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Greenleaf Scholars Program; application deadline 3/13/2013

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02/19/2013
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Diana Woodworth

Greenleaf Scholars Program (GSP): https://www.greenleaf.org/research-scholars/. Applications are due March 13, 2013.

The GSP provides a $2,500 research award for early career scholars to support empirical work on servant leadership. The program is sponsored by the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, and is administered through the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good at the University of Michigan.
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Peter M. Wege and his sustainability legacy at U-M

The Center for Sustainable Systems at the School of Natural Resources and Environment annually invites an internationally recognized leader to deliver the Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability. Established in 2001, the lecture series is named to honor Peter M. Wege, the retired vice-chairman of the board of Steelcase, Inc., in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Carrico to discuss Nashville Yard Project at research talk

Sustainability and Human Behavior Seminar Series: Amanda Carrico

Amanda Carrico is a research assistant professor at the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy & Environment at Vanderbilt University. She also is a faculty fellow in the Climate Change Research Network at Vanderbilt, where she was a postdoctoral fellow from 2009-2012. She earned a doctoral degree in Social Psychology (2009) from Vanderbilt University; a master of arts in social psychology (2005) from Vanderbilt and a bachelor of arts (2002) from Transylvania University.

Dean Marie Lynn Miranda

Dean Miranda gives seminar at CDC on GIS, diabetes

Marie Lynn Miranda, professor and dean at the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, is giving a lecture Thursday, titled "Innovative Use of GIS for a Coordinated Approach to Chronic Disease Surveillance and Prevention." The seminar takes place at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Atlanta campus, but can be viewed live via a webstream (DETAILS BELOW). The Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and the Division of Diabetes Translation is presenting the seminar.

CEW-Robin Wright Graduate Fellowship; application deadline 2/18/2013

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02/04/2013
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Diana Woodworth

The Robin Wright Graduate Fellowship provides up to $4,000 to support research by a graduate student from the Islamic World or Africa enrolled in the Rackham Graduate School.

Preference will be given to graduate students pursuing research in international and global issues in the contemporary period, with a focus on political, economic or societal change as well as new solutions to issues arising from the spread of globalization. Particular attention will be given to research abroad.
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CEW-Menakka and Essel Bailey Graduate Fellowship; appplication deadline 2/18/13

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02/04/2013
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Diana Woodworth

The Menakka and Essel Bailey Graduate Fellowship offers multiple grants up to $6,500 each for graduate students who are U.S. citizens pursuing research, field work, cultural experience, or other study relevant to their graduate degree, preferably in the areas of public health, health care, or environmental work in South or Southeast Asia (excluding China or Japan). Preference given to students seeking funds in addition to this source.

Application must be postmarked by Monday February 18, 2013.

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ISR-George Katona Research Award Fund in Economic Behavior; application deadline 4:00 PM 3/1/13

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02/04/2013
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Diana Woodworth

This award supports emerging scholars who are interested in how economic expectations shape consumer behavior and the macro economy. Specifically, it will provide an award of up to $8,000 to one (1) UM doctoral student who has achieved candidacy and is conducting empirically grounded economic research using the Surveys of Consumers database or similar data from the more than 60 other countries that conduct consumer surveys and to work on the development and application of expectational measures.
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ISR-Robert Kahn Fellowship for the Scientific Study of Social Issues; application deadline 4:00 PM, 3/1/13

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02/04/2013
Contact Name: 
Diana Woodworth

This campus-wide dissertation fellowship provides dissertation support for one (1) doctoral candidate each year who is committed to using empirical science to help solve the deep and abiding challenges confronting society. The Fellowship is awarded annually to the candidate whose research gives the most promise of dealing innovatively with some major social problem.

Award: The Fellowship includes tuition, GradCare, and a stipend of $25,000. In most instances the term of the award will be limited to 12 months.

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