- Academic:
- Graduate degree in Urban Planning, Public Policy or Administration, Business, or Law, preferred
- Post-graduate and mid-career applicants welcomed
- Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree completed, plus 5 years of relevant experience
- Work experience in real estate, community, economic or business development, or in fields related to urban revitalization preferred
- Applicants will be evaluated based on their scholastic achievements, oral and written communication skills, analytic skills, campus and community service involvement, political awareness, leadership potential, and work experience.
- Efforts will be made to recruit a national pool of qualified applicants. Young professionals living in the region and Detroiters who wish to return to the city and help make a difference are encouraged to apply.
- Non-US citizens must show authorization to work in U.S.
The Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program is designed to attract, develop and retain promising young professionals who will help lead the economic revitalization and development of Detroit. This talent pool is being cultivated in order to build the capacity of public, for-profit, nonprofit and quasi-public organizations, including Detroit’s anchor institutions. The Detroit Fellows program is an outstanding opportunity for those looking to build a career in the fields of economic and business development, real estate and urban planning. It is also an outstanding opportunity to be a key contributor to the transformation of Detroit... to creating the Detroit of tomorrow.
The Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program is modeled after the successful Rockefeller Foundation Redevelopment Fellowships launched in 2007 in New Orleans. That program, administered by the Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania, enabled key redevelopment organizations in New Orleans to recruit qualified professionals from across the country to work on the rebuilding process there.
A completed application will include:
- A completed online form
- Current resume/ curriculum vitae
- List of three professional references, including telephone and email contact information
- A statement of interest (In approximately 500 words, please tell us why you want to be part of this initiative)
- Transcript: Applicants are also asked to have the academic institution which they most recently attended send a transcript directly to us.
- The applicant must be 25 OR UNDER.
- The applicant must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen (You will be asked to prove citizenship and age if you win).
- You can APPLY for as many grants as you'd like, but you can only win ONE grant from Do Something in a twelve month period (excluding the Do Something Award).
Are you working to start a community action project or program? Do you need money to put your ideas into action? If you answered, "YES!", you are eligible to apply for a Do Something Seed Grant. We give out a $500 Do Something Seed Grant every week to help young people just like YOU!
These grants can be used towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started, or to jump-start your program and realize your ideas for the first time. These grants can also be used towards projects that are already developed and sustainable, towards the next steps of your project and organization to help you as you look to expand your project and grow your impact.
1. Create a Project Posting (see link below) for your existing project.
2. Check out our Judging Criteria help with your application
3. Fill out an Online Application
4. Check out the FAQ if you have more questions
Required
- A budget detailing how the $500 will be used
- A recommendation from a non-family member
Optional (but recommended)
- Photos and video of your project
- Your project's website
Grants cannot be used to fund:
- Travel Costs
- Individual Sponsorships
- Shipping Costs
- Individual School Fees
- Fundraisers
As the focus of this project is building collaborations between early career American and Yemeni scientists and engineers, all participants must either be enrolled as graduate students in or affiliated with an accredited institution of higher learning in the United States. The project is designed to be interdisciplinary and is open to physical scientists, life scientists, social scientists, and engineers. All participants must have a valid U.S. passport or be able to obtain a valid U.S. passport by no later than May.
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is recruiting participants for its American-Yemeni science partnership project. This project, which begins in June 2011, will develop an interdisciplinary research project between early-career American and Yemeni scientists and engineers that addresses the critical challenge of developing and implementing affordable, sustainable solutions for providing reliable water and energy services to urban customers in water scarce environments. Applicants must submit a short (~4 page) proposal identifying a key need within this above identified challenge and outlining how they propose to address this need through a one year, small scale research project.
Proposal Requirements:
3. A statement defining a key research area or need critical to addressing the challenge. This statement should state what this key need area is and why the applicant has selected to address this need.
4. A brief narrative that outlines the research project the applicant would undertake to address the challenge and describes how the project addresses the challenge. This narrative should cover the following topics:
- how the proposed project addresses the need area (as defined in requirement 3);
- how the project addresses the larger challenge of developing and implementing affordable, sustainable solutions for providing reliable water and electricity services to urban customers in water scarce environments;
- how the applicants would integrate the proposed project and its research goals with the larger project if selected;
- how the proposed project and applicant would benefit from collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of Yemeni and American researchers;
- how the team would benefit from the applicant’s participation and from the goals of the individual research project;
- why the project would benefit from site research in Yemen; and
- what resources (including equipment, lab space, field research, human and financial capital) will be necessary for the individual project to be carried out.
5. A participant CV
1. A project title.
2. A brief narrative stating how the research team would benefit from the applicant’s background, experience, and ideas and why the applicant will benefit from participation in this project.
FAS cannot provide salary reimbursement for participants.
Preference given to projects with smaller budgets or those not previously funded by the Foundation.
Preference will be given to students enrolled at a southern California-based university while conducting their research. However, students from out-of-state institutions are also eligible for funding.
Support graduate student scientific research that contributes to the awareness and conservation of desert parks, wilderness, and other natural open spaces in the California desert areas in Riverside, San Bernardino, Inyo and Imperial Counties.
Awardees must submit a progress report to the Community Foundation six months after the receipt of the award and a final report at the end of a year.
Because of limited funds, smaller funding requests and budgets that demonstrate an efficient use of funding will be favored.
Complete the application (found at http://www.thecommunityfoundation.net/grants/grantsSchedule.html) and submit 5 copies before the deadline.
Applications should be accompanied by:
- a letter from the supervising faculty member indicating his/her support of the proposed research, its merits for funding by the California Desert Research Fund, and the ability of the applicant to conduct the research and meet established deadlines;
- a letter from the agency or reserve site (as appropriate) authorizing use of the pertinent public lands or reserve for the proposed research; and
- a copy of current curriculum vita for the applicant(s) (two pages maximum).
Research should be in the wildlands of the California desert.
Overhead charges and/or indirect costs are not allowable.
Before submitting a formal application all applicants should consult with STRI scientific staff, who will serve as potential advisors, to confirm that they are willing to supervise and support the proposed project. Proposals without the support of named advisors will not be funded. When corresponding with advisors we strongly encourage applicants to ask for advice on the scientific merit of the proposed research, methodology and logistics, and for written comments on preliminary drafts of the proposals.
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), is a division of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC and maintains research facilities for marine and terrestrial research at various locations on the Isthmas of Panama. Short term fellowships (STF) are available for research in the areas of ecology, anthropology, paleontology, paleocology, evolutionary biology, molecular phylogenetics, biogeography, animal behavior, neurobiology, soils sciences, and physiology of tropical plants and animals.
Fellowships may provide a modest stipend to cover living expenses while at STRI (currently, $750/month); a modest research allowance that rarely exceeds $2000 and is usually less; and round-trip coach airfare. Partial awards are often given. Applicants are encouraged to seek additional sources of funding.
Refer to website for detailed application guidelines:
* Application form
* A non-technical Abstract )250 word limit)
* Research proposal (1,500 word limit)
* Bibliography
* Detailed 3-month timetable
* Research budget and justification
* CV
* Academic transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended
* 2 letters of recommendation (writers should send directly to STRI)
Stipend to cover modest living expenses at STRI ($750/month), roundtrip airfare to Panama, and a research allowance
Must consult with scientific staff to identify potential advisor.
The A. Stanley Rand Endowment was built through many generous donations from Stan’s friends, family members, former students and fellow colleagues at STRI. The endowment will fund short term (3-4 month) fellowships at STRI, with preference given to research areas that were of interest to Stan.
This new fellowship program recognizes Stan’s efforts to foster and promote the careers of young biologists, especially those from Latin America, and his belief in the importance of tropical research. Stanley played a monumental role in mentoring countless young students in evolutionary and ecological studies of the behavior of reptiles and amphibians.
Proposals can be in all areas represented by STRI scientists and research associates, but preference will be given to research focused on animal behavior and natural history, evolutionary biology, plant and animal ecology and environmental monitoring.
Applicants are encouraged to seek additional sources of funding, and partial awards are often given.
Application includes:
Two page application form, a non-technical abstract, research proposal with narrative and bibliography, detailed 3-month timetable for research, research budget and justification, CV, and academic transcripts.
Projects can last a maximum of 3 months.
Do not include living expenses and/or travel under the research allowance.
* graduate/law student
* must show potential for research and writing in the area of natural resources or the environment and preferably be working on a research paper, thesis, or dissertation.
PERC is seeking graduate or law students who are interested in natural resources and environmental issues and who show potential for research and writing in these areas. Preference is given to those who are working on a research paper, thesis, or dissertation on a natural resource or environmental topic. Successful graduate student candidates typically are working on a master's or PhD thesis on their proposed topic; law candidates most often are hoping to transform a paper they wrote for a class into a law review article.
This fellowship includes:
- The opportunity to spend 3 months with experts in the free market environmentalism movement;
- Mentorship by internationally known scholars who are working on natural resource and environmental research topics themselves;
- Office space and support for completing a research project in an area of specific interest to you;
- A monthly stipend of $1,600 plus reasonable domestic round trip travel expenses to Montana.
Complete the online application, which will require the following: http://www.perc.org/enviroprog/students/forms/grad_app.php
*Cover letter
*Resume/Vita
*Description of the proposed research project (2-5 pages double-spaced)
*Writing sample, preferably in the applicant's area of expertise.
*One letter of reference
*Undergraduate and graduate transcripts
Geographic Location: Bozeman, Montana
- Applicants must have completed all requirements for Ph.D. candidacy (or equivalent degree in a professional school).
- Applicants must have been admitted to candidacy and must provide a written letter confirming candidacy from the thesis advisor or student's graduate chair. Must be eligible to accept the fellowship and after receiving the fellowship funds must plan to finish within a year.
- Candidates within the social and behavioral sciences departments or inter-school, interdisciplinary programs with such departments will be given preference; other applicants will be considered, however.
The Innovation in Social Research Fellowship is designed to support a candidate to complete dissertation research and writing. 2012 will be the last year ISR will offer the fellowship.
The purpose of this fellowship is to promote innovative empirically grounded, social scientific analysis of important intellectual or practical issues pertaining to human behavior or social life. The proposed research should challenge conventional wisdom, use innovative/novel techniques and/or cross-disciplinary boundaries in new and unusual ways. In addition, the award should facilitate such analysis in active association with an ISR research project or program area.
In most instances the term of the award will be limited to twelve months. If departmental, collegiate or extramural monies complement the ISR award, the term may be extended up to a total of 24 months, but we discourage this.
Nomination materials should include (1) an up-to-date original transcript, (2) two or three letters of nomination from the department chair, dissertation advisor or committee members stating the strengths of the nomination and vouchsafing the candidate's eligibility, (3) a brief [two to three page] description of the project, its title, and its intellectual relationship to an ISR project or archived data including identification of the dissertation advisor and/or committee, (4) an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae.
Rosina Bierbaum is the Vice Chair of Federation of American Scientists Board of Directors.