Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowships

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	Federal Grant Title:	Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowships
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	Woodrow Wilson Center
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illuminate policy issues of contemporary importance.
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	0003
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Sep 30, 2010
	Creation Date:	Sep 29, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 04, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 04, 2010
	Archive Date:	Nov 03, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	23
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,485,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$85,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Individuals
Additional Information on Eligibility: # Citizens or permanent residents from any country (foreign nationals must be able to hold a valid passport and obtain a J1 Visa) # Men and women with outstanding capabilities and experience from a wide variety of -backgrounds (including government, the corporate world, professions, and academia) # Academic candidates holding a Ph.D. (Ph.D. must be received by the application deadline of October 1) # Academic candidates demonstrating scholarly achievement by publications beyond their doctoral dissertations # Practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement # English proficiency as the Center is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among its fellows # Applicants working on a degree (even if the degree is to be awarded prior to the proposed fellowship year) # Proposals of a partisan or advocacy nature # Primary research in the natural sciences # Projects that create musical composition or dance # Projects in the visual arts # Projects that are the rewriting of doctoral dissertations # The editing of texts, papers, or documents # The preparation of textbooks, anthologies, translations, and memoirs Notes on Eligibility You do not need an institutional affiliation to apply. For most academic candidates, a book or monograph is required. Scholars and practitioners who previously held research awards or fellowships at the Wilson Center are not precluded from applying for a fellowship. However, the nature and recency of the prior award may be among the factors considered during the selection process, and by the Fellowships Committee of the Board of Trustees.
Grant Description: The Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illuminate policy issues of contemporary importance.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=fellowships.welcome
Grant Announcement Contact: Lucy Jilka Administrator Phone 202-691-4213

Director of Wilson Center [lucy.jilka@wilsoncenter.org]