Fritz/Boeing Graduate Fellowships For International Research and Study

funded by the Chester A. Fritz and Boeing International endowments

2012-2013 AWARD DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 10, 2012, 12 noon (PST)

These one-quarter grants provide support to UW graduate students doing international research or study.

These fellowships are available to fund research and/or study periods of three full months abroad during the 2012-2013 year (summer 2012 through spring 2013). These awards do not support faculty-led UW study abroad programs. The stipend will be equivalent to the stipend of a Predoc Teaching Associate II, currently $1761 per month, and paid health insurance. During the quarter of their award, fellows are required to register for study abroad through the Office of International Programs and Exchanges. The IPE fee is covered by the fellowship. Graduate students in fee-based programs are not eligible to apply. No extra money is included for airfare.

Criteria for selection are not limited to but include:

• documentation of the research and/or study that will be done on the fellowship;
• documentation of the relationship between the proposed study/research and the applicant's academic program;
• documentation of the necessity to go overseas to conduct the study/research and the relevance of the university or locale to the planned research (including evidence of affiliation, if required or appropriate, to carry out the proposed project); and
• evidence of appropriate language competence.

Students who have already received a Graduate School Pembroke Award or a previous Graduate School Fritz or Boeing fellowship or Western Europe Travel Grant are ineligible to receive a International Research and Study Fellowship.

*** Applicants are not required to affiliate with an institution, however, your application will be stronger if you have arranged an affiliation that will provide you access and/or facilities to do your research or study or if you can show that you are in the process of arranging such an affiliation.

PLEASE NOTE: If the research includes systematic collection of information about or from humans, the fellowship will not be disbursed until the student has received either approval or exemption from the Human Subjects Division. Further information may be found at http://www.washington.edu/research/hsd. It may take several months to complete the Human Subjects process. Complying with Human Subjects Division review is the responsibility of the student, in coordination with his/her faculty advisor and department chair.

Eligibility

• Must be a currently enrolled student in a UW master's or doctoral tuition-based program. (Students in fee-based programs are not eligible.)

Application Checklist

To be considered for these grants, ALL the following material must be received by the application deadline.

All materials should be sent directly to the Catalyst Collect-It box at: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/collectit/dropbox/megray/19015.

It is preferred that the student's application (nos. 1-4 below) be submitted as one pdf document, though separate documents will be accepted. Letters of recommendation should be submitted directly by faculty through Catalyst. If a recommender is not at the UW (i.e., does not have a UW NetID), the letter can be sent as an email attachment to megray@uw.edu.

1. Application form
2. Statement of purpose or outline of research project (double-spaced, not to exceed three pages), including a description of how a period of study at the partner institution or abroad contributes to degree. If you have an affiliation, please submit that documentation (not counted in the three pages).
3. Curriculum vitae
4. Unofficial UW Transcript (pdf from MyUW)
5. Two letters of recommendation from faculty, which should be submitted directly by the faculty member to the Catalyst- Collect-It box at:  https://catalysttools.washington.edu/collectit/dropbox/megray/19015. Letters should be saved with the student's name in the title.

Applications and recommendations should be submitted directly to the Catalyst Collect-It box at: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/collectit/dropbox/megray/19015.

Application Deadline:  February 10, 2012; 12 noon PST