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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Proposals for Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education Program

• Deadline: November 24, 2009
  Description: Grants of up to $300,000 will be awarded to nursing schools and nonprofit healthcare organizations working with evaluators to develop strategies that address the nursing faculty shortage.
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Notre Dame Erskine Peters Dissertation Fellowship

• Deadline: November 31
  Description: Erskine Peters Dissertation Fellowship in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Notre Dame. The fellowship is tenable for a full academic year beginning in August and concluding in May. It carries a $30,000 stipend and $2000 research budget. The application packets should be postmarked by November 30, 2009. A full description of the program, requirements, as well as a full list of previous recipients are available on the Notre Dame website: http://africana.nd.edu/erskine/

Call for Papers on Afro American Leadership

• Deadline for proposals: December 1, 2009
  Date: April 14-17, 2010
  Description: The African and African American Section of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) is announcing a themed call for papers; Afro American Leadership. Afro American leadership did not start with the election of President Obama. However, due to his prominence in the spotlight, questions about past African American leaders and what influence Obama may have on future African Americans are being examined. One of the forums for these examinations is at the 52nd annual WSSA conference in Reno, Nevada from April 14-17 at the Grand Sierra Resort.
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A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies

• Deadline: December 1, 2009
  Description: Jeff Davis, Associate Editor of Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, is currently looking for paper submissions for a summer 2010 special issue on Slavery, Freedom, and Equality in Pennsylvania. While articles specifically concentrating on Pennsylvania History are preferred, papers on issues from the region that are directly relevant to the Keystone State are also acceptable. For this project, the Mid-Atlantic region constitutes all states bordering Pennsylvania and includes the District of Columbia, greater Appalachia, and the Upper Ohio River Valley. Please contact Jeff Davis via email if you wish to submit an article and you will be sent a Pennsylvania History Style Sheet. Submissions will include a 100 word abstract, hard-copy of the article double-spaced in triplicate, and an electronic file in Microsoft Word format.
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Call for papers - FSU Graduate Student Forum on Sects and Sexuality Florida State University GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM

• Deadline: Proposal submissions, December 1, 2009; Final Papers due January 15, 2010
  Description: The Florida State University Department of Religion’s 9th Annual Graduate Student Symposium has partnered with the Society for Women’s Advancement in Philosophy’s 6th Annual Conference to present an interdisciplinary graduate student symposium to be held February 19-21. Graduate students are invited to submit proposals that engage this year’s theme: Sects and Sexuality: Issues of Division and Diversity. We encourage submissions from graduate students in all levels and fields with interdisciplinary interest in the study of Religion and Philosophy. We also welcome a variety of methods and approaches, particularly in regards to
  (1) Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy
  (2) American Religious History
  (3) Religions of Western Antiquity
  (4) History and Ethnography of Religions (specializing in Asian, African, Mediterranean, and Western European Religions)
  (5) Philosophy dealing with Race, Class, Sexuality, and Gender.
  This is an Open Call for papers. Possible topics may include, but are not limited, to: Celibacy and Asceticism, Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion, Notions of the Forbidden, Sectarian Conflicts, and Community Identities. Presentations should be 15-20 minutes in length and will receive faculty responses at the conclusion of each panel. The Leo F. Sandon Award will be given for the best paper of the symposium. The Heidi L. Millarker Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Feminist Scholarship will also be given. Proposal submissions are due December 1, 2009, and should consist of an abstract (up to 800 words) including a list of key terms for review and a CV. Final papers must be submitted by January 15, 2010. Proposal submissions are due December 1, 2009, and should consist of an abstract (up to 800 words) including a list of key terms for review and a CV. Final papers must be submitted by January 15, 2010. Proposals should be emailed to Brooke Sherrard More information: religion.fsu.edu
  

STATE OF BLACK ATLANTA SUMMIT 2010 – CALL FOR PAPERS

• Deadlines:
  Abstracts are due: December 5, 2009.
  Full papers are due: February 5, 2010
  Description: Atlanta has often been called the “Black Mecca” and it is consistently rated one of the “Best Cities” for African Americans by Black Enterprise magazine. Yet, Atlanta is a city of paradoxes. Atlanta has the largest concentration of black millionaires and its black child poverty rate is one of the highest in the country. Atlanta has undergone a dramatic demographic shift over the past four decades. Atlanta went from being 51.3 percent black in 1970 to 67.1 percent in 1990 to 61.4 percent black in 2000 to 55.7 percent black in 2006. Summit Focus The Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University is hosting the State of Black Atlanta Summit 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia February 20, 2010. The Summit will bring together researchers, planners, educators, policy analysts, elected officials, faith leaders, and community organizers to present findings on race, place, and equity matters and explores the extent that Black Atlantans are benefitting from policies, programs, and resources as the city goes green and sustainable. It will also assess the impact of the recent economic recession and stimulus funding initiatives on Black Atlantans’ road to recovery and pathway to prosperity. Call for Working Papers If you are a practitioner, researcher, planner, and/or educator that would like to present a paper at the State of Black Atlanta Summit 2010, please submit a 500-word abstract. Please provide the name of the author(s), affiliation(s), and an email address for correspondence purposes. Working paper submissions are sought in areas using a social equity and racial justice lens. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
  • Economic development and Black businesses, access and participation in green economy, green jobs
  • Housing (affordable housing, public housing, home foreclosures, predatory lending, redlining, displacement, gentrification, residential segregation)
  • Transportation (regional transportation, public transit, MARTA, Beltline)
  • Employment, unemployment, underemployment, livable wage, spatial mismatch, job sprawl
  • Environment and environmental justice (air quality, water quality, solid waste, brownfields, etc.)
  • Income, wealth creation, and poverty
  • Crime, policing, criminal justice, public safety
  • Education, educational attainment, school achievement, dropout rate, high school graduation rate, Black teachers
  • Higher education, access and affordability, student achievement, Atlanta University Center
  • Health and healthcare (health disparities, access to health care, "safety net," Grady Hospital, uninsured)
  • Status of Black families and children, poverty, pathways to self sufficiency
  • Food security, food justice, food deserts, community gardens, urban agriculture, and access to healthy foods
  • Parks, green space, green access, pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly street and walkable neighborhoods
  • Climate change, climate justice, climate gap, climate action plan
  • Renewable energy and nonrenewable energy use
  • Civil rights and human rights
  • Politics, elected officials, voter participation, changing
  demographics of city
  The EJRC welcomes submissions of full papers, as well as work-in-progress. Full papers must be no longer than 2,500 words (inclusive of all figures, references and appendices). We encourage authors to organize their Working Papers using the following outline:
  (1) Problem Statement
  (2) Facts
  (3) Implications
  (4) Opportunities, Partnerships, Collaborations, and Working Models
  (5) Policy Solutions and Recommendations
  (6) Conclusion
  
  Submission of a paper for review will be considered your agreement that at least one author will register and attend if your paper is accepted. Accepted papers will be published as a Summit report on the EJRC website. Authors of selected, top quality papers from the Summit will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers to be published the State of Black Atlanta report series published by Clark Atlanta University Press. The Summit is part of the EJRC Smart Growth and Sustainable Communities Initiative funded by the Ford Foundation. Submit Abstracts via e-mail to:
  Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Director
  Environmental Justice Resource Center
  Clark Atlanta University
  223 James P. Brawley Drive
  Atlanta, GA 30314
  (404) 880-6911 (ph)
  (404) 880-8132 (fx)
  E-mail: ejrc@cau.edu More Information: www.ejrc.cau.edu

SAMHSA grants available for child mental health initiative programs

• Deadline: December 8, 2009
  Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for up to $144 million in grants for Cooperative Agreements for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families. The purpose of the cooperative agreements is to develop and expand systems of care for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families. For complete information, visit: www.ncfr.org/pdf/zippy_news/

Notre Dame Moreau Academic Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

• Deadline: December 10
  Description: The University of Notre Dame is initiating the Moreau Academic Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program this year, with first appointments for fall 2010. The two year fellowship appointment “will be geared toward long-term professional development and the evaluation of each fellow for possible appointment to a teaching-and-research position at the University.” Starting salary is $50,000. Applications are due on December 10, 2009.
  More information
  Email: dpinderh@nd.edu
  Phone: Decio Hall 574-631-3676
  Mailing Address:
  217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
  University of Notre Dame
  Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
  

Let Spirit Speak! Cultural Journeys Through The African Diaspora

• Deadline: December 15, 2009
• Description: The City College of New York New York, NY In many traditional African cultures, there is unity in the material and the spiritual, in the seen and unseen. There is no difference between the sacred and the secular within this system of thought: everything is imbued with the spirit of God. Binaries that dominate Western thought (man/woman; mind/body; light/dark; good/evil) do not function in the same way within these cultures, as the emphasis is not on extremes but on balancing these radical differences, on reconciling them. In this three-day conference, we wish to celebrate the myriad manifestations of life in the languages and literatures, the music and arts of the African Diaspora. We will rejoice in the multiple expressions of life, giving voice and paying homage to the ancestors. We invite scholars and cultural workers from all areas of arts and humanities: Art, Dance, Drama, English, Ethnic Studies, Film, Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, International Studies, Music, Philosophy, Religion. We invite paper abstracts and complete panels, workshops, and roundtable proposals on all aspects of the cultural manifestations of the African Diaspora. Submissions should detail requests for specific audiovisual equipment, if needed. We also ask that a proposal for a complete panel, roundtable, or workshop include a brief description of the theme as well as abstracts for all speakers. Abstracts should be a minimum of 300 words. We welcome presentations in all of the languages of the African Diaspora in the Americas. The deadline for abstracts and proposals is December 15, 2009. Selected papers from the conference will be published as conference proceedings. Please email abstracts to Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés The conference website is forthcoming.
  Dr. Vanessa K. Valdes
  Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
  The City College of New York
  16o Convent Ave, NAC 5/223
  New York, NY 10031 Ph: 212-650-6279
  

What Is Social Justice in Education, Really?

• Deadline: December 15
  Description: Examining Social Justice Across Multiple Educational Landscapes CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Department of Educational Leadership of Miami University is pleased to announce the 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference on Leadership, Culture, and Pedagogy. The conference will take place on February 20, 2010 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. This conference is a multidisciplinary forum for graduate students to present research and scholarship that brings various analytical lenses to bear on issues of social justice across multiple educational landscapes, including p-12 schooling, higher education, and community education among others. We invite submissions on educational topics that include a critical analysis of culture, power, identity, and ethics that impact issues of social justice in education. We are open to a wide range of methodologies and encourage faculty/student collaborations as well as the scholarship of individual graduate students. We welcome proposals for panels, round tables, individual papers, and alternative formats such as reader’s theater, monologues and other creative performances that address the theme of this conference. If interested in participating in this conference as a presenter, please e-mail an abstract of 200-300 words including title, keywords, topic, and the preferred format of presentation by Tuesday, December 15, 2009 to: EdlConf@muohio.edu

National Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference Call for Papers University of South Florida – Tampa, Fl.

• Deadline: December 15, 2009
• Description: Conference Theme: “Anything But Silence: Politics, Poetry, and Pedagogy” "Being invisible and without substance, a disembodied voice, as it were, what else could I do? What else but try to tell you what was really happening when your eyes were looking through? And it is this which frightens me: Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?" -- Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man All too often, hegemony silences marginalized groups, thus taking away their agency. However, pockets of conflict always seem to surface, voicing resistance and creating an alternate viewpoint. The "Anything but Silent" conference seeks to examine these voices of resistance, traversing all disciplines and topics. We are seeking papers that address cultural or social impositions of silence and that examine how those impositions are rejected or resisted. Conference presenters are encouraged to investigate the various intersections of “silence” within their specific area(s) of study. For instance, conference presenters could examine the politics, poetry and/or pedagogy within literature, film studies, education/pedagogy, psychology, anthropology, sociology, biology, medicine, history, American studies, political science, international studies, environmentalism and sustainability, or religious studies. Please send 250-500 word abstracts to usf.egsa.conference@gmail.com by December 15, 2009. Visit the conference website for registration details and the complete conference program. Hosted by the USF English Graduate Student Association at the University of South Florida
  

Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01)

• Deadline: Letter of Intent Receipt Date: December 18, 2009
  Application Submission Receipt Date: January 22, 2010
  Description: The purposes of the NCIPC extramural violence prevention research program are to: Build the scientific base for the prevention of violence by helping to expand and advance our understanding of the etiology and primary prevention of interpersonal and self-directed violence. Encourage professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines of epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, medicine, biostatistics, public health, health economics, law, and criminal justice, to perform research in order to prevent violence more effectively. Encourage investigators to propose research that involves the development and testing of primary prevention strategies as well as research on methods to enhance the adoption and maintenance of effective strategies among individuals, organizations, or communities. For more information, visit www.grants.gov

NCFR Tribute to Mentors

• Deadline: December 21, 2010
• Description: The Spring 2010 issue of The National Council on Family Relations Report will be very unique. We invite mentees to write a tribute to a mentor. There appears to be a lot of interest — we have gotten inquiries and four submissions already! The deadline is December 21, 2009. Articles are written in non-APA, journalistic style and up to 1800 words. We will publish as many as we have room for in the magazine, but all of them will be published on the NCFR website. Before you write your essay, be sure to ask your mentor for his/her blessing to submit it. (There are people who feel bashful about recognition.) Will you and your mentor both be at the conference? Be sure to have a picture taken together to accompany your essay. Questions? Call NCFR Report Editor, Nancy Gonzalez, to talk over your idea at 763-231-2887 or write nancygonzalez@ncfr.org.

Pew Center requests proposals

• Deadline: Deadline is December 21
  Description: With generous support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Pew Home Visiting Campaign – a project of the Pew Center on the States – is requesting research proposals to build the evidence needed to inform public policy decisions and advance effective practice in maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs. For more information, please visit: The National Council on Family Relations website

The AmerieGlide Achiever Scholarship

• Deadline: December 31, 2009
  Description: The AmerieGlide Achiever Scholarship is a program that is offered to full time college students who use wheelchairs. Our goal is help provide financial assistance for books or other school related supplies to deserving mobility challenged students. If you have any questions about the scholarship, please visit www.ameriglide.com/scholarshipi or contact Amanda at ameriglide09@gmail.com.

The Social Determinants of Mental Health

• Deadline: December 31, 2009
  Description: The Social Determinants of Mental Health: From AwaDescription: This conference will be the first in the United States to convene innovative thinkers from diverse disciplinary and professional backgrounds to address the Social Determinants of Mental Health (SDOMH). Featuring Keynote Speaker: David Satcher, MD, PhD –The 16th Surgeon General of the United States, former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and former member of the World Health Organization Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. Currently, Dr. Satcher is the Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Center at the Morehouse School of Medicine. Plenary Speaker: Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH – Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, Research Professor at the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan.
  The purpose of the Conference is:
  
  • To increase awareness about how social conditions impact mental health;
  • To develop and disseminate mental health prevention and intervention strategies that are informed by the social determinants framework;
  • To create multidisciplinary collaborations to identify and address the multifaceted social conditions that impact mental health; and
  • To develop new knowledge and practice innovationsreness to Action
  
  The Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL
  June 3rd and 4th, 2010
  For more information go to: adler.edu

Pan-African Family Strengths Conference - July 20 - 24

• Deadline: Abstracts are being accepted until December 31
  Description: The First Pan-African Family Strength International Conference with the theme "African family strengths: opportunities in the context of change" will be held in Kenyatta University from July 20-24, 2010. All NCFR members are requested to disseminate this information to their colleagues.
  Conference Information
  The Kenyatta University Website Check for the link under conference and seminars.

Postdoctoral Opportunity: Behavioral Sciences HIV Researc

• Deadline: January 2, 2010
  Columbia University New York, NY Description: Do you think that research is an important part of the solution to the HIV/AIDS epidemic? Do you have a doctoral degree (Ph.D., M.D., etc.), or are you about to complete one? Do you want to receive further training to become an independent researcher? If so (or if you know anyone to whom this might apply), you can learn more about the NIMH-funded program focused on HIV, gender, and human sexuality at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies (Columbia University, New York) by visiting hivcenternyc.org. Positions for our three-year training program will be available as of July 2010. Trainees receive up to three years of support for stipends, health insurance, travel for conferences, and research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Persons from underrepresented groups (including those with disabilities and disadvantaged background) are strongly encouraged to apply.
  More Information: hivcenternyc.org

The National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) Student Essay Contest

• Deadline: January 8, 2010
  Description: Essays should focus on any aspect of the Africana experience, i.e., art, education, history, literature, politics, psychology, social and policy issues.
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The Department of History COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Biopolitics Across Borders: Ideas and Practices A Graduate Student Conference April 9, 2010

• Deadline: January 18
  Description: Graduate students are invited to submit paper proposals for the annual graduate student conference in international and global history at the Columbia University Department of History, to take place in New York City on April 9th, 2010. What happens when human life itself becomes an international problem? The questions of defining and regulating biological life have confronted every society — and with the rapid growth of biomedical technologies and techniques of ecological and environmental intervention, they are especially urgent today. What, then, have been the ideas and practices of transnational biopolitics, and how can we periodize them? How have the challenges of managing and optimizing human life contributed to international conflict and cooperation? How have challenges to transnational biopolitics registered at an individual and community level? Possible paper topics include but are not limited to:
  - colonial and anti-colonial biopolitics
  - gender in biopolitics
  - biopolitical constructions of race and racism
  - eugenic doctrines and practices
  - international health
  - international scientific communities
  - transnational population movement and management
  - effects of biopolitical ideas on international relations
  - human rights ideas and law
  - biopolitics and the human environment
  - impact of religious and moral thought on biopolitics
  - human and non-human actors in transnational biopolitics
  - contested concepts of the human
  
  Specialists from Columbia University will provide commentary. We welcome submissions from all time periods - ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern - and geographic regions. We encourage interdisciplinary research, and although proposals with a historical perspective are particularly welcome, we will also consider contributions from fields including anthropology, economics, literary studies, philosophy, political science and sociology. Limited funding for travel and assistance in arranging accommodation may be available.Graduate students interested in participating should submit a paper abstract of no more than 300 words and a recent CV as email attachments (word or PDF format preferred) by January 18, 2010 to Trey Straussberger, at the following address: jfs2129@columbia.edu

The National Center for Marriage Research PostDoc

• Deadline: January 15, 2010
• Description: The National Center for Marriage Research seeks one postdoctoral fellow for a one-year appointment. The fellowship is designed to provide an opportunity for an outstanding young scholar to perform research and receive training in residence. The fellow will receive a 12-month stipend of $40,000, health insurance and retirement benefits, $1,000 per year for travel expenses and access to NCFMR's services. For more information, please visit: ncfr.org

Provost's Postdoctoral Program, Duke University

• Deadline: January 15, 2010
  Description: The 2006 strategic plan at Duke University, Making a Difference, upholds diversity as a core value of our institution. Not only does diversity at our university best prepare our students for a global world, a robust learning environment can occur only when people of different backgrounds, races, ethnic groups and experiences are brought together to exchange ideas. Duke recognizes that we need to continue our efforts to enhance diversity in our student and faculty populations, as well as in leadership positions. To that end, the Provost has created the Provost's Postdoctoral Program, with competitive postdoctoral research appointments for two years. The goal of the program is to increase the diversity of scholars who have potential for becoming tenure track faculty at Duke University or peer institutions, particularly in fields where there are fewer women and/or underrepresented minorities. Postdoctoral awardees are expected to devote their full efforts to research, and may teach a maximum of one course per year. Eligibility: Completion of doctoral degree between July 1, 2007 and July 1, 2010. The Program is limited to US citizens and permanent residents. Academic excellence, prior record of accomplishments, potential to bring diverse ideas to Duke University and to interact successfully with a broad range of differences among faculty and students, and the identification and willingness of the sponsoring mentor, will form the major selection criteria. Application and Notification Schedule: All materials must be postmarked by January 15, 2010, and will not be returned to the applicant. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. All candidates will be notified of our decisions no later than March 15, 2010. Mail Applications to:
  Provost's Postdoctoral Program
  c/o Gwendolyn Purnell, Office of the Provost
  Box 90004, Room 127 Allen Bldg, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
  Phone: 919-684-4940
  Email: gwendolyn.purnell@duke.edu
  To find out about the required application materials and other important information about this position, visit emergingscholars.net

Thirty–Seventh Annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference Faulkner and Film • July 18-22, 2010 Call for Papers

• Deadline: January 31, 2010
  Description: “Faulkner and Film” has the distinction of being the first instance in the 37 years of Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha that we have repeated a conference theme. Over twenty years ago, with “Faulkner, Modernism, and Film,” the conference first endeavored to tackle the question of what Faulkner and film have to do with each other—with the broad concept of “modernism” as an assumed common denominator. That the conference is returning to that theme—and to its (now implicit) common denominator—is indicative of major advances both in Faulkner and film studies during the last two decades. The first has to do with our growing awareness of the impact on Faulkner of his experience in Hollywood, especially in the 1930s, and the second, the prodigious attention to film as being in many respects the epitome of what is meant by the concept of modernism.
  We are inviting 40-minute plenary papers and 20-minute panel papers. Plenary papers consist of approximately 5,000 words and will appear in the conference volume published by the University Press of Mississippi. Panel papers consist of approximately 2,500 words, and will be considered by the conference program committee for possible expansion and inclusion in the published volume. For plenary papers the 16th edition of the University of Chicago Manual of Style should be used as a guide in preparing manuscripts. Three copies of manuscripts (hard copy only) must be submitted by January 31, 2010. Authors whose papers are selected will receive a waiver of the conference registration fee and lodging at the Inn at Ole Miss from Saturday, July 17, through Thursday, July 22. For short papers, two-page abstracts must be submitted by January 31, 2010, preferably through e-mail attachment. Authors whose papers are selected will receive a reduction of the registration fee to $100. All manuscripts and inquiries should be addressed to
  Donald Kartiganer
  Department of English
  The University of Mississippi
  University, MS 38677-1848
  Telephone: 662-236-7194, e-mail: dkartiga@olemiss.edu
  Decisions for all papers will be made by March 5, 2010.
  More Information: outreach.olemiss.edu/events/faulkner/

CALL FOR REVIEWERS

• Description: Over the last two years, H-Human-Rights has published more than 30 reviews of books at the cutting edge of human rights scholarship. We continue to look for qualified book reviewers to prepare 1,000 word reviews, with minimal references, for posting on H-Human-Rights. If you are interested in serving as a book reviewer, please send me a copy of your c.v. and brief email describing your areas of scholarly interest and expertise. I will match potential reviewers with new human rights titles and then work with you to bring your review to completion and posting.
  Contact: Rebecca Root, Book Review Editor for H-Human-Rights
  Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies
  Ramapo College of New Jersey
  rebeccakroot@gmail.com

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

• Deadline: Due dates vary across Programs
  Description: The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research.
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American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) Grant Program

• Deadline: December 1 and May 16
  Description: The mission of APAGS' Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (APAGS-CEMA) is to increase the membership and participation of ethnic minority graduate students within APAGS, advertise education and training opportunities for ethnic minorities, and enhance the recruitment and retention efforts for ethnic minority students in psychology. Grant applications due December 1 and May 16.
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Smithsonian Institution Minority Internships

• Deadline: February 1 (postmark) for Summer (starting June 1) or for Fall (starting October 1) and October 1 (postmark) for Spring (starting February 1)
  Description: The Office of Fellowships offers a number of opportunities to increase participation of minority groups who are underrepresented in Smithsonian scholarly programs, in the disciplines of research conducted at the Institution, and in the museum field. Stipend awards are available for interns through the Minority Student Awards Program to participate in supervised ongoing research, or museum-related activities for periods of ten weeks. Minority undergraduate and beginning graduate students are encouraged to apply. Students should contact the Office of Fellowships for application information.
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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Call for Papers: Health, Economics, and Family Role

• Deadline: March 1
  Description: This special issue of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues invites original empirical or theoretical research papers relevant to the role of individuals and families in improving the health of nation. The special issue will be published in June, 2011. While much of the policy debate on health care reform focuses on health care providers and the payers for health care, a large part of the health of individuals and the nation depends on the actions of individuals and families–in learning health skills and in living healthier lifestyles. Understanding the nature and causes of the health of nations is not possible without understanding the role of the family in acquiring and teaching the skills needed to live healthily, analogous to the role of parents in promoting the educational attainment of their children. This may be as important as the role of government regulators and healthcare professionals in containing healthcare costs, extending life expectancy and increasing the quality of life. The ideas of scholars and health policy makers are powerful, but not commonly understood, especially in view of the increasing size and complexity of the public and private roles in the health care of families. As the role of the public sector in regulating, financing and delivering healthcare grows, individual accountability may be seriously weakened, increasing health costs and failing to achieve intended health outcomes. This special issue encourages fresh perspectives that could possibly turn much of the policy debate on its head. The state of flux in the health care poses ongoing challenges and opportunities to the families, providers, insurers, and regulators who have varied incentives and aspirations. This provides a fertile ground for scholars to analyze underlying health issues and to provide ideas that would substantively influence individuals and families in playing a more effective role in improving the nation’s health. This special issue will bring together papers that investigate important topics in family health and economic issues. Both quantitative and qualitative papers are welcome. Suggested areas of research for this special JFEI issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Economics of intrafamily resource allocation in health skills
  • Family investments in health skills and the cost of healthcare
  • Socioeconomic status of healthy families: Who are they, where are they, and why are they healthy?
  • What should a family know about health and health economics?
  • Economics of being a good patient: How should patients most efficiently collaborate with their family doctors?
  • Economic perspective on happiness and health: Are healthy families happier?
  • Family Economics and the consequences of parental decision making on the children’s health
  • Economic impacts of maternal death
  • Economics of public and private role in family health
  • Role of policies and incentives in family investments in prevention and promoting health
  • Economic pathways to minimize substance abuse and to reduce family members’ use of health care services
  • Family health and economic development at community and/or national level
  • Economic literacy in understanding family health disparities
  • Health, income disparities, and immigrant families
  • Economics of ageing and family health
  • What should poor families pay for their health care and what should be their obligations for minimizing use of the healthcare system?
  • Spatial distribution of families and family health disparities: Health Status, Health expenditures, and Health finance
  • A survey of research data in health and family economic issues
  
  Submission Guidelines Please follow the 5th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association to prepare your manuscript. The manuscript should not be more than 35 pages in length, including text, tables, figures, and references. Send an electronic copy of the paper to the journal’s submission website on or before March 1, 2010. Please submit it to this category: SI: Health, Economics, and Family Role.

Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists 75th Annual Conference

• Deadline: March 17-20, 2010
  Description: The Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists welcomes the submission of session proposals and paper submissions for its 75th annual conference that will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina March 17-20, 2010. We especially welcome sessions and papers related to the conference theme, “Embracing the Past, Impacting the Future.” This theme is reflective of the long and rich tradition of the presentation of action-oriented research papers and grassroots civic activity at this conference that have affected public policy and improved the quality of life for many Americans. This theme is also reflective of the Association’s tradition of promoting the growth and development of future academicians and grassroots civic leaders who continue to build upon the foundation established 75 years ago. In addition to sessions featuring faculty, ASBS strongly encourages the submission of session and paper proposals featuring and targeting undergraduate and graduate students.
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UNCF - the United Negro College Fund

• Deadline: Deadlines vary
  Description: The Program Services Department administers various scholarship programs. Each program has its own eligibility criteria, open/close dates and required documents. In order to apply for a UNCF Program Services Scholarship, you must apply through the online application process. The below is the list of all programs currently accepting applications.
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Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships

• Description: Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Eligibility to apply for a Ford fellowship is limited to: All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation, Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level.
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The Launching Leaders program

• Description: The Launching Leaders program gives talented Black, Hispanic and Native American students across the U.S. the chance to fulfill their ambitions and carve out an outstanding career with one of the world's leading innovators in banking and business. Launching Leaders is about recognizing and rewarding exceptional students - people with unique experiences and diverse backgrounds. It is a fundamental part of strengthening our global business capabilities. For undergraduate students we offer the J.P. Morgan Launching Leaders Experience and the J.P. Morgan Launching Leaders Undergraduate Scholarship. For MBA candidates, we offer the J.P. Morgan Launching Leaders MBA Scholarship.
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American Political Science Association (APSA) Minority Fellows Program

• Description: The Minority Fellows program is designed primarily for minority students applying to enter a doctoral program in POLITICAL SCIENCE for the FIRST TIME. The 2009-2010 Fellows have been selected. Information about the 2010-2011 application process will be posted soon.
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National Association of Black Journalists

• Description: NABJ is an association of journalists, students and media-related professionals that provides quality programs and services year-round to benefit black journalists worldwide.
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Graduate Scholarship Programs

• Description: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Minority Ph.D. Program—managed by NACME—has two components. The Ph.D. component offers substantial scholarship support to underrepresented minority students who are beginning their doctoral work in engineering, natural science and mathematics. Since its establishment in 1995, the program has provided direct support to over 900 minority Ph.D. students in these fields. The smaller Feeder component offers underrepresented minority B.S. or M.S. students access to select faculty and departments that have demonstrated success in sending their students on to doctoral programs.
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ASA Minority Fellowship Program

• Description: Minority Fellowship Program applicants can be new or continuing graduate students. However, the MFP is primarily designed for minority students entering a doctoral program in sociology for the first time or for those who are in the early stages of their graduate programs. MFP applicants must be applying to or enrolled in sociology departments which have strong mental health research programs and/or faculty who are currently engaged in research focusing on mental health issues. MFP Fellows are selected on the basis of their commitment to research in mental health and mental illness, academic achievement, scholarship, writing ability, research potential, financial need, and racial/ethnic minority background.
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English-Speaking Union (Lucy Dalbiac Luard Scholarships)

• Description: This is a full scholarship for a junior year of study at a British university for students attending historically African-American institutions or Howard or Hampton universities. The applicants select the universities they wish to attend. Application must be submitted through the respective instituitons of the applicants, not through the english-speaking union. For more information about this award, please visit: http://www.english-speakingunion.org
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Fisher Broadcasting Minority Scholarship

• Description: In order to qualify for The Fisher Broadcasting Minority Scholarship, you must be of non-white origin. You must be at least a sophomore enrolled in: A broadcast, marketing, or journalism curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree at an accredited four-year college or university. A broadcast curriculum at an accredited community college, transferable to such a four-year baccalaureate degree program. A broadcast curriculum at an accredited vocational-technical school. If you are a permanent resident of the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana Or Georgia, tuition may be applied to an out-of-state school.
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FTE Doctoral Fellowship

• Description: This fellowship program provides support and enhancement to the education of African American students entering a Ph.D. or Th.D. program in religious or theological studies. It aims to increase the number of qualified African American candidates engaged in religious or theological doctoral programs. Applicants must be citizens of the United States who are entering their first year of an accredited graduate program leading to a Ph.D or Th.D in religious or theological studies. Applicants must be African American persons committed to providing leadership within theological education and strongly considering a career in seminary teaching and research.
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Gates Millennium Scholars Program

• Description: The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science.
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HP Scholars Program

• Description: The HP Scholar Award is a scholarship opportunity for students interested in engineering. The total value of the four-year cash scholarship, HP Scholar Productivity Package and the three paid internships will exceed $40,000 per student. Scholarship awards are $12,000 ($3000 per year for four years) and are intended to help defray educational expenses. Upon acceptance into the program, each HP Scholar receives a Productivity Package which includes an HP laptop, printer, and PDA. The most valuable part of the HP Scholar experience is the internship opportunity.
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Lagrant Foundation Scholarships

• Description: The Lagrant Foundation annually provides 15 scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students who are attending accredited institutions and are pursuing careers in the fields of advertising, marketing or public relations. Scholarship Criteria for Undergraduates: Undergraduate (current freshmen, sophomores, juniors and non-graduating seniors ONLY!) applicants meeting the following criteria and completing the application on the reverse side (typed, not handwritten) will be considered for THE LAGRANT FOUNDATION (TLF) scholarship: Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and a member of one of the following ethnic groups: African American, Asian Pacific American, Hispanic or Native American.
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Landmark Scholars Program

• Description: $10,000 and Newsroom Internships! The Landmark Scholars Program combines scholarship and internship awards designed to encourage young minority journalists to build careers with Landmark Publishing Group. Landmark Scholars receive $10,000 in college scholarships and valuable professional experience working in the newsroom of one of Landmark's major newspapers in Virginia or North Carolina. Recipients enjoy paid internships for two summers during college and for one year following graduation. Upon successful completion of the internship, the Landmark Scholar will be poised to continue a professional career at Landmark or one of the nation's other premiere publishing companies.
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National Press Club Ellen Masin Persina Scholarship

• Description: Each year, the Press Club awards A $20,000 National Press Club Ellen Masin Persina scholarship to a minority high school senior interested in pursuing a career in print or broadcast journalism. The scholarship provides winners with a $5,000-a-year stipend for four years of undergraduate education.
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Ron Brown Scholar Program

• Description: Renewable scholarships awarded to African-American high school seniors only who intend to pursue full-time study at a four-year college or university in the United States. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or have a permanent resident visa card. Scholarship can be used at the college or university of choice. Applicant must excel academically, exhibit leadership ability, participate in community service activities and demonstrate financial need. Required to submit an application, 2 essays, 2 letters of recommendation, high school transcript, listing of honors and activities.
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2010 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) PrimmSingleton Minority Travel Awards Program

• Description: The preferred candidate for this award is a graduate student with a demonstrated commitment to research and/or teaching in substance abuse. At a minimum, a candidate must have an avowed interest in a career in substance abuse. Applicants are required to be enrolled in a graduate program. In addition, applicants must be members of an ethnic minority group underrepresented in substance abuse research (including, but not limited to, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders). Previous awardees and individuals currently supported by NIDA/NIH training grants or individual Predoctoral National Research Service Awards (F31) are not eligible for this award. Citizenship of the United States or permanent visa is required.
  To apply, applicants should submit the following information in a single attachment:
  1. A cover letter (1 page) indicating your eligibility and interest in pursuing research on drug addiction, and how attending this conference will advance your career in research and education;
  2. Complete contact information (e.g. name, title, mailing address, telephone number, and E†mail address);
  3. Academic curriculum vitae;
  4. Letter of recommendation from your mentor, advisor or an individual who is familiar with your work;
  5. Copy of abstract (250 words) for presentation at CPDD Annual
  Scientific Meeting (please see example of last year's successful abstracts) Application materials should be sent via email to fernando.wagner@morgan.edu Dr. Fernando A. Wagner, Chair, CPDD Under†Represented Populations Committee (URPOP), Center for the Study and Prevention of Drug Use
  Morgan State University
  1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Portage Building
  Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21251
  Telephone: (443) 885 4030, and fax: (443) 885 8262.

National Black Graduate Student Conference (NBGSC)

• Date: March 10-14, 2010
• Description: The four-day event features student research presentations, academic and professional workshops, dynamic keynote speakers, a graduate school/career fair and networking with students, professionals, and faculty from around the country. The 2009-2010 NBGSA Conference Committee is seeking proposals for papers, posters, panels, and workshops that focus on our conference theme: “Pioneering the Change Within.”
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Call for Papers for the Annuals of the Next Generation Journal: Center for African American Research and Policy

• Deadlines: February 1st and June 1st, every year
• Description: Annuals of the Next Generation is a refereed, scholarly journal that seeks to provide a venue to showcase the next generation of African American scholars by publishing the research of graduate students. This publication will highlight research from multiple disciplines and areas,and allow these young scholars to present their work to an international audience. A manuscript submitted to Annuals of the Next Generation should be a Microsoft Word file. Manuscripts should be formatted into a 8 ½ x 11 document with one inch margins, should be Times New Roman 12 point typeface, and should not be more than 40 double-spaced pages (including references). The submission should conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) (5th edition). The title page should contain the article name,authors' names and complete affiliations, and the address for manuscript correspondence(including e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers). A descriptive abstract of no more than 100 double-spaced words should be included in the manuscript. Manuscripts will be acknowledged by the Editor upon receipt. After an internal editorial review, manuscripts will be forwarded anonymously to at least two external reviewers. The review process will take anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 months. Once the manuscript has been reviewed, the author(s) will be notified about the status of the manuscript. Every effort should be made by the author(s) to remove any identifying markers from the manuscript. Manuscripts accepted for publication are subject to copyediting. Manuscript submission indicates the author's commitment to publish in Annuals of the Next Generation and to give the journal first publication rights. No manuscript known to be under consideration by another journal will be reviewed. It is a condition of publication that author(s) vest copyright of their manuscripts, including abstracts, to Center for African American Research and Policy (CAARP). February 1st and June 1st are the annual submission deadlines. All submissions should be submitted to the online submission system If you have any questions, please contact Antonio Daniels, Editor of The Annuals of the Next Generation, via email at adaniels@caarpweb.org