Summary: The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in fields within NSF’s mission. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research.

Stipend: $32,000; Cost of Education Allowance: $12,000

Eligiblity: There are three eligibility requirements for the GRFP:

(1) citizenship,

(2) graduate plan of study degree requirements, and

(3) field of study.

1. Citizenship: must be US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the US by the application deadline. The term “national” designates a native resident of a commonwealth or territory of the United States, such as American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, or the Northern Mariana Islands. It does not refer to a citizen of another country who has applied for United States citizenship.

2. Degree Requirements: Guidelines for determining eligibility according to the degree requirements criterion are:

Have adequate preparation to begin graduate study and research by summer or fall 2014. e.g., receipt of a bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering field earned prior to fall 2014.
Individuals are typically eligible to apply:
- During the senior year of college
- After graduating from college and prior to entering graduate school
- During the first year of graduate school
- Prior to completing the fall term of the second year of graduate school.
Applicants must have completed no more than 12 months of full-time graduate study or its equivalent as of August 1, 2013. Full-time graduate study is as defined by the universities attended. There is no credit hour limit for students who have completed only full-time graduate study; eligibility for full-time students is based on the length of time enrolled in the graduate program.
Applicants who have completed part-time graduate study (or a combination of part-time and full-time graduate study) must have completed no more than 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours or their equivalent as of August 1, 2013.
All post-baccalaureate, graduate-level study is counted toward the allowed 12 months of completed graduate study. This includes all master’s and doctoral programs.

Applicants in joint BS/MS programs are typically eligible to apply prior to completion of any further graduate study.

In four-year joint programs, applicants may apply in the fourth year and after completion of the program. Completion of any graduate study outside of the joint program disqualifies an applicant.
In five-year joint programs, applicants may apply in the fourth and fifth years of the program and after completion of the program. Completion of any further graduate study outside of the joint program disqualifies an applicant.

3. Field of Study. Graduate study leading to research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in the fields of science and engineering supported by the National Science Foundation (See Fields of Study, Appendix and the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide). The guidelines below should be used to assess eligibility according to the field of study criterion.

· An individual’s proposed research and graduate study must both be in fields within NSF’s mission (see Fields of Study in the Appendix). Applicants must self-certify that they are eligible to receive the Fellowship according to the following criteria.

INELIGIBLE: The following programs, areas of graduate study, and research are ineligible:

Practice-oriented professional degree programs, joint professional degree-science programs (MD/PhD and JD/PhD), or medical, dental, law, and public health programs are not eligible. Examples of typical ineligible degree programs include MBA, MPH, MSW, and ED.
Clinical (see below), counseling, business administration or management, social work, education (except in science and engineering education in an NSF-supported discipline), or history (except in history of science) areas of graduate study are not supported.
- Clinical study that is ineligible includes patient-oriented research, epidemiological and behavioral studies, outcomes research and health services research. For example, clinical study that is ineligible includes investigations to provide evidence leading to a scientific basis for consideration of a change in health policy or standard of care, and includes pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and behavioral interventions for disease prevention, prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy. Community and other population-based intervention trials are also ineligible.

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1er Seminario de Investigación Urbana – El Espacio Publico – Maracaibo, Venezuela – Call for Papers

1er Seminario de Investigación Urbana

EL ESPACIO PÚBLICO- 27 al 29 de Noviembre de 2013

La Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño de la Universidad del Zulia, en el marco de sus 50 años y el Comité Organizador del 1er Seminario de Investigación Urbana, tienen el agrado de invitar a presentar propuestas de ponencias, enviando sus resúmenes antes del 18 de agosto del 2013 (prórroga)

Los ejes temáticos son: ESPACIO PÚBLICO, PARTICIPACIÓN CIUDADANA, SOSTENIBILIDAD Y MOVILIDAD URBANA.

Los/as interesados/as deben descargar la planilla anexa en la pag web del seminario y enviar resumen de la hoja de vida del o los autores (1/2 hoja por cada uno)

Todos los trabajos deben ser inéditos e inscribirse en alguno de los ejes temáticos.

Las propuestas serán evaluadas por el Comité Científico.

Recepción de Ponencias o cualquier consulta: seminario.siu@gmail.com

Información sobre el evento en la pág. web www.arq.luz.edu.ve/siu

Esperamos contar con su presencia.

Saludos Cordiales

Comité Organizador.

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The Future of Cities – Workshop – Call for Papers

THE FUTURE OF CITIES

Early Career Workshop, 23 October 2013 – University of Oxford

The Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities invites submissions for this year’s Future of Cities Early Career Scholars workshop. The workshop will take place on the 23 October as part of the international symposium ‘The Flexible City’ that will gather more than 35 key scholars and practitioners.

The workshop is aimed at a selected number of early career academics working in the field of urban studies, especially at postdoc and junior faculty levels. The Programme will also consider abstracts from outstanding PhD students in their final year. Papers should match one or more of the four core research themes of the Programme’s ‘Flexible City’ agenda (see below), engage with original research geared towards discussing the future of cities and the contemporary challenges faced by urban dwellers.

The workshop provides a unique opportunity to engage with peers and more senior colleagues to discuss innovative urban research and the challenges of careers in urban studies. Workshop participants will then be invited to join the following two-day symposium, on 24 and 25 October at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford. The Programme will support accommodation and meals throughout the whole event.

Please submit by 31 August 2013 via email to enquiries@insis.ox.ac.uk a 250-word abstract and a brief 100-word biographical note including up to two of your most recent publications. Results will be announced by 15 September 2013.

For more information on the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities see: http://www.futureofcities.ox.ac.uk/

For more information on the two-day symposium see: http://www.futureofcities.ox.ac.uk/event/327

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The Cultures of the Suburbs International Research Network – Call for Papers

The Cultures of the Suburbs International Research Network

2014 Conference: Imagining the Suburbs – Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 June 2014- University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Professor Roger Keil, Director of the City Institute at York University, Toronto, and author, poet and broadcaster Michael Rosen. The Cultures of the Suburbs Research Network will host its 2014 conference, Imagining the Suburbs, at the University of Exeter, UK, from 19 to 21 June 2014.

How do we imagine / re-imagine the world’s suburbs in the twenty-first century? How do current concepts of suburban space and experience sit with past ideologies and future planning? And how do these vary across different regions and in different social and political contexts? Are the suburbs unimaginative and outdated, or are they spaces for progress and change? And what part do (or might) the ‘cultures of the suburbs’ play in shaping and representing these environments?

We invite proposals for individual 20-minute papers or for panels comprising three or four papers from a range of disciplines including (but not limited to) the Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and applied fields such as Architecture, Design and Planning. Areas of possible interest include (but again, are not limited to): the nature and meaning of cultural life in the suburbs; music and theatre (including amateur dramatics); visual culture (art, photography, digital modes); iconography; community radio and other forms of media; poetry, fiction, memoir, film & television; social networking; culture shock; faith communities / sacred spaces; religious spaces and practices; oral histories; local histories; archiving the suburbs; the rhetoric of the suburbs; language and dialect in the suburbs; teaching and researching the suburbs; working with students; learning from planners, architects and designers; children in the suburbs; the elderly in the suburbs; family life and change; health, education & work; privacy and public space in the suburbs; community / civic engagement; retrofitting; gentrification; poverty and deprivation; local, regional and national policy; changing economies; transport; globalization / borders; migration and diasporas; suburban land use; population density and change; green spaces; brownfield sites; sustainability; the suburbs of the future.

Please submit a 200 word proposal for your 20-minute paper (or a 200 word synopsis of your three / four-person panel) by 1 November 2013 to Jill Sullivan, Network Research Facilitator at suburbs@exeter.ac.uk

Once again, we have a limited number of travel bursaries (£100 each) available to postgraduate students who would like to participate. If you would like to apply for one of these bursaries, please include an application with your proposal, outlining the reasons why you would like to attend and how you feel your work fits with the theme of the conference.

Website: http://suburbs.exeter.ac.uk

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