Scholarships

Fellowships offer support for research that contributes to the science and practice of earthquake hazard mitigation and fits with the goals and activities of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. The fellowship offers support for one year.

Unrestricted seed-stage funding and foundational support for social entrepreneurs.

Fellowships support doctoral research on every phase of economic history, broadly defined. Three fellowships are available each year (students submit only one application to be eligible for all three). The fellowships offer support for one year.

cash awards to promising doctoral students working in the area of foreign or second language assessment that will help them finish their dissertations in a timely manner.

offered to students enrolled in master’s and doctoral programs in institutions around the world in language testing, language education, applied linguistics or related fields. Priority for the Research Grants for Graduate Students will be given to TOEFL YSS-related research or foundational research related to young students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

During the summer, selected fellows are required to participate in the Summer Internship Program in Research for Graduate Students, working under the guidance of an ETS mentor. During the subsequent academic year, fellows study at their universities and carry out research under the supervision of an academic mentor and in consultation with their ETS mentor with the goal of  increasing the number of well-trained scientists in educational assessment, psychometrics and statistics.

Individuals who have earned their doctoral degree within the last three years are invited to apply for a rewarding fellowship experience which combines working on cutting-edge ETS research projects and conducting independent research that is relevant to ETS’s goals. The fellowship is carried out in the ETS offices in Princeton, N.J.

Interns participate in research under the guidance of an ETS mentor. The internship is carried out in the ETS offices in Princeton, N.J., in selected annual language learning research areas. The internship is for eight weeks.

The Edward F. Albee Foundation exists to serve writers and visual artists from all walks of life, by providing time and space in which to work without disturbance. The Foundation maintains the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center (better known as “The Barn”) in Montauk, on Long Island in New York, as a residence for writers and visual artists of all media. Residencies are for 4-6 weeks between mid-May and mid-October.

The fellowship supports students and post-doctoral fellows in producing preliminary research results that will support future studies or enhance the scope of current research projects beyond funding limits. Examples of the types of projects include proof-of-concept studies, pre-clinical data, secondary data analysis from clinical trials, and development of research methodology. The fellowship is for one year. Funding can be used for research supplies, and travel to present at a national meeting.