Travel reports submitted by recipients of DUCIS’ research and travel grants.

  Funding Opportunities, graduate students, grants, research grants, travel grants, undergraduate students

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The DUCIS Global Health Graduate Award funds allowed me to complete the majority of the data collection that I will need for my dissertation research project. I worked in Madagascar from June until October and visited four research sites: Kirindy Mitea National Park, Betmapona Strict Nature Reserve, Parc Ivoloina and Analamazaotra Nature Reserve. At these sites, I was able to establish (…)

  Africa, health, research grants, Travel Reports

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After passing the dissertation proposal on May 9^th, 2008, I started to plan for the trip to China. In my proposal, I planed to conduct part of my research project in China. My goal was to collect high-quality data of at least 30 adults and 70 3- to 6- year-old children in 6 weeks.

For the experimental purpose I need to (…)

  Asia, China, research grants, Travel Reports

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A couple of memorable moments during my research in Northeast Central African Republic (CAR), up in the corner between Chad and Sudan, this summer: observing a deaf man talk on his cell phone (still haven’t figured that one out – the man can’t speak, nor can he write); meeting the Shaq-sized former rebel leader/diamond dealer/hunter/merchant who controls the territory; getting (…)

  Africa, research grants, Travel Reports

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I woke up as the plane approached Cuzco and saw half the passengers straining out of their seats, trying to get a glimpse of something outside the window. “What’s going on?” I asked my seat mate.

“The mountains,” she said. “They’re so high they almost touch the plane.” At that, I too turned in my seat and watched as the city (…)

  research grants, South America, Travel Reports

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In this issue:

• Medical student practices Spanish with patients in Peruvian capitol
• Dash Shaw ‘Bottomless‘ exhibit
• No Man’s Land: Competing sovereignties in the Central African borderlands
• Steve Kelly joins DUCIS as Diplomat in Residence
• DUCIS unveils new website with new logos

  gallery exhibition, Global Perspectives, In the News, research grants, steve kelly

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The growth of human populations and the rapid destruction of forested habitat are bringing humans and wildlife into ever-increasing contact. What does this amplified interaction mean for global public health and biodiversity? Duke PhD student, Meredith Barrett, supported by a DUCIS Graduate Award for Research & Training, traveled to Madagascar in search of answers.

  Africa, colonialism, ecology, grants, health, HIV/AIDS, research grants, travel grants

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The National Resource Center (NRC) Program of the U.S. Department of Education provides funding grants to American universities to establish, strengthen, and operate language and area or international studies centers that will be national resources for teaching any modern foreign language.

Also known as Title VI grants, due to the fact that the program was established in Title VI, Part A, § 602 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, these grants (…)

  Department of Education, education, research grants, Title VI

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The DUCIS Graduate Awards for Research and Training provide graduate students working on international, regional or comparative research with funding for travel to archival and research sites inside and outside the continental United States, for attendance at specialized conferences, or for foreign language & methods training. Awards range from $500 to $2,500. Funding requests may include costs of international and in-country (…)

  culture, Funding Opportunities, globalization, graduate students, grants, research grants, travel grants

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The Duke University Center for International Studies announces the availability of awards for undergraduate overseas research to be conducted during Summer 2010.

Deadline for Summer 2010 Competition: Monday, February 15

These awards afford opportunities for full-time Duke undergraduate students to complement classwork with research experience in different social and cultural settings. Project proposals must be research-based. This competition is not able to fund service-learning (…)

  Funding Opportunities, globalization, research grants, technology, travel grants

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