There are many other granting agencies that provide fellowships in order to conduct work in Pakistan. The following list represents some additional options for funding for pre-doctoral candidates, post-doctoral candidates and scholars interested in working on material related to Pakistan.
The South Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies announces the 2010 competition for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the annual conference of the AAS. The prize will recognize emerging scholarship in the field, and foster intellectual exchange among junior and senior scholars. The award of $100.00 and a certificate will be presented at the 2011 Annual Conference of the AAS in Hawaii. The South Asia Council of the AAS will also provide a sum of $300.00 to the winner of the prize, to partially cover the cost of his or her travel to the Hawaii Conference, where the winner will be recognized at the AAS Graduate Student reception.
The Council encourages graduate students who presented papers at the March 2010 conference in Philadelphia to submit their papers for consideration. Papers on any aspect and region of South Asia will be considered. Students must be registered in a doctoral program in order to be considered for the Prize.
Please email your paper as an attachment to Matt Nelson and Vinayak Chaturvedi by May 31, 2010. Papers submitted to the Council after this deadline will not be considered.
ANHS Senior Fellowship Program 2011: The Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) invites applications for support of short-term research or other scholarly projects that will advance knowledge of the Himalaya-Karakoram-Hindukush mountain regions. Applicants should be at the postdoctoral level or have equivalent professional experience. The fellowship will support work focusing on any aspect of Himalayan studies. The application deadline is April 1, 2011 with an anticipated award date of May 1, 2011.
Falak Sufi Memorial Prize: With the aim of contributing to the vibrancy of the study of humanities and social sciences in Pakistan, Pakistani students will be annually invited to compose research papers of high academic quality.
Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship Program: The Asian Division of the Library of Congress announces the Florence Tan Moeson Research Fellowship Program for 2012. This Fellowship Program is made possible by a generous donation of Florence Tan Moeson, for 43 years a Chinese Team cataloger in the Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division at the Library of Congress before she retired in 2001. Applications are accepted on-line only. The deadline for the 2012 application season is September 30, 2011.
Campbell Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners from Developing Nations : The Campbell Fellowship will support a female social scientist from a developing nation, either pre- or post-doctoral, whose work addresses women’s economic and social empowerment in that nation. The goal of the fellowship is twofold: to advance the scholarly careers of women social scientists from the developing world, and to support research that identifies causes of gender inequity in the developing world and that proposes practical solutions for promoting women’s economic and social empowerment. The deadline for is November 1, 2011.
CAORC: The Council of American Overseas Research Centers develops and administers programs in collaboration with our member Centers and affiliated partners.
Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program: The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates, scholars who have already earned their Ph.D., and students enrolled in Master’s Degree programs. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams. Approximately ten awards of up to $12,000 each will be given in the doctoral candidate/post-doctoral scholar competition. Approximately four awards of up to $8,000 each will be given in the Master's student competition. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Given the changing travel restrictions and/or security warnings to many countries, applicants should contact CAORC before preparing a proposal.
George F. Dales: write to George F. Dales Foundation, PO Box 7235, Berkeley, CA or download application
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program: The United States Department of State is pleased to announce the scholarship competition for the 2012 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for overseas intensive summer language institutes in thirteen critical need foreign languages. CLS institutes provide fully-funded group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for seven to ten weeks for U.S. citizen undergraduate and graduate students. Students may apply for one language, and will be placed at institute sites based on language evaluations after selection. Languages offered: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu. Interested applicants should review the full eligibility and application information on the CLS Program website: http://www.clscholarship.org/applicants.htm. Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Russian, and Japanese institutes have language prerequisites, which can be found here: http://www.clscholarship.org/applicants.htm#prerequisites. Students from all academic disciplines, including business, engineering, law, medicine, sciences, and humanities are encouraged to apply. While there is no service requirement attached to CLS Program awards, participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers. The CLS Program has planned outreach events at universities across the U.S. in fall 2011. Check out the CLS webpage or our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/CLScholarship, as we may be coming to your institution!
NED: The National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts.
NEH: National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities.
NSF: The National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense."
Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation: The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields.
SSRC: The Social Science Research Council is an independent, nonprofit international organization founded in 1923. It nurtures new generations of social scientists, fosters innovative research, and mobilizes necessary knowledge on important public issues.
Wenner-Gren: The Wenner-Gren Foundation has two major goals - to support significant and innovative anthropological research into humanity's biological and cultural origins, development and variation and to foster the creation of an international community of research scholars in anthropology.
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