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Seventy-five Graduate Students Awarded SSRC Fellowships to Conduct International Dissertation Research in Countries from Afghanistan to Venezuela

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• Cross-cultural Studies

The Social Science Research Council has selected 75 graduate students for the 2009 cohort of its International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program. Go to IDRF Fellows List. Chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants currently enrolled in U.S. doctoral programs, the 2009 fellows represent 33 institutions nationwide and a wide variety of disciplines, from anthropology and history to literature and science and technology studies. The program is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the SSRC.

“These students represent an extraordinary range of work – in discipline, region and topic –being conducted by promising doctoral students across the country,” said Daniella Sarnoff, director of the IDRF program. “We are delighted, through this program, to be a part of the creation of the next generation of scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences.”

Each fellow will receive approximately $20,000 to conduct between nine and twelve months of continuous on-site dissertation research outside the United States. After their return from IDRF-funded research, the fellows will join SSRC staff and selected faculty at a multidisciplinary workshop to discuss their research experience and to help them transition to the writing stage of their dissertation.

The application process for the 2010 IDRF competition will begin in the fall of this year. For more information, visit the IDRF Web site or contact program staff at idrf@ssrc.org.

About the SSRC

The Social Science Research Council is an independent, nonprofit international organization founded in 1923. It nurtures new generations of social scientists, fosters innovative research, and mobilizes necessary knowledge on important public issues.