Category Archives: Fellows

NSF Innovation in Graduate Education Challenge

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From the USC Graduate Research Fellowship Program Office:

Calling Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Graduate Students:

Have you ever thought of ways to improve STEM graduate education? Do you have a creative idea regarding graduate training? If so, NSF wants to hear from you!

The National Science Foundation Innovation in Graduate Education Challenge is calling for entries from currently enrolled STEM graduate students and teams. They are invited to submit innovative ideas to prepare today’s graduate students for tomorrow’s opportunities and challenges. Entries are solicited for ideas with the potential to improve graduate education and professional development. Ideas can be directed toward students, faculty, departments, institutions, professional societies, and/or federal agencies. Winning ideas will be shared widely and winners will receive prizes between $1000 and $3000.

For more information and to enter the challenge, go to www.nsf.gov/gradchallenge/

Entry deadline is April 15th! Make your voice heard on STEM graduate education!

Japan Travel Grants

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Attention, Graduate Students in Asia/Japan Studies:

KCC Japan Education Exchange (KCC-JEE) $2000 Travel Grants 2013 Fellowship
KCC-JEE is offering travel grants for research in Japan for up to $2000 each.

Application materials will be available at the KCC Japan Education Exchange website by the next week. Please check at: www.kccjee.org.

The travel grant must be used for travel to, from, and within Japan. It may not be used to buy equipment, purchase books or materials, or any other direct research expenses. It may not be used for language instruction.

There are no restrictions on the discipline or content of the research project. This travel grant may be combined with any other fellowships or grants.

Eligibility Criteria:
An applicant must be a US citizen enrolled in (or affiliated with) an American university; Ph.D. candidate who has been advanced to candidacy; Proficient in research level Japanese language

Applications include:
The cover sheet with bio info (from KCC); CV; Proposal; One letter of recommendation from the candidates thesis advisor; One letter ranking language proficiency

The proposal should include:
Brief dissertation abstract (500 words)
Statement of research agenda in Japan
Budget showing how the travel grant will be used

Upon completion of expenditure of funds, the recipient will be required to submit a report to KCC/Japan Education Exchange explaining the outcome of his/her project.

Applications are due no later than February 15, 2013 and recipients will be notified by February 28, 2013.

For questions please contact Roberta Wollons at rwollons@gmail.com or Cindi Sturtz-Sreetharan csturtz@saclink.csus.edu.

Fellowships for International Study

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Do you want to do research abroad? If yes, take note of these upcoming information sessions on international fellowships. The general sessions will discuss programs such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Luce and more. The Fulbright sessions will discuss the Study and Research Grants, or the English Teaching Assistantship grants.

Sessions will be held on the following dates and times:

General Fellowships for International Study:

January 30, from 12:00pm – 1:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium
February 28, from 1:00pm – 2:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium
March 26, from 12:00pm – 1:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium
April 8, from 1:00pm – 2:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium

Fulbright Study and Research Grants:

January 28, from 1:00pm – 2:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium
February 13, from 12:00pm – 1:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium
March 12, from 1:00pm – 2:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium
April 4, from 12:00pm – 1:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA):

January 24, from 12:00pm – 1:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium
February 5, from 1:00pm – 2:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium
March 4, from 1:00pm – 2:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium
April 17, from 3:00pm – 4:00pm in Leavey Library Auditorium

U.S. Citizenship is required for the fellowships. Additional information regarding the fellowships is available at www.usc.edu/aif

The Office of Academic and International Fellowships also has a new Facebook page where they will post upcoming info sessions and applicant resources: www.facebook.com/uscaif. Please like them!

If you are unable to attend the information sessions and would like to learn more about the fellowships, please contact the Academic and International Fellowships Office at aifstaff@usc.edu or (213) 740-9116.

East Asian Studies Center 2013-14 Foreign Language and Area Studies & ACE-Nikaido Fellowships

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EAST ASIAN STUDIES CENTER 2013-2014 FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES (FLAS) FELLOWSHIP

FLAS fellowships are provided by EASC’s U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant for undergraduate and graduate study of Mandarin Chinese, Japanese or Korean and East Asian area studies. The purpose of the program is to enrich the nation’s pool of area and international specialists. Applicants should be planning to use their training to teach, to serve in government or international agencies, or to engage in other work that advances American understanding of other countries.

Applications are available online. Please visit the website for more details: http://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/flas/

Application Deadline: Friday, February 1, 2013 by 5:00pm

Summer 2013 FLAS Fellowship
● $2,500 stipend
● $5,000 maximum tuition payment for approved intensive summer language program

Summer 2013 FLAS fellowships are awarded to graduate and undergraduate students for intensive language study of Mandarin Chinese, Japanese or Korean at an institution in the U.S. or abroad. The language study must be at least 6 weeks in length and include 120 or more contact hours for advanced level study, 140 or more for beginning/intermediate level study.

Academic Year 2013-14 FLAS Fellowship
Graduate Students:
● $15,000 stipend
● $18,000 tuition payment

Undergraduate Students:
● $5,000 stipend
● $10,000 tuition payment

Academic Year FLAS fellows enroll in one East Asian language course during both fall and spring semesters and must take at least two area studies courses on East Asia during the award period. All language and area studies classes must be taken for a letter grade.

Eligibility
● U.S. citizens or permanent residents
● Full-time USC students
● Graduate students: Engaged in advanced language study (3rd year and above). Those already fluent in one East Asian language may apply for beginning/intermediate study of a second East Asian language.
● Undergraduate students: Engaged in intermediate or advanced language study (2nd year and above)
● FLAS-eligible languages include Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

 

EAST ASIAN AREA STUDIES CENTER 2013-2014 ASSOCIATION FOR JAPAN – U.S. COMMUNITY EXCHANGE (ACE) NIKAIDO FELLOWSHIP

The Association for Japan-U.S. Community Exchange (ACE) – Nikaido Fellowship provides stipends of up to $5,000 to awarded students, depending on the proposed course of study. Most awards are given in smaller increments based on proposed project. The award may be used for research, Japanese language training or Japanese area studies. The purpose of the award is to advance understanding of Japan and/or US-Japan relations.

Applications are open to full-time USC graduate students from all disciplines and to both domestic and international students. Please visit the website for more details: http://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/ace/

Application Deadline: Friday, February 1, 2013 by 5:00pm 

Deadline Reminder: SSRC Eurasia Program Fellowships

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SSRC Eurasia Program Fellowships
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/eurasia-fellowship/

 

DEADLINE: 11:00PM EST December 8, 2012

The Eurasia Program offers two types of fellowship support in 2012, providing financial and academic support to graduate students in the early stages of dissertation development and Ph.D. candidates near completion of their doctoral programs in the social sciences and related humanities.

PRE-DISSERTATION AWARDS (PDAS)
Pre-Dissertation Awards (PDAs) enable early-stage graduate students to perform initial field assessments of up to four weeks for archival exploration, preliminary interviews, and other feasibility studies related to their dissertations. We anticipate awarding six young scholars the opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge of their proposed field sites, establish contacts within local communities, meet with local scholars, and gain insight into how their dissertation topics resonate with regional intellectual, political, and social currents. Proposals should reflect a clear plan for initial field assessment, require a budget of less than $3,000, and clearly articulate the policy relevance of the proposed project.

DISSERTATION DEVELOPMENT AWARDS (DDAS)
Dissertation Development Awards (DDAs) are intended to provide one year of support to enable the prompt completion of a PhD dissertation. We anticipate offering approximately ten DDAs (with stipends of up to $20,000) to advanced graduate students who have completed their fieldwork. Fellows will participate in professionalization activities and a fall workshop and contribute to the Eurasia Program’s new working paper and policy brief series. Applicants should pay serious attention to the policy-relevant aspects of their research. All DDA applicants must have obtained ABD status (meaning they have completed all requirements for the PhD except for the dissertation) by the application submission deadline.

ELIGIBILITY
Proposals and research must pertain to one or more of the regions and countries currently supported by the program: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. We will consider comparative projects if one or more of the countries/regions under consideration are supported by the program.

USC Annenberg Graduate Fellow brings Krump Dancing to the Screen and Stage

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USC Annenberg Fellow, Jessica Koslow, grew up dancing. Last year, she attended a “krump” class by Marquisa Gardner a.k.a. “Miss Prissy,” one of the founders of the energetic and expressive dance style born on the streets of South Los Angeles. Miss Prissy invited her after class to attend a weekly midnight krump session in a North Hollywood supermarket parking lot. When Jessica arrived to the midnight dance circle a few weeks later, she discovered an enthralling and thriving underground culture.

This first encounter with the midnight dance circle, nicknamed the “818 Session,” occurred while Jessica was completing the Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism (The Arts) degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. As part of her coursework, Jessica took a Documentary Production class with Cinema’s William Yahraus in which she created a 15-minute documentary titled The 818 Session with fellow classmate Tshego Tee Letsaolo.

Jessica continued investigating the 818 Session beyond the completion of this course, and developed the documentary into her master’s thesis project. Although The 818 Session was her first time handling a camera, the film has seen great success. The piece premiered at the USC Annenberg Graduate Symposium in April 2012, and was later accepted into the Dances with Films and the Dance Camera West Media Film Festivals, screening at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in June 2012.

Exercising her journalistic muscle, Jessica is expanding her coverage beyond print and film by bringing krump to the stage to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the dance style. Over the next week, USC Visions and Voices will host three krump events that Jessica has organized with the collaboration of Dr. Sasha Anawalt, Director of the Arts Journalism Programs and Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the Journalism Department of USC Annenberg, and Taj Frazier, Assistant Professor for the USC Annenberg School for Communication. The first is the live show, The Underground: From the Streets to the Stage, taking place Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 8:00pm in Bovard Auditorium. The Underground features two of krump’s founders, Christopher A. Toler a.k.a. “Lil’ C,” and “Miss Prissy.” The show explores issues such as gender, the use of space, and fame, through the lens of the birth and growth of krump, touching on its links to historical community dance rituals. RSVP and find out more about the show here:
http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/897786

The second event features Jessica herself, and takes place Tuesday, September 11, at 12:00pm noon, in Annenberg 207: Journalism Director’s Forum –Krump on the Screen and Stage: A Conversation with Miss Prissy, Star of “Rize,” and Journalist Jessica Koslow.
http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/897788

The final event is a krump dance workshop with krump legends, Lil’ C and Miss Prissy, which will take place Wednesday, September 12 at 5:00pm in the North Gym in PED:
http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/897789

Jessica earned her degree in May 2012, and thanks the USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship and the Master of Arts in Specialized Journalism (The Arts) programs for providing the opportunity to explore her interests as a mid-career journalist: “One of the greatest gifts of going back to grad school is to be able to write stories that interest me.”

Congratulations, Jessica Koslow!