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If your Ph.D. research intersects with gender, this might be a great opportunity to help fund research or dissertation completion!

 

2016-2017 Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change (GJEC)

Fellowships for Dissertation Research and Completion

 

The Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change (GJEC) Program, at the Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen), is pleased to announce fellowships for MSU graduate students for the 2016-17 academic year. Generous funding provided by MSU’s Graduate School has allowed for the development of four up to $10,000 fellowship opportunities in the following two categories:

 

GJEC Dissertation Research Fellowship

Eligibility: Ph.D. students at MSU who have completed all requirements for their degree with the exception of their dissertation research. Applicants must have dissertation projects that focus specifically on the gender dimensions of environmental and/or agricultural change.

 

GJEC Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Eligibility: Ph.D. students at MSU who have completed dissertation research and all other requirements for their degree program, except for completion of the dissertation. Applicants must graduate by Spring 2016, and their dissertations must focus on the gender dimensions of environmental and/or agricultural change.

 

Funding must be used during the 2016-17 academic year.  Applications are due April 15, 2016 and are attached here.

 

Application requirements for GJEC Research Fellowship*:

            Completed Application Form with Research Budget Itemization

            Copy of Approved Departmental Dissertation Proposal

            Five-page (double-spaced) Summary of the Dissertation Proposal

            Letter of Recommendation from Dissertation Committee Chair

            Curriculum Vitae (CV)

 

Application requirements for GJEC Dissertation Completion Fellowship*:

            Completed Application Form

            Five-page (double-spaced) Summary of the Dissertation Research

            Letter of Recommendation from Dissertation Committee Chair

            Curriculum Vitae (CV)

 

Submit completed application and all supporting documents by April 15, 2016 to:

            GenCen Specialist Advisor

            Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change Program

            International Center, MSU

            427 N. Shaw Lane, Room 206

            East Lansing, MI 48824

            Email: [log in to unmask]

            Tel: 517-353-5040; Fax: 517-432-4845

 

* If submitting your application electronically, submissions must be in Word or PDF format. 

 

Inquiries may be directed to Dori Pynnonen Hopkins ([log in to unmask]).

 

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Dori M. Pynnonen Hopkins, Ph.D.

Student Advisor, Internship Coordinator, Instructor

Center for Gender in Global Context

206 International Center

Michigan State University

427 N. Shaw Ln

East Lansing, MI 48824

Tel:517-353-5040 Fax:517-432-4845

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http://www.gencen.msu.edu

To schedule an advising appointment: https://www.egr.msu.edu/adcalendar/

(Please choose College of Arts and Letters, then Women’s and Gender Studies to access available appointments.)