Provided By: World Health Project
Deadline: November 30, 2009
Type of Award: Essay Contest
Amount: $500
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www.worldhealthproject.org/

Description:
The World Health Project Essay Contest is available to students with an interest in world health. Applicants must submit a written essay along with any relevant photographs about a health or health care problem in their community, state, or country.

Applicable Majors:
Unspecified


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Provided By: Americans for Informed Democracy
Deadline: Varies
Type of Award: Grant
Amount: $200
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www.aidemocracy.org/rcareplicates.php

Description:
The "Rights Camera Action" Human Rights Campaign Grant is available to students with an interest in human rights. Applicants must submit a proposal detailing a human rights campaign they intend to pursue at their school.

Applicable Majors:
Unspecified


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Provided By: The National Academies
Deadline: November 01, 2009
Type of Award: Fellowship
Amount: Unspecified
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/index.html

Description:
The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship is available to graduate students. You must be pursing a graduate degree in a field of science, engineering, medicine, veterinary medicine, business, law or education. During the course of the fellowship, each fellow will be assigned to a senior staff member who will assist and guide the fellow in developing essential skills. The fellowship will allow students to engage in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology and familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology and government.

Applicable Majors:
Unspecified


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Provided By: Aspen Institute
Deadline: December 15, 2009
Type of Award: Fellowship
Amount: $4000
Awards Available: Unspecified
Website: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/nonprofit-philanthropy/leadership-initiatives

Description:
The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students is available to minority undergraduate and graduate students. You must have a background in the social sciences or humanities and have excellent writing and communication skills to be eligible for this award. Winners of this award will participate in an internship for 12 to 15 weeks during the summer at a Washington, DC, office of the Aspen Institute.

Applicable Majors:

African Studies
American Government and Politics (United States)
American History
American Literature (United States)
Anthropology
Applied Economics
Arabic Language and Literature
Archeology
Asian Studies/Civilization
Cartography
Comparative Literature
Criminology
Demography and Population Studies
Development Economics and International Development
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
Economics
English Language and Literature
English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
European History
European Studies/Civilization
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
French Language and Literature
General Studies
Geography
German Language and Literature
Hebrew Language and Literature
History
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Humanities
International Economics
International Relations and Affairs
Islamic Studies
Italian Language and Literature
Italian Studies
Japanese Language and Literature
Latin Language and Literature
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Linguistics
Modern Greek Language and Literature
Philosophy
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Political Science and Government
Portuguese Language and Literature
Psychology
Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
Religion/Religious Studies
Russian Language and Literature
Social Sciences
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Urban Studies/Affairs
Women's Studies


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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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