International Migration Fellowships, 01/98

TO THE UNITED STATES

The Program on International Migration of the Social Science Research Council announces fellowship competitions for the study of immigration to the United States.With funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the program offers fellowships for dissertation and postdoctoral research and for participation in a minority summer dissertation workshop.

The goal of the International Migration Program is to foster innovative research that will advance theoretical understandings of the origins of immigration to the United States, the processes of migration and settlement, and the outcomes for both immigrants and native-born Americans.Proposals to research one or more of the following themes are encouraged, although the research need not be limited to the topics outlined:

1International migration: causes, processes, and types.What are the factors and processes that cause international migration and determine the types of immigrants and refugees who come to the United States?By what processes do migrants arrive in the United States and how do these processes affect who migrates and how they adapt to living in a new society?What are the origins and impacts of ongoing transnational ties that link migrants to both their home and host societies.

2Economic contexts, processes, and transformations.What are the different modes by which immigrants integrate into the U.S. economy and what factors shape these processes?How does the economic integration of immigrants affect native-born Americans and existing economic structures and processes?How and why are immigrants' economic activities and outcomes similar to or different from those of native-born Americans?

3Sociocultural contexts, processes, and transformations.How does migration alter gender, family, community, and other social groupings and identities of both immigrants and native-born Americans?What impacts do immigrants and native-born Americans have upon one another's racial, ethnic, and class identities and how do they affect intergroup relations?How do answers to these questions change when considering the children of immigrants?

4Political contexts, processes, and transformations.How do the different legal, cultural, social, and economic backgrounds of immigrants affect their differing rates of naturalization and political participation?How does migration alter immigrants' and native-born Americans' notions of nationality, citizenship, political responsibility and participation in political processes?What impact do immigrants have on the identities, alliances, and activities of native-born American political constituencies?

Applicants must make explicit in their proposals the theoretical contributions that their research can make in interpreting U.S. immigration. Applicants are strongly encouraged to develop the theoretical aspects of their research by adopting comparative international and/or historical perspectives that consider the relevant experiences of other countries and time periods.Applicants are also encouraged to adopt cross-disciplinary theoretical and methodological approaches to research and analysis.

DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS

Approximately seven one-year fellowships will be awarded in to support full-time doctoral dissertation research.The award will be a stipend of $12,000 and up to $3,000 in research expenses.Applicants who do not expect to finish their research by the end of the one-year fellowship must explain how they plan to complete the portion of their research that is not funded.Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or international students at U.S. institutions, who are matriculated in social science doctoral programs (including history).Applicants must have their proposals approved by their dissertation committees and must complete all course work and exams before the fellowships begin.The funded research project must begin within four months of the award.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Approximately five one-year fellowships will be awarded to individual scholars.Fellowships will be available only to scholars who have earned their Ph.D within the seven years prior to June 1, 1998.The maximum amount to be awarded is $20,000. Funds can be used for research expenses and salary, and may be spent over a period of 12 months, with the expectation that awardees will engage in full-time research for at least six of those months.Applicants who do not intend to finish their research by the end of the one-year fellowship must explain how they plan to complete the portion of their research that is not funded.Applicants are encouraged to seek supplemental funds from other sources to complete their budgets, but the SSRC reserves the right to reduce its award should the total funds raised exceed the project's budget.The research proposed should result in publication. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or its equivalent in one of the social sciences (including history) or in an allied professional field before June 1, 1998.The funded research project should begin within four months of the award.Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, or international scholars who are affiliated with a U.S. academic or research institution during the time of the award.

MINORITY SUMMER

DISSERTATION WORKSHOP

The International Migration Program will offer an intensive training to students of minority backgrounds in developing dissertation and funding proposals.The training for ten to fifteenstudents will take place in a seminar setting with leading scholars in the field. The workshop will meet in two sessions (two weeks and one week) during the summer of 1998 on a university campus.Participants will work on refining research topics, designing research methods, and preparing research and funding proposals. The International Migration Program will pay transportation, room and board, and other participation costs, as well as a stipend for workshop participants.To be eligible, applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are of African, Latino, Asian, Pacific Island, or Native American ancestry.Applicants must be graduate students who are matriculated in doctoral programs in the social sciences (including history), have taken course work related to international migration, have completed their first year of graduate study, and have developed a preliminary research focus for their dissertations.

APPLICATION RECEIPT DEADLINE

January 9, 1998 (4:30 p.m.)

ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS

End of April 1998

For further information & application materials, please contact:

International Migration Program

Social Science Research Council

810 Seventh Avenue

New York NY 10019 USA

212 377-2700 ext. 604 telephone

212 377-2727 fax

migration@ssrc.org email

http://www.ssrc.org web

The Program especially encourages applications from members of minority racial, ethnic, and nationality groups, and women.

In the administration of its programs, the Social Science Research Council does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, creed, disability, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, race, gender, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.