Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program

National Endowment for Democracy (NED) International Forum for Democratic Studies

Deadline:  November 1, 2006

http://www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. The program enables democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows maintain full-time residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, which is located in Washington, District of Columbia. The forum hosts 12 to 15 Reagan-Fascell Fellows per year for periods ranging from 3 to 10 months. The program offers two tracks: a practitioner track and a scholarly track. Fellowships on the practitioner track tend to be short-term (three to five months), typically culminating in a strategy memorandum, short article or op-ed, and a presentation of the fellow's analysis and ideas. Fellowships on the scholarly track typically last for 3 to 10 months. The scholars make at least one presentation and complete a substantial piece of writing (a monograph or book) for publication.

Postdoctoral Fellowship In Democracy and Diversity

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR)

Deadline:  March 1, 2007

http://www.queensu.ca/philosophy/index.php?option=content&pcontent=1&task=view&id=25&Itemid=63

A new postdoctoral fellowship program in democracy and diversity has been established at Queen's University, funded in part by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR). An annual postdoctoral fellowship is available to work under the supervision of Professor Will Kymlicka. The fellowship is part of a larger nexus of activities at Queen's relating to the normative and empirical study of democracy and diversity, including the Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy; the Research Group on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multicultural Citizenship; the Fulbright Visiting Professorship in Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multicultural Citizenship; the Centre for the Study of Democracy; and the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations - all of which have active programs of workshops, conferences, and visiting scholars and speakers. 
The fellow would be expected to participate in these various activities as appropriate, including presentation of his or her research findings, and to assist Professor Kymlicka in the forum's activities. The fellow would also be expected to do some teaching (two half-courses). 
While "Democracy and Diversity" is to be understood expansively, and there are no pre-determined limits on the topics it may cover, Queen's has a special expertise in issues of ethnocultural diversity. Recent and ongoing activities have covered such topics as immigration and citizenship, multiculturalism and multicultural education, indigenous rights, affirmative action, historic injustice, nationalism and secession, language rights, and transnational democracy.  Applicants who combine normative analysis with empirical case studies are particularly welcome.
 

Predoctoral Visitors

Princeton University, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP)

Deadline:  November 15, 2006

http://web.princeton.edu/sites/wws/csdp/application.html

Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics seeks up to five visitors for the academic year. The center supports empirical research on democratic political processes and institutions, primarily, but not exclusively in the contemporary American setting, with a particular focus on the relationship between democratic theory and democratic practice. Applications are welcome from political scientists and scholars in related social science disciplines at any career stage from graduate students to senior faculty. Each visitor will pursue his or her own research and contribute to the intellectual life of the center, the department of politics, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Among equally qualified applicants, preference will be given to those who can provide partial self-support in the form of sabbatical funding, external grants, or concurrent fellowships.

Human Rights Grants

Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Deadline:  December 1, 2006

http://www.hmjackson.org/funding.html

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation restricts its human rights grants program primarily to Russia, seeking to make a lasting contribution by assisting groups that are easing Russia's transition from communism to democracy. Specifically, the foundation looks for opportunities to support those indigenous forces within Russian society that are struggling against fascism, religious and ethnic intolerance, xenophobia, and nationalist extremism. The foundation's goals include
- creating a better understanding of the Soviet period and its repression;
- promoting awareness of existing laws and political rights;
- supporting data collection, analyses, and monitoring of current threats to human rights; and
- building the capacity of emerging organizations and leaders.

Occasionally, the foundation seeks out partners to hold public programs that convene grantmakers, nonprofit organizations, and local government leaders on issues that are central to the Jackson legacy in an effort to leverage additional resources for those concerns. On a limited basis, the foundation supports trainings, forums, conferences, and public outreach efforts for Russian nonprofit organizations and international grantmakers.

Research Fellowships

Princeton University, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies

Deadline:  December 1, 2006

http://dav.princeton.edu/program/e13/application.html

During the academic years 2005-06 and 2006-07, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies will focus on the study of utopia and dystopia in history. The center invites scholars from all disciplines to examine the social, political, economic, and cultural location of utopias and dystopias from an historical perspective. The thematic intent is not to limit inquiry to disembodied intellectual traditions, but to explore conceptions and criticisms of the everyday world, as well as individual fears and fantasies. As in the past, the center hopes to address topics and problems from a wide variety of periods and places, from prehistory to the present, and from all parts of the world. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to: capitalism and the market ideal; communism and proletarian revolutions; prophet movements (e.g. African, Islamic, European); fascism; Wahhabism, Sufism, and liberation theology; slavery; technological and scientific futures; cinematic and fictional dreamworlds; racial anxiety and ethnic cleansing; patriarchy and its discontents; polis and Purgatory; modernism, architecture, and urban planning; and empire and post-colonial freedom. The center is normally only able to offer support for one semester, but it hopes that most Fellows will find outside support for a second semester.

Transatlantic Policy Research Program

German Marshall Fund of the United States

Deadline:  March 1, 2007

http://www.gmfus.org/fellowships/research.cfm

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) announces a call for proposals for a new program of transatlantic policy research conferences. This new program will replace the Research Fellowship Program and is part of an effort to encourage greater exchange between the university and policymaking communities. The aim of this program is to support research-driven conferences of scholars and policymakers working on transatlantic policy issues that will be selected and change on a yearly basis. GMF will consider proposals in three areas:
1. Democracy promotion
2. Immigration
3. Economic competitiveness policy

Galina Starovoitova Fellowship on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies

Deadline:  April 1, 2007

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1424&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=8713#galina

Galina Starovoitova Fellowships on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution were established following U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's January 25, 1999, speech in Moscow, in which she announced funding for a memorial fellowship at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in honor of Galina Starovoitova. The fellowship is funded and administered in cooperation with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. Galina Starovoitova was a leading human rights advocate and a deputy in the Russian lower house of parliament (Duma). She won her Duma seat from St. Petersburg in Russia's December 1995 legislative elections. Starovoitova served in the Congress of Peoples' Deputies during 1989-91 and was a presidential advisor on ethnic relations until 1992. She was also a co-founder of the Democratic Russia movement. In 1989, Galina Starovoitova was a visiting scholar at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She was also a fellow in the Jennings Randolph fellowship program at the United States Institute for Peace during 1993-94, where she completed research on self-determination movements in the former Soviet Union, and a visiting professor at Brown University.  In keeping with both the legacies of Woodrow Wilson and Galina Starovoitova, the Starovoitova Fellowship will be available to prominent scholars or policy makers from the Russian Federation who have successfully bridged the worlds of ideas and public affairs to advance human rights and conflict resolution. Grant recipients are required to be in residence at the Kennan Institute in Washington, D.C. for the duration of their grant. The Starovoitova Fellows are expected to hold public lectures on the themes of conflict resolution and human rights while conducting research on a specific topic. In addition, the Starovoitova Fellows will actively participate in discussions with the public policy and academic communities, including giving speeches and lectures at other institutions and taking part in meetings and conferences.

Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History

Wiener Library Limited

Deadline:  May 15, 2007

http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/fraenkelprize.htm

The award of the Fraenkel Prize will be made for an outstanding finished work in the field of contemporary history written in English, French, or German. The work must cover one of the traditional fields of interest to the Wiener Library, such as Central European and Jewish history in the 20th century, the Second World War, fascism and totalitarianism, political violence, racism, etc.  The work must be unpublished at the deadline for submissions.

Program for Initiatives Against Racism

Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)

http://www.crr.ca/Load.do?section=23&subSection=32&type=2

The Canadian Race Relations Foundation advances its mission, goals, and objectives through its Sponsorship Program for Initiatives Against Racism.

The program's objectives are
- to increase critical understanding of racism and racial discrimination in Canada;
- to expose the causes and manifestations of racism;
- to inform the general public of the facts, contrary to popular misconceptions, about groups affected by racism and racial discrimination; and
- to highlight the contributions of groups affected by racism and racial discrimination, notably Aboriginal peoples and racial minorities.

Proposed projects must meet at least two objectives of this program, and must be complementary to the work of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Eligible activities that may be considered for funding support by the foundation include co-sponsorship of anti-racism conferences, panels, symposia, and commemorative events with the potential to achieve broad public awareness; co-sponsorship of anti-racism materials and campaigns (print, video, audio, electronic) with the potential to achieve broad public awareness; and seed money for the development of large scale anti-racism activities with the potential to achieve broad public awareness.  The proposed project may have a national, provincial, or regional impact.  The foundation recognizes that organizations located in rural regions may have less access to resources for conducting anti-racism work and may require more funds to facilitate their research, outreach and communication plans. This category of the Initiatives Against Racism Sponsorship Program was created to assist organizations located in more isolated areas in addressing these challenges.

Citizenship and Cultural Studies: McMaster University Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies

Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), Fulbright Scholar Program

Deadline:  August 1, 2007

http://www.cies.org/award_book/award2007/award/Ide7537.htm