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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A preliminary investigation into the effects of strong missionary influence and oil development on the land use practices of Waorani communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon. – Ciara Wirth, Varsha Vijay and Nicole Scheuneman

Introduction: Participatory GIS, or PGIS, is a system developed in the 1980s to provide a better interface between researchers and indigenous peoples. Today, with the advent of modern GPS technologies, (…)

  South America, travel grants, Travel Reports

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There it was – the look, the stares that I got as soon as I entered a place like this following after the Profamilia workers. The look, which seemed to follow me everywhere I went seemed to say“ What is that guy doing here? He’s not from around here? What does he want?” This was a sort of self-constituting othering (…)

  health, South America, travel grants, Travel Reports

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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 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program provides grants to fund individual doctoral students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months. This program holds an annual competition.

Final campus DEADLINE for the 2009 Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship Competition is: EXTENDED to Monday, November 9. 2009

The 2009 Fulbright-Hays DDRA application is (…)

  culture, Funding Opportunities, technology, travel grants

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2009 – 2010 Academic Year
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2009 by 5.00 p.m.

With funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education, the international and area studies centers listed on the attached page expect to award non-service fellowships for the 2009-2010 academic year. The centers invite eligible graduate and professional school students to apply (…)

  foreign language, Foreign Language and Area Studies, Funding Opportunities, travel grants

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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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The Duke University Center for International Studies is pleased to invite qualified applicants to participate in our funding competitions for graduate, professional and undergraduate students. These awards support research on international topics, attendance at specialized conferences, and foreign language study – in particular of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs).

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program provides (…)

  Funding Opportunities, grant, research grants, travel grants

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