Job Description: iMentor, is looking to hire 2-3 qualitative research assistants to assist in a 8-month long research project with post-secondary students here in NYC. The research assistants will primarily conduct interviews with students, code transcripts, and write analytic memos.

The expected time commitment is no more than 20 hours a week, and the pay is $20/hour. We’re looking for self-directed and motivated individuals who have experience conducting interviews and ideally are comfortable using atlas.ti.

Anyone interested can use this link to see the full job description and application instructions.

Deadline: December 1, 2019

Aim and Mission​

• To support emerging scholars through small grants;​

• To promote scholarship with a social policy application; and​

• To encourage projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences.

​Funding

Grants are based solely on merit. Each is worth a total of $7,500; $5,000 is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project. ​For grant recipients to be entitled to their second installment, they must show evidence of one of the following:

1. Acceptance and approval of their dissertation;

2. Acceptance of an article based on the research by a peer-reviewed journal; or

3. Invitation to write and publish a book chapter based on the research.

Grants are non-renewable and recipients have five years from announcement of the award to complete their project and claim their final payment.​

Eligibility

• Applicants must be current PhD (or DrPH) candidates who are working on their dissertation;​​

• Applicants must not have a PhD; those who do, are ineligible;​

• Applicants must have defended their dissertation proposal or had their topic approved by their department;​

• Applicants can be from any country and any university in the world. US citizenship or residency is not required.​​

For more info, visit https://www.horowitz-foundation.org/grant-info

Deadline: Tuesday, October 8th

Synopsis of Program:
Applicants for study/research awards design their own projects and will typically work with advisers at foreign universities or other institutes of higher education. The study/research awards are available in approximately 140 countries. Program requirements vary by country, so the applicants’ first step is to familiarize themselves with the program summary for the host country.

Here are the application components for all grant types.
Creative and performing arts applicants are required to submit supplementary materials based on their disciplines.
For additional information: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/types-of-awards/study-research