2009-2010 Academic Year

* All supporting documents must also be received by this date. If an application deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, supporting documents must be received the next business day.

American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, teaching experience, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.

Candidates may apply for only one of the awards described below. Former recipients of these awards are not eligible to apply for additional American Fellowships or publication grants.

• Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships offer one-year support for women who will have earned a doctoral degree by Nov. 15, 2008. Postdoctoral fellowships are available in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Limited additional funds may be available when matched by the fellow's institution.
  
  
• Dissertation Fellowships are available to women who will complete their dissertation writing between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. Degree conferral must be between April 1 and September 15, 2010.  To qualify, applicants must have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposal or plan by Nov. 15, 2008. Students holding any fellowship for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW Educational Foundation fellowship year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study.  Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering and math and also researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply.
  
  
• Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants fund women college and university faculty and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. Applicants may be tenure track, part-time, or temporary faculty or new or established scholars and researchers at universities. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final writing, editing, and responding to issues raised in critical reviews. Funds cannot be used for undertaking research. Applicants must have received their doctorates by the application deadline. Scholars with strong publishing records should seek other funding.
  
  

FIND OUT IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND APPLY

Dissertation:

http://www.act.org/aauw/amdissert/index.html

Postdoctoral:

http://www.act.org/aauw/ampostdoc/index.html

Publication Grants:

http://www.act.org/aauw/ampub/index.html

Questions about applications must be directed to the Iowa City office. Please do not contact the AAUW Educational Foundation office in Washington, D.C., or local branches for application information.

Questions? Please call 319/337-1716 ext. 60, e-mail aauw@act.org, or write to the customer service center at:

AAUW Educational Foundation
Dept. 60
301 ACT Drive
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030

REQUEST A BROCHURE:
http://www.act.org/aauw/brochurerequest.html

Meet past fellowship and grant recipients funded by the AAUW Educational Foundation in the Directory of Fellowship and Grant Recipients.