Upcoming Scholarship Deadlines 

Jan. 12, 2015:    Beinecke Scholarship

Jan. 14, 2015:    Department of Energy NNSA Stewardship Graduate Fellowship Program

Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program

Jan. 15, 2015:    German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) RISE

Scan|Design @ UW Fellowship

Jan. 16, 2015:    Pride Foundation Scholarships

Greater Seattle Business Association Scholarships

Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship

Jan. 19, 2015:    Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

Jan. 20, 2015:    Killam Fellowship

USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship

Jan. 23, 2015:    Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship

Jan. 26, 2015:    Mary Gates Endowment Leadership Scholarship

Jan. 30, 2015:    Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship

Jan. 31, 2015:    DAAD German Academic Exchange Service Undergraduate Scholarship Programs

Feb. 2, 2015:    Mary Gates Endowment Research Scholarship

Upcoming Winter Workshops: (all in MGH 171)

Scholarships 101: Getting Started    January 21, 2015, 2:30-3:30pm

January 27, 2015, 4:30-5:30pm

Scholarships 201: for Continuing Students    January 28, 2015, 3:30-4:30pm

February 5, 2015, 4:30-5:30pm

Curriculum Vitae Writing    January 22, 2015, 2:30-3:30pm

February 2, 2015, 4:30-5:30pm

Getting Great Recommendation Letters    January 26, 2015, 2:30-3:30pm

February 12, 2015, 2:30-3:30pm

Personal Statement Writing    January 29, 2015, 4:30-5:30pm

February 4, 2015, 3:30-4:30pm

David Bonderman – the donor – wishes to give students an opportunity to experience learning and growth in new and unexpected ways. Bonderman Fellows will undertake international travel on their own for eight months, to six or more countries in two or more major regions of the world. Through solo travel the Fellows will focus on exploration and discovery, learning about the world and themselves in it.

Up to seven graduate and seven undergraduate Bonderman Fellowships will be awarded in Spring 2015. Each Fellowship carries a $20,000 award to be used only for extended solo international travel. Fellows may not conduct research, pursue an academic project, or participate in a formal program or organization.

Eligibility:

All applicants must be enrolled and in good standing at the UW during the quarter the application is due and must hold US citizenship or permanent resident status. Additionally:

GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS: All students in graduate or professional degree programs are eligible to apply.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: All undergraduate students with senior credit standing and a degree application on file, AND who also meet ONE of the following criteria are eligible to apply:

• at least a 3.7 cumulative UW GPA by the start of Winter 2015; OR
• participation and good standing in the University Honors Program (Interdisciplinary, Departmental or College Honors) or in UW Tacoma’s Global Honors Program, by the start of Winter 2015. Undergraduates in one of these honors programs DO NOT need to have 3.7 UW GPA or higher to apply, but simply must be in good standing in their respective programs, whatever that might mean.

To learn more about this opportunity, please attend one of the information sessions listed on the website.

Applications must be submitted by 12:00 pm (noon) January 12, 2015.

More information about the fellowship, information sessions, and the application can be found at: bonderman.uw.edu

The USAID’s Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship is designed to promote excellence and diversity in the USAID Foreign Service.  Attached is a brief paragraph describing the program below, as well as their flyer and brochure.  Applications with all materials and recommendations must be submitted by 11:59PM on Tuesday , January 20, 2015 to be considered for this year’s award.

2015 Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship

The application deadline is January 20, 2015. 

The Payne Program is designed to attract outstanding young people to careers in international development as USAID Foreign Service Officers.  The Payne Fellowship Program provides:

• Benefits valued at up to $90,000 over two years toward a two-year master’s degree,
• Arranges internships in Washington D.C. and at USAID missions overseas, and
• Provides professional development and support activities.

Fellows who successfully complete the program become USAID Foreign Service Officers.  Fellows may use the fellowship to attend a two-year master’s program in a U.S. institution to study an area of relevance to the USAID Foreign Service, including international development, international relations, public policy, business administration, foreign languages, economics, agriculture, environmental sciences, health, or urban planning at a graduate or professional school approved by the Payne Program.  At the end of the two-year fellowship, Fellows enter the USAID Foreign Service.

Applicants must be:

• College seniors or graduates looking to start graduate school in the fall of the year they apply,
• Have GPAs of at least 3.2 and
• Must be U.S. citizens.

The program welcomes applications from those with any undergraduate major and encourages applications from members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the USAID Foreign Service and those with financial need.  Information and application materials for the program are available at www.paynefellows.org.  The application deadline is January 20, 2015.  The Program is funded by USAID and managed by Howard University.

2015 Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship

Number of Fellowships Offered:  5

Eligibility Requirements:  U.S. citizenship; GPA of 3.2/4.0; seeking to start two-year relevant grad program in fall 2015

Online Application Opens:  October 14, 2014 www.paynefellows.org

Application Deadline:  January 20, 2015 – Finalists selected by the end of February – Fellows selected by mid-March

Contact:

Tessa Henry, Program Officer

USAID Donald M. Payne Int’l Development Program

paynefellows@howard.edu; 202-806-4367, (877) 633-0002

Office: (202) 806-5952

tessa.henry@howard.edu

www.paynefellows.org

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 from 12:30-1:30 p.m.  To register:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/656401654

In person:
Thursday, October 9, 2014, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Smith 311
Friday, October 10, 2014; 10:30-12 noon.,  Oceanography Teaching
Building (OTB), room 014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014; 12:30-2:00 p.m., Denny 206

NSF?s GRFP is one of the premier opportunities to fund your graduate study.
It provides 3 years of funding that you can use in a 5 year time frame.
This includes a $32,000 annual stipend and tuition.  For UW graduate
students, GAIP health insurance is also covered.

While there may be an assumption this funding would be only for the ?usual
suspects? (e.g., life sciences, engineering, math, etc.), there are a
surprising number of social science disciplines included in the eligibility
list, including STEM education, Political Science, Public Policy,
Communication, Anthropology, History, and Sociology.    We encourage
students in all eligible fields to look into this fellowship.

Seniors who are planning to attend graduate school can apply now and take
the funding with them to whatever school they attend.   First year graduate
students (and sometimes second year students) can apply now.

The information session will cover the application process, strategies for
successful applications and more details regarding how the fellowship
operates.  Application deadlines range from October 29 ? November 4, 2014.
Students should start their applications now.

Basic eligibility criteria:

*  research in an eligible NSF research area (includes several of the
social sciences)
*  US citizens or permanent residents by the application deadline
*  students in their first year of graduate study or at the beginning of
their second year of graduate study (with some limitations)
*  students who have not earned a previous graduate degree
*  graduating senior undergraduates who plan to apply to and begin graduate
student by next fall

Full eligibility information is detailed in the program solicitation.
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=6201&ods_key=nsf1
4590

Questions?   Please contact the Graduate School Fellowships and Awards
office at gradappt@uw.edu or 206.543-7152.

• Tues., Oct. 14, 2014, 2:30pm, 171 MGH — This session will be hosted by Hannah Grossblatt, Boren Program Coordinator, and will cover both Undergraduate Scholarships & Graduate Fellowships.
• Wed., Nov. 12, 2014, 3:30pm, MGH 173R (covering Undergraduate Scholarships only)
• Tues, Dec. 2, 2014, 4:30pm, MGH 173R (covering Undergraduate Scholarships only)
• RSVP at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/239, though drop-ins are always welcome

Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. For a complete list of countries, click here.

Boren Scholars represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. For a complete list of languages, click here.

Boren Scholarships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Applicants should identify how their study abroad program, as well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to U.S. national security, broadly defined.  NSEP draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness. To view the Program Basics for the Boren Scholarship, click here.

Undergraduate applicants must apply through UW to be considered for the Boren Undergraduate Scholarship Program. UW Seattle’s deadline for undergraduate applicants is January 8, 2015 for study abroad programs during the 2015-16 academic year. Interested students are welcomed to contact me: Robin Chang, robinc@uw.edu, Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards.

UW Bothell undergraduate and graduate students interested in these opportunities can contact Natalia Dyba (NDyba@uwb.edu) for campus deadlines and application support. UW Tacoma undergraduate and graduate students can contact Cindy Schaarschmidt (cs65@uw.edu) for campus deadlines and application support.

The Boren program also offers Graduate Fellowships for graduate students, details are at http://borenawards.org/boren_fellowship. There is no Boren campus application process at the graduate level; the national deadline for the Boren Graduate Fellowship is January 27, 2015. Marilyn Gray (megray@uw.edu) in the Graduate School Office of Fellowships & Awards is the point of contact for graduate students interested in this program.

The Colloquium will take place April 25th-27th, 2014. We encourage
submissions at all levels in a variety of subfields of linguistics,
including but not limited to phonetics, phonology, syntax, historical
linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and language acquisition.
Applicants pursuing a B.A., B.S., or equivalent degree are invited to
submit a one-page abstract for a talk of no more than twenty minutes in
length or for a poster presentation at our poster session. Abstracts should
be submitted to culc@cornell.edu by March 10th. Please indicate whether you
would like to be considered for a talk, for the poster session or for both.
Submitters will be notified by March 17th whether the abstract was accepted
or rejected.

There is a probability that the conference proceedings will be published
afterward, most likely in an online, widely-accessible format. More
information about the Colloquium may be found at the following website:
http://linguistics.cornell.edu/undergraduate/undergrad-colloquium.cfm

Please direct any questions or concerns to culc@cornell.edu.

• What? The UW Libraries Research Award for Undergraduates recognizes undergraduate students who have authored superb research projects that demonstrate a creative use of scholarly materials.
• Why? Winners receive $1,000 and University-wide recognition for their outstanding accomplishment.
• When? Deadline to submit is Monday, May 19, 2013, by 5:00pm PST.
• Where and How? Submission criteria and guidelines are available online.
• Questions? Send them to libaward@uw.edu

The Undergraduate Research Program is pleased to announce that we’re now
accepting applications for the 2014 Summer Institute in the Arts &
Humanities (SIAH)!  (Application deadline: March 14)

This year’s theme is Native Modernities: Histories, Politics, and Arts of
Indigeneity

In this year’s Summer Institute students will explore rich histories of
Native struggles, contemporary (trans)national Indigenous social movements,
and repertoires of decolonizing artistic, cultural, and intellectual
production.

2014 Teaching Team:

– Maria Elena Garcia, Associate Professor, Comparative History of Ideas and
Jackson School of International Studies
– Jose Antonio (Tony) Lucero, Associate Professor, Jackson School of
International Studies
– Dian Million (Athabascan), Associate Professor, American Indian Studies
and Canadian Studies
– Annie Dwyer, Doctoral Candidate, English

Eligibility: UW (Bothell, Seattle, & Tacoma) undergraduate students in good
academic standing who are interested in an intensive experience in scholarly
research in the arts and humanities are encouraged to apply.

SIAH selects and supports 20 undergraduates to engage in intensive research
projects under the guidance of four interdisciplinary instructors. Selected
students are named Mary Gates Scholars and receive a Mary Gates Research
Scholarship of $4,000 to help defray the costs of participation.
Participants enroll in 12 academic credits for this full-time research
immersion experience.

Summer Institute Information Sessions will be held on the following dates:

Thursday, February 13 – 4:30-5:30 pm  (this week!)
Thursday, February 27 – 4:30-5:30 pm
Monday, March 3 – 12:30-1:30 pm

All sessions will be held in Mary Gates Hall 171.  Register
here: https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/429
For more information: exp.uw.edu/urp/sinst.  Questions?: Contact the
Undergraduate Research Program at urp@uw.edu

Please note that you don’t need to have your project 100% complete to present your work – even if you haven’t completed your analysis, you can discuss your research question(s), hypotheses, methods, initial results, etc.  You also don’t necessarily have to be registered for LING 499 for research to present – in the past, we’ve had some students give very interesting presentations on the work they were doing for one of their classes. Conference presentations look great on a resume or CV, so presenting your research is also a great way to improve your chances of finding a job or getting into graduate school.

If you are interested in participating in the colloquium with either a poster or verbal presentation, please email me your interest by Sunday, February 2ndat lingadv@uw.edu.  There are limited verbal presentation slots and these are first come first serve, so please let me know as soon as possible if you would prefer a verbal presentation.

-Katie