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The Mellichamp Faculty Cluster Graduate Research Summer Fellowships provide a stipend of $7,500 to Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences with four areas of emphasis: gender and Islam, human rights, political economy, and media & culture. Deadline is May 26 for summer 2017 fellowships.

BRAINS - Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroSciences - is a national program designed to accelerate and improve the career advancement of neuroscience postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented groups. Application deadline is May 22.

The University of Tartu is currently accepting applications for two open postdoc positions on Verification of Quantum Cryptography. The deadline for applications is June 1, 2017, but later applications can be considered.

ProFellow highlights 15 fellowships and scholarships that support peace-related work, including activism, policy work, journalism, undergraduate projects, graduate study, dissertation writing and scholarly research in the U.S. and abroad.

The UCSB Center for Black Studies Research is offering up to $1,500 for Faculty, Scholars, or Graduate Student Research in Black Studies. Extended deadline until April 30, 2017.

The Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Germany offers up to 10 fully funded Ph.D. positions for international students for study in genome stability & DNA repair, epigenetics & gene regulation, and computational biology & omics. Deadline is June 23, 2017.

The Simons Foundation is now accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowships to support research on fundamental problems in marine microbial ecology. The submission deadline is June 15, 2017.

The Hate and Hostility Research Group at the University of Limerick is delighted to announce that it will offer a fee waiver for Ph.D. students beginning their studies in September 2017. Deadline is May 31, 2017.

This award supports scientific research in energy efficiency and renewable energy by attracting the best scientists and engineers to pursue breakthrough technologies in a highly prestigious postdoctoral research program. Deadline is May 31, 2017.

Great Minds in STEM, also known as the HENAAC Scholars Program, awards yearlong scholarships to Hispanic students studying science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). Deadline is April 30, 2017.

The Coordinating Council for Women in History is soliciting submissions to their annual awards and prizes. Earliest deadlines begin May 15.

The Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy recognizes excellence in graduate student research with a direct impact on public policy. The recipients of the Emerging Scholars Award will receive a $500 prize and will deliver an invited policy lecture at the UC Center. Application deadline is May 5, 2017.

The Steve and Barbara Mendell Graduate Fellowship in Cultural Literacy supports outstanding graduate students whose research advances the goals of broad-based cultural literacy and high ethical standards in our participative democracy. Deadline is May 8, 2017.

Citrix RightSignature will award $10,000 in scholarship awards to the top three students who submit the best essays. Application deadline is May 15.

To help advance promising research that studies the concept of a free society, the Institute for Humane Studies offers grad students in the humanities and social sciences conference travel grants of up to $750. Rolling deadlines based on scheduled conference or trip.

The International Research Foundation awards the Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) of up to $5,000 to successful applicants investigating a range of topics in English language education. Deadline is April 26.

The 2017-2018 Guru Gobind Singh Fellowship provides a $30,000 award to a graduate of universities in a specific area of India and Pakistan for the purpose of pursuing graduate study at the University of California. Deadline for nominations is April 26.

Wayne State University is seeking applications from recent or upcoming Ph.D. graduates for their Postdoctoral to Faculty Transition Fellowship (PFT) program. Application deadline for the three-year appointments is 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 15.

Check out the funding forecast for the next three to four months! Get an idea of what research topics or issues funders are focused on and keep current on what is out there for financial opportunities. This is a sample list only and can be a starting point for your own specific search.

This new program aims to encourage cooperation among promising young French and American researchers. Up to nine Franco-American projects will be selected. Each selected project will receive a maximum of $20,000 over a period of two years. Deadline is April 9.