services
Human Sciences Communication
Humanities
Information Resources Management/CIO Training
Insurance
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
International Business
International Economics
International Finance
International Marketing
International Relations and Affairs
International/Global Studies
Investments and Securities
Knowledge Management
Labor Studies
Labor and Industrial Relations
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Logistics and Materials Management
Management Information Systems
Management Science
Marketing
Marketing Research
Merchandising and Buying Operations
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
Non-Profit/Public Management
Office Management and Supervision
Operations Management and Supervision
Organizational Behavior Studies
Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Physical Anthropology
Political Science and Government
Professional Studies
Public Finance
Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
Purchasing, Procurement and Contracts Management
Real Estate Management
Receptionist
Resort Management
Restaurant/Food Services Management
Retailing and Retail Operations
Sales, Distribution and Marketing Operations
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
Small Business Administration and Management
Social Sciences
Sociology
Special Products Marketing
Taxation
Tourism Promotion Operations
Tourism and Travel Services Management
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing
Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician
Transportation Management
Urban Studies/Affairs
Vehicle and Vehicle Parts and Accessories Marketing

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Provided By: Community Associations Institute (CAI) Research Foundation
Deadline: Varies
Type of Award: Fellowship
Amount: $4000
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www.cairf.org

Description:
The Byron Hanke Fellowship is available to graduates who are enrolled in an accredited master's, doctoral or law program and are working on topics related to community associations. Projects may address management, institutions, organization and administration, public policy or architecture, as well as political, economic, social, and intellectual trends in community association housing. The Foundation is especially interested in substantive papers from the social sciences, which place community association housing within political or economic organizational models. Awards are based on merit without regard to race, gender or religion.

Applicable Majors:
Architecture
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Demography and Population Studies
Economics
Human Development and Family Studies
Human Services
Law (LL.B., J.D.)
Legal Studies
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
Non-Profit/Public Management
Political Science and Government
Public Administration
Public Policy Analysis
Social Sciences
Sociology
Urban Studies/Affairs

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Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship

Provided by:	Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship Committee
Deadline:	December 03, 2008
Type of Award:	Fellowship

Awards Available	Amount
Varies	$9000 - $20000

Description

The Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship is available to graduates of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and to graduates of similar institutions of equal educational standing whose principal or major studies have been in the fields of art, architecture, dance, landscape architecture, music, theater and urban regional planning. You must demonstrate character, merit, excellence of personality seriousness of purpose and good moral character to qualify for this award.

Additional Information

Faculty Funding Opportunities

• Creative Research Award
• Creative Research Award Application
• Special Grants
• Special Grants Request Form

• Frances P. Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund (Application)

• Lorado Taft Lectureship on Art (Proposal Transmittal Sheet)

Student Funding Opportunities

• Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship Information and Application

Staff Funding Opportunities

• Special Grants
• Special Grants Request Form

Individual Awards for Excellence

_{(Available to Faculty and Staff Only)}

• FAA faculty awards-teaching, research, service (nomination cover sheet)
• FAA academic professional award (nomination cover sheet)
  Campus Instructional awards-advising, teaching, off-campus teaching
• Chancellor's Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE)
• Chancellor's Distinguished Staff Award (CDSA)
• Contact
  COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS | 100 ARCHITECTURE BUILDING 608 EAST LORADO TAFT DRIVE CHAMPAIGN IL 61820
  217.333.1660 | FAA@ILLINOIS.EDU
  
  
  
  Applicable Majors
  Architecture, Art, Dance, Landscape Architecture, Music,
  
• Theatre, Urban and Regional Planning
  
  

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