[Est-grad-rrp] Oportunidades de becas y grants

[Josefa Font]

Josefa Font Rivera, M.Ed
Coordinadora Iniciativas Desarrollo Estudiantil
Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigación
UPR-Río Piedras
PO Box 21790
San Juan, PR 00931-1790
Tel. 787-764-0000, x 7891, 2515
j_font at degi.uprrp.edu
http://graduados.uprrp.edu




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Sponsor: Guggenheim (Harry Frank) Foundation
Title: Dissertation Fellowships                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
E-mail: 
 
Program URL: http://www.hfg.org/df/print.htm

SYNOPSIS: 
 Support is provided for individuals to complete the writing of
their doctoral dissertations in any of the natural and social sciences
and the humanities that will increase understanding of the causes,
manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance.
Ten or more fellowships in the amount of $15,000 are awarded each
year. 
Deadline(s): 02/01/2007 



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Sponsor: Horizon Foundation
Title: Grants Program                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
E-mail: info at horizonfoundation.org
 
Program URL: http://www.horizonfoundation.org/

SYNOPSIS: 
 The sponsor supports non-profit organizations that affect positive
change among children, the adults who work with them, and the
communities in which they live.  The sponsor will support programs and
organizations that aspire to create and maintain sustainable and
livable communities by:
Protecting and conserving land and water resources; Educating children
and adults about being good stewards of the environment; Promoting
vibrant, child-oriented arts; Teaching respect for and preservation of
historic assets; Enabling children and adults to lead their
communities in thoughtful, creative, and healthy ways; and Encouraging
service to others. 
Deadline(s): 01/15/2007 

DEADLINE NOTE
 Letters of inquiry must be received by January 15, 2007 to be
considered for the Spring grant cycle.  The sponsor will invite
qualified applicants to submit full proposals. If invited, full
proposals are due April 2, 2007 for the Fall cycle. 

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Sponsor: West Virginia Humanities Council
Program Number: 71251
Title: Fellowships                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
E-mail: lerose at wvhumanities.org
Web Site: http://www.wvhumanities.org/FellowshipGrantApplication.doc

Program URL: http://www.wvhumanities.org/guidline.htm

SYNOPSIS: 
 Fellowships of $2,500 support individual research within a
humanities discipline.  This program provides opportunities for
advanced study to improve scholarship, teaching, or interpretation of
the humanities. 
Deadline(s): 02/01/2007 



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Sponsor: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Title: Dalmas A. Taylor Memorial Summer Minority Policy Fellowship                                                                                                                                                                                                   
E-mail: awards at spssi.org
 
Program URL: http://www.spssi.org/Taylor_flyer.html

SYNOPSIS: 
 The fellowship provides an opportunity for a graduate student of
color to work on public policy issues in Washington, DC. 

Deadline(s): 02/01/2007