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Graduate Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards

Departmental fellowships and assistantships , sheng yen education foundation graduate fellows in chinese buddhism.

This fellowship offers MA-level grad students working on Chinese Buddhism approximately $15,000 per year plus full tuition waivers for a duration of two years. A maximum of two new fellows are designated annually. Applicants to the Buddhist Studies subfield should follow the same application procedure as stipulated in  the Admission page . For more information, please  click here .

Lucius Moody Bristol Graduate Fellows in Religion

Bristol Fellows receive approximately $24,000 per year plus full tuition waivers. A maximum of two new fellows are designated annually.

Academic Journal Assistants 

The Religion Department, in coordination with several academic societies and presses, annually funds eight or nine graduate students as staff for the journals edited by members of the department. Students are selected as book review assistants, lead assistants, and copyeditors for  Journal of Religious Ethics , and are eligible as well to assist with  Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal.  Funding for such positions ranges from approximately $10,000-$20,000 per year, plus full tuition waivers.

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS AND HONORS

The porterfield prize.

The Porterfield Prize, funded by friends and colleagues to honor Professor Emerita Amanda Porterfield , recognizes excellence in research by a graduate student in the area of American Religious History. To be considered for the prize, students may submit one publication and a current CV to Michael McVicar . A committee of faculty will select the winner.

Porterfield Prize Winners

• 2020: Tucker Adkins
• 2021: Humberto Perez
• 2022: Kevin Burton
• 2023: Talia Burnside
• 2024: Devin Burns

Florida State University Fellowships

In addition to our departmental awards, Religion graduate students are eligible for, and annually win,  Florida State University fellowships .

The Fellows Society Adelaide Wilson Fellowship

These university fellowships provide full tuition waiver and approximately $30,000 a year. In 2008, the Graduate School established The Fellows Society, a community of scholars. Its mission is to promote interdisciplinary engagement and leadership development for graduate students holding nationally competitive fellowships (e.g. the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship) and university-wide fellowships administered through the Graduate School. Fellows Society programming is designed to expand members' intellectual horizons and facilitate broadened networks across disciplines and professions.

Legacy Fellowships

Legacy Fellowships are a multi year awards for newly admitted doctoral that offer five consecutive academic years of guaranteed funding for new students. The fellowship offers a $10,000 supplement per academic year, and provides the annual health insurance subsidy. 

McKnight Doctoral Fellowship 

The McKnight Doctoral Fellowship program for under-represented African American and Hispanic students awards approximately $12,000 and a full tuition waiver. 

International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship

The International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship Awards approximately $7,000-$14,000 plus a full tuition waiver.

Leslie N. Wilson-Delores Auzenne Assistantship

The Wilson-Auzenne Assistantship awards $5,000, which is added to the Religion department graduate assistant stipend for a maximum of approximately $15,000 plus a full tuition waiver.

Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Award

The Kingsbury Award is administered by the FSU Department of English, however, it is open to all currently enrolled full-time FSU graduate students. The amount of the award is approximately $6,000-$10,000 and a full tuition waiver.

Dissertation Research Grants

This annual award is paid by the Graduate School to assist doctoral students with expenses associated with research necessary to prepare dissertations. Awards range from $750 to $1,000 for top tier awardees. 

External Fellowships and Awards

Religion department graduate students in recent years have won fellowships such as the Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship, American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship, P.E.O. Scholar Award, American Philosophical Society, and others.

The Office of Graduate Fellowships & Awards (OGFA) assists currently enrolled FSU graduate students with articulating their interests and ambitions in support of identifying and applying for external fellowships, scholarships, and awards.  OGFA maintains an updated list of fellowships and awards for Religion students with current deadlines . 

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Support for graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing. Application requires the submission of one full (non-introduction) chapter.

Social Science Research Council Fellowships and Prizes

Deadlines vary . Funding for dissertation proposal development as well as international dissertation research for students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

Dissertation stage support for doctoral students whose work offers significant potential for advancing academic scholarship related to ethics and/or religion.

American Association of University Women Fellowships

The AAUW has several programs to support women pursuing fulltime study to finish dissertations and undertake research. Awards are available to people of multiple nationalities.

ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies

These fellowships work to expand the understanding and interpretation of Buddhist thought in scholarship and society, strengthen international networks of Buddhist studies, and increase the visibility of innovative currents in those studies.

Critical Language Scholarship Program

Part of a U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages (Azerbaijani, Bangala/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, & Russian).

Ford Foundation Fellowship Program—Pre-doctoral and Dissertation Fellowships

Fellowships to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculty and the number of professors who will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

Chateaubriand Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences

The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States. Every year, it allows doctoral students enrolled in American universities to conduct research in France for 4 to 9 months.

Boren Fellowship

Funding for U.S. graduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests, and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Josephine de Karman Fellowship

Award for PhD candidates in the final stages of their dissertation writing. Special consideration given to humanities students.

Fulbright Grants and Assistantships

The Fulbright Program is the largest U.S. international exchange program. It offers opportunities for students to undertake graduate study and advanced research worldwide or to teach English abroad.

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Fellowships and assistantships.

Florida State University and the Department of History offer a number of fellowships, assistantships, and scholarships available to incoming and current students. For more information about these fellowships, contact Dr. Mooney , the Director of Graduate Studies.

For Incoming Students

Sponsored by generous supporters of the History department, these fellowships offer guaranteed funding to outstanding applicants. Most are multi-year packages with at least one year when the fellow does not have duties within the department and can pursue research elsewhere. There are no separate applications to compete for these fellowships; the departmental application is comprehensive .

Dan and Sylvia Walbolt Fellowships and Margaret Ausley Fellowships

Sponsored by generous supporters of the History department, these doctoral fellowships offer a guaranteed funding package for 5 years. To be awarded to outstanding applicants, the Ausley and Walbolt Fellowships offer financial support in both the first and fourth years of the doctoral program (with no teaching responsibilities). Fellows will receive teaching assistantships in the other three years.

Daniel Sr. and Sylvia Walbolt MA Fellowship and Dorothy P. and Margaret A. Johnsen Graduate Fellowship in American History

Fellows receive financial support for the first two years, with no work obligations in the first year.

Robert Adler Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund in History

This is a funding option for graduate students in any field of history.

Margaret B. Ausley Graduate Fellowship in History

This doctoral fellowship offers a guaranteed funding package for 5 years. It provides financial support without work obligations in both the first and fourth years of the doctoral program. Fellows will receive regular assistantship duties in the other three years. This is a funding option for graduate students in any field of history

Barnett Bank Graduate Fellowship

This is a funding option for graduate students in American history.

Harold Baumgarten and Samuel M. Gibbons Endowed Fund [Greatest Generation Fellow]

This is a funding option for graduate students with an interest in the history of World War II.

Sarah Mae Cummings and Ann Clemons Memorial Scholarship Fund

Annabelle V. Horward Endowed Fellowship

This is a funding option for graduate students studying Napoleon and the French Revolution.

Donald D. Horward Endowed Fellowship in Napoleonic Military

This is a funding option for graduate students interested in the military history of the Napoleonic era.

Dorothy P. & Margaret A. Johnsen Graduate Fellowship

Dan and Sylvia Walbolt Fellowships

Ben Weider Graduate Fellowship

This is a funding option for graduate students studying Napoleon’s non-military legacy.

Future Fellowships

The Charles A. Stryker History Fund for Excellence

This will be a funding option for graduate students based on academic performance and financial need.

The Dr. Jean Victoria Marani Scholarship

This will be a funding option for undergraduate or graduate students to pursue a career in teaching at either the high school or college level.

Additional Application Required for incoming students

Research, Grading, and Teaching Assistantships

The department has a limited number of assistantships that are awarded for duties connected with instruction or research. GAs may be assigned to a variety of non-teaching assignments; TAs are assigned classroom teaching responsibilities. Only full-time history students with regular graduate status are eligible for these awards.

University Awards

Legacy Fellowship, University and Presidential Fellowships, FAMU Feeder Fellowship, Leslie N. Wilson - Delores Auzenne Assistantship, Henderson Family Graduate Fellowship (MA), McKnight Doctoral Fellowship. University awards are detailed on the Graduate School's webpage.

For Current Students

Walbolt Dissertation Fellowships  and  Martin-Vegue Fellowships

The Department awards two Walbolt Dissertation Fellowships and two Martin-Vegue Fellowships each year one each for the spring semester, and one each for the fall semester. Applicants must be current FSU students in the Department who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus. Recipients are required to use the fellowships to conduct doctoral research in archives or to complete the writing of the dissertation. ( CFN for Dissertation Fellowships )

The J. Leitch Wright Jr. Award   and The Joe M. Richardson Award

In honor of the late J. Leitch Wright Jr. and Joe M. Richardson, former Professors of History at Florida State University, the department rewards graduate students for excellence in research and teaching each year. ( CFN for Wright Award ; CFN for Richardson Award )

The Mary Elizabeth Thomas Dissertation Prize

In honor of the late Mary Elizabeth Thomas, former Professor of History at Florida State University who taught at FSCW/FSU from 1944 to 1985, the department awards a prize to the most deserving dissertation that is defended that is defended in the previous academic year. ( CFN for Dissertation Prize )

International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship, Dissertation Research Grants. University awards are detailed on the Graduate School's webpage

Additional resources can be found at  FSU's Financial Aid Office .

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Florida State University recognizes the importance of preparing students to be successful citizens in the global society of the 21st century, and supports international study and intercultural experiences as an integral part of the academic, social, and cultural development process of university education. That is why Florida State University is committed to supporting students who want to go abroad and develop global competencies.

All graduate students participating in an FSU-related international experience must comply with the  FSU Policy #3-17 Student International Travel Policy , and appropriately register their student travel .

Studying in another country transforms students’ educational and personal perspectives and enhances their future development in profound ways. FSU offers students a variety of options for international experiences abroad during their graduate careers.  

• Beyond Borders   – Participate in a unique exchange program that is an alternative to traditional academic study abroad programs and provides students with short-term, rich cultural learning experiences through immersion in the target cultures, Jamaica or Germany.
• College/Department Opportunities  – Students should check with their department to see if they have additional opportunities for overseas study.
• Winthrop-King Scholarship  – Supported by a generous bequest from the late Mrs. Ada Belle Winthrop-King, Florida State University's Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies is a center for interdisciplinary scholarship on France and the French-speaking world. They offer travel awards to graduate students in the depart of Modern Languages and Linguistics to support both conference and research travel.
• Global Exchanges  – Exchange programs offer students a unique opportunity for cultural immersion and in-depth academic learning. Students participating in an exchange program benefit from the opportunity to become fully immersed in the host university as an international student and attend classes with local students. Courses are taught in English, with the exception of language learning courses. FSU students selected for an exchange program pay FSU tuition and fees and can use their financial aid. 
• International Programs  – Study abroad at one of FSU's three international study centers or participate in a faculty-led program in over 20 locations.
• Republic of Panama Campus  – FSU’s satellite campus in Panama City, the Republic City of Panama, offers a master's degree program in International Affairs.
• Transfer International Credit Back to FSU  – Direct enroll to earn credit for study at other accredited international institutions.

An increasing number of students are doing research which includes an international component. Not only do students benefit from the experience of designing and implementing a research project, but they also learn invaluable life lessons from living and interacting with the local communities in which they are working.

• College/Department Opportunities –   Students should check with their department to see if they have resources for international research opportunities specific to their discipline. 
• Independent Research   –   Students may receive academic credit for research arranged independently and conducted in locations abroad. All students must register their experience through their Academic Unit and the FSU Travel Registry  in order to receive FSU credit. 
• International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship  – This prestigious international fellowship for advanced doctoral students offered by the Graduate School, facilitates research and timely completion of the doctoral degree that requires extended research-time abroad. 

INTERNSHIPS & SERVICE

International and intercultural internships provide remarkable opportunities for students to gain incomparable career experience and develop intercultural competencies while earning academic credit. Likewise, sustained service is another way to serve in the community while gaining experience related to personal, professional, and academic goals. 

• Career Center Library  – Resources in the Career Center Library assist students in finding international or intercultural internships include the Directory of International Internships, Internships in International Affairs, and The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas. A career advisor can help students get started. The  Going Global – Career Guides & Employer Database  (requiring FSUID login) provides a network of international internship opportunities. 
• Center for the Advancement of Human Rights  – Through its internship program, the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights seeks to not only provide substantive human rights experiences to FSU students but to also directly support the work of human rights NGOs around the world. CAHR provides funding for numerous annual placements, many of them in partnership with FSU Schools and Departments. 
• College/Department Opportunities  – Students should check with their department to see if they have resources for international or intercultural internships that are specific to their discipline.
• Florida State Alternative Breaks  – A program within the Center for Leadership and Social Change, Florida State Alternative Breaks sends students out to serve in diverse communities across the country and around the world during spring and other breaks. It facilitates service immersion experiences for students to serve with and in a diverse community, learn about social issues, and develop as leaders and active citizens.
• Global Peace Exchange  – This student-led initiative was founded at Florida State University in 2006. Undergrad and grad students fundraise, budget, plan, execute, and evaluate sustainable community development projects. During the summer, teams travel to Ghana, Moldova, Nepal, Rwanda, and Uganda to implement these 8-12 week innovative empowerment projects. 
• Independent Internship  – Students may receive academic credit for internships arranged independently. All students must register their experience through their Academic Unit and the FSU Travel Registry  in order to receive FSU credit. 
• International Programs  – FSU International Programs offers graduate credit for international internships at organizations and corporations in London, England; Florence, Italy; Panama City, Republic of Panama; and Valencia, Spain.
• Moellership Program   – Named for its founder Bill Moeller, the Moellership Program is a Center for Leadership and Social Change program that provides funding for students to engage in a summer of service, focusing 8-12 weeks of their summer on full-time service at a nonprofit agency.

FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS

Students interested in immersing themselves in different languages and cultures through international or intercultural research, study, and service may be eligible for fellowships and scholarships. 

• Center for the Advancement of Human Rights  – Through its internship program, the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights seeks to not only provide substantive human rights experiences to FSU students but to also directly support the work of human rights NGOs around the world. CAHR provides funding for numerous annual placements, many of them in partnership with FSU Schools and Departments. 
• International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship  – This prestigious international fellowship for advanced doctoral students offered by the Graduate School to facilitate research and timely completion of the doctoral degree that requires extended research-time abroad. Recipients must conduct research abroad for the duration of the fellowship. 
• International Programs  – Florida State University students can apply for one or more of the scholarships available for those studying abroad on Florida State University's IP programs. Some of the scholarships are for use on specific programs, while others can be used on any IP program. 
• Moellership Program  – Named for its founder Bill Moeller, the Moellership Program is a Center for Leadership and Social Change program that provides funding for students to engage in a summer of service, focusing 8-12 weeks of their summer on full-time service at a nonprofit agency.
• Office of Graduate Fellowships & Awards  – The Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards (OGFA) assists current FSU graduate students in obtaining prestigious external awards. External sponsors, from foundations to agencies, recognize graduate student excellence through nationally competitive award programs. This type of merit-based funding offers resources for graduate students to conduct research, participate in programs, and further their studies.
• Winthrop-King Awards  – Supported by a generous bequest from the late Mrs. Ada Belle Winthrop-King, Florida State University's Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies is a center for interdisciplinary scholarship on France and the French-speaking world. They offer travel awards to graduate students in the department of Modern Languages and Linguistics to support both conference and research travel.

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Find links to FSU's Travel Policy, travel alerts and warnings by country, information about returning home after your experience, and more.

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DAAD Study Scholarship Highly qualified final year undergraduate students (graduating seniors) or those who have received an undergraduate degree of all disciplines may apply for the DAAD Study Scholarship for a year of independent study or a full master's degree program at a German university.

Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems. The program fosters a community of energetic and committed Ph.D. students, alumni, DOE laboratory staff and other scientists who want to have an impact on the nation while advancing their research. Fellows come from diverse scientific and engineering disciplines but share a common interest in using computing in their research.

Department of Homeland Security Undergraduate Scholarship, Fellowship and Internship Opportunities The Department of Homeland Security Offers opportunities in a range of disciplines including Health and Science, Law Enforcement, Legal, Public Affairs and Intelligence and Analysis with the goal of exposing students to the mission of national security.

Fulbright Study/Research Grant  The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study and advanced research worldwide. The program currently awards approximately 1,900 grants annually in all fields of study, and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide. Fulbright U.S. Student alumni populate a range of professions and include ambassadors, members of Congress, judges, heads of corporations, university presidents, journalists, artists, professors, and teachers.

Gates Cambridge Scholarship  This international scholarship program enables outstanding students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. The Trustees award scholarships on the basis of a person's intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others. Gates Cambridge Scholarships are awarded only to students who gain admission to the University through the University's regular procedures. They cover the full cost of study at Cambridge for a single person - namely, all approved University and College tuition fees, a maintenance allowance, a further discretionary allowance for study-related activities, and one return economy airfare between the UK and the Scholar’s normal country of residence.

Golden Key Graduate Scholar Award This scholarship supports members’ post-baccalaureate study at accredited universities anywhere in the world. The award offers support in the amount of $10,000.

The Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship The Hertz Foundation's Graduate Fellowship supports graduate students working towards the Ph.D. degree in the applied physical and engineering sciences, as well as those aspects of modern biology which apply the physical sciences intensively. The applicant must attend a graduate program at one of the Foundation’s tenable schools. Successful applicants have two fellowship options: Option 1: $28,000/9 months personal stipend plus tuition equivalent for up to five years Option 2: $33,000/9 months personal stipend plus tuition equivalent for two years Option 3: $6,000/ year supplemental stipend from Hertz.

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George J. Mitchell Scholarship  The Mitchell Scholarship Program is designed to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership, and a commitment to community and public service. Up to twelve Mitchell Scholars between the ages of 18 and 30 are chosen annually for one academic year of postgraduate study in any discipline offered by institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Mitchell Scholarship Program provides tuition, accommodation, a stipend for living expenses and travel.

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Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship  The USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program seeks to attract outstanding young people who are interested in pursuing careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). If you want to work on the front lines of some of the most pressing global challenges of our times ó poverty, hunger, injustice, disease, environmental degradation, climate change, conflict and violent extremism ñ the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development provides an opportunity to advance U.S. foreign policy interests and reflect the American people's compassion and support of human dignity. The Payne Fellowship, which provides up to $90,000 in benefits over two years for graduate school, internships, and professional development activities, provides a unique pathway to the USAID Foreign Service.

Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Award  The Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, administered by the Department of Education, funds individual doctoral students to conduct dissertation research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of 6 to 12 months. The estimated range of fellowship awards is $15,000 to $60,000. The estimated average size of a fellowship award is $29,603. Award amounts include travel, a maintenance allowance, and materials.

New Israel Fund Fellowships  New Israel Funds seeks to invest in the next generation of leaders through fellowships to fund law school and internships with social change organizations in Israel.

James Madison Graduate Fellowship  The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation was established by Congress in 1986 for the purpose of improving teaching about the United States Constitution in secondary schools. Junior Fellowships are awarded to students who are about to complete, or have completed, their undergraduate course of study and plan to begin graduate work on a full-time basis. Junior Fellows have two years to complete their degree. The maximum amount of each award is $24,000, prorated over the individual period of study. Fellowship payments cover the actual costs of tuition, required fees, books, and room and board but cannot exceed $12,000 per academic year. After receiving the master's degree, each Fellow must teach American history, American government, or social studies in grades 7-12 for one full year for each academic year of funding received under a fellowship, preferably in the state from which the recipient won the fellowship.

Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship  The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The Department of State seeks a Foreign Service that reflects the diversity and excellence of our society. The Fellowship is designed to attract outstanding individuals from all ethnic, racial and social backgrounds who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career with the U.S. Department of State. Fellows will receive financial support of up to $37,500 annually for, tuition costs (first priority), room and board, books, mandatory fees, and one round-trip ticket between Fellow's residence and his/her academic institutions.

Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program  The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service in which they can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy. In 2015 the Rangel Program plans to award 30 fellowships of up to $47,500 annually towards tuition, room, board, books and mandatory fees for completion of two-year master's degrees. At the conclusion of two years of study, the Rangel Fellow is expected to have obtained a degree in international affairs or another area of relevance to the work of the Foreign Service (such as public administration, public policy, business administration, foreign languages, economics, political science, or communications) at a graduate or professional school approved by the Rangel Program.

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans  The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields and to partake of the American dream. Fellows must have shown potential in the fields for which they seek further education; the capacity for creativity, persistence and work; and the commitment to the values of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which protect the American dream. Each award is for up to $25,000 in stipend support (not to exceed $35,000), as well as 50 percent of required tuition and fees, up to $20,000 per year, for two years.

Tylenol Scholarship  The Tylenol Scholarship Program awards scholarships to students pursuing careers in health care. Scholarships are awarded to the best and brightest in America’s next generation of healthcare providers. What are the details of the award? Up to 20 scholarships ranging from $500-$2500 will be awarded annually and are not renewable. 10 - $10,000 scholarships will be awarded annually and are not renewable. 30 - 5,000 scholarships will be awarded annually and are not renewable. The scholarships will be applied to tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment required for course load. Institutions must be accredited, nonprofit two or four-year colleges/universities in the United States. A student may transfer from one institution to another and retain the award.

John L. Carey Scholarship  The John L. Carey Scholarship provides financial assistance to liberal arts and non-business degree holders who are pursuing both graduate studies in accounting and the CPA licensure. This award is funded by the AICPA Foundation and is intended to encourage students with little or no previous accounting education to consider professional accounting careers. Up to five students per academic year can receive a one-time award of $5,000.

The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management The mission of the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management is to encourage and enable the largest possible number of the best and the brightest African American, Hispanic American and Native American college graduates to pursue successful careers in management.

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Frost Scholarship Programme (Florida)  The Frost Scholarship Programme (Florida) funds current students of the State University System of Florida (SUSF) to study one-year, full-time master’s courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (‘STEM’ subjects) at the University of Oxford. The Programme is supported by the generosity of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Philanthropic Foundation. The first Frost scholars began their studies in October 2014 and the Frost Scholarship Programme (Florida) will continue to offer ten scholarships each year until 2018. Frost scholars will also take part in an exclusive week-long orientation programme at one of Oxford’s oldest colleges, Exeter College, to introduce them to academic life at Oxford just before the start of their course. The scholarship will cover 100% of University and college fees and grant for living costs (of at least £14,057). Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.

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Florida State University School of Communication doctoral student Mehnaz Gul has received an International Dissertation Semester Research Fellowship (IDSR) from the university’s Graduate School, which is awarded to select students to facilitate research and timely completion of the doctoral degree that requires extended research time abroad.

In the Fall 2014, Gul will receive a $7,000 stipend for the semester and a three-hour tuition waiver for each semester.

Gul’s study aims to contribute to the public diplomacy literature by analyzing the manifestation of public diplomacy and exploring its shortcomings that may end up portraying it as propaganda efforts. She will be traveling to her native land of Pakistan to study the Voice of America Pasto language service (Deewa) for tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“Mehnaz’s research on the role of Voice of America radio broadcasts as U.S. public diplomacy in the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan is incredibly timely and globally important,” Art Raney , professor and Director of Doctoral Studies at the School of Communication, said. “The IDSR fellowship is an excellent investment on the part of our Graduate School in one of our brightest students.”

Deewa was started in 2006 to contain Taliban’s propaganda against the United States and allied forces in Afghanistan. The mission of this service is to counter Taliban’s propaganda and to promote U.S. interests by inculcating trust through dialogue.

The case provides an ideal setting to understand the public diplomacy efforts through mass media in an environment that is filled with suspicion over the role of the U.S. in that region as Taliban exploits the drone attacks that sometimes result in civilian casualties.

Gul will be based in Peshawar, a border town in Pakistan, as tribal agencies and various cities of Afghanistan are accessible from there.  She will be doing focus groups and interviews with the local people for the study.

“I believe that if the instruments of public diplomacy are used properly, it can help the government communicate with the people and it can also be used for conflict resolution and in the development of those people who do not have good living conditions,” Gul said.

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Fsu history doctoral student receives fulbright fellowship to conduct research in japan.

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A doctoral candidate in Florida State University’s Department of History has been awarded a highly competitive fellowship to conduct research in Japan this spring.

Emily Lu will use the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program fellowship to support her dissertation research on the intersection of the arts and politics in imperial Japan during the wartime periods leading up to 1945.

“I’m ecstatic to receive this award and to return to Japan,” said Lu, who previously lived in Japan for over two years as an English teacher. “I’ve refined my research and gained a lot of insight about myself throughout this entire process.”

The Fulbright-Hays fellowship is funded by congressional appropriation to the U.S. Department of Education and is part of the Fulbright Program, which supports grants to study, teach and conduct research for U.S. citizens to go abroad and for non-U.S. citizens to come to the United States. The fellowship supports research and training efforts overseas focusing on non-Western languages and area studies.

Since the fellowship program’s inception in 1964, there have been 6,331 fellowships awarded. Lu’s award is just the fifth time an FSU student has received the Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellowship since 2006.

Using this fellowship’s funding, Lu will travel to multiple cities in Japan to conduct research in archives and museums for her dissertation, tentatively titled “Towards an East Asian Utopia: Ambition and Illusion in Japanese Military Music, 1868-1945.” Lu’s work focuses on imperial Japan’s peripheral regions, primarily Manchuria (northeast China). She plans to use archival sources and the music itself to examine how military music was produced, disseminated and consumed to draw conclusions about art becoming political propaganda during this period.

Music can serve as a valuable primary source for historical scholarship, one that is not utilized as often as it could be, Lu said.

“Wartime military music, which is called ‘gunka’ in Japanese, is a largely neglected topic in both Anglophone and Japanese scholarship, so I feel the need to include this important topic,” she said. “That’s where I see the significance of my work.”

She plans to access the Rekion collection, a compendium of historical sound and music recordings at the National Diet Library in Tokyo. She will also visit various archives in Nagoya and plans to interject an oral history component into her study by interviewing individuals and their families about their wartime memories.

Lu earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dramatic writing from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and a Master of Arts in history from East Tennessee State University before coming to FSU for her doctoral studies. Her research approach blends her training in history, music and the arts.

Professor of East Asian History Annika A. Culver, who serves as Lu’s major professor, said Lu’s background as a playwright and writer of documentaries brings a unique perspective to her understanding of the past.

“Emily has constantly sought out opportunities to expand her knowledge of the field and enjoys working on projects that are interdisciplinary and use non-traditional sources for historians,” Culver said. “She is truly tenacious in following her dreams, whether it’s producing plays and documentaries or engaging in a challenging project that requires advanced proficiency in Japanese, Chinese and Korean languages.”

Lu said she is grateful to her doctoral committee and for the help she’s received at FSU for her dissertation and obtaining this fellowship. In addition to Culver, additional members of her dissertation committee, including Assistant Professor Matthew Mewhinney from the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Assistant Professor Panayotis League from the FSU College of Music, and Assistant Director Keith McCall of the FSU Office of Graduate Fellowship and Awards, played a pivotal part in helping her obtain this award.

“Each of them has provided very crucial and sometimes life-changing advice on how to position myself as a scholar,” Lu said. “I’m very grateful for their guidance as well as the support of my friends and family.”

After graduation, Lu plans to continue as an educator and researcher while maintaining her involvement in the arts.

To learn more about historical research at FSU, visit  history.fsu.edu .

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To date, many lab projects have used the lance-tailed manakin ( Chiroxiphia lanceolata ) as a model system. We also collaborate locally on research investigating cooperatively breeding brown-headed nuthatches ( Sitta pusilla ).

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Hiring soon!  In late October we will open the search for the 2024 manakin field crew. We also hope to recruit a new PhD student for fall 2024, and are available to discuss postdoc options with researchers interested in developing a grant proposal that would use the long-term databases and/or genomic resources in our lab.            

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Emily received an NSF LTREB award that will fund our long-term investigation of how strong sexual selection does (and doesn't) change the wild manakin population. This means 5 more years of fieldwork on Isla Boca Brava, and a chance to dig deep into the long-term patterns that are emerging.

Daniel Gutiérrez decided to join the DuVal Lab, effective in fall 2023. He also secured an NSF GRFP and a McKnight Fellowship to augment his graduate training experience, published his first paper and took a few months to band birds at Palomarin Field Station.

Jenevieve and Emily published their paper investigating causes and consequences of nest site fidelity in lance-tailed manakins .

Undergraduate researcher Traysea Malama-Auger received an FSU IDEA grant and was selected for an REU program at Harvard University. Among other adventures, her summer plans will kick-start her senior honors thesis investigating the possibility of duetting in brown-headed nuthatches.

UROP student Emma Abel landed her dream internship in the bird department of the Tampa Zoo, and UROP student Kaya Simmons accepted a summer position with the Lemmon Lab where she will explore her passion for neurobiology and behavior.

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Meredith Kuzel completed her MSc thesis investigating determinants of telomere length variation in nestling lance-tailed manakins.

Yousi Espanol-Rincon completed her honors project investigating effects of maternal care in green lynx spiders at multiple developmental stages.

Jenevieve Norton completed her FSU WIMSE REP project (also supported by an FSU IDEA grant) investigating causes and consequences of nest site fidelity in lance-tailed manakins.

...and they all graduated from FSU this May!

Congratulations to Natasza Fontaine who completed her MSc thesis investigating avian diversity in the Apalachicola National Forest. Next up, Natasza will be monitoring Whimbrel stopover ecology with the University of South Carolina, then continue to Ecuador to serve as temporary reserve manager for Reserva Las Tanagras in Mindo. We're not jealous. (JK, very jealous)

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Also: We're alive!  It was a rough spring, including a catastrophic bus fire on the way to our field site in Panama, and fieldwork cut short by the pandemic. We're grateful for all the support we received as we recovered from losing half our research equipment. Thanks in particular to our amazing colleagues Mike Braun and Corey Tarwater for immediate assistance! We would have been back on our shaky feet with only minor delays if it weren't for that virus. Thanks too for members of the local community who helped us leave Panama before borders closed. We're grateful that our research team is safely back home, and that our friends and neighbors in Panama are safe as well. If you need us, we will be working on analyses and manuscripts from home between bouts of obsessively refreshing the news.   

Postdoctoral researchers Blake Jones accepted a job at Bennington College in Vermont, and will start there as an assistant professor in fall 2020! 

Former undergraduate researcher Leslie Nguyen began her first semester of medical school, right next door at the FSU College of Medicine.  Congratulations, Leslie!  

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Congratulations to Samantha Dietz, who defended her Master's thesis this summer and started a new job as researcher with Florida Natural Areas Inventory ! 

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Dr. Vanderbilt is now an assistant professor at the University of Pikeville.

Dr. Cusick is now an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Indiana University.   

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Congratulations to REU student Ivonne Mendietta, who received a Turner Award to attend the annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, presented her REU project, and was awarded 1st runner up recognition in the Genesis Award for outstanding undergraduate poster presentation !     

Emily teamed up with Kevin Dixon to teach Tropical Behavioral Ecology and Experimental Biology in Panama this year, shaking up the usual data collection with new projects and adventures. Highlights included organizing a biodiversity fair at Boca Chica Primary School, spotting a snake almost every day (?!), snorkelling on Bolanos, hiking the Sendero Los Quetzales, and visiting Barro Colorado Island.        

September 2010 Megan Mayo's summer research and honors thesis work on lance-tailed manakin vocalizations was featured as a campus Student Profile.

August 2010 Emily Hutchinson joined the lab as research technician for the fall semester.

July 2010 DuVal Lab road trip to the Animal Behavior Society conference in Williamsburg, VA: Megan Jones, Megan Mayo, Sam, Julian, and Emily attended, all presenting work on lance-tailed manakins. Megan Mayo received an honorable mention in the undergraduate poster competition. Congrats, Megan! From the conference, Sam headed to Rota for fieldwork with the Ha lab of Univeristy of Washington.

May 2010 Congratulations to Caroline Stahala on the success of several recent funding applications! Caroline received independent research grants from the Florida Ornithological Society, Parrots International, and Islands by Design and Schooner Bay in the Bahamas to support her work on group structure in the Bahama Parrot.

April 2010 Congratulations to Megan Jones, who received a coveted NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award, and to Jessica Lux who earned an honorable mention in the GRFP competition!

Undergraduate researcher Megan Mayo received a prestigious URCAA award to study lance-tailed manakin vocalizations in Panama this summer, and will be continuing this project for her honors thesis research.

November 2009 Kudos from the Department of Biological Science annual awards ceremony: Megan and Caroline both received research awards from the Horace Loftin Endowment, which will help to fund their spring field seasons. Emily received the Loretta C. Ellias Award for Undergraduate Teaching.

August 2009 Graduate students Megan Jones and Jessica Lux joined the DuVal lab; Samantha Lantz joined the lab as a summer research technician and spring field crew leader.

Spring 2009 Fieldwork all around! Maria visited the Isla Boca Brava fieldsite and finally got her hands on a manakin; Caroline headed to the Bahamas for a summer of fieldwork; Aubrey was happily interning at Tall Timbers Research Station

December 2008 The research content of the lab website is now available in Spanish (thanks, Maria!)

November 2008 Maria Wieselmann joined the lab as interm lab manager

September 2008 Aubrey Sirman joined the lab as a DIS student

August 2008 Caroline Stahala joined the DuVal Lab

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Nest-site selection influences the survival of care-giving parents and their offspring, but search costs and site availability may limit site choices. We investigated causes and consequences of nest site fidelity and found that females were more likely to reuse nest-sites if the prior nest was successful, but doing so did not improve offspring success or female survival. Females that reused nest-sites nested earlier, which did carry some advantages. Read more in Ornithology .

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The Responsive Grants category is deliberately broad, allowing the Asia Program to respond to new ideas and keep abreast of trends, needs and priorities relevant to Asia-focused work in our three grantmaking areas (academic work, foreign policy, public education). Most awards are made to colleges, universities, think tanks, museums and other non-profit organizations based in the United States.

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The Asia Program runs periodic multi-year grants competitions on specific issues, themes or fields relevant to the study of Asia.

The most recent initiative, the Luce Initiative on Southeast Asia (LuceSEA), sought to strengthen the study of Southeast Asia in institutions of higher learning by providing resources for the creation of models, strategies and partnerships that not only bolster existing program structures but also take them in new directions, contributing in the process to both institution and field building. The competition concluded in June 2023.  Read more about LuceSEA.

The previous initiative, the Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE), a competition for invited liberal arts colleges and liberal arts college consortia in the United States, was designed to encourage innovative approaches to Asian studies teaching and research at the undergraduate level through the lens of the environment and sustainable development. Approved by the Foundation’s Directors in November 2010, LIASE concluded grantmaking in 2017 and is no longer accepting proposals. Read more about LIASE .

Other special initiatives have included the Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History (2005-2010), which supported the creation of ten new faculty positions, collaborative research and individual fellowships; the Luce Fund for Asian Studies(1999-2002), which provided seed funding for 38 new faculty positions at American liberal arts colleges; the United States-China Cooperative Research Program (1988-98); and the Luce Fund for Southeast Asian Studies (1987-94).

Support for Individuals

The L uce/ACLS Program in China Studies seeks to maintain the vitality of the field of China studies in the US by awarding fellowships and grants designed primarily for scholars early in their careers. More than 100 scholars—pre- and post-dissertation—have received support thus far.

The Luce/ACLS Program currently offers  Early Career Fellowships  (formerly “postdoctoral fellowships”) for pre-tenure scholars who are preparing their PhD dissertation for publication, or who are embarking on new research projects.

Applications in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences are welcome. The program supports the study of Chinese culture and society in all periods. Research in Hong Kong, Tibet and Taiwan is eligible.

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Professor robert romanchuk wins research fellowship at tsakopoulos hellenic collection (csus).

Professor Robert Romanchuk was selected as recipient of a 2024-2025 Hellenic Research Fellowship at the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection in the University Library at the California State University in Sacramento, CA.

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