Competition Now Open! Deadline to Apply: April 5, 2021

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula. 

Program Features

Students may request funding to support overseas research for a period of no less than six months and no more than 12 months. Funds support travel expenses to and from the residence of the fellow and the country or countries of research; maintenance and dependent allowances based on the location of research for the fellow and his or her dependent(s); an allowance for research-related expenses overseas; and health and accident insurance premiums. Projects may focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).

Eligible Applicants
Institutions of higher education (IHEs) in the United States are eligible to apply for grants under this program. As part of the application process, eligible students submit their individual research narratives and application forms to their home IHE. The IHE compiles all eligible individual student applications for inclusion in the institutional application that is submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. A student is eligible to receive a DDRA fellowship from their IHE if he or she

• is a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States;
• is a graduate student in good standing at an IHE;
• is admitted to candidacy in a doctoral degree program in modern foreign languages and area studies at that institution when the fellowship period begins;
• is planning a teaching career in the United States upon completion of his or her doctoral program; or
• possesses sufficient foreign language skills to carry out the dissertation research project.

Application

The U.S. Department of Education's International and Foreign Language Education office (IFLE) expects to make 100 new awards totaling approximately $4.7 million under the fiscal year (FY) 2021 DDRA program competition. The FY 2021 application is available online through the U.S. Department of Education’s G5 system between Feb. 4 and April 5, 2021.

Please refer to the official Federal Register notice for detailed information about the FY 2021 competition. 

Application Technical Assistance

IFLE will post a prerecorded technical assistance webinar on its YouTube channel soon to help students and institutions learn more about the 2021 DDRA program and how to apply. Please check IFLE's YouTube channel for updates.

In addition to the webinar presentation, IFLE will host a live web chat to answer specific applicant questions. The chat will take place via Microsoft Teams at 2 p.m. ET on March 2, 2021. A link to join the web chat on the designated date and time will be posted soon under the “Tips and Assistance” section of the DDRA program “Applicant Information” webpage. Please check there for updates.

If you have questions about the program or application process, please send them by email to DDRA@ed.gov.

* DDRA fellows featured in image above, from left to right: 

• Colin Cahill, University of California (FY 2013, Indonesia)
• Alison Heller, Washington University in Saint Louis (FY 2013, Niger)
• Scott Hussey, University of Florida (FY 2012, Morocco)
• Caleb Carter, University of California Los Angeles (FY 2012, Japan)
• Morgan Hoke, Northwestern University (FY 2014, Peru)

Where in the World do DDRA Fellows Conduct Research?

Explore our Google map of FY 2020 IFLE grantees to learn more about the doctoral students who are currently funded under the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program.

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Applications are due by February 15, 2021.

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Applications are due February 15th for the 2021 Center for Social Science Scholarship Summer Fellowships!

Download the application here.

The purpose of this fellowship is to support significant social science research by tenure-track or tenured faculty in the UMBC College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, resulting in a submittable product by December 2021.

Applications are welcome from any tenured or tenure-track faculty pursuing social science research in any CAHSS department. Fellows will receive a $6,000 award during the summer of 2021. Up to three fellowships will be awarded.

By December 2021, each Fellow agrees to complete a submittable product, which can include an external grant or fellowship proposal, journal article, policy paper, book manuscript, or book chapter; upon completion, Fellows shall provide a copy of this submitted product to the Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship. Fellows who are preparing an external proposal are expected to work with MIPAR for pre- and post-award assistance.

Interested faculty should complete and submit an application consisting of this downloadable 2-page cover sheet and proposal that adheres to the specified guidelines. The deadline for applications is FEBRUARY 15, 2021.

Applications will be reviewed and ranked by members of the Center for Social Science Scholarship Advisory Board, according to the following criteria:

• Quality of proposed research project;
• Significance of the project in its field;
• Publishing/funding potential of the work;
• Qualification of the faculty member to carry out the work, including the requisite expertise in the topic area and prior research productivity;
• Likelihood that the proposed work can be successfully completed with fellowship support and that it will result in a submittable product within the specified time period;
• Approval and recommendation of faculty member’s department chair.

For more information, interested faculty may contact Christine Mallinson, Director, Center for Social Science Scholarship.

Funds for this fellowship are provided by the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), and the UMBC Vice President for Research.

Announcing the new summer 2021

NSF Methods CAMP

(Cultural Anthropology Methods Program):

Advanced Research Training for Ph.D. Students

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Program Curriculum & Application

The Language Engagement Project and The Language Center are pleased to launch the Language and Social Justice Initiative 2021-2022 webinar series.  

You are cordially invited to the initiative kickoff and the first webinar on "Multidisciplinary Approaches to Examining the Relationship between Language and Issues of Social Justice". Speakers will discuss research, scholarship and teaching practices on language and social justice in Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Anthropology.  

Register for this event: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkdu6orD0pE9E9w-sf4wUuBgb1ZsPOvX8Y

Please see the flyer for details.